Ferns:
1.Adiantum pedatum & A. venustum
Common name: maidenhair fern
Family name: Pteridaceae
Type: fern
Height: 0.7m
Hardness zone: 7
Foliage description: dark stems. A. pedatum has palmated lobed stems. A. venustum has small, round leaves.
Cultivation: moist, shaded area
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiantum
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2.Blechum spicant
Common name: deer fern
Family name: Blechnaceae
Type: Fern
Height: 0.5-0.6m
Hardness zone: 5-8
Foliage Description: two different types of fronds.
Cultivation: Part shade to full shade, medium water.
Reference: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=242345&isprofile=0&
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3.Athytium filix-femina
Common name: lady fern
Family name: Woodsiaceae
Type: fern
Height: 0.7-1m
Hardness zone: 4-8
Foliage Description: 2 to 3-pinnate or pinnatifid, finely-divided, lanceolate, light green fronds which grow in a dense circular shuttlecock-like clump to 2-3′ tall. Each frond (leaf) has twenty to thirty pairs of elliptic non-opposite pinna (leaflets) with narrow pointed tips.
Cultivation: part shade to full shade, medium water
Reference: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b630
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4.Dryopteris wallichiana
Common name: alpine wood fern
Family name: Dryopteridaceae
Type: deciduous~semi-evergreen
Height: 0.6m
Hardness zone:6-9
Foliage Description: dark brownish black hair-like scales that give a dramatic, almost prehistoric look to the fern
Cultivation: shade, moist
Reference: http://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/544
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5.Polystichum munitum(N)
Common name: western swordfern
Family name: Dryopteridaceae
Type: Evergreen Fern
Height:0.5m
Hardness zone: 7. native
Foliage Description: 1-pinnately compound leaf
Cultivation: need moisture if grows in full sun
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Not ferns
1.Rodgersia
Common name: rodgersia
Family name: Saxifragaceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height: 1m
Hardness zone: 5 to 7
Flower Description: June to August, creamy
Cultivation: moisture, full sun to part shade
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2.Astilboides tabularis
Common name: astilboides
Family name: Saxifragaceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height and Width: 1m
Hardness zone: 5-7
Flower Description: white, similar to Rodgersia
Cultivation: medium water, part shade to full shade
Suitable Uses: woodland gardens,
Reference: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b175
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3.Darmera peltata
Common name: umbrella plant
Family name: Saxifragaceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height and Width: 0.5m-1m
Hardness zone: 5-7
Flower Description:
Cultivation: sun(moisture) shade, medium to wet
Suitable Uses: Rain garden
Reference: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=v510
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4.Kirengeshoma palmata
Common name: yellow wax bells
Family name: Hydrangeaceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height and Width: 1.5m-2m
Hardness zone: 5-8
Flower Description: waxy yellow
Cultivation: shade, tough. medium water
Suitable Uses: shaded border or woodland garden
Reference:
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d670
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5. Thalictrum rochebruneanum
Common Name: meadow rue
Family: Ranunculaceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height: 1.5m
Foliage and Flower Description: Lavender purple small flowers, 4 times pinnately compound leaves. fine texture
Cultivation: moisture, full sun to part shade.
Limitaition: Need surpport
Hosta
6. Hosta ‘Fortunei Albomarginata’
Common name: Variegated fortune Hosta
Family name: Asparagaceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height: leaf: 0.3-0.5m, flower: 0.8m
Hardness zone: 3-8
Flower Description: white
Cultivation: tough, moisture
7. Hosta sieboldiana
Common name: seersucker hosta
Family name: Asparagaceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Height: 0.5m
Hardness zone: 4-9
Flower Description: white
Cultivation: tough, moisture