Information for all our gardeners and plant enthusiasts. The documents cover everything from plants who live well in shaded areas to the possible salt tolerance of different plants.
Plants for Shady Sites
Trees & Evergreens
- Dogwood
- Pagoda Fir
- Balsam Hackberry
- Hemlock
- Canadian Hornbeam
- American Hydrangea
- Ironwood Maple
- Red Serviceberry Spruce
- Black Spruce, White
Shrubs
- Azalea
- Burningbush
- Coralberry
- Clethra Currant
- Alpine Dogwood
- Honeysuckle Hydrangea
- Ninebark
- Privet
- Rhododendron
- Snowberry
- Sumac
- Fragrant Witchhazel
- Winterberry
- Viburnum
- Yew
Perennials & Grasses
- Ajuga Aralia Astilbe
- Bleeding Heart
- Blue Star (Amsonia)
- Bugbane
- Columbine
- Coral Bells
- False Forget-Me-Not Ferns
- Foxglove Ginger
- Wild Goat’s Beard
- Golden Forest
- Grass
- Globe Flower
- Heucherella
- Hosta
- Jacob’s Ladder
- Lenten Rose
- Ligularia
- Lungwort Meadowrue Phlox
- Woodland Spiderwort
- Turtlehead Woodruff
- Sweet Deep Shade
- Barrenwort
- Bergenia
- Bugbane Ferns
- False Forget-Me-Not
- Ginger
- Wilde Hosta
- Lily of the Valley
- Periwinkle
- Snow on the Mountain
- Spurge
- Japanese Dry Shade
- Ajuga
- Anemone
- Barrenwort
- Bunchberry
- Coral Bells
- Ferns
- Foam Flower
- Geranium
- Hosta
- Lady’s Mantle
- Lamium
- Lilyturf
- Periwinkle Ribbon Grass
- Solomon’s Seal Spurge
- Japanese Toad Lily
Rabbit Damage to Landscape Plants
Seldom Damaged
- Astilbe
- Azalea
- Bleeding Heart
- Boxwood
- Columbine
- Daylily
- Foxglove
- Lamium
- Lily of the Valley
- Hydrangea Monarda
- Peony
- Phlox
- Creeping Pine
- White Poppy
- Potentilla
- Rhododendron
- Rosemary
- Scabiosa
- Sea Thrift
- Spruce
- Yew
Heavily Damaged
- Apples Ash
- Mountain Barberry
- Burningbush
- Cotoneaster
- Crabapple
- Dogwood Lilac
- Miss Kim
- Linden Maple
- Red Maple
- Sugar Sandcherry
- Purpleleaf
- Serviceberry
- Sumac
- Viburnum Willow
- Witchhazel
- Yarrow
Boulevard Trees
- Sienna Glen Maple
- State Street Maple
- Columnar Norway Maple
- Spaeth’s Alder
- Prairie Dream
- Paper Birch
- Ginkgo
- Princeton Sentry
- Ginkgo
- Street Keeper
- Honeylocust
- True North
- Kentucky Coffeetree
- Marilee Flowering
- Crabapple
- Tupelo Tower
- Black Gum
- American Sentry Linden
- Boulevard Linden
- Greenspire Linden
Salt Tolerance of Plants
Evergreens, Trees, and Shrubs
High Tolerance
- Barberry
- Coffeetree
- Currant
- Alpine Forsythia
- Ginkgo
- Honeylocust Maple
- Norway Oak
- Bur Oak
- Red Pine
- Mugo
- Potentilla Rose
- Rugosa
- Serviceberry
- Snowberry Spruce
- Colorado Sumac
- Fragrant
Moderate Tolerance
- Arborvitae Aspen
- Birch
- Chokeberry
- Black Clethra
- Elm
- American Lilac
- Common Maple
- Amur Pine
- Scotch Spirea
- Sumac
- Smooth Viburnum
- Arrowwood
Low Tolerance
- Burningbush
- Dogwood
- Redtwig
- Hackberry
- Hornbeam
- American Linden
- American Maple
- Red Maple
- Sugar Pine
- White Viburnum
- American
Perennials & Grasses
High Tolerance
- Yarrow
- Iris
- Bearded Fountain Grass
- Daylily
- Monarda
- Hosta
- Switchgrass
Tolerance of Trees & Shrubs to High pH
Tolerant
- Coffeetree
- Crabapple
- Ginkgo
- Hackberry
- Honeylocust
- Ironwood
- Lilac
- Japanese Tree
- Maple
- Norway Oak
- Burr
Intolerant
- Birch
- River Clethra
- Fothergilla Maple
- Red Oak
- Pin Winterberry
Deer Damage to Landscape Plants
Rarely Damaged
- Barberry
- Black Eyed Susan Birch
- Paper Blazing Star
- Blue Star (Amsonia)
- Boxwood Clethra
- Cypress
- Russian Fern
- Japanese Painted Geranium
- Ginkgo
- Hydrangea
- Hyssop
- Anise
- Lamb’s Ear
- Lavender
- Monarda
- Peony
- Potentilla
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Russian Spirea
- Spruce
- Colorado
- Veronica
- Viburnum
- Arrowwood
- Yarrow
Seldom Severely Damaged
- Columbine
- Dogwood
- Redtwig
- Forsythia
- Honeylocust
- Juniper
- Chinese Lilac
- Common Pine
- Austrian Pine
- Mugo Pine
- Scotch Spruce
- Norway Spruce
- White Sumac
- Fragrant Yew
Occasionally Severely Damaged
- Coral Bells Maple
- Red Maple
- Sugar Serviceberry
- Witchhazel
- Cotoneaster
- Dogwood
- Gray Fir
- Concolor
Frequently Severely Damaged
- Apple
- Arborvitae
- Azalea
- Burningbush
- Cherry
- Crabapple
- Hosta
- Maple
- Norway Plum
- Redbud
- Rhododendron
- Sedum
Susceptibility of Trees to Ice Storm Damage
Resistant
- Coffeetree
- Ginkgo
- Hemlock Hornbeam
- American Ironwood Linden
- Littleleaf Oak
- White Oak
- Swamp White
Intermediate
- Maple
- Red Maple
- Sugar Oak
- Burr Oak
- Red Pine
- White
Susceptible
- Hackberry
- Honeylocust Linden
- American Maple
- Silver
Shrubs for Mass Planting
- Cockberry
- Black Clethra
- Dogwood
- Elder
- American Hazelnut
- Honeysuckle
- Dwarf Bush
- Juniper
- Spirea
- Ashleaf Sumac
- Fragrant Sumac
- Smooth Sumac
- Staghorn
Tolerance of Plants to Poorly Drained Soil
Tolerant
- Aster
- New England Birch
- River Dogwood
- Gray Dogwood
- Redtwig Fern
- Sensitive Larch
- American Maple
- Freeman Maple
- Red Milkweed
- Swamp Oak
- Swamp White
- Willow
- Winterberry
Intolerant
- Butterfly Weed
- Fir
- Coral Bells
- Lilac
- Linden
- American Little
- Bluestem Maple
- Sugar Oak
- White Pine
- White Redbud
- Sedum
Tolerance of Trees to Restricted Space
Tolerant
- Catalpa
- Northern Crabapple
- Ginkgo
- Hawthorn
- Thornless Cockspur
- Honeylocust Linden
- American Maple
- Tatarian
Intolerant
- Ash
- Mountain Cherries
- Maple
- Red Oak
- Plum
- Redbud
- Eastern Serviceberry