A Tree Garden

My Shady Situation in the Pacific Northwest

Plant List

This is a sortable list of (almost) all plants in the garden. Filter the list below or search.

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Filter by Categories
Garden Critters
Garden Humor
Garden Update
General
Project Sunroom
Seeds and planting
Shade Favorites
Tips & Tricks
Note: Plants may have multiple light needs.
Note: Plants may appear in more than one location.

Conifer

Globe arborvitae Fire Chief

‘Fire Chief’ Globe Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis 'Congabe'

TBD

Abies Lasiocarpa

Alpine Fir

Abies lasiocarpa

TBD

Baby blue sawara cypress

Baby Blue Sawara Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Baby Blue'

B

Blue alaska cedar

Blue Alaska Cedar

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Glauca'

TBD

Alaska weeping cedar

Blue Weeping Alaska Cedar

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula Glauca'

A

Picea omorika 'Bruns'

Bruns Serbian Spruce

Picea Omorika 'Bruns'

TBD

Snow sprite deodar cedar

Deodar Cedar ‘Snow Sprite’

Cedrus deodara 'Snow Sprite'

TBD

Western White Pine

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

TBD

Emerald green arborvitae

Emerald Green Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'

A

Fernspray Gold Hinoki Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Fernspray Gold'

B

Golden Duchess Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'MonKinn'

B

Thujopsis dolobrata

Golden Elkhorn Cedar

Thujopsis dolobrata 'Aurea'

TBD

Golden Irish Yew

Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Aurea'

B

Hick's Yew

Hick’s Yew

Taxus x 'Hicksii'

A

Irish yew 'Stricta'

Irish Yew ‘Stricta’ or ‘Fastigata’

Taxus baccata 'Stricta' or 'Fastigata'

A

Treasure Island Lawson Cypress

Lawson False Cypress ‘Treasure Island’

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Treasure Island'

B

Miss Grace Dawn Redwood

Miss Grace Dwarf Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostrboides 'Miss Grace'

A

Montgomer Blue Spruce

New! Montgomery Colorado Blue Spruce

Picea pungens 'Montgomery'

TBD

Mountain Hemlock

Tsuga mertensia

B

New! Silver Mist Deodar Cedar

Cedrus deodara 'Silver Mist'

TBD

Slender Hinoki Cypress

Slender Hinoki Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis'

B

Mugo pine

Slowmound Mugo Pine

Pinus mugo 'Slowmound'

TBD

Coast redwood

Soquel Coast Redwood

Sequoia sempervirens 'Soquel'

TBD

Spanish Fir

Spanish Fir

Abies pinsapo 'Aurea'

B

Spring Grove Arborvitae

Thuja plicata 'Spring Grove'

A

Abies lasiocarpa Alpine Beauty

Subalpine Fir “Alpine Beauty”

Abies lasiocarpa "Alpine Beauty"

TBD

Wissel’s Saguaro Lawson Cypress

Chamaecyparis lawsonia 'Wissel's Saguaro'

A

Fern

Alaskan Fern

Polystichum setiferum (P. angulare)

A

Autumn Fern

Autumn Fern

Dryopteris erythrosora

B

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum Cinnamomeum

B

Deer Fern

Deer Fern

Blechnum spicant

B

Dwarf Lady Fern

Dwarf Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina 'Minutissima'

B

Eared Lady Fern

Athyrium otophorum 'Okanum'

A

Two ferns

Ghost Fern

Athyrium 'Ghost'

A

Himalayan Maidenhair – Adiantum venustum

Himalayan Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum venustum

A

Fortune's Cold Hardy Holly Fern – Cyrtomium fortunei

Holly Fern ‘Fortune’s Cold-Hardy’

Cyrtomium fortunei

B

Japanese Painted Fern

Japanese Painted Fern

Athyrium Nipponicum 'Pictum'

B

Korean Rock Fern

Korean Rock Fern

Polystichum tsus-simense

B

Lady in Red Fern

Lady in Red Fern

Athyrium (angustum rubellum) 'Lady in Red'

A

Maidenhair spleenwort

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

C

Tennessee Ostrich Fern

Asplenium pycnocarpon

C

Tokyo Wood Fern – Dryopteris tokyoensis

Tokyo Wood Fern

Dryopteris tokyoensis

A

White Rabbit Foot Fern

White Rabbit Foot Fern

Humanta tyermannii

A

Groundcover

Angelina stonecrop

Angelina Stonecrop

Sedum 'Angelina'

