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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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

Dead Nettle

Lamium album

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Decorata Hosta

Hosta 'Decorata'

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Deep in the Heart Hosta

Hosta 'Deep in the Heart'

Densiformis Yew

Taxus x media 'Densiformis'

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Devil's Club

Oplopanax horridus

Variegated Japanese False Solomon's Seal

Disporum sessile

Doghobble

Leucothoe fontanesiana

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Drooping Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana

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Drought-tolerant native ferns

Various species (e.g., Polystichum, Dryopteris, Asplenium)

Drought-tolerant understory shrubs

Various species (mixed group)

Dwarf Fern

Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens (and other dwarf cultivars)

Dwarf Hosta

Hosta minor

Dwarf Japanese Boxwood

Buxus microphylla var. japonica

Dwarf Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

Dwarf Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata 'Nana'

Dwarf Yew

Taxus x media 'Densiformis'

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