Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 171 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Fairy Duster

Calliandra eriophylla

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Fairy Frost Holly

Ilex x 'Fairy Frost'

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False Indigo

Baptisia australis

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Fanfare Rose

Rosa 'Fanfare'

Fan Palm

Chamaerops humilis

Fantastico Basil

Ocimum basilicum 'Fantastico'

Fantin-Latour

Rosa × centifolia 'Fantin-Latour'

Farkleberry

Vaccinium arboreum

Fastigiata Holly

Ilex crenata 'Fastigiata'

Fastigiata Boxwood

Buxus sempervirens 'Fastigiata'

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Fastigiata Yew

Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata'

Fatshedera

Fatshedera lizei

Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

Japanese Aralia

Fatsia japonica

Feijoa

Acca sellowiana

Feijoa Coolidge

Acca sellowiana 'Coolidge'

Female American Holly

Ilex opaca

Female English Holly

Ilex aquifolium (female cultivars)

Female English Holly 'Golden van Tol'

Ilex aquifolium 'Golden van Tol'

Female Holly

Ilex aquifolium (female cultivars)

Female Holly

Ilex aquifolium (and other Ilex species)

Female Inkberry Holly

Ilex glabra (female cultivars)

Female Japanese Holly

Ilex crenata

Female Winterberry Holly

Ilex verticillata

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Fendleri

Fendlera rupicola

Phoenix Tea

Camellia sinensis var. sinensis

Fennel

Foeniculum vulgare

Fennel Bronze

Foeniculum vulgare var. vulgare 'Bronze'

Fenugreek

Trigonella foenum-graecum

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Fernbush

Chamaebatiaria millefolium

Fernleaf Dill

Anethum graveolens 'Fernleaf'

Ferns (Maidenhair & Shield Ferns)

Adiantum spp. & Polystichum spp.

Fern (High Humidity Varieties)

Pteridophyta (various genera including Nephrolepis, Adiantum, Polystichum, Asplenium)

Ferocactus acanthodes

California Barrel Cactus

Ferocactus cylindraceus

Fishhook Barrel Cactus

Ferocactus diguetii

Silver Prickly Pear

Opuntia ferox

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Festive Holly

Ilex × meserveae 'Festiva'

Fetter Bush

Lyonia lucida

Fetterbush

Lyonia lucida

Feuerschein

Rosa 'Feuerschein'

Feverfew

Tanacetum parthenium

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Fiddleneck

Amsinckia menziesii

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Figaro Basil

Ocimum basilicum 'Figaro'

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Figwort

Scrophularia nodosa

Fiji White

Bougainvillea glabra 'Fiji White'

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Filbert (Hazelnut)

Corylus avellana

Fine Leaf Parsley

Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum

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