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RosaceaeSmall lady's-mantle: complete guide
Alchemilla flabellata
Small lady's-mantle - a beautiful delicate groundcover for shaded areas and corners. Learn about complete care, blooming and companion plants.
AraliaceaeAralia nudicaulis: complete guide
Aralia nudicaulis
Virginia-sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) is a North American woodland plant with fine foliage and red berries. Perfect for shade, underplanting and ecological gardens.
AraceaeAnemone cylindrica: complete guide
Arisaema dracontium
Discover Arisaema dracontium, green dragon. An exotic North American herb with fascinating flower spathe. Growing and care tips.
AraceaeJack-in-the-pulpit: complete guide
Arisaema triphyllum
Everything about Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum): a captivating woodland corm for shady gardens, covering location, soil, care and planting companions.
OphioglossaceaeLittle grapefern: complete guide
Botrychium simplex
How to grow Botrychium simplex in your garden: light, soil pH, watering tips, and companion plants for this delicate fern.
BrassicaceaeBulbous bittercress: complete guide
Cardamine bulbosa
Complete guide to bulbous bittercress: ideal site, soil, watering, maintenance and companion plants for this early-blooming spring cress.
BrassicaceaeGreater bittercress: complete guide
Cardamine flexuosa
A practical guide to growing Cardamine flexuosa: a low-maintenance herbaceous perennial thriving in moist, neutral soils. Ideal for woodland gardens and shaded borders.
BrassicaceaePinnate Coralroot: complete guide
Cardamine heptaphylla
Discover the Pinnate Coralroot, an elegant spring flower with distinctive feathered seven-leaflet leaves and delicate white to purple blooms for shady woodland areas.
BrassicaceaeFive-leaflet Bitter-cress: complete guide
Cardamine pentaphyllos
Discover the Five-leaflet Bitter-cress with distinctive five-part leaves and soft purple flowers. A reliable woodland plant for shaded garden spaces.
CyperaceaeCarex blanda: complete guide
Carex blanda
Eastern woodland sedge thrives in forest edges and shaded moist borders. Discover ideal placement, moisture requirements, and establishing natural woodland aesthetics.
CyperaceaeCarex careyana: complete guide
Carex careyana
Meet Carex careyana, also known as Carey's sedge. A frost-hardy woodland plant for shaded gardens. Learn about care, growth, and planting.
Carex deweyana: complete guide
Carex deweyana Schwein.
Carex deweyana, the Dewey sedge, is a native North American sedge for woodland and moist areas. Learn how to cultivate and maintain this elegant native plant in your garden.
CyperaceaeFinger sedge: complete guide
Carex digitata
Learn how to grow and care for Carex digitata in your garden. This sedge thrives in partial shade with moist, acidic soil and blooms purple in spring.
CyperaceaeCarex jamesii: complete guide
Carex jamesii
Grass sedge from North America grows in woodland habitats from Ontario to Texas. Guide for moist soils, partial shade, and maintenance-free growth in Dutch gardens.
CyperaceaeCarex pensylvanica: complete guide
Carex pensylvanica
Pennsylvania sedge: The perfect groundcover for shaded gardens. Read our guide on cultivation, care, and pairing with other shade plants.
OrchidaceaeWhite helleborine: complete guide
Cephalanthera damasonium
Everything you need to grow Cephalanthera damasonium: ideal spot, soil pH, watering tips and bloom care. Perfect for shaded woodland gardens.
EricaceaeSpotted wintergreen: complete guide
Chimaphila maculata
Everything about Chimaphila maculata: a remarkable evergreen ground cover with spotted leaves and subtle pink-white flowers for acidic woodland soils.
OrchidaceaeEarly coralroot: complete guide
Corallorhiza trifida
Discover how to grow Early coralroot (Corallorhiza trifida), a rare, chlorophyll-lacking orchid thriving in cool, shaded woodlands with acidic, humus-rich soil.
PapaveraceaeSierra fumewort: complete guide
Corydalis caseana
Everything about Corydalis caseana, the elegant Sierra fumewort from western mountain forests. Location, soil, care, and garden planting tips.
AsteraceaeAustrian leopard's-bane: complete guide
Doronicum austriacum
Austrian leopard's-bane is an early spring bloomer with cheerful yellow flowers. Discover how to cultivate this reliable woodland edge plant effortlessly.
PolypodiaceaeDryopteris intermedia: complete guide
Dryopteris intermedia
Discover the evergreen wood fern (Dryopteris intermedia), an elegant shade-loving fern perfect for woodland gardens.
OrchidaceaeMueller's epipactis: complete guide
Epipactis muelleri
Mueller's epipactis is an elusive native orchid thriving in cool, moist woodlands. Learn how to create conditions for this rare gem in your garden.
LiliaceaeErythronium americanum: complete guide
Erythronium americanum
Trout-lily is an elegant spring bloomer from North America. This woodland plant grows low and blooms with yellow, tulip-like flowers above mottled leaves.
LiliaceaePink Fawn-Lily: complete guide
Erythronium revolutum
Discover the elegant Pink Fawn-Lily, a charming spring bloomer from North America with delicate rosy-pink reflexed flowers. Perfect for shaded woodland gardens.