Heuchera americana ‘Green Spice’
A lovely variety of Coral Bells that have lobed, rounded, dark green-edged silver leaves with smooth burgundy veins. In fall the leaves turn pumpkin-orange and red. In late spring to midsummer, it gets small, bell-shaped creamy white flowers. This cultivar is prized for its foliage.
Height: 24-28”
Spread: 16”
Pot size: 3 qt.
Bloom time: Late spring to midsummer
Light: Part shade
Moisture: Average, Dry
Attracts: Butterflies
Deer resistance: Yes
Companion Plants: Bloodroot, Christmas fern, aromatic aster
Photo: Glover Perennials
Viola labradorica
Lovely dark green heart-shaped leaves flushed with purple. Long blooming violet-purple flowers. Mass plants for use as a ground cover or filler between pavers or in rock gardens. Mixes well with ferns and in a shaded shrub border. Self-seeds regularly to form colonies. Northeastern U.S. Native.
Height: 1 - 6”
Spread: 4 - 6”
Pot size: 1 qt.
Bloom time: April, May, September, October
Light: Part shade, shade
Moisture: Dry to moist
Attracts: Pollinators, host plant for Fritillary Butterfly
Deer Resistance: Yes
Companion Plants: Christmas Fern, Golden Alexanders, Wild Columbine
Photo: Glover Perennials
Actea (Cimicifuga) racemosa
Tall, white spikes of flowers bloom tightly in stalks above the sharped toothed foliage. Loved by pollinators, this plant does best in dappled shade. Excellent for woodland gardens where the flowers will light up the landscape.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 2’-4’
Pot size: 3 qt
Bloom time: June to August
Light: Partial Shade – Full Shade
Moisture: Average - Wet
Attracts: Pollinators
Deer resistance: Yes
Companion Plants: Ferns, wild geranium, coral bells, wild blue phlox
Photo: Peter Mancuso
Aruncus dioicus
Tall, showy, cream-colored plumes of flowers with fern-like foliage. Excellent background plant for borders in shade and woodland gardens. Northeastern U.S. Native.
Height: 4 - 6’
Spread: 2 - 4’
Pot size: 3 qt.
Bloom time: April, May
Light: Full sun, part shade
Moisture: Average, Wet
Attracts: Birds, butterflies, pollinators, host plant for Dusky Azure Butterfly
Deer Resistance: Yes
Companion Plants: Columbine, Virginia bluebells, bloodroot, foamflower, cranesbill geranium
1st Photo: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Site: https://www.wildflower.org/
2nd Photo: Glover Perennials
Aquilegia canadensis
Light yellow to red flowers are good for naturalizing. Remove flowering stems after bloom to encourage additional bloom. Self-sows and blooms in the shade.
Height: 10”
Width: 8”-10”
Pot Size: 1 qt
Bloom Time: April - June
Sun: Partial to Shade
Moisture: Average, Well Drained
Attracts: Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Deer Resistant: Yes
Companion Plants: Brown eyed Susan, cardinal flower, creeping phlox, milkweed, coral bells, ferns
Phlox divaricata ‘Blue Moon’
Beautiful fragrant violet-blue clustered flowers with notched petals. Woodland Phlox is a top choice for shade- part shade gardens. Easy to grow with compact growth habit.
Height: 12”-18”
Width: 24’-36”
Pot Size: 1 qt
Bloom Time: April - May
Sun: Partial to Shade
Moisture: Average, Well Drained
Attracts: Birds, Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Deer Resistant: Yes
Companion Plants: Foamflower, coral bells
Mertensia virginica
Beautiful native wildflower that appears in early spring. The pink buds open and reveal delicate, pendulous, slightly fragrant, blue bell-shaped blooms that last about 3 weeks. Plant with other shade-loving perennials that will emerge as the Virginia Bluebells go dormant mid-summer. Northeastern U.S. Native.
Height: 1.5’ - 2.0’
Spread: 1.0’ – 1.5’
Pot size: 1 qt
Bloom time: March to April
Light: Part shade to full shade
Moisture: Average
Attracts: Pollinators such as bumblebees, long-tongued bees, butterflies, skippers, moths, and hummingbirds
Deer resistance: No
Companion Plants: Trillium, mayapple, Christmas fern, cinnamon fern, fringed bleeding heart
This plant may be dormant at the time of pickup.
