Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 12 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass

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

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Clustered Fishtail Palm

Caryota loddigesii

Crabwood

Carapa guianensis

Dwarf Pudica

Mimosa pudica var. nana

Fiji Dwarf

Cocos nucifera 'Fiji Dwarf'

Flowering Herbaceous Plants

Various species (herbaceous perennials and annuals)

ʻAwapuhi

Zingiber zerumbet

Ixora Coral

Ixora coccinea

Lehua Melemele

Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha

Malanga Lila

Xanthosoma violaceum

Plantain

Musa × paradisiaca

Tropical nitrogen-fixing companion species

Multiple species (Fabaceae family predominant)

Winged Bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

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