Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 115 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

Browse Collections

🐈‍⬛ Cat-Friendly Plants 🪴 Climbing Vines 🪴 Container-Friendly Plants 💐 Cut Flower Garden 🐶 Dog-Friendly Plants 🌵 Drought-Tolerant Succulents 🌸 Edible Flowers 🏔️ Erosion Control Plants ⚡ Fast-Growing Vegetables 💮 Fragrant Garden Plants 👌 Low-Maintenance Plants 🌿 Native Ground Covers 🌱 Nitrogen-Fixing Plants 🐝 Pollinator-Friendly Plants

Showing 115 plants (filtered)

Clear filters
Aoki

Aoki

Aucuba japonica

 Aspidistra

Aspidistra

Aspidistra elatior

 Aitoku Aspidistra

Aitoku Aspidistra

Aspidistra aitoku

 Aucuba

Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

 Japanese Aucuba

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

 Japanese Aucuba

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

 Dwarf Japanese Aucuba

Dwarf Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica 'Nana'

 Japanese Aucuba 'Picturata'

Japanese Aucuba 'Picturata'

Aucuba japonica 'Picturata'

 Japanese Aucuba (Gold Dust Plant)

Japanese Aucuba (Gold Dust Plant)

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

 Aucuba Nana

Aucuba Nana

Aucuba japonica 'Nana'

 Aucuba Rozannie

Aucuba Rozannie

Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie'

 Aucuba 'Rozannie'

Aucuba 'Rozannie'

Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie'

 Serrated Aucuba

Serrated Aucuba

Aucuba serratifolia

 Serrated Aucuba

Serrated Aucuba

Aucuba japonica var. serratifolia

 Gold Dust Plant

Gold Dust Plant

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

 Aureomarginata

Aureomarginata

Aucuba japonica 'Aureomarginata'
🌱

Aureo-variegata

Aucuba japonica 'Aureo-variegata'

 Berkeley Sedge

Berkeley Sedge

Carex divulsa subsp. leersii

 Black Mondo

Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

 Black Mondo Grass

Black Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

 Amazon Mist Hair Sedge

Amazon Mist Hair Sedge

Carex comans 'Amazon Mist'
🌱

Pacific Sedge

Carex pellita
🌱

Jointed Sedge

Carex phyllocephala

 Carex secta

Carex secta

Carex secta

 Carex (Sedge)

Carex (Sedge)

Carex spp.

 Sedge (Carex)

Sedge (Carex)

Carex species

 Cast Iron Plant

Cast Iron Plant

Aspidistra elatior

 Cleyera

Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

 Coast Beard-heath

Coast Beard-heath

Leucothoe keiskei

 Variegated Mirror Plant

Variegated Mirror Plant

Coprosma repens 'Variegata'

 Australian Fuchsia

Australian Fuchsia

Correa lawrenceana

 Gold Dust Plant

Gold Dust Plant

Aucuba japonica 'Gold Dust'

 Daphniphyllum

Daphniphyllum

Daphniphyllum macropodum

 Drought-tolerant understory shrubs

Drought-tolerant understory shrubs

Various species (mixed group)

 Dwarf Mondo Grass

Dwarf Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'

 Evergreen Huckleberry

Evergreen Huckleberry

Vaccinium ovatum

 Evergreen Shade Plants

Evergreen Shade Plants

Various species

 Evergreen Shrubs

Evergreen Shrubs

Various species (e.g., Buxus, Ilex, Taxus, Euonymus)

 Fatsia

Fatsia

Fatsia japonica

 Japanese Aralia

Japanese Aralia

Fatsia japonica

 Gaultheria mucronata

Gaultheria mucronata

Gaultheria mucronata

 Shallon

Shallon

Gaultheria shallon

 Gold Spot

Gold Spot

Aucuba japonica 'Gold Spot'

 Ornamental Grasses and Ground Covers

Ornamental Grasses and Ground Covers

Poaceae (grasses) and various ground cover families

 Hawaiʻi Tree Fern

Hawaiʻi Tree Fern

Cibotium glaucum

 Holly Fern

Holly Fern

Cyrtomium falcatum

 Japanese Aucuba

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

 Japanese Aucuba Gold Dust

Japanese Aucuba Gold Dust

Aucuba japonica 'Gold Dust'

Want personalized planting timelines?

Sign up to get frost dates, task lists, and planting schedules for your zone.

Get started free