Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 22 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Smooth Pigweed

Amaranthus laevigatus

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Leather Fern

Rumohra adiantiformis

Nitrogen-Fixing Legumes (Alley Farming Mix)

Calliandra calothyrsus, Leucaena leucocephala, Sesbania sesban

Legumes (Clitoria and Desmodium)

Clitoria ternatea L., Desmodium species (D. intortum, D. uncinatum, D. heterophyllum)

Legumes (Nitrogen-Fixing Cover Crops)

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

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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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Hopei Palm

Lepidozamia hopei

Creeping Lepidozia

Lepidozia reptans

Leucaena (Lead Tree) Tarramba

Leucaena leucocephala 'Tarramba'

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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)

Lichen

Symbiosis of fungi (various phyla) and algae/cyanobacteria

Lilly Pilly

Syzygium smithii

Lipstick Plant

Aeschynanthus pulcher

Livermoss

Marchantiophyta (Division)

Living Stones

Lithops marmorata

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Kauai Lobelia

Lobelia kauaiensis

Lonchitis Palm

Lonchitis robusta

Low-growing tropical herbs

Various species (mixed group)

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