Plant Growing Guides

Acid-loving shade perennials

Multiple species (e.g., Rhododendron spp., Pieris spp., Kalmia spp.)

American Snowbell

Styrax americanus

Andromeda

Pieris japonica

Aoki

Aucuba japonica

Aphrodite Hosta

Hosta 'Aphrodite'

Aspidistra

Aspidistra elatior

Aitoku Aspidistra

Aspidistra aitoku

Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Dwarf Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica 'Nana'

Japanese Aucuba 'Picturata'

Aucuba japonica 'Picturata'

Japanese Aucuba (Gold Dust Plant)

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

Aucuba Nana

Aucuba japonica 'Nana'

Aucuba Rozannie

Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie'

Aucuba 'Rozannie'

Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie'

Serrated Aucuba

Aucuba serratifolia

Serrated Aucuba

Aucuba japonica var. serratifolia

Gold Dust Plant

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

Aureomarginata

Aucuba japonica 'Aureomarginata'

Aureo-variegata

Aucuba japonica 'Aureo-variegata'

Berry-producing Understory Shrubs

Various species (e.g., Sambucus, Ilex, Viburnum, Cornus)

Blue Cadet Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Cadet'

Blue Skies Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Skies'

Blue Vision Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Vision'

Box-leaved Holly

Ilex crenata

Green Velvet Japanese Boxwood

Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Green Velvet'

Cast Iron Plant

Aspidistra elatior

Christmas Box

Sarcococca confusa

Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

Climax Hosta

Hosta 'Climax'

Coast Beard-heath

Leucothoe keiskei

Common Boxwood Angustifolia

Buxus sempervirens 'Angustifolia'

Compact Mahonia

Mahonia aquifolium 'Compacta'

Variegated Mirror Plant

Coprosma repens 'Variegata'

Australian Fuchsia

Correa lawrenceana

Creeping Bramble

Rubus pentalobus

Creeping Euonymus

Euonymus fortunei

Creeping Mahonia

Mahonia repens

Gold Dust Plant

Aucuba japonica 'Gold Dust'

Daphniphyllum

Daphniphyllum macropodum

Dark Green Hosta

Hosta sieboldiana and related cultivars

Deep in the Heart Hosta

Hosta 'Deep in the Heart'

Doghobble

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Drought-tolerant understory shrubs

Various species (mixed group)

Dwarf Japanese Boxwood

Buxus microphylla var. japonica

Dwarf Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

Emerald Island

Hosta 'Emerald Island'