TBD

Baby’s Tears

Soleirolia soleirolii

B

Bearberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster dammeri

TBD

Bishop’s Weed

Aegopodium p. 'Variegatum'

B

Persian Chocolate Creeping Jenny

Creeping Jenny ‘Persian Chocolate’

Lysimachia congestiflora 'Persian Chocolate'

B

Creeping rosemary

Creeping Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostrata'

TBD

Creeping Wirevine

Muehlenbeckia

A

Creeping Raspberry

Formosan Carpet Raspberry

Rubus pentalobus 'Formosan Carpet'

B

Haircap Moss

Haircap Moss

Family Polytrichaceae

A

Hardy Plumbago

Hardy Plumbago

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

TBD

Japanese Stonecrop

Sedum makinoi 'Ogon'

TBD

Kinnikinnick ‘Vancouver Jade’

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Vancouver Jade'

TBD

Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

B

Maroon Beauty Saxifrage

Maroon Beauty Saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera 'maroon beauty'

TBD

Purple Sheeps Burr

Purple Sheep’s Burr

Acaena inermis 'Purpurea'

B

Oxalis oregana

Redwood Sorrel

Oxalis oregana

TBD

Salal

Salal

Gaultheria shallon

B

Saxifrage Golden London Pride

Saxifrage ‘Golden London Pride’

Saxifraga × urbium ‘Aureopunctata’

A

Scotch Moss

Scotch Moss

Sagina subulata 'Aurea'

TBD

Wildflower Hepatica

Sharp-lobed hepatica

Anemone Acutiloba

A

Wild Ginger

Wild Ginger

Asarum caudatum

B

Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens

TBD

Hosta

Hosta American Hero

Hosta ‘American Hero’

Hosta 'American Hero'

C

Hosta ‘Blue Mouse Ears’

Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'

A

Hosta ‘Blue’

Hosta

TBD

Hosta Blueberry Muffin

Hosta ‘Blueberry Muffin’

Hosta 'Blueberry Muffin'

B

Hosta Great Expectations

Hosta ‘Great Expectations’

Hosta 'Great Expectations'

TBD

Hosta Halcyon

Hosta ‘Halycon’

Hosta 'Halcyon'

A

Hosta Katie Q

Hosta ‘Katie Q’

Hosta 'Katie Q'

B

Krossa Regal

Hosta ‘Krossa Regal’

Hosta 'Krossa Regal'

A

Hosta ‘Lemon Lime’

Hosta

B

Hosta Stained Glass

Hosta ‘Stained Glass’

Hosta 'Stained glass'

B

Hosta Sum and Substance

Hosta ‘Sum and Substance’

Hosta 'Sum and Substance'

A

Hosta June

Hosta June

Hosta 'June'

A

Perennial

Anemone Lucky Charm

Anemone ‘Lucky Charm’

Anemone x hybrida 'Lucky Charm'

A

Aralia Cordata Sun King

Aralia ‘Sun King’

Aralia cordata

A

Astilbe Amber Moon

Astilbe ‘Amber Moon’

Astilbe 'Amber Moon'

A

Astilbe ‘Peach Blossom’

Astilbe rosea 'Peach Blossom'

A

Beacon Fuchsia

Beacon Fuchsia

Fuchsia 'Beacon'

B

Barrenwort

Bishop’s Hat

Epimedium x rubrum

A

Black Mondo Grass

Black Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

B

Bleeding Heart ‘Alba’

Dicentra spectibilis 'Alba'

A

Bleeding Heart ‘Pink’

Dicentra spectibilis 'Pink'

A

Ligularia

Britt-Marie Crawford Ligularia

Ligularia dentata 'Britt-Marie Crawford'

B

Brunnera “Jack Frost”

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'

A

Calluna

Calluna Vulgaris Heather ‘Dark Beauty’

Calluna vulgaris 'Dark beauty'

TBD

Carex Everglow

Carex EverColor ‘Everglow’

Carex morrowii 'Everglow'

TBD

Ceanothus Diamond Heights

Ceanothus ‘Diamond Heights’

Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Diamond Heights'

C

Podophyllum plelanthum Chinese Mayapple

Chinese Mayapple

Podophyllum plelanthum

A

Compact Giant Papyrus

Cyperus Percamenthus

TBD

Coral Bells ‘Green Spice’

