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References from: Shade Gardening Presentation 2/11/14

Montgomery County Master Gardener 2014 Intern Presentation Jay Everhart • Deborah Lessne • Joanne Scholl-Vancott • Diane Sheldon

How can you tell?

http://www.thegardencontinuum.com/blog/bid/28513/How-much-sun-does-your-garden-have

Native Shade Flowering Trees

Botanical Name Common Name pH Habitat Moisture Ilex opaca* American Holly 5.5-8.0 Sandy Woods Moist Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood 5.0-7.0 Woods, Wood Edges Dry, Moist Cercis canadenensis Eastern Redbud 4.5-7.5 Stream banks Dry, Moist Chionanthus virginicus White Fringetree 4.5-6.5 Stream banks, Ridges Dry, Moist Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay Magnolia 5.0-6.5 Forested Wetlands Moist, Wet Oxydendrum arboreum* Sourwood 4.5-6.0? Wooded slopes Moist *Deer Resistant

Native Shade Shrubs

Botanical Name Common Name pH Habitat Moisture Aralia spinosa* Devil’s Walking Stick 5.5-7.1 Moist woods Dry, Moist Hamamelis virginiana* Witch Hazel 5.5-6.5 Woods, Thickets Dry, Moist Ilex verticillata* Winterberry 4.5-6.5 Swamp, Forested Wetlands Moist, Wet Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel 4.5-6.0 Woods, Mountain Meadows Dry, Moist, Wet Rhododendrum maximum Great laurel, Rosebay Rhod. 4.5-6.0 Woods, Wood Edges Moist, Wet Leucothoe racemosa* Fetterbush, Sweetbells 4.5-6.0 Swamps, Woods, Thickets Moist, Wet *Deer Resistant

Native Shade Shrubs

Botanical Name Common Name pH Habitat Moisture Clethra alnifolia* Summersweet 4.5-6.5 Forested Wetlands Moist, Wet Itea Virginica* Virginia Sweetspire 5.1-7.5 Forested Wetlands, Streambanks Moist, Wet Rhododendron canescens calendulaceum atlanticum Sweet Azalea Flame Azalea Dwarf Azalea 4.2-5.7 5.1-6.0 4.2-5.7 Woods Rocky woodlands Coastal, Sandy Soil Dry, Moist Dry, Moist Moist Ilex glabra* Inkberry 4.5-6.0 Forested Wetlands Dry, Moist Berberis canadensis*? American barberry 6.0-7.5 Hillsides Dry, Moist *Deer Resistant

Native Perennials

Botanical Name Common Name Height Habitat Moisture Osmunda*… Pteridium*… Thelypteris*… Ferns Cinnamon, Royal Bracken New York, Marsh 2-5’ 1.5-6’ 1-2.5’ Wetlands Moist, Wet Cimicifuga racemosa* Black Cohosh/Snakero

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2.5-8.5’ Rich Woods, Thickets Moist Eupatorium fistulosum* Joe-Pye Weed 1.5-10’ Floodplains, Meadows Dry, Moist, Wet Baptista australis* Wild Blue Indigo 3-5’ Open Woods, Thickets Dry, Moist Monarda didyma* Beebalm 2-5’ Creek Banks, Woods Moist, wet Asarum canadense* Wild ginger 0.5’ Rich Woods Moist *Deer Resistant

Deer-Resistant Non-Native Shade Plants

Shrubs

Cephalotaxus harrintonia– Japanese Plum Yew Skimmia japonica – Skimmia Buxus sempervirens – Common Boxwood Mahonia bealei – Leatherleaf mahonia Sarcococca hookeriana – Himalayan Sweet Box

Grasses

Hakonechloa macra - Hakone Grass Acorus Gramineus – Japanese Sweetflag Carex (morrowii) - Morrow’s Sedge

Perennials

• Helleborus orientalis – Lenten Rose
• Astilbe x Arendsii – Hybrid Astilbe
• Ligularia – “Rocket” Ligularia
• Colchium “Waterlilly” – Autumn Crocus
• Galanthus – Snowdrops
• Brunnera macrophylla – Siberian Bugloss
• Geranium macrorrhizum – Bigroot/Hardy

Geranium

• Chionodoxa – glory of the snow

Groundcovers

• Epimedium Grandiflorum – Longspur

Barrenwort

• Pachysandra Terminalis – Japanese Spurge

Source: “50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants” Ruth Rogers Clausen

Many different types of plants will grow in shade or partial shade

Many of the native plants or cultivars can be used Think of your shade garden as a room:

– Tall trees (canopy) are the ceiling – Understory trees and shrubs are walls and furniture – Flowers, ferns and groundcovers are the carpet

Consider your micro-climate and the overall feeling you want to provide Try a variety of plants or structures

Online Resources

http://uswildflowers.com http://wildflowerfarm.com http://wildflower.org/collections Specify Maryland in your search