PERENNIALS THAT WILL PERFORM
WELL UNDER BLACK WALNUT TREES

Actaea / Cimicifuga (Baneberry, Bugbane)
Ajuga (Bugleweed)
Anemone quinquefolia (American Wood Anemone)
Arisaema (Jack in the Pulpit)
Asarum (Ginger)
Asplenium platyneuron (Ebony Spleenwort)
Aster cordifolius / Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Heart-leaved Aster)
Aster macrophyllus / Eurybia macrophylla (Large-leaved Aster)
Aster divaricatus / Eurybia divaricata (White Wood Aster)
Astilbe (False Spirea)
Athyrium felix-femina (Lady Fern)
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum (Japanese Painted Fern)
Campanula (Bellflower)
Carex (Sedges) – shade tolerant types
Caulophyllum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh)
Chelone (Turtlehead)
Chionodoxa luciliae (Glory of the Snow)
Chrysogonum virginianum (Green and Gold) – tender
Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty)
Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley)
Corydalis lutea (Yellow Fumewort)
Crocus chrysanthus (Snow Crocus)
Crocus vernus (Spring Crocus)
Cyclamen (Hardy Cyclamen)
Cystopteris bulbifera (Bulblet Bladder Fern)
Cystopteris fragilis (Fragile Fern)
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Hay-scented Fern)
Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
Digitalis (Foxglove) – biennial
Disporum (Fairy Bells)
Doronicum (Leopard’s Bane)
Dryopteris cristata (Crested Wood Fern)
Dryopteris intermedia (Intermediate Wood Fern)
Dryopteris marginalis (Marginal Wood Fern)
Epimedium (Barrenwort)
Eranthis (Winter Aconite)
Erythronium (Fawn Lily)
Fragaria virginiana (Wild Strawberry)
Galanthus (Snowdrop)
Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff)
Geranium macrorrhizum (Bigroot Cranesbill)
Geranium maculatum (Wild Cranesbill)
Geranium phaeum (Mourning Widow)
Grasses – shade tolerant types
Helleborus (Hellebore)
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Heuchera (Coral Bell)
x Heucherella (Foamy Bells)
Hosta (Hosta)
Hyacinthoides hispanica / Endymion hispanicus / Scilla hispanica (Spanish Bluebell)
Lamiastrum galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel)
Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia)
Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern) – aggressive spreader
Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells)
Muscari (Grape Hyacinth)
Myrrhis odorata (Sweet Cicely)
Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern)
Pachysandra (Spurge)
Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox)
Phlox stolonifera (Creeping Phlox)
Physostegia virginiana (False Dragonhead)
Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple)
Polemonium reptans (Creeping Jacob’s Ladder)
Polygonatum (Solomon’s Seal)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern)
Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
Scilla siberica (Siberian Squill)
Smilacina (False Solomon’s Seal)
Thalictrum (Meadow Rue)
Tiarella (Foamflower)
Tradescantia virginiana (Virginia Spiderwort)
Trillium (Trillium)
Tricyrtis (Toad Lily)
Uvularia (Bellwort)
Viola (Violets)

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