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Growing Guides

Welcome to the Growing Guide Library from The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Just click on a garden plant name (or image) for our expert advice on planting, growing, and harvesting. 

Vegetables

close up photo of a globe artichoke

Artichokes

close up of arugula lettuce in the garden

Arugula

Organic farming asparagus in black soil gardening plants growing

Asparagus

harvested and clean beets in a pile

Beets

green bell peppers and red bell peppers on a plant in the garden

Bell Peppers

Bok Choy growing in a garden

Bok Choy

broccoli growing in the garden

Broccoli

unharvested brussels sprouts on the stalk

Brussels Sprouts

Head of green cabbage in organic home farm vegetable food

Cabbage

clean carrots on a wooden table

Carrots

white cauliflower growing the garden

Cauliflower

bunch of celery on the table, a stalk of celery

Celery

Top-down view of a collard green plant in the garden

Collards

ripe pods of Kidney Beans growing on the plant

Dry Beans

harvested edamame

Edamame

harvested purple eggplant in a wooden crate

Eggplants

Fava Beans (Broad Beans) growing in the garden

Fava Beans

Fennel Bulb growing in the garden

Fennel

clean garlic heads after being harvested from the garden

Garlic

green beans growing in the garden

Green Beans

Onion spring sibies scallion stem stalk Allium cepa thick bulb common organic plant young vegetables sprout grows ground bio farmer farming agricultural garden fresh, organically grown organic

Green Onions (Scallions)

horseradish root after it was harvested in the garden

Horseradish

red jalapeno peppers growing in the garden

Jalapeño Peppers

Freshly dug Jerusalem artichoke tubers kept in a basket.

Jerusalem Artichokes

kale leaves growing in the garden

Kale

close-up of harvested kohlrabi

Kohlrabi

Leeks in ground

Leeks

beautiful green head of lettuce being held in the garden

Lettuce

Sponge gourd or luffa hanging from a tree growing ready to be harvested in the vegetable garden

Loofahs

variety of microgreens in trays

Microgreens

harvested and clean mushrooms on a wooden board

Mushrooms

Growing Mustard Greens in the garden

Mustard Greens

harvested okra pods

Okra

Many ripe onion bulbs as background, closeup. yellow onions

Onions

clean parsnips on paper

Parsnips

Harvesting Peanuts

Peanuts

loose peas and a pea pod

Peas

hands holding dirty potatoes after they have been dug from the garden

Potatoes

two orange pumpkins on a green vine growing in the garden

Pumpkins

a bunch of red radishes with greens in a bunch

Radishes

Rhubarb

Bunch of plump red small Roma tomatoes growing in the garden.

Roma Tomatoes

Rutabagas

Salsify

Salsify

shallots

Shallots

spinach plant with leafy greens growing in the garden

Spinach

Sweet Corn

Sweet Potatoes

Swiss chard

Swiss Chard

Green tomatoes next to a bowl of salsa verde

Tomatillos

red tomatoes ripening on the vine in the garden

Tomatoes

farmer's hand holds a bunch of turmeric that has just been dug and harvested

Turmeric

Turnips

Fresh, peppery watercress—one of nature’s most nutrient-packed greens

Watercress

Winter Squash

Zucchini (Summer Squash)

Vegetables

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Vines

cucumbers growing on the vine

Cucumbers

cucumbers growing on the vine

Cucumbers

Fruit

apples hanging on an apple tree

Apples

Blackberries

Blueberries

Cantaloupes

Cherries

Currants

Elderberry Bush

Elderberries

fig fruit on a table, one cut open

Figs

Goji Berries

Goji Berries

Gooseberries on a Branch

Gooseberries

bunches of green grapes growing on a grape vine

Grapes

Honeydew Melon Plant

Honeydew Melons

Kiwifruit

Lemon Tree in a Container

Lemons

Juicy peaches hanging on a branch in the orchard

Peaches

a pile of green pear fruits

Pears

Plums

Pomegranate Shrub

Pomegranates

red raspberries

Raspberries

Strawberries

Watermelons

Herbs

Angelica archangelica flower stalk with green buds and foamy flower heads.

