Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 20 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass

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

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Walleriana Red

Impatiens walleriana

Water-loving Coral Bells

Heuchera villosa var. macrorrhiza

Hawaiian sedge, Wāhine sedge

Carex wahuensis

Wavy-leaved Hosta

Hosta undulata

White Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea var. albiflora

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Wild Leek

Allium tricoccum

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Wild Sarsaparilla

Aralia nudicaulis

Winter-blooming Primrose

Primula vulgaris

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Wintergreen Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

Winter Rose

Helleborus niger

Wood-growing Mushroom

Pleurotus species (Oyster), Lentinula edodes (Shiitake), or Grifola frondosa (Maitake)

Woodland Aster

Symphyotrichum divaricatum

Woodland Creeping Plants

Various species (e.g., Euonymus fortunei, Hedera helix, Vinca minor)

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Woodland Groundcover (Liriope & Vinca)

Liriope muscari & Vinca minor

Woodland Groundcovers Mix (Pachysandra, Vinca minor, Ajuga)

Pachysandra terminalis, Vinca minor, Ajuga reptans

Woodland Moss

Hypnum cupressiforme and related species

Woodrush

Luzula sylvatica

Wood's Blue

Houstonia caerulea

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Woolly Blue Violet

Viola sororia var. labradorica

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