Re: Suggestions for acid loving natives

>  I need to plant a shade bed under some tall pines.  Nothing has ever done well here,  for the client,  and I think natives would be the best bet.  Any suggestions from experience?

Hi Paula,

   I too have a shaded area in the backyard, covered almost entirely
   by 2 large white pines, several balsam firs, some canadian hemlock,
   and some various spruces.

   What I've successfully planted under there:

      Lots of different ferns
      Asarum canadense                         Wild ginger
      Brunnera macrophylla                     Perennials forget-me-not
      Gaultheria procumbens                    Wintergreen
      Geranium cantagbriense 'Biokovo'         
      Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety'  Creeping geranium
      Geranium macrolatum                      Wild geranium
      Hedera helix                             English ivy
      Hosta spp.                               Various hostas
      Leucothoe fontanesiana                   Dog hobble
      Pulmonaria saccharata                    Lungwort
      Rhododendron 'Karen's'                   Karen's azalea
      Rhododendron catawbiense                 Catawba rhododendron
      Trillium recurvatum                      Prairie trillium
      Uvularia grandiflora                     Large-flowered bellwort
      Vinca minor                              Periwinkle

   I have a whole bunch of other plants to add or that haven't been
   there long enough to know if they're a success:

      Arisaema triphyllum                      Jack-in-the-pulpit
      Dicentra cucullaria *                    Dutchman's britches
      Dicentra formosa *                       Western bleeding heart
      Dicentra spectabilis *                   Bleeding heart
      Geranium himalayense                     Lilac Cranesbill
      Geranium phaeum 'Album'                  White widow's tears
      Geranium pratense                        Meadow cranesbill
      Hedeoma pulegiodes                       American pennyroyal
      Phlox divaricata                         Wild sweet william
      Phlox divaricata 'Clouds of Perfume'     Wild sweet william
      Podophyllum peltatum                     Mayapple
      Polemonium caeruleum                     Jacob's ladder
      Polemonium caeruleum 'Album'             White Jacob's ladder
      Sanguinaria canadensis                   Bloodroot
      Sanguinaria canadensis 'Flore Pleno'     Double-flowering bloodroot
      Thalictrum aquilegifolium                Columbine-leaved meadow rue
      Thalictrum revolutum                     Waxy-leaved meadow rue
      Tiarella wherryi *                       Foamflower

There's a lot more plants in pots that I just got, so I might not have
the names of them all.  Plants with an asterisk are watered regularly
and planted in soil amended with leaf mold and spaghnum.

Chris
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