Angelica

Anise Hyssop Flower

Anise Hyssop

sweet basil leaves as nice natural food background

Basil

Bay leaves

Bay Laurel

Borage

Close-up showing the distinct leaf of cannabis sativa. Shutterstock

Cannabis

Chamomile flower (Matricaria recutita) in the garden.

Chamomile

Chervil Herb in Pot

Chervil

Lush flowering chives with purple buds in the garden. Wild Chives flower or Flowering Onion, Allium Schoenoprasum , Chinese Chives, Schnittlauch, Garlic Chives. Shallow depth of field

Chives

Cilantro (Coriander)

Fresh dill Anethum graveolens growing on the vegetable bed. Annual herb, family Apiaceae.

Dill

Dug-up ginger roots lay on the ground

Ginger

Lavender plant close up in a field against a blue sky background.

Lavender

Lemon balm from our garden

Lemon Balm

Aloysia citrodora - Lemon verbena's green leaves

Lemon Verbena

Lemongrass plant

Lemongrass

Spicy herb lovage, woman's hands with secateurs cutting harvest levisticum officinale

Lovage

Marjoram

Mint

Short toothed mountain mint (Pycnanthemum miticum)

Mountain Mint

Oregano

Oyster (Mertensia maritima)

Oyster Leaf

Parsley

green rosemary bush, many branches are randomly arranged. fresh seasoning

Rosemary

Sage

Salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor) in the garden.

Salad Burnet

Savory Herb With White Blooms

Savory

Tarragon in the garden

Tarragon

thyme herb growing in the garden

Thyme

Bulbs

Crocuses

yellow jetfire daffodil flowers in the spring

Daffodils

Beautiful multicolor gladiolus flowers in vase.

Gladioli

Hyacinths and Muscari

pink lily flowers

Lilies

Red Spider Lillies growing outside

Red Spider Lily

Snowdrops in Early Spring

Snowdrops

multicolored tulips in a garden. red, pink, yellow, and orange

Tulips

Flowers

African blue lily flower on a bright yellow background

African Blue Lily

A close up of an african daisy with bright orange petal tips, the color softens towards the centre of the petals to a light orange and the eye is dark orange and black

African Daisy

Up close photograph of pink amaranths

Amaranths

Anemones

purple aster flowers in a garden

Asters

Astilbes

White baby's breath flowers, with green stems

Baby's Breath

A blue and purple bachelor's button flower

Bachelor's Buttons

Ornamental bacopa flowers - Latin name - Chaenostoma cordatum

Bacopa

Bee Balm (Monarda)

bellflower for trailing over stone walls

Bellflowers

Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta)in a field

Black-eyed Susans

Close-up of red and yellow Gaillardia x grandiflora flowers

Blanket Flowers

close-up of pink and white bleeding heart flowers

Bleeding Hearts

Bright orange calendula flowers blooming in a sunny garden bed

Calendula

Close-up photograph of calla lily white

Calla Lilies

Canna Tropicanna®: The original Tropicanna, Tropicanna Gold, and Tropicanna Black

Cannas

catmint plan

Catmint

Chrysanthemums

Citronella Plant

Citronella Plants

Columbines

Purple flowers of comfrey (Symphytum officinale) in bloom.

Comfrey

Coneflowers (Echinacea)

Coreopsis

pink cosmos flower with a yellow center

Cosmos

Peach dahlias blooming in the garden

Dahlias

orange daylily flower

Daylilies

purple delphinium flowers in a cottage garden

Delphiniums

Dianthus

Close-up of diascia flowers. Diascia Plant. pink twinspur

Diascias

Abutilon flowers is large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family. Common names include Indian mallow and velvetleaf; ornamental varieties may be known as room maple, parlor or flowering maple.

Flowering Maple

Forget-Me-Nots

Foxgloves

Close-up of pink fuchsia in a white container

Fuchsias

Oenothera lindheimeri, Lindheimer's beeblossom, white gaura, Lindheimer's clockweed, and Indian feather, a species of Oenothera

Gauras

Pink Pelargonium flowers

Geraniums (Pelargonium)

Gerbera Daisy in Bloom

Gerbera Daisies

Yellow flowers of goldenrod. Solidago canadensis, known as Canada goldenrod or Canadian goldenrod.

