Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 19 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass

Sun ☀️Full Sun ⛅Part Sun/Shade ☁️Shade

Speed Quick (< 45d) Medium (45–70d) Long (70d+)

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Sedges and Rushes

Carex spp. (sedges); Juncus spp. (rushes)

Shade-tolerant Houseplants

Various species

Shade-loving Liverworts

Hepaticophyta (division)

Shade-providing native shrubs

Various species (region-dependent)

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Shade-tolerant Mosses

Bryophyta (Division); various species including Hypnum cupressiforme, Dicranum scoparium, Polytrichum commune

Shrub (General Category)

Woody plants (various genera and species)

Small Bog Mosses

Sphagnum spp. (various small species)

Sphagnum Peat Moss

Sphagnum species (S. magellanicum, S. fuscum, S. papillosum, and others)

Spice Basil

Ocimum basilicum 'Spice'

Spring Barley

Hordeum vulgare

Spring Oats

Avena sativa

Spring Rye

Secale cereal

Spring Wheat

Triticum aestivum

Spring Wheat: Hard Red

Triticum aestivum

Stone Lichen

Various species (e.g., Xanthoria parietina, Lecanora muralis, Caloplaca saxicola)

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Succession Planting

N/A - Agricultural Practice

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Sunburst Lichen

Xanthoria polycarpa

Sunflower Microgreens

Helianthus annuus

Sunflower Shoots

Helianthus annuus

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