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Father david's maple: complete guide
Acer davidii
Learn how to grow Acer davidii in your garden. This elegant, slender maple from China thrives in partial shade and moist, well-drained soil.
Hairy lady's-mantle: complete guide
Alchemilla filicaulis
Grow Alchemilla filicaulis successfully in your garden. Learn about light, soil, watering, and companion plants for this elegant herb.
Smooth lady's-mantle: complete guide
Alchemilla glabra
Learn how to grow Smooth lady's-mantle (Alchemilla glabra) successfully in your garden. Ideal light, soil, and care tips for this elegant herbaceous perennial.
Gleaming lady\'s mantle: complete guide
Alchemilla micans
Discover the Gleaming lady\'s mantle, an elegant perennial with lustrous foliage and delicate greenish-white flowers. Perfect for shade and partial shade gardens in European landscapes.
Bear garlic: complete guide
Allium ursinum
How to grow and care for bear garlic in temperate gardens. Soil, light, watering needs, companion planting, and harvesting tips for Allium ursinum.
Jersey fern: complete guide
Anogramma leptophylla
Jersey fern (Anogramma leptophylla) is a delicate terrestrial fern from Southern Europe. Discover ideal growing conditions, care and companion planting.
Aposeris foetida: complete guide
Aposeris foetida
Discover Fetid aposeris, a European plant with yellow flowers and fine foliage. Growing tips, cautions and shade garden combinations.
Western Columbine: complete guide
Aquilegia formosa
Discover Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa), an elegant North American flower with striking red and yellow blooms. Complete care guide and planting suggestions.
Aremony: complete guide
Aremonia agrimonoides
Aremony is a charming ground cover with yellow flowers from Southern Europe. Explore cultivation and care tips for this hardy, low-maintenance plant.
Wall-rue: complete guide
Asplenium ruta-muraria
Learn how to grow and care for Asplenium ruta-muraria: ideal conditions, soil, watering, and companion plants for this delicate fern.
Japanese astilbe: complete guide
Astilbe japonica
Japanese astilbe brings elegant feathery flowers and fine foliage to shaded gardens. Perfect border perennial for moist soils and cool settings.
Hardy Begonia: complete guide
Begonia grandis
Hardy Begonia is a pest-free shade bloomer with pink flowers. Learn how to grow and care for this remarkable hardy perennial plant.
Siberian-tea: complete guide
Bergenia crassifolia
Bergenia crassifolia, or Siberian-tea, is a hardy perennial with large glossy leaves and pink flowers. Perfect for shaded borders and ground cover.
Barren brome: complete guide
Bromus sterilis
Everything you need to know about Barren brome: growing conditions, care, ideal spots, and companion plants for a thriving garden. Perfect for shady areas.
Wild calla: complete guide
Calla palustris
Grow Wild calla (Calla palustris) in wet areas: care, planting, and ideal conditions. Perfect for bog gardens. Plan with gardenworld.app.
Cornish bellflower: complete guide
Campanula alliariifolia
Discover how to grow Campanula alliariifolia in your garden – from ideal conditions to seasonal care, companion planting and winter survival tips.
Cardamine trifolia: complete guide
Cardamine trifolia
Discover the three-leaved bittercress - an elegant shade lover with delicate white flowers that transform spring gardens into enchanting woodland retreats.
Carex cherokeensis: complete guide
Carex cherokeensis
Cherokee sedge offers elegant fine texture for shaded locations. Discover care tips and growing advice for this southeastern American sedge.
CyperaceaeCarex crus-corvi: complete guide
Carex crus-corvi
Learn about ravenfoot sedge, a native North American perennial for moist soils and shady corners. Elegant foliage brings character to woodland garden designs.
Carex eburnea: complete guide
Carex eburnea
Bristleleaf sedge: An elegant sedge for shaded gardens. Discover tips for cultivation, care, and maintenance of this North American beauty.
Rust-coloured sedge: complete guide
Carex ferruginea
Rust-coloured sedge (Carex ferruginea) is a delicate alpine sedge with ferruginous foliage. Perfect for rocky sites, shade, and alpine gardens. Hardy to USDA zone 4.
Livid sedge: complete guide
Carex livida
How to grow Carex livida in your garden: soil, watering, pruning and companion plants. Ideal for moist, shaded areas.
Black edge sedge: complete guide
Carex nigromarginata
Discover Black edge sedge, a striking North American sedge with distinctive black leaf margins ideal for moist gardens and shade.
Early sedge: complete guide
Carex praecox
Discover Carex praecox: ideal for moist, shady gardens. Learn about care, soil, watering, companion plants and hardiness zones 5-9.