Effortless and Evergreen Plant List Botanical Name Common Name Conditions Reproductive Strategy Evergreen/Foliage Present Aquilegia canadensis Eastern Red Sun/Part Shade Seed No, but foliage/basal Columbine Average rosette persists. Filler Asarum canadense Canadian Ginger Shade Rhizomatous No, but foliage emerges Dry to Average early spring. Carex amphibola Creek sedge Part Sun/Shade Rhizomatous Yes Average to Wet Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania sedge Part Sun/Shade Rhizomatous No, but foliage persists Moist to Dry for winter groundcover. Chrysogonum virginianum Green and Gold Sun/Part Shade Rhizomatous Yes Dry to Average Dennstaedtia punctilobula Hay-scented Fern Sun/Part Shade Rhizomatous No Dryopteris marginalis Marginal Wood Fern Shade Rhizomatous Yes Average Eurybia divaricata White Wood Aster Part Shade/Shade Rhizomatous No, but foliage emerges Average to Dry Seed early spring. Fragaria virginiana Woodland Sun/Part Sun Stoloniferous Yes Strawberry Average Geranium maculatum Cranesbill Part Sun/Shade Seed No, but foliage emerges Average Self-sower early spring. Prepared by Missy Fabel [email protected] October 5, 2019 Effortless and Evergreen Plant List Botanical Name Common Name Conditions Reproductive Strategy Evergreen/Foliage Present Heuchera villosa Alumroot Part Sun/Shade Rhizomatous Yes ‘Autumn Bride’ Dry to Average Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower Sun/Part Shade Seed No, but basal rosette Moist to Wet Biennial persists. Lobelia siphilitica Blue Lobelia Part Shade/Shade Seed No, but basal rosette Average to Moist Biennial persists. Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebells Part Sun/Shade Seed No. Spring ephemeral. Moist to Average Prolific self-sower Filler Packera aurea Golden Groundsel Sun/Shade Rhizomatous Yes Moist to Average Phlox divaricata Woodland Phlox Part Sun/Shade Rhizomatous Yes Average to Moist Phlox stolonifera Creeping Phlox Part Sun/Shade Stoloniferous Yes Average to Dry Phlox subulata Moss Phlox Sun Seed Yes Average Matt forming evergreen Polystichum Christmas Fern Shade Spores Yes acrostichoides Average Prepared by Missy Fabel [email protected] October 5, 2019 Effortless and Evergreen Plant List Botanical Name Common Name Conditions Reproductive Strategy Evergreen/Foliage Present Sedum ternatum Woodland Stonecrop Part Sun/Shade Seed/Stoloniferous Yes, foliage turns purple Average to Dry Matt forming evergreen in winter. Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed Sun/Part Shade Seed No, but foliage persists Average to Dry for winter structure. Stylophorum diphyllum Wood Poppy Part Sun/Shade Seed No, but foliage emerges Moist to Average Prolific self-sower early spring. Filler Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower Part Sun/Shade Stoloniferous Yes ‘Running Tapestry’ Average Viola spp. Violets Part Sun/Shade Rhizomatous No, but foliage emerges Average Seed early spring. Waldsteinia fragarioides Barren Strawberry Part Sun to Part Shade Stoloniferous Yes (Geum fragarioides) Average Zizia aurea Golden Alexander Sun/Part Shade Seed No, but foliage persists Average to Moist Prolific self-sower through most of season. Filler Prepared by Missy Fabel [email protected] October 5, 2019 .