Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 14 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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Decorative Moss

Various species (Bryophyta division)

Green Moss

Various species (e.g., Hypnum cupressiforme, Bryum capillare, Dicranum scoparium)

Moisture-retaining mosses

Bryophyta (division) - various species

Moss

Bryophyta (Division)

Mosses and Liverworts

Bryophyta (mosses) and Marchantiophyta (liverworts)

Native Grasses and Groundcovers

Various species (regional)

Native Grasses and Sedges

Poaceae (grasses) and Cyperaceae (sedges)

Native Herbaceous Plants

Various species (region-dependent)

Native Liverworts

Marchantiophyta (Division)

Native Moss Species

Bryophyta (Division)

Native Sedges and Forbs

Carex spp., Juncus spp., and various herbaceous dicots

Mosses (General)

Bryophyta (Division)

Sedges and Rushes

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

Shade-tolerant Mosses

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

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