Use native perennials and shrubs to add seasonal interest and color to the edge of your woodland or plant in shady areas.

Ferns

• Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
• Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
• Goldie’s Fern (Goldiana goldiana)
• Interrupted Fern (Osmunda claytoniana)
• Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
• Ostrich Fern (Matteucia struthiopteris)
• Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
• Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

Herbaceous Perennials

• Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
• Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)
• Downy Skullcap (Scutellaria incana)
• False Rue Anemone (Isopyrum biternatum)
• Golden Ragwort (Senecio aureus)
• Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
• Sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
• Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
• Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
• Squaw-weed (Senecio obovatus)
• Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
• Wild Sweet William (Phlox divaricata)
• Woodland spiderwort (Tradescantia ernestiana)
• Yellow Trout Lily (Erythornium americanum)
• Shrubs
• Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia)
• Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
• Indian Cherry (Rhamnus caroliniana)
• Leatherwood (Dirca palustris)
• Nannyberry viburnum (Viburnum lentago)
• Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americanus)
• Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)
• Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)
• Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

Spring Ephemeral

• Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
• Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia)

Trees

• American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
• Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
• Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
• Wafer Ash (Ptelea trifoliata)

Vines

• Dutchman’s Pipe-vine (Aristolochia tomentosa)
• Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)