Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 19 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass

Sun ☀️Full Sun ⛅Part Sun/Shade ☁️Shade

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

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Dark-leaved Heuchera

Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia

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Darmera peltata

Dead Nettle

Lamium album

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Decorata Hosta

Hosta 'Decorata'

Decorative Moss

Various species (Bryophyta division)

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Deep in the Heart Hosta

Hosta 'Deep in the Heart'

Wavy Hair Grass

Deschampsia flexuosa

Nodding Mandarin

Disporum cantoniense

Nanshan False Solomon's Seal

Disporum nantouense

Pretty Shooting Star

Dodecatheon pulchellum

Double Primrose

Primula vulgaris 'Multiplex'

Double White Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana 'Double White'

Drooping Sedge

Carex pendula

Drooping Woodoats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Dwarf Astilbe Bridal Veil

Astilbe × arendsii 'Bridal Veil'

Dwarf Astilbe Fanal

Astilbe × arendsii 'Fanal'

Dwarf Hosta

Hosta spp. (dwarf cultivars)

Dwarf Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana

Dwarf Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'

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