Heuchera 'Green Spice'

B

Coral Bells ‘Marmalade’

Heuchera 'Marmalade'

TBD

Coral Bells ‘Melting Fire’

Heuchera 'Melting Fire'

A

Coral Bells Obsidian

Coral Bells ‘Obsidian’

Heuchera 'Obsidian'

TBD

Coral Bells ‘Palace Purple’

Heuchera Micrantha 'Palace Purple'

TBD

New! Coral Bells ‘Rose Granite’

Heuchera 'Rose Granite'

TBD

New! Coral Bells ‘Sugar Berry’

Heuchera LITTLE CUTIE 'Sugar Berry'

TBD

New! Dark Knight Bluebeard

Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight'

TBD

Dahlia

Dinner Plate Dahlia

Dahlia hybrid

TBD

Elephant ears

Colocasia Esculenta

TBD

Goatsbeard ‘Misty Lace’

Aruncus hybrid 'Misty Lace'

TBD

Golden Hardy Fucshia

Golden Hardy Fuchsia

Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis 'Aurea'

A

Herons-Pirouette-Begonia

Hardy Begonia ‘Heron’s Pirouette’

Begonia Grandis 'Heron's Pirouette'

TBD

Hardy Creeping Golden Fuchsia

Fuchsia 'Autumnale'

TBD

Hardy Impatiens

Hardy Impatiens

Impatiens omelana

A

Impatiens omeiana silver and pink

Hardy Impatiens ‘Silver and Pink’

Impatiens omeiana 'silver and pink'

A

Hardy White Begonia

Hardy White Begonia

Begonia Grandis 'Alba'

B

New! Heather Beauty Ladies ‘Verenka’

Calluna vulgaris Beauty Ladies 'Verenka'

TBD

Hellebore “Ivory Prince”

Helleborus 'Walhelivor'

B

Heucherella Sweet Tea

Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’

Heucherella 'Sweet Tea'

C

Himalayan Mayapple

Podophyllum hexandrum

D

Iris Sibirica 'Caesar's Brother'

Iris Sibirica ‘Caesar’s Brother’

Iris sibirica 'Caesar's Brother'

A

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema concinnum

D

Japanese Forest Grass ‘Allgold’

Hakonechloa macra 'Allgold'

A

Japanese forest grass

Japanese Forest Grass ‘Aureola’

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

A

Japanese Meadow Grass ‘Red Wind’

Hakonechloa macra 'Beni Kaze'

D

Lenten Rose Charmer

Lenten Rose ‘Charmer’

Helleborus x hybridus 'Charmer'

TBD

Lupine Hybrid

Lupine Hybrid

Lupinus hybrid

B

Martin's Euphorbia

Martin’s Euphorbia

Euphorbia x martinii

TBD

Micro-miniature Cattail

Typha minima 'Europa'

TBD

Nodding Onion

Nodding Onion

Allium cercum

TBD

Oxalis Iron Cross

Oxalis deppei 'Iron Cross'

B

Pineapple Lily ‘Tiki’

Eucomis 'Aloha Lily Tiki'

F

Profuse Flowering Clematis ‘Serious Black’

Clematis recta purpurea 'Lime Close'

D

Red Baron Blood Grass

Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron'

TBD

Rodgersia

Rodgersia ‘Fireworks’

Rodgersia pinnata 'Fireworks'

A

Salvia

Salvia ‘Mirage Deep Purple’

Salvia greggii 'Balmirdepur'

TBD

Sedum Autumn Joy

Sedum Autumn Joy

Sedum 'Autumn Joy'

B

Shasta Daisy 'Becky'

Shasta Daisy ‘Becky’

Leucanthemum x superbum 'Becky'

TBD

Shredded Umbrella Plant

Syneilesis palmata

F

Skunk Cabbage

Lysichiton americanum

TBD

Snowbells

Galanthus Nivalis 'single'

B

Speedwell “Georgia Blue”

Veronica p. 'Georgia Blue'

B

Striped Water Iris

Iris laevigata 'Variegata'

A

Variegated Japanese Aralia

Variegated Japanese Aralia

Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web'

B

Voodoo Lily

Voodoo Lily

Dracunculus vulgaris

B

White Chionodoxa

Chionodoxa forbesii

C

Windflower

Windflower

Anemone x hybrida 'Lucky Charm'

