Plant Growing Guides

Acid-loving Perennials (Ferns)

Polypodiophyta (various genera)

Archangel

Lamium album subsp. album

Silver-edged Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata 'Argenteomarginata'

Asarum

Asarum spp.

British Columbia Wild Ginger

Asarum caudatum

Bishop's Weed

Aegopodium podagraria

Bishop's Weed Variegatum

Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'

Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Broad Leaf Plantain

Plantago major

Bugle

Ajuga reptans

Cardamine

Cardamine species

Wavy Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Conocephalum conicum

Conocephalum conicum

Creeping Charlie

Glechoma hederacea

Crested Shield Fern

Polystichum setiferum

Dead Nettle

Lamium album

Variegated Japanese False Solomon's Seal

Disporum sessile

Drought-tolerant native ferns

Various species (e.g., Polystichum, Dryopteris, Asplenium)

Dwarf Fern

Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens (and other dwarf cultivars)

Figwort

Scrophularia nodosa

Golden Tiara Hosta

Hosta 'Golden Tiara'

Green Moss

Various species (e.g., Hypnum cupressiforme, Bryum capillare, Dicranum scoparium)

Lamiastrum

Lamiastrum galeobdolon

Lamium (Dead Nettle)

Lamium spp.

Liverwort

Marchantia polymorpha

Low-growing bog ferns

Dryopteris, Polystichum, Osmunda species (varies by type)

Spotted Dead-Nettle

Lamium maculatum

Marginal Shield Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

Moonshine Hosta

Hosta 'Moonshine'

Native Herbaceous Plants

Various species (region-dependent)

Native Liverworts

Marchantiophyta (Division)

Native Understory Ferns

Pteridophyta (various genera including Polystichum, Adiantum, Osmunda, Dryopteris)

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Clover & Vetch)

Trifolium spp., Vicia spp.

Painted Japanese Fern

Athyrium niponicum

Purple Cliff Brake

Pellaea atropurpurea

Redwood Sorrel

Oxalis oregana

Shade-loving Ginger

Alpinia zerumbet, Zingiber mioga, Asarum spp., and other shade-tolerant ginger species

Shade-loving Herbs

Various species

Shade-loving Herbs Collection

Asperula odorata (Woodruff), Symphytum officinale (Comfrey), Melissa officinalis (Lemon Balm)

Shade-tolerant Sedum

Sedum spp. (shade varieties)

Small Ferns (Shade-loving)

Pteridophyta (various genera including Adiantum, Polystichum, Asplenium)

Small-leaved fern

Polystichum setiferum or Asplenium trichomanes (depending on species)

Small Shade-Loving Ferns

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

Small shade-tolerant herbaceous plants

Various species (mixed category)

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum dilatatum (formerly Smilacina dilata)

Spotted Deadnettle Aureum

Lamium maculatum 'Aureum'

Sweetbay Magnolia Understory Herbs

Magnolia virginiana (host plant for understory ecosystem)

Sweet Woodruff

Galium odoratum