Plant Growing Guides

Acid-loving ferns

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

Acid-loving Perennials (Ferns)

Polypodiophyta (various genera)

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Archangel

Lamium album subsp. album

Silver-edged Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata 'Argenteomarginata'

Asarum

Asarum spp.

Canadian wild ginger

Asarum canadense

British Columbia Wild Ginger

Asarum caudatum

European Wild Ginger

Asarum europaeum

Asarum Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Asplenifolia

Asplenium ebeneum

Baneberry

Actaea rubra

Bishop's Weed

Aegopodium podagraria

Bishop's Weed Argenteum

Aegopodium podagraria 'Argenteum'

Bishop's Weed Variegatum

Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'

Black Cohosh

Actaea racemosa

Blue Cohosh

Caulophyllum thalictroides

Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Broad Leaf Plantain

Plantago major

Bugle

Ajuga reptans

Calypogeia fissa

Calypogeia fissa

Canadian Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Cardamine

Cardamine species

Wavy Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Conocephalum conicum

Conocephalum conicum

Cool-growing ferns

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

Creeping Charlie

Glechoma hederacea

Crested Shield Fern

Polystichum setiferum

Dead Nettle

Lamium album

Wheki

Dicksonia squarrosa

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)

False Hellebore

Veratrum viride

Figwort

Scrophularia nodosa

Flowering Understory Trees

Various species (e.g., Cornus, Cercis, Amelanchier, Halesia)

Fragile Fern

Cystopteris fragilis

Fragrant Fern

Dryopteris fragrans

Garlic Mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Goldenseal

Hydrastis canadensis

Golden Tiara Hosta

Hosta 'Golden Tiara'

Goldie's Wood Fern

Dryopteris goldiana

Goldthread

Coptis chinensis

Goutweed Variegatum

Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'

Great Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum

Green Moss

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

Green Shamrock

Oxalis acetosella