Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 18 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Purple Dwarf Basil

Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens 'Nana Purpurea'

Napoletano Basil

Ocimum basilicum 'Napoletano'

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Native Akekeke

Peperomia pellucida

Native Hawaiian Ferns and Understory Plants

Various species (Polystichum, Cibotium, Sadleria, Asplenium spp.)

Native Hawaiian Ginger

Zingiber zerumbet

Native Hawaiian Herbs

Various species endemic to Hawaii

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Native Hawaiian Liverworts

Frullania spp., Plagiochila spp., Radula spp., and other endemic Hawaiian genera

Native Hawaiian Medicinal Herbs

Multiple species (see varieties)

Native Hawaiian Mint

Mentha polymorpha

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Native Herbaceous Plants

Various species (region-dependent)

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Native Liverworts

Marchantiophyta (Division)

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Native Mint

Mentha australis

Negretta

Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens 'Negretta'

Neon Sunset

Iresine herbstii 'Neon Sunset'

Nephrolepis fern

Nephrolepis exaltata

Nero Basil

Ocimum basilicum 'Nero'

Nigerian Ginger

Zingiber officinale

Nutri-Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

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