Goldenrod

Heliotrope Flowers

Heliotropes

Hellebore flowers

Hellebores

pink hollyhocks

Hollyhocks

impatiens

Impatiens

purple iris flowers, white irises

Irises

Eutrochium purpureum. Flowering purple Joe-Pye weed.

Joe-Pye Weed

Close-up of pink, yellow, and orange lantanas and their green leaves

Lantanas

Larkspur Cottage Garden Flower

Larkspur

Lily of the Valley

Lisianthus Purple

Lisianthus

Lupines

orange and red french marigold flowers with green foliage

Marigolds

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) in bloom with bright orange flowers

Milkweed

Million Bells bloom in multiple colors in a hanging basket

Million Bells

Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant, eleven o'clock, Mexican, moss, sun, table, rock rose in yellow, red, white, pink, purple bright colors. Summer.

Moss Roses

Nasturtium flower with round green leaves

Nasturtiums

Nigella damascena, love-in-a-mist, or devil in the bush, is an annual garden flowering plant, belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.

Nigella

yellow and purple pansies in terracotta pots

Pansies

pink peony flowers growing on a plant

Peonies

Petunias

white phlox flowers

Phlox

Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue' (Pincushion Flower) in Garden

Pincushion Flowers

Poppies

Colorful primrose flowers in pink, red, white, and purple with yellow centers

Primrose

Queen Anne's Lace

Queen Anne's Lace

Buttercup Ranunculus asiaticus

Ranunculus

Delicate peach roses in a full bloom in the garden. Close-up photo. Dark green background. Orange floribunda rose in the garden. Garden concept. Rose flower blooming on background blurry roses flower

Roses

purple russian sage flowers

Russian Sage

A close-up of a delicate white fairy fan flower with soft green leaves. The flowers have pure white petals with a subtle gradient of light yellow towards the centre.

Scaevola

Sedums

Shasta Daisies

Snapdragon Flowers Blooming in Garden

Snapdragons

a field of sunflowers with the heads of the yellow flowers with brown centers facing the sun

Sunflowers

Sweet Peas

Edging Lobelia., Trailing Lobelia, (Lobelia erinus) in garden, Moscow region, Russia

Trailing Lobelia

Verbenas

Speedwell, Veronica

Veronicas

Wallflower Erysimum

Wallflowers

Purple Torenia Fournieri Flowers, the bluewings or wishbone flower, is an annual plant in the Linderniaceae, with blue, white, or pink flowers that have yellow markings.

Wishbone Flowers

Yarrow plant, growing yarrow flowers

Yarrow

Mixed pink, yellow, and orange zinnia flowers blooming in a sunny summer garden.

Zinnias

Flowers

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Annual Flowers

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Vines

Two delicate vivid blue and pink flowers of morning glory plant in a a garden in a sunny summer garden, outdoor floral background photographed with soft focus

Morning Glories

Two delicate vivid blue and pink flowers of morning glory plant in a a garden in a sunny summer garden, outdoor floral background photographed with soft focus

Morning Glories

Two delicate vivid blue and pink flowers of morning glory plant in a a garden in a sunny summer garden, outdoor floral background photographed with soft focus

Morning Glories

Flowers

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Perennial Flowers

Blue salvia flowers

Salvia (Ornamental Sage)

Tansy Flower on Pixabay

Tansy

Blue salvia flowers

Salvia (Ornamental Sage)

Tansy Flower on Pixabay

Tansy

Foliage Plants

Bamboo growing against a house

Bamboo

Caladium

Caladiums

Coleus

Colorful coral bells foliage with delicate flower spikes in a shaded garden

Coral Bells (Heucheras)

Dusty Miller Foliage Plants

Dusty miller

elephant ear leaves in the garden

Elephant Ears

Hostas

Shrubs and Bushes

Close-up of gray wax-coated berry clusters on a northern bayberry shrub branch

Bayberry

Callicarpa americana

Beautyberries

English boxwood shrubs highlighted by rays of sunshine

Boxwoods

Butterfly Bushes

Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Buttonbush

Forsythias

white gardenia flower

Gardenias

A dinner plate sized Lady Baltimore Pink Hibiscus in the garden.

Hibiscus

A close-up of a highbush cranberry during the autumn.

