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Woodland Plants



This list of woodland plants is by no means complete but represents what is commonly available in garden shops and nurseries. All of these plants thrive in the dappled shade and rich soils (well drained) of the forest understory.

Note that because I have multiple pages of plant lists, individual plant descriptions can be found either under “sun” plants or “shade” plants

Aconitum
Actaea
Actinidia
Adenophora
Adiantum

Aegopodium
Ajuga
Alchemilla
Allium
Ampelopsis

Anemone
Anemonella
Angelica
Aquilegia
Arachniodes

Arum
Aruncus
Asarum
Asplenium
Aster

Astilbe
Astilboides
Astrantia
Athyrium

Begonia
Bergenia
Blechnum
Bletilla
Brunnera

Calamagrostis
Calamintha
Calceolaria
Campanula
Cardiocrinum

Carex
Chasmanthium
Cheilanthes
Chelonopsis
Chiastophyllum

Chrysogonum
Cimicifuga
Clematis
Codonopsis
Convallaria

Cornus
Corydalis
Cryptotaenia
Cyclamen
Cymbalaria
Cypripedium
Cyrtomium

Dactylorhiza
Deinanthe
Dennstaedtia
Deschampsia
Dicentra

Digitalis
Dodecatheon
Doronicum
Dryopteris
Duchesnea

Epimedium
Euonymus
Eupatorium
Euphorbia

Fallopia
Farfugium
Filipendula
Fragaria
Fritillaria
Fuchsia

Galium
Gaultheria
Gentiana
Geranium
Gillenia
Glechoma
Gymnocarpium

Hakonechloa
Hedera
Helleborus
Hepatica
Heuchera

Heucherella
Hosta
Houstonia
Hydrangea
Hypericum

Iris

Jasminum

Kirengeshoma

Lamiastrum
Lamium
Lathyrus
Ligularia
Lilium

Linnaea
Liriope
Lobelia
Lunaria
Luzula
Lysimachia

Matteuccia
Mazus
Meconopsis
Meehania
Melissa

Mertensia
Milium
Mukdenia
Myosotidium
Myosotis
Myrrhis

Oenanthe
Omphalodes
Onoclea
Ophiopogon
Osmunda
Oxalis

Pachysandra
Paeonia
Penstemon
Persicaria
Petasites

Peucedanum
Phlox
Physostegia
Pinellia
Podophyllum

Polemonium
Polygonatum
Polystichum
Primula
Pulmonaria
Pulsatilla

Ranunculus
Rheum
Rodgersia
Roscoea
Rumohra

Salvia
Sambucus
Sanguinaria
Sanicula
Saxifraga

Sedum
Selaginella
Semiaquilegia
Senecio
Smilacina

Smyrnium
Solidago
Spigelia

Tellima

Uvularia
Vaccinium
Vancouveria

Waldsteinia
Woodwardia

Symphytum

Thalictrum
Thelypteris
Tiarella
Tricyrtis
Trillium

Vinca
Viola

Zantedeschia

See the sections on shade plants for other hints and tips on how to grow woodland plants successfully.






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