Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 46 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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Fairy Moss

Azolla filiculoides

Fairy's Joke

Miscanthus x giganteus 'Fairy's Joke'

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Simba Bamboo

Fargesia murielae 'Simba'

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Black Dragon Bamboo

Fargesia nitida 'Black Dragon'

Great Wall Bamboo

Fargesia nitida 'Great Wall'

Robusta Bamboo

Fargesia robusta

Campbell Bamboo

Fargesia robusta 'Campbell'

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Fargesia robusta 'Green Screen'

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Pingwu Clumping Bamboo

Fargesia robusta 'Pingwu'

Farro

Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum

Farro Piccolo

Triticum dicoccum

Feathered Moss

Hypnum cupressiforme

Feather grass

Stipa pennata

Feathermoss

Hylocomium splendens

Feather Reed Grass

Calamagrostis × acutiflora

Feathery Ornamental Grasses

Miscanthus × giganteus, Panicum virgatum, Cortaderia selloana, and related species

Fescue

Festuca spp.

Fescue Grass

Festuca species

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Fescue Sedge

Carex festucacea

Festolium

Festuca × Lolium

Festuca

Festuca species

California Fescue

Festuca californica

Azurite Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca 'Azurite'

Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca

Elijah Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'

Festuca Grass

Festuca species

Idaho Fescue

Festuca idahoensis

Japanese Festuca

Festuca japonica

Mairei Fescue

Festuca mairei

Sheep Fescue

Festuca ovina

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Red Fescue (Littoral variety)

Festuca rubra subsp. littoralis

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Festuca (Fescue Grass)

Festuca spp.

Fine Fescue with Bluegrass Blend

Festuca rubra / Festuca ovina / Festuca longifolia (fine fescues) with Poa pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass)

Flint Tall Fescue

Festuca arundinacea

Floratam Grass

Paspalum notatum var. saurae

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Foamflower Sedge

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

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Fodder Grasses

Various species (Lolium, Dactylis, Festuca, Phalaris, etc.)

Forage Grasses

Multiple species (Lolium, Festuca, Dactylis, Phleum, Trifolium spp.)

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Forage Rye

Secale cereale

Fox Sedge

Carex vulpina

Foxtail Millet

Setaria italica

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Fragile Sedge

Carex fragilis

Fraser's Sedge

Carex fraseri

French Einkorn

Triticum monococcum subsp. monococcum

Fringed Sedge

Carex crinita

Cord Moss

Funaria hygrometrica

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