Highbush Cranberry

Holly Bush With Red Berries

Holly Bushes

Closeup photo of honeysuckle

Honeysuckles

Hydrangea Bush - Pink Flowers

Hydrangeas

purple Yankee Doodle Lilac flowers

Lilacs

Flowers of Mock Orange Shrub

Mock Oranges

Mountain Laurel

Mountain Laurel

Close-up of a pink Nootka rose (Rosa nutkana) bloom with green leaves

Native Rose

A flowering pink oleander shrub in the garden.

Oleander

A flowering pink rhododendron bush/shrub.

Rhododendrons and Azaleas

Pink Rose of Sharon (Syrian ketmia) flowers with blue sky background closeup.

Rose of Sharon

branch of Amelanchier lamarckii with white flowers

Serviceberries

Royal purple smokebush

Smokebush

Closeup of a Perennial spirea flower plant bush

Spirea

Viburnums

Beautiful pink flowers of weigela florida blooming in the garden.

Weigela

Trees

Arborvitaes

Cottonwood Tree

Cottonwood Tree

Red and white crepe myrtle trees

Crepe Myrtles

Flowering Dogwood

Dogwoods

Japanese Maple Tree

Japanese Maples

Magnolia Tree Blossom

Magnolias

Maple Tree With Golden Foliage

Maples

Pecan Tree Carya illinoinensis

Pecan Trees

Dwarf Eastern white pine with blue-green needles growing in a residential garden

Pine Tree

yellow and pink Plumeria flower

Plumerias

Cercis canadensis. Eastern Redbud.

Redbuds

Houseplants

Blooming blue violet (saintpaulia) in a plastic pot on a home windowsill.

African Violets

Air Plants (Tillandsia)

Red Amaryllis flowers with natural bokeh background

Amaryllis

Anthuriums

A close-up shot of a Syngonium growing in a pot.

Arrowhead Plant

Dwarf Cavendish Banana Plant

Banana Plant

Begonias

Bird of Paradise

Blue star fern growing in a pot indoors

Blue Star Fern

Bromeliad (Veriesea)

Bromeliads

Calathea plants

Calatheas

Cast Iron Plant

Cast Iron Plant

A top view of Aglaonema plants or Chinese evergreens in a pot.

Chinese Evergreen

Closeup of trendy Pilea peperomioides houseplant in terracotta pot at sunlight at kitchen home. Chinese money plant

Chinese Money Plant

scarlet kaffir lily, clivia miniata flowers

Clivia

Cordyline fruticosa commonly called ti plant, palm lily, cabbage palm, good luck plant, Convallaria fruticosa L., Asparagus terminalis L., Cordyline terminalis or andong (indonesian)

Cordyline

Codiaeum variegatum (Croton, Variegated Laurel, Garden Croton, Orange Jessamine) ; An outstanding colorful, multicolor and shapes of leaves textures. Ornamental plants. close up, natural sunlight.

Croton

Dieffenbachia houseplant in a pot.

Dieffenbachia

English Ivy

Fiddle leaf fig

Fiddle Leaf Figs

Hoya plant

Hoya Plants

Inch Plants

Two Kalanchoe houseplants in pots

Kalanchoe

Guiana Chestnut (Pachira aquatica) plant in pot indoors

Money Tree

Monstera

Monstera

Pink orchid in pot

Orchids

Welsh corgi pembroke dog and chamedora elegans home plant in a pot

Parlor Palm

close up of a peace lily flower with greenery and foliage

Peace Lilies

Peperomia Caperata Lilian houseplant in a pot

Peperomia

Close-up of iridescent purple leaves on a Persian Shield plant.

Persian Shield

A philodendron in a pot

Philodendrons

Close-up of a pitcher plant with green, trumpet-shaped leaves

Pitcher Plants

Close-up of Polka Dot Plant

Polka Dot Plant

Poneytail palm indoors by a window. The Beaucarnea Recurvata, also known as Ponytail Palm, or Nolina is a houseplant with a swollen thick brown stem and the long narrow curly, green leaves flow up from this base.

Ponytail Palms

Golden pothos or Epipremnum aureum on white table in the living

Pothos

Maranta leuconeura, Prayer plant close up. Bicolor leaves texture.