Photo: CCE MGV Ann Ellis
Polemonium reptans
Jacob’s Ladder is a perennial herbaceous spring ephemeral featuring light blue, bell-shape flowers in loose terminal clusters. Leaves with oval leaflets are arranged like the rungs of a ladder. It grows best in moist, well-drained soil in part shade and freely self-seeds in optimum growing conditions. Jacob’s ladder is best used in partially shaded areas of the rock garden, naturalized areas, woodland gardens or native plant gardens.
Height: 1 to 1.5’
Spread: 1 to 1.5’
Pot size: 3 qt
Bloom time: April to June
Light: Shade to Part shade
Moisture: Medium well drained
Attracts: Native bees and honeybees
Deer resistant: Tolerates and is not palatable to deer
Companion plants: shade-loving, moisture-tolerant plants with contrasting textures, such as ferns, coral bells, Tiarella, geranium, Phlox
Photo: Glover Perennials
Tiarella cordifolia ‘Elizabeth Oliver’
Long blooming, substantial low clumps of deeply lobed leaves streaked with red veining. Spires of foamy pink flowers bloom throughout the spring. Works well as a ground cover, accent, in containers, and as edging for a shade garden. New growth appears bronze. It can be easily divided in spring.
Height: 12 - 15”
Spread: 12”
Pot size: 3 qt
Bloom time: May, June, July
Light: Part shade to shade
Moisture: Average, wet
Attracts: Butterflies and other pollinators
Deer resistance: Yes
Companion Plants: Lady fern, Virginia bluebells
Photo credit: Glover Perennials
Tiarella cordifolia ‘Running Tapestry’
Spikes of delicate, white, starry flowers rise above the lush, green leaves with radiating deep red hearts. This evergreen combines well with deciduous trees & shrubs. It is an excellent groundcover and garden accent and does well in containers. Native to the northeastern U.S.
Height: 8-12”
Spread: 12-18”
Pot size: 3 qt
Bloom time: May to July
Light: Partial shade to Full Shade
Moisture: Average to Wet
Attracts: Bees, butterflies, moths and other pollinators
Deer resistant: Yes
Companion plants: Creeping phlox, lady fern, Virginia bluebells
Photo: Glover Perennials
Onoclea sensibilis
Attractive foliage with seed heads that provide winter interest. Spreads slowly forming colonies in ideal conditions with moist soils and room to grow.
Height: 12”-18”
Spread: 18”-36”
Pot size: 3 qt
Bloom time: N/A
Light: Shade-Part Sun
Moisture: Damp-Medium
Attracts: N/A
Deer resistance: Yes
Companion Plants: Showy swamp milkweed,, coastal Joe Pye weed, white turtlehead, pink turtlehead, broad leafed sedge
Photo: Glover Perennials
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Easy to grow in shady moist location. Spreads by runners.
Height: 24 - 36"
Pot Size: 3 qt
Sun: Partial to Shade
Moisture: Average, Well Drained
Attracts: Birds
Deer Resistant: Yes
Companion Plants: Virginia bluebells, coral bells, American elderberry, red chokeberry
Polystichum acrostichoides
Most common evergreen fern in Northeast, remains green throughout the winter.
Height: 8-16”
Pot Size: 3 qt
Sun: Partial to Shade
Attracts: Birds
Deer Resistant: Yes
Companion Plants: Columbine, Virginia bluebells, blue-stemmed goldenrod,
foamflower, coral bells
Athyrium filix-femina
A hardy soft textured fern. Grows best in organically rich moist soils.
Height: 18”-36”
Spread: 18”-36”
Pot size: 1 qt
Bloom time: N/A
Light: Shade-Part Sun
Moisture: Moist-Average
Attracts: N/A
Deer resistance: Yes
Companion Plants: Carex, Tiarella, spring ephemerals
Photo credit: Lady Bird Johnson, Bloodworth, Stefan
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady in Red’
Often found near streams and ponds, Lady Fern is a large clustered fern that can reach 3 ft in favorable conditions. The ‘Lady in Red’ cultivar sports bright red stems and light green bipinnate fronds with finely-toothed leaflets, which give it a light, lacy appearance. Perfect for the back of the shade and woodland border, it prefers rich and moist soil, though it tolerates drier conditions than most other ferns. Every few years it can be easily divided in the spring, once the crown has grown above soil level. Lady Fern is not affected by serious pests or diseases, but is not deer resistant.
Height: 18 - 30”
Spread: 1.5 - 2.5’
Pot size: 3 qt.
Bloom time: Non-flowering
Light: Part shade, shade
Moisture: Average
Attracts: Birds
Deer Resistance: Yes
Companion Plants: Yarrow, Solidago cassia, bee balm, coastal Joe Pye weed
Photo: CCE MGV Ginger Hughes
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