Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 20 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Baby Bunting Hosta

Hosta 'Baby Bunting'

Berkeley Sedge

Carex divulsa subsp. leersii

Berry-producing Understory Shrubs

Various species (e.g., Sambucus, Ilex, Viburnum, Cornus)

Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Black Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

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Blue Cadet Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Cadet'

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Blue Ivory Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Ivory'

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Blue Mammoth Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Mammoth'

Blue Mouse Ears Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'

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Blue Skies Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Skies'

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Blue Vision Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Vision'

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Blue Wedgewood Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Wedgewood'

Bog-adapted Sedges

Carex species (various)

Bowles Golden Sedge

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

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Bowl of Cream

Hosta 'Bowl of Cream'

Box-leaved Holly

Ilex crenata

Brittle Bladder Fern

Cystopteris fragilis

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Brookside Sedge

Carex amphibola

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Bunchberry Dogwood

Cornus canadensis

Green Velvet Japanese Boxwood

Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Green Velvet'

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