TBD

Winter Jewels Black Diamond Lenten Rose

Helleborus 'Black Diamond'

B

Wood Anemone

Anemone nemorosa

A

Zebra Rush

Scirpus 'Zebrinus'

TBD

Shrub

Globe arborvitae Fire Chief

‘Fire Chief’ Globe Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis 'Congabe'

TBD

Aronia ‘Ground Hug’

Aronia melanocarpa 'Uconnam201'

TBD

Gold Dust Plant

Aucuba Japonica ‘Gold Dust’

Aucuba japonica

A

Baby blue sawara cypress

Baby Blue Sawara Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Baby Blue'

B

Bearberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster dammeri

TBD

Pacific wax myrtle

California Wax Myrtle

Myrica californica / Morella californica

TBD

Chindo Viburnum

Chindo Viburnum

Viburnum awabuki 'Chindo'

TBD

Snow sprite deodar cedar

Deodar Cedar ‘Snow Sprite’

Cedrus deodara 'Snow Sprite'

TBD

Dwarf Fothergilla

Dwarf Fothergilla

Fothergilla gardenii

TBD

Dwarf Nikko Duetzia

Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko'

TBD

Evergreen Huckleberry

Evergreen Huckleberry

Vaccinium ovatum

C

Fragrant Valley Sarcacocca

Sarcococca humilis 'Frangrant Valley'

TBD

Gentsch White Hemlock

Gentsch White Hemlock

Tsuga C. 'Gentsch White'

B

Golden Duchess Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'MonKinn'

B

Golf Ball Pittosporum

Pittosporum Tenuifolium 'Golf Ball'

TBD

Green Mountain Boxwood

Buxus x 'Green Mountain'

TBD

Leycesteria formosa

Himalayan Honeysuckle

Leycesteria formosa

C

Irish yew 'Stricta'

Irish Yew ‘Stricta’ or ‘Fastigata’

Taxus baccata 'Stricta' or 'Fastigata'

A

Japanese Aralia

Fatsia japonica

A

Kleim’s Hardy Gardenia

Gardenia Jasminoides 'Kleim's Hardy'

TBD

New! Leucothoe ‘Scarletta’

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Scarletta'

A

Limelight hydrangea

Limelight Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'

TBD

Montgomer Blue Spruce

New! Montgomery Colorado Blue Spruce

Picea pungens 'Montgomery'

TBD

Mountain Pepper

Mountain Pepper

Drimys lanceolata

TBD

Nuccio’s Bella Rossa Camelia

Camelia Japonica 'Nuccio's Bella Rossa'

TBD

Oakleaf hydrangea 'Ruby Slippers'

Oakleaf Hydrangea ‘Ruby Slippers’

Hydrangea Quercifolia 'Ruby Slippers'

TBD

Pacific mist manzanita

Pacific Mist Manzanita

Arctostaphylos Manzanita 'Pacific Mist'

TBD

Rainbow Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'

A

Abutilon Red Tiger

Red Tiger Flowering Maple

Abutilon x 'Red Tiger'

TBD

Rhododendron ‘Everred’

Rhododendron 'Everred'

B

Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’

Rhododendron hybrid

TBD

Salal

Salal

Gaultheria shallon

B

Sky Pencil Holly

Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil'

TBD

Mugo pine

Slowmound Mugo Pine

Pinus mugo 'Slowmound'

TBD

Snowberry

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

B

Sprinter boxwood

Sprinter Boxwood

Buxus mirophylla 'Bulthouse'

TBD

Abies lasiocarpa Alpine Beauty

Subalpine Fir “Alpine Beauty”

Abies lasiocarpa "Alpine Beauty"

TBD

True Dwarf Boxwood

Buxus sempervirens 'Suffructosa'

B

Wissel’s Saguaro Lawson Cypress

Chamaecyparis lawsonia 'Wissel's Saguaro'

A

Tree

Abies Lasiocarpa

Alpine Fir

Abies lasiocarpa

TBD

Blue alaska cedar

Blue Alaska Cedar

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Glauca'

TBD

Alaska weeping cedar

Blue Weeping Alaska Cedar

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula Glauca'

A

Picea omorika 'Bruns'

Bruns Serbian Spruce

Picea Omorika 'Bruns'

