Plant Growing Guides

Berkeley Sedge

Carex divulsa subsp. leersii

Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Black Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Amazon Mist Hair Sedge

Carex comans 'Amazon Mist'

Pacific Sedge

Carex pellita

Jointed Sedge

Carex phyllocephala

Carex secta

Carex secta

Carex (Sedge)

Carex spp.

Sedge (Carex)

Carex species

Dwarf Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'

Ornamental Grasses and Ground Covers

Poaceae (grasses) and various ground cover families

Golden Clubmoss

Selaginella kraussiana 'Aurea'

Liriope Lilyturf Silvery Sunproof

Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'

Lilyturf 'Silvery Sunproof'

Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'

Variegated Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Variegata'

Liriope Silvery Sunproof

Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'

Moisture-retaining mosses

Bryophyta (division) - various species

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

Moss

Bryophyta (Division)

Mosses and Liverworts

Bryophyta (mosses) and Marchantiophyta (liverworts)

Moss Groundcover

Bryophyta (various species)

Native Grasses and Groundcovers

Various species (regional)

Native Grasses and Sedges

Poaceae (grasses) and Cyperaceae (sedges)

Native Mosses

Bryophyta (division)

Native Moss Species

Bryophyta (Division)

Native Sedges and Forbs

Carex spp., Juncus spp., and various herbaceous dicots

Nutans

Acorus gramineus 'Nutans'

Japanese Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

Oshimensis

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Oshimensis'

Sedge (Carex species)

Carex spp.

Mosses (General)

Bryophyta (Division)

Sedge Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Sedges and Rushes

Carex spp. (sedges); Juncus spp. (rushes)

Shade-tolerant grasses

Various species (e.g., Festuca rubra, Lolium perenne, Carex spp., Chasmanthium latifolium)

Smaller Ferns

Pteridophyta (various genera including Adiantum, Polystichum, Asplenium, Platycerium)

Liriope (Lilyturf)

Liriope muscari

Hawaiian sedge, Wāhine sedge

Carex wahuensis