Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 183 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Salmon Glory

Ipomoea × multifida hybrid or similar cultivar

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Salt-adapted herbs

Various halophytic species

Salt marsh fleabane

Pluchea odorata

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Saltmarsh Morning Glory

Ipomoea sagittata

Salvia Golden Delicious

Salvia officinalis 'Golden Delicious'

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Salvia lubecca

Salvia huberi subsp. lubecca

Sarmentosum

Hoja Santa

Satin Pothos

Scindapsus pictus

Scarlet Gourd / African Ivy Gourd

Coccinia grandis

Scarlet Gourd (Indian Ivy Gourd)

Coccinia grandis

Scarlet Morning Glory

Ipomoea coccinea

Scarlet O'Hara

Ipomoea × multifida

Scented Geranium

Pelargonium species (various)

Scented Geranium Mint

Pelargonium × hortorum (mint-scented cultivar)

Scented Geranium Mint Apple

Pelargonium graveolens var. 'Mint Apple'

Scented Geranium Mint Lemon

Pelargonium graveolens × citrosum hybrids

Scented-leaved Geranium

Pelargonium species

Crispy Wave

Schismatoglottis crispata

Schismatoglottis podophyllum

Devil's Ivy

Scindapsus aureus (syn. Epipremnum aureum)

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Scindapsus treubii

Scindapsus pictus treubii

Scindens

Scindapsus pictus

Scrub Mint

Mentha austroafricana

Seabreeze

Ocimum basilicum 'Seabreeze'

Sea Heart

Entada rheedii

Seedling Ferns

Various Pteridophyta species

Selaginella

Selaginella species

Spreading Clubmoss

Selaginella pallescens

Spikemoss

Selaginella species

Spikemoss, Peacock fern, Tamarisk fern

Selaginella tamariscina

Blue Spikemoss

Selaginella uncinata

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Peacock Fern

Selaginella willdenowii

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Natal Ivy

Senecio macroglossus

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Sensitive Plant

Mimosa pudica

Serenita Basil

Ocimum basilicum 'Serenita'

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Serenita Deep Purple

Ocimum basilicum 'Serenita Deep Purple'

Sesbania

Sesbania rostrata

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Dhaincha

Sesbania cannabina

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Red Sesbania

Sesbania rostrata

Dhaincha, Egyptian Riverhemp

Sesbania sesban

Shade-loving Ginger

Alpinia zerumbet, Zingiber mioga, Asarum spp., and other shade-tolerant ginger species

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Pothos and Philodendron Mix

Epipremnum aureum and Philodendron spp.

Shade-loving Philodendron

Philodendron hederaceum

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Shade-tolerant Ginger

Zingiber officinale and related species

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Pothos and Philodendron Mix

Epipremnum aureum and Philodendron spp.

Shade-tolerant Sweet Potato Vine

Ipomoea batatas

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Shallow-rooted herbs (Basil and Parsley)

Ocimum basilicum and Petroselinum crispum

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Shampoo Ginger

Zingiber zerumbet

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