Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 24 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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Dancing Queen Hosta

Hosta 'Dancing Queen'

Daphniphyllum

Daphniphyllum macropodum

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Dark Green Hosta

Hosta sieboldiana and related cultivars

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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'

Densiformis Yew

Taxus x media 'Densiformis'

Wavy Hair Grass

Deschampsia flexuosa

Wavy Hair Grass

Deschampsia flexuosa

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Devil's Club

Oplopanax horridus

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Diandra Sedge

Carex diandra

Dicranum Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Doghobble

Leucothoe fontanesiana

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Drooping Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Drooping Sedge

Carex pendula

Drooping Woodoats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Drought-tolerant understory shrubs

Various species (mixed group)

Dwarf Hosta

Hosta minor

Dwarf Japanese Boxwood

Buxus microphylla var. japonica

Dwarf Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

Dwarf Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata 'Nana'

Dwarf Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'

Dwarf Sedge

Carex species (various dwarf cultivars)

Dwarf Yew

Taxus x media 'Densiformis'

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