Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 21 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Speed Quick (< 45d) Medium (45–70d) Long (70d+)

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Balsam Zanzibar Red

Impatiens walleriana 'Zanzibar Red'

Baneberry

Actaea rubra

Begonia Pink

Begonia × semperflorens-cultorum

Bergenia Eroica

Bergenia cordifolia 'Eroica'

Berkeley Sedge

Carex divulsa subsp. leersii

Bishop's Weed Argenteum

Aegopodium podagraria 'Argenteum'

Black Cohosh

Actaea racemosa

Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Bleeding Heart 'Bountiful Heart'

Dicentra spectabilis 'Bountiful Heart'

Blue Angel Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Angel'

Blue Violet

Viola odorata

Bog-adapted Sedges

Carex species (various)

Broad Beech Fern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Bronze Coral

Heuchera 'Bronze Coral'

Bronze Elegance

Heuchera 'Bronze Elegance'

Bronze Knight

Ajuga reptans 'Bronze Knight'

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Brookside Sedge

Carex amphibola

Bugle

Ajuga reptans

Bugle Variegata

Ajuga reptans 'Variegata'

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Burgundy Coral Bells

Heuchera 'Palace Purple'

Busy Lizzie Balsam Dazzler

Impatiens walleriana 'Dazzler'

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