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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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Fairchild Mandarin

Fairchild Mandarin

Citrus reticulata × Citrus sinensis

Tiger Jaws

Tiger Jaws

Faucaria tigrina

Tiger Jaws

Tiger Jaws

Faucaria tigrina

Female Type Buddha's Hand

Female Type Buddha's Hand

Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis

Fenestraria

Fenestraria

Fenestraria aurantiaca

Baby Toes

Baby Toes

Fenestraria aurantiaca

Baby Toes

Baby Toes

Fenestraria aurantiaca subsp. rhopalophylla

Baby Toes

Baby Toes

Fenestraria aurantiaca subsp. rhopalophylla

Orange Window Plant, Sunset Conophytum

Orange Window Plant, Sunset Conophytum

Fenestraria aurantiaca var. aurantiaca

Orange Baby Toes

Orange Baby Toes

Fenestraria aurantiaca var. aurantiaca

Barrel Cactus

Barrel Cactus

Ferocactus species

Coville's Barrel Cactus

Ferocactus covillei

Turk's Head Cactus

Turk's Head Cactus

Ferocactus hamatacanthus

Fishhook Barrel Cactus

Ferocactus histrix

Crown Cactus

Crown Cactus

Ferocactus latispinus

Ferocactus pilosus

Ferocactus pilosus

Ferocactus pilosus

Ferocactus (Barrel Cactus)

Ferocactus (Barrel Cactus)

Ferocactus species

Ferocactus histrix (Twisted Rib Barrel Cactus)

Ferocactus histrix (Twisted Rib Barrel Cactus)

Ferocactus histrix

Fire Barrel Cactus

Fire Barrel Cactus

Ferocactus acanthodes

Barrel Cactus, Herrera's Barrel Cactus

Barrel Cactus, Herrera's Barrel Cactus

Ferocactus herrerae

Ferocactus stainesii

Ferocactus stainesii

Ferocactus stainesii

Fishhook Barrel Cactus

Fishhook Barrel Cactus

Ferocactus wislizeni

Fishhook Barrel Cactus

Fishhook Barrel Cactus

Ferocactus wislizenii

FHIA-03 Banana

FHIA-03 Banana

Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana

Fig

Fig

Ficus carica

Fig Adriatic

Fig Adriatic

Ficus carica 'Adriatic'

Fig, Black Mission

Fig, Black Mission

Ficus carica 'Black Mission'

Fig Kadota

Fig Kadota

Ficus carica 'Kadota'

Fingered Citron

Fingered Citron

Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis

Finger Lime Pink Finger

Finger Lime Pink Finger

Citrus australasica var. Pink Finger

Finger Lime Yellow Surprise

Finger Lime Yellow Surprise

Citrus australasica 'Yellow Surprise'

Firestick Cactus

Firestick Cactus

Euphorbia tirucalli

Fishbone Cactus

Fishbone Cactus

Selenicereus anthonyanus

Fishhook Barrel

Fishhook Barrel

Ferocactus latispinus

Fishnet Stockings

Fishnet Stockings

Huernia zebrina

Flapjack Plant

Flapjack Plant

Kalanchoe luciae

Florida Fig

Ficus carica var. florida

Frailea castanea

Frailea castanea

Frailea castanea

Frailea Cactus

Frailea cataphracta

Frailea gracillima

Frailea gracillima

Frailea gracillima (K. Schum.) Britton & Rose

Frailea pulcherrima

Frailea pulcherrima

Frailea pulcherrima (Michener ex Britton & Rose) Britton & Rose

Frosted Diamond

Frosted Diamond

Senecio jacobsenii × hybrid

Fukushu Kumquat

Fukushu Kumquat

Fortunella margarita var. fukushu

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