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'

Baltica Ivy

Hedera helix 'Baltica'

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

Bulgarian Ivy

Hedera helix subsp. balcanica

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'

Climbing Ivy

Hedera helix

Climbing Spindle Berry

Euonymus fortunei

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 Ivy

Hedera helix

Creeping Ivy Goldheart

Hedera helix 'Goldheart'

Creeping Ivy Hibernica

Hedera hibernica

Creeping Ivy Pittsburgh

Hedera helix 'Pittsburgh'

Creeping Mahonia

Mahonia repens

Creeping Myrtle

Vinca minor