Aucuba japonica var borealis Bored Female Thelypteris Salvia guaranitica is generally avoided

Salvia guaranitica is generally avoided by deer and rabbits as are most members of the mint family

forming a tight clump of stems that arch to 4'

Nurseries who don't know the plants they sell often list Helleborus x hybridus as Helleborus orientalis

We have found the tightly clumping Asarum minamitanianum very easy to grow in our woodland garden

Avoid soggy soil

Aucuba japonica var borealis Bored Female Thelypteris Salvia guaranitica is generally avoidedOoops! We previously offered this male clone of the lovely shaped Aucuba japonica var. borealis, but when it flowered, we discovered it had undergone a previously undisclosed sex change operation and was not a male. We immediately switched its name to Aucuba japonica 'Bored Female'. Aucuba 'Bored Female' makes an elegant 4' tall x 4' wide specimen, clothed in very shiny, black green leaves. Aucuba japonica var. borealis is the most cold hardy of the