Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 39 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Nana Alba Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba'

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Nana Atropurpurea Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Atropurpurea'

Nanking Cherry

Prunus tomentosa

Dwarf Nanum Pomegranate

Punica granatum 'Nanum'

Nopales de Castilla

Opuntia ficus-indica

Narrow Leaf Plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Natal Plum

Carissa macrocarpa

Native Alpine Clover Species

Trifolium spp. (alpine varieties)

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Native Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

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ʻōhiʻa ʻai (Mountain Apple)

Syzygium malaccense

Native Ginger

Asarum canadense

Native Hawaiian Ginger

Zingiber zerumbet

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Native Hawaiian Ilima

Sida fallax

Native Hawaiian Medicinal Herbs

Multiple species (see varieties)

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Native Hawaiian Naupaka

Scaevola taccada

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Native Hawaiian Ohia Understory Plants

Various species (primarily Metrosideros polymorpha understory community)

Native Hawaiian Windbreak Plants

Various species (Metrosideros polymorpha, Myoporum sandwicense, Dodonaea viscosa, Erythrina sandwicensis, and others)

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ʻAilama

Plumbago auriculata

Native ʻIlima

Sida fallax

Native ʻōhelo

Vaccinium reticulatum

Native Naupaka

Scaevola chamissoniana

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Native Understory Ferns

Pteridophyta (various genera including Polystichum, Adiantum, Osmunda, Dryopteris)

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Cooba/Golden Wrattle

Acacia saligna

Naupaka Kahakai

Scaevola taccada

Nephrolepis fern

Nephrolepis exaltata

Nigella

Nigella sativa

Nigerian Ginger

Zingiber officinale

Black Cumin

Nigella sativa

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Black Cumin

Nigella sativa

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Ningxia Sweet Goji Berry

Lycium barbarum

Nitrogen-fixing Cover Crops (Clovers & Vetches)

Trifolium spp., Vicia spp.

Nitrogen-fixing Cover Crops (Clover & Vetch)

Trifolium spp. (clover), Vicia spp. (vetch)

Nitrogen-fixing Legume Shrubs

Fabaceae family (various genera)

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Vetch and Clover)

Vicia spp. and Trifolium spp.

Nitrogen-Fixing Legumes (Alfalfa & Bird's-Foot Trefoil)

Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) & Lotus corniculatus (Bird's-Foot Trefoil)

Nodding Onion

Allium cernuum

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Nora Grant Ixora

Ixora coccinea 'Nora Grant'

Northern Bedstraw

Galium boreale

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Nugget Alfalfa

Medicago sativa var. nugget

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