TBD

Coral Bark Maple

Coral Bark Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Sango-kaku'

A

Western White Pine

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

TBD

Emerald green arborvitae

Emerald Green Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'

A

Emperor Japanese Maple

Emperor I Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Emperor I'

A

Fernspray Gold Hinoki Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Fernspray Gold'

B

Red Laceleaf Japanese Maple

Garnet Laceleaf Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum dissectum 'Garnet'

B

Thujopsis dolobrata

Golden Elkhorn Cedar

Thujopsis dolobrata 'Aurea'

TBD

Golden Full Moon Maple

Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum'

TBD

Golden Irish Yew

Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Aurea'

B

Green Laceleaf Japanese Maple

Green Laceleaf Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum dissectum 'Viridis'

A

Hick's Yew

Hick’s Yew

Taxus x 'Hicksii'

A

Improved Meyer Lemon

Improved Meyer Lemon

Citrus × meyeri

TBD

Incense Cedar

Incense Cedar

Calocedrus decurrens syn. Libocedrus decurrens

TBD

Irish yew 'Stricta'

Irish Yew ‘Stricta’ or ‘Fastigata’

Taxus baccata 'Stricta' or 'Fastigata'

A

Kieffer Lime

Citrus Hystix

TBD

Treasure Island Lawson Cypress

Lawson False Cypress ‘Treasure Island’

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Treasure Island'

B

Miss Grace Dawn Redwood

Miss Grace Dwarf Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostrboides 'Miss Grace'

A

Mountain Hemlock

Tsuga mertensia

B

Paperbard Maple Fall

Paperbark Maple

Acer griseum

TBD

Pixie Japanese Maple

Pixie Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Pixie'

TBD

Sargent’s Weeping Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'

A

Shaina Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Shaina'

TBD

New! Silver Mist Deodar Cedar

Cedrus deodara 'Silver Mist'

TBD

Slender Hinoki Cypress

Slender Hinoki Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis'

B

Coast redwood

Soquel Coast Redwood

Sequoia sempervirens 'Soquel'

TBD

Spanish Fir

Spanish Fir

Abies pinsapo 'Aurea'

B

Spring Grove Arborvitae

Thuja plicata 'Spring Grove'

A

Abies lasiocarpa Alpine Beauty

Subalpine Fir “Alpine Beauty”

Abies lasiocarpa "Alpine Beauty"

TBD

Summer Gold Japanese Maple

Summer Gold Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Summer gold'

TBD

Tricolor European Beech

Fagus sylvatica 'Roseo Marginata'

TBD

Twomblys red sentinel

Twombly’s Red Sentinel Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Twombly's Red Sentinel'

TBD

Vine Maple ‘Pacific Fire’

Acer circinatum 'Pacific Fire'

TBD

Vine

Arctic Beauty Kiwi

Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic Beauty'

TBD

Avalanche Clematis

Clematis x cartmanii 'Avalanche'

TBD

China Blue Sausage Vine

Holboellia coriacea 'China Blue'

TBD

Clematis “Maidwell Hall”

Clematis macropetala 'maidwell hall'

TBD

Clemtis Candida

Clematis ‘Candida’

Clematis languinosa 'Candida'

A

Clematis 'Rouge Cardinal'

Clematis ‘Rouge Cardinal’

Clematis 'Rouge Cardinal'

C

Clematis 'Violet Charm'

Clematis ‘Violet Charm’

Clematis 'Violet Charm'

B

Climbing bleeding heart

Dicentra scandens

TBD

Climbing hydrangea

Climbing Hydrangea

Hydrangea seemannii

C

New! English Ivy ‘Duckfoot’

Hedera helix 'Duckfoot'

TBD

New! English Ivy ‘Glacier’

Hedera helix 'Glacier'

TBD

Scarlet Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle ‘Scarlet Dropmore’

Lonicera x brownii. 'Dropmore Scarlet'

B

Loganberry

Rubus × loganobaccus

TBD

Madison Star Jasmine

Madison Star Jasmine

Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Madison'

TBD

Polish Spirit Clematis

Clematis viticella 'Polish Spirit'

B

Potato Vine

Solanum jasminoides

TBD

Raspberry ‘Anne’

Rubus 'Anne'

TBD

Japanese Hydrangea Vine

Silver Japanese Hydrangea Vine

Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'

A

Veitch Boston Ivy

Veitch Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Veitchi'

A