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

Archangel

Lamium album subsp. album

Asarum

Asarum spp.

Canadian wild ginger

Asarum canadense

European Wild Ginger

Asarum europaeum

Asarum Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Asplenifolia

Asplenium ebeneum

Baltica Ivy

Hedera helix 'Baltica'

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

Bulgarian Ivy

Hedera helix subsp. balcanica

Calypogeia fissa

Calypogeia fissa

Cardamine

Cardamine species

Wavy Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Climbing Ivy

Hedera helix

Conocephalum conicum

Conocephalum conicum

Cool-growing ferns

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

Creeping Charlie

Glechoma hederacea

Creeping Ivy

Hedera helix

Creeping Ivy Pittsburgh

Hedera helix 'Pittsburgh'

Creeping Myrtle

Vinca minor

Dead Nettle

Lamium album

Drought-tolerant native ferns

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

Dwarf Fern

Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens (and other dwarf cultivars)

English Ivy

Hedera helix

False Hellebore

Veratrum viride

Figwort

Scrophularia nodosa

Fragile Fern

Cystopteris fragilis

Fragrant Fern

Dryopteris fragrans

Garlic Mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Glacier Ivy

Hedera helix 'Glacier'

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