Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 29 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Nana Alba Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba'

Nance

Byrsonima crassifolia

Nanking Cherry

Prunus tomentosa

Nanko Pear

Pyrus pyrifolia

Dwarf Nanum Pomegranate

Punica granatum 'Nanum'

Nopales de Castilla

Opuntia ficus-indica

Natal Plum

Carissa macrocarpa

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Native Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

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ʻōhiʻa ʻai (Mountain Apple)

Syzygium malaccense

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Native Hawaiian Ilima

Sida fallax

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Nāpau

Solanum sandwicense

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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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Cooba/Golden Wrattle

Acacia saligna

Naupaka Kahakai

Scaevola taccada

Navaho Blackberry

Rubus fruticosus × Rubus ulmifolius

Nectarine Harko

Prunus persica var. nucipersica 'Harko'

Nectarine Summer Bright

Prunus persica var. nectarina

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Negronne Fig

Ficus carica 'Negronne'

New Wonder Melon

Cucumis melo var. reticulatus

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Ningxia Sweet Goji Berry

Lycium barbarum

Nitrogen-fixing Legume Shrubs

Fabaceae family (various genera)

Nopal

Opuntia ficus-indica

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Nora Grant Ixora

Ixora coccinea 'Nora Grant'

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