Prayer Plant

Ficus elastica (Also known as the rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree) in nature

Rubber Tree

Sago Palm houseplant

Sago Palm

Snake Plants

Chlorophytum comosum aka spider plant, airplane plant, St Bernard lily, spider ivy or ribbon plant in a terracotta pot

Spider Plants

A Staghorn Fern mounted on a brick wall as living wall decor.

Staghorn Ferns

Schefflera actinophylla

Umbrella Plant

Venus Flytrap Close-up

Venus Flytrap

ZZ plant in a container

ZZ Plant

Cacti/Succulents

A large agave plant with tall spiky leaves shooting out of the plant in a fan shape.

Agave

green aloe vera plant in a white pot with a wooden wall background

Aloe Vera

Sedum morganianum (donkey tail or burro's tail)

Burro's Tail

Christmas Cactus Flower in a terracotta pot on a table

Christmas Cactus

Dragon fruit or White fleshed Pitahaya, Hylocereus undatus

Dragon Fruit

Stunning Echeveria Succulents in Pots

Echeveria

Close-up of a Haworthia zebra plant in natural sunlight. A small succulent plant with short leaves and bands of white tubercles.

Haworthia

The common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum, growing outdoors.

Hen and Chicks

houseplant Crassula ovata jade plant money tree in white pot

Jade Plants

Moon Cactus Plant

Moon Cactus

Kalanchoe daigremontiana (Mother of Thousands)

Mother of Thousands

Prickly Pear

Prickly Pear

String of Pearls houseplant in terracotta pot

String of Pearls

Yucca gloriosa, or Spanish dagger, growing outdoors.

Yucca

Grasses/Bamboos/Ornamentals

A limestone path separates borders of Hakonechloa macra Aureola, and Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' a shade loving beautiful golden variegated grass and pink and blue bloomstruck hydrangeas

Japanese Forest Grass

Grass/Lawn/Turf

annual ryegrass (italian ryegrass) in a pasture (close-up)

Annual Ryegrass

Bahiagrass mowed

Bahiagrass

Bermudagrass lawn

Bermudagrass

Dog sitting on Buffalo Grass Lawn

Buffalo Grass

Centipedegrass

Centipedegrass

Close-up of Kentucky Bluegrass lawn

Kentucky bluegrass

Closeup of perennial ryegrass

Perennial Ryegrass

St. Augustine grass, a warm-season turfgrass commonly used in lawns and landscapes,

St Augustine Grass

Tall Fescue Grass Lawn in sunshine

Tall Fescue

Groundcover

Ajuga reptans grows and blooms in herbs in the wild.

Ajuga

White blooming flower (Iberis sempervirens) seen in early spring

Candytuft

Creeping Thyme

Creeping Thyme

Ice Plants

Ice Plant

Liriope muscari, 'Moneymaker'

Liriope

Pachysandra terminalis growing outside.

Pachysandra

Star Jasmine Flower

Star Jasmine

Sweet Alyssum Plants

Sweet Alyssum

Perennial Flowers

Balloon plant flowers

Balloon Flowers

Purple liatris spicata flowers with green leaves,

Blazing Star

Boneset for the Garden

Boneset

Juvenile male Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on a cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

Cardinal Flower

Baptisia australis (Blue Wild Indigo) Native North American Prairie Wildflower

False Indigo

Beautiful blooming tiarella in sunny June

Foamflower

Vernonia crinita. Violet flower in the garden.

Ironweed

Blossom of bright Pulmonaria in spring. Lungwort. Flowers of different shades of violet in one inflorescence.

Lungwort

Marsh Marigold

Marsh Marigolds

Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana) pink flower spikes with bee pollinating

Obedient Plant

Pink and white Penstemon digitalis ‘Dakota Burgundy’ in flower.

Penstemon

Closeup of bright yellow Woodland Sunflower with lots of sunflowers in the background

Perennial Sunflowers

Plumbago Flower

Plumbago

Purple turtlehead flower

Turtlehead

Vines

Bougainvillea growing over a white wall

Bougainvilleas

Clematises

Hops

Jasmine Flowers

Mandevilla Vines

Mandevilla

Moonflower at night

Moonflowers

Silver nickel vine (binomial name: Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls'), also known as silver ponysfoot, with morning dew, for decoration or background with motifs of gardening, horticulture, and summer

Silver Nickel Vines

Sweet Potato Vine in containers

Sweet Potato Vines

Wisteria

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