Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 20 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Japanese Aucuba

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Japanese Aucuba Gold Dust

Japanese Aucuba Gold Dust

Aucuba japonica 'Gold Dust'

Japanese Aucuba Picturata

Japanese Aucuba Picturata

Aucuba japonica 'Picturata'

Japanese Aucuba Variegata

Japanese Aucuba Variegata

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

Japanese Autumn Fern Sedge

Japanese Autumn Fern Sedge

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Japanese Fatsia

Japanese Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

Japanese Forest Grass

Japanese Forest Grass

Hakonechloa macra

Japanese Forest Sedge

Japanese Forest Sedge

Carex oshimensis

Japanese Hakonechloa

Japanese Hakonechloa

Hakonechloa macra

Japanese Hakone Grass

Japanese Hakone Grass

Hakonechloa macra

Japanese Pieris

Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica

Japanese Plum Yew

Japanese Plum Yew

Cephalotaxus harringtonia

Japanese Sedge

Japanese Sedge

Carex oshimensis

Japanese Sedge Aureola

Japanese Sedge Aureola

Carex oshimensis 'Aureola'

Japanese Skimmia

Japanese Skimmia

Skimmia japonica

Japanese Sweet Flag Ogon

Japanese Sweet Flag Ogon

Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'

Japanese Sweet Flag Variegatus

Japanese Sweet Flag Variegatus

Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus'

Japanese Sweetspire 'Innocence'

Japanese Sweetspire 'Innocence'

Itea virginica 'Innocence'

Japanese Yew

Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata

June Hosta

June Hosta

Hosta 'June'

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