Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 18 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass

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

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Canada Red Apple

Malus domestica 'Canada Red'

Chinese Apricot

Prunus armeniaca var. sinica

Christmas Tree

Various species (Abies, Picea, Pinus genera)

Colorado Blue Spruce

Picea pungens

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Columnar Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis

Columnar Aspen

Populus tremuloides 'Erecta'

Columnar Blue Spruce

Picea pungens 'Columnaris'

Columnar Eastern Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana 'Canaertii' or similar columnar cultivars

Columnar Norway Spruce

Picea abies 'Columnaris'

Compact Arctic Peach

Prunus persica var. compacta

Conica Spruce

Picea glauca 'Conica'

Coniferous Trees

Coniferophyta (Division)

Conifer

Pinophyta (Division)

Spruce and Fir

Picea spp. and Abies spp.

Conifers (Spruce and Fir)

Picea spp. and Abies spp.

Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

Crabapple Dolgo

Malus 'Dolgo'

Crabapple

Malus spp.

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