Plant Growing Guides

Smooth Pigweed

Amaranthus laevigatus

Lake Bank Sedge

Carex lacustris

Lake Sedge

Carex lacustris

Lamb's Quarters

Chenopodium album

Land Cress

Barbarea verna

Leaf Lettuce

Lactuca sativa var. crispa

Leaf Mustard

Brassica juncea

Leaf Mustard Green Wave

Brassica juncea

Leafy Greens

Various species (Lactuca sativa, Spinacia oleracea, Brassica oleracea, etc.)

Spinach 'Bloomsdale Long Standing'

Spinacia oleracea 'Bloomsdale Long Standing'

Arugula (Mixed Leafy Greens)

Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa

Legume Cover Crops (Clover & Vetch)

Trifolium spp. & Vicia spp.

Legume Forages (Clover & Alfalfa)

Trifolium spp., Medicago sativa

Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Lettuce and Leafy Greens

Lactuca sativa and related species

Lettuce Microgreens

Lactuca sativa

Liiriope

Liriope muscari

Liriope

Liriope muscari

Liriope Big Blue

Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'

Liriope Gold-banded

Liriope muscari 'Gold-banded'

Liriope Lilyturf Silvery Sunproof

Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'

Liriope Majestic

Liriope muscari 'Majestic'

Liriope Monroe White

Liriope muscari 'Monroe White'

Lilyturf

Liriope muscari

Big Blue Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'

Variegated Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Variegata'

Liriope spicata 'Silver Dragon'

Liriope spicata 'Silver Dragon'

Variegated Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Variegata'

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

Drought-Tolerant Grasses (Native & Adapted)

Various species (e.g., Bouteloua, Festuca, Panicum, Schizachyrium)

Local Endemic Ferns

Various species (location-dependent)

Drooping Lomandra

Lomandra leucantha

Spiky Beard-Grass

Lomandra longifolia

Lomandra Serenity

Lomandra longifolia 'Serenity'

Long Island Improved Duckweed

Spirodela polyrhiza

Long Scarlet Cincinnati Radish

Raphanus sativus var. sativus

Long Sedge

Carex longii

Loose Leaf Lettuce

Lactuca sativa var. crispa

Low-growing ornamental grasses

Various species (e.g., Festuca glauca, Carex oshimensis, Stipa tenuissima)

Selaginella (Spikemoss)

Selaginella species

Luzula

Luzula spp.

Great Woodrush

Luzula maxima

Snowy Woodrush

Luzula nivea

Hairy Woodrush

Luzula pilosa

Great Wood Rush

Luzula sylvatica

Golden Wood Rush

Luzula sylvatica 'Aurea'

Lycopodium moss

Lycopodium species (e.g., Lycopodium clavatum)