Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 42 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Speed Quick (< 45d) Medium (45–70d) Long (70d+)

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Lablab Bean

Lablab purpureus

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Egyptian Bean

Lablab purpureus var. benghalensis

Laeliocattleya Hybrid

Laeliocattleya spp. (Laelia × Cattleya)

Laeliocattleya Memoria Crispin Rosales

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Laeliocattleya Mini Purple

Smooth Pigweed

Amaranthus laevigatus

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Lantana Tiny Red

Lantana camara 'Tiny Red'

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Leather Fern

Rumohra adiantiformis

Basket Fern

Lecanopteris carnosa

Nitrogen-Fixing Legumes (Alley Farming Mix)

Calliandra calothyrsus, Leucaena leucocephala, Sesbania sesban

Legumes (Nitrogen-Fixing Cover Crops)

Fabaceae family - Desmodium spp., Centrosema spp., Pueraria spp.

Leguminous Trees

Fabaceae family (various genera)

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Lehua Haole

Psidium cattleianum

Lehua ʻAlani

Metrosideros polymorpha

Lehua Melemele

Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha

Lehua Sapling

Metrosideros polymorpha

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Leopolda

Cattleya leopoldii

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Hopei Palm

Lepidozamia hopei

Creeping Lepidozia

Lepidozia reptans

Leucaena (Lead Tree) Cunningham

Leucaena leucocephala 'Cunningham'

Leucaena (Lead Tree) Tarramba

Leucaena leucocephala 'Tarramba'

Leucaena, White Leadtree, Jumpy Bean

Leucaena leucocephala

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Lichen and Moss

Lichenes (symbiotic) and Bryophyta (division)

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Lichen and Native Groundcovers

Various species (Lichen: Division Ascomycota & Basidiomycota; Groundcovers: Multiple families)

Lignum Vitae

Guaiacum officinale

Lilly Pilly

Syzygium smithii

Giant Aquatic Bacopa

Limnophila aquatica

Ambulia

Limnophila heterophylla

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus radicans

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus lobbianus

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus marmoratus

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus pulcher

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus speciosus

Livermoss

Marchantiophyta (Division)

Living Stones

Lithops aucampiae

Living Stones

Lithops marmorata

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Kauai Lobelia

Lobelia kauaiensis

Lonchitis Palm

Lonchitis robusta

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Louisaeanum

Anthurium louisaeanum

Low-growing Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

Low-growing tropical herbs

Various species (mixed group)

Ludisia discolor

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