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RESOURCES
Books
Some of the many books you may find useful are
Easy Care Native Plants by Patricia Taylor,
Landscaping with Native Trees by Guy Sternberg and
Jim Wilson, and Taylor’s Guide to Natural Gardening.
Internet
These are just a few to get you started. You can
find many more sites using any search engine. Please
note that these sites do not necessarily concentrate
on native plants.
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http://www.chicago-botanic.org/PlantFacts.html
(good site from the Chicago Botanic Garden)
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http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/
hort/g06911.htm
(Missouri Dept. of Horticulture; general info and
plant lists)
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http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/
horticulture/DG1428.html
(Minnesota Extention Service; general info and
plant lists)
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http://www.gardenweb.com/forums/woodland/
(forum for woodland and deep shade gardening)
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http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/wwwac/parish/ebr/
mgsgar.htm
(master gardener site)
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http://www.finegardening.com/kg/features/growing/
16shadeprint.htm
(charts of amounts of required sunlight)
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http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/
Garden/shadegar.htm
(Denver Cooperative Extension Service)
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http://www.nichegdn.com/catalogs/nichegdn/
nichegdn.p37.xtml/
(list of plants from Niche Gardens)
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http://www.gifted-gardener.com/giftedgardener/
shadegarden.html
(Gifted Gardener horticulturalist; general info and
plant lists)
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http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe.SL1=
SHADEGARDENS&H=MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
(a list serve devoted to shade gardening)
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http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/
shade_gardening
(a personal web page devoted to shade gardening)
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http://www.lanningpages.com/goldenherb/
links1_garden.html
(gardening links of all kinds)
Perennials
Wild Ageratum (Eupatorium coelestinum)
Windflower (Anemone patens)
Columbine (Aquilegia caerulea, A. canadensis,
A. chrysantha)
Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)
Astilbe (A. biternata)
Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus)
False Goatsbeard (Astilbe biternata)
White Wood Aster (Aster divaricatus)
Buff Goldenrod (Solidago sphacelata)
White Snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
Hepatica (H. acutiloba)
Bloodroot (Snaguinaria canadensis)
Celandine Poppy (Chelidonium majus)
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
Bleeding Heart (Dicentra eximia)
Dutchmen’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
Phlox (P. divericata)
Coral Bells (Heuchera sanguinea, H. americana)
White Woodland Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)
Turtlehead (Chelone)
Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla)
Allegheny Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens)
Miterwort (Mitella diphylla)
American Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
False Solomon’s Seal (Smilacina racemosa)
Big Merrybells (Uvularia grandiflora)
“Imagine the possibilities: a new
landscape in which biodiverse gardens link
up to form a network of corridors that
crisscross the continent, connecting
nature preserves so that animals can
move freely and plant seeds can disperse.
Planting these gardens can be our great
gift to the planet."
– Janet Marinelli, Going Native,
Brooklyn Botanic Garden series
“Consider that shady spot in your garden
as a challenge and an asset,
learn the special needs of shade-loving
plants, and your former problem spot
becomes a cool, attractive, and refreshing
haven to enjoy on a summer day."
– Shade Gardening, Ortho Books
