Plant Growing Guides

Nana Mint

Mentha × piperita 'Nana'

Nana Alba

Mentha × piperita 'Nana Alba'

Nano Trefoil

Trifolium repens 'Nano'

Narrow Leaf Plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Native Alpine Clover Species

Trifolium spp. (alpine varieties)

Native Ginger

Asarum canadense

Native Herbaceous Plants

Various species (region-dependent)

Native Legumes

Fabaceae family (various native species)

Native Liverworts

Marchantiophyta (Division)

Native Understory Ferns

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

Neapolitan Parsley

Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum

Needle Leaf

Oxalis stricta

Nepeta

Nepeta cataria

Nero Basil

Ocimum basilicum 'Nero'

Nettle

Urtica dioica

Nigella

Nigella sativa

Black Cumin

Nigella sativa

Black Cumin

Nigella sativa

Nitrogen-Fixing Companion Plants

Fabaceae family (legumes) and other N-fixers

Nitrogen-Fixing Cover Crops (Clover & Legumes)

Trifolium spp., Medicago sativa, Vicia spp., Lupinus spp., and other Fabaceae family members

Nitrogen-fixing Cover Crops (Clovers & Vetches)

Trifolium spp., Vicia spp.

Nitrogen-fixing Cover Crops (Clover & Vetch)

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

Nitrogen-fixing herbaceous plants

Various species with Rhizobium/Bradyrhizobium symbiosis

Nitrogen-fixing herbs

Various species (primarily Fabaceae family)

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Alfalfa & Clover)

Medicago sativa (Alfalfa); Trifolium spp. (Clover)

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Cover Crop Mix)

Fabaceae family (Phaseolus, Trifolium, Vicia, Lupinus spp.)

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Cover Crops)

Fabaceae family (various genera)

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Cover Crops)

Trifolium spp., Medicago sativa

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Clover & Alfalfa)

Trifolium spp. & Medicago sativa

Nitrogen-Fixing Legumes (Clover & Alfalfa)

Trifolium spp., Medicago sativa

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Clover & Alfalfa)

Trifolium spp. (clover) & Medicago sativa (alfalfa)

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Clover & Alfalfa)

Trifolium spp. & Medicago sativa

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Clover & Alfalfa)

Trifolium spp. (Clover) / Medicago sativa (Alfalfa)

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Clover & Vetch)

Trifolium spp. & Vicia spp.

Nitrogen-fixing legumes (Clover & Vetch)

Trifolium spp. and Vicia spp.

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Clover & Vetch)

Trifolium spp., Vicia spp.

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Clover & Vetch)

Trifolium spp. & Vicia spp.

Clover (Nitrogen-fixing Legumes)

Trifolium species (various, e.g., Trifolium repens, Trifolium pratense)

Nitrogen-fixing Legumes (Vetch and Clover)

Vicia spp. and Trifolium spp.

Nitrogen-fixing legume understory crops

Fabaceae family (various species)

Clover and Vetch (Nitrogen-Fixing Cover Crops)

Trifolium spp. and Vicia spp.

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

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

Clover (White & Red Clover)

Trifolium repens (white) / Trifolium pratense (red)

Nodding Onion

Allium cernuum

Nodding Wild Onion

Allium cernuum

Non-competitive herbs

Various species

Northern Bedstraw

Galium boreale

Nugget Alfalfa

Medicago sativa var. nugget