Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 23 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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American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Canadian Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Wheki

Dicksonia squarrosa

Flowering Understory Trees

Various species (e.g., Cornus, Cercis, Amelanchier, Halesia)

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Halesia

Halesia carolina

Native Australian Shade Trees

Various species (see varieties)

Native Dogwood

Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood)

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Native Tree Fern

Dicksonia antarctica (most common native species)

Native Tree Species

Various (region-dependent)

Nikau Palm

Rhopalostylis sapida

Antarctic Beech

Nothofagus moorei

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

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Plum Pine

Podocarpus cunninghamii

Nubian Podocarpus

Podocarpus nubigena

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Pukatea

Laurelia novae-zelandiae

Shade-loving Conifers

Various genera (Taxus, Tsuga, Thuja, Podocarpus, etc.)

Beech and Hornbeam

Fagus species (Beech) and Carpinus species (Hornbeam)

Striped Maple

Acer pensylvanicum

English Yew

Taxus baccata

Jeddeloh Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh'

Understory Trees

Various species (e.g., Cornus, Cercis, Ilex, Euonymus, Acer)

Western Hemlock

Tsuga heterophylla

Westfelton Yew

Taxus baccata 'Dovastoniana'

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