All Plants

Browse our growing library of planting guides. Each plant page includes timing, growing tips, companion planting info, and state-specific planting dates.

Warm-Season Vegetables

These heat-loving crops need to go out after your last frost date. Most benefit from an indoor head start.

Warm-Season Vegetable

Tomatoes

America's favorite garden vegetable (technically a fruit). Nothing beats a sun-warmed tomato...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Peppers

From sweet bells to fiery habaneros, peppers love heat and reward patience with prolific harvests.

Warm-Season Vegetable

Squash (Summer)

Zucchini and yellow squash are the garden's most generous producers. You'll be sharing with...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Cucumbers

Cool, crisp, and perfect for salads and pickling. Cucumbers thrive in warm weather and produce...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Beans (Green/Snap)

Easy, productive, and they even improve your soil by fixing nitrogen. A perfect crop for beginners.

Warm-Season Vegetable

Corn (Sweet)

Nothing says summer like fresh sweet corn. Plant in blocks (not rows) for proper pollination.

Warm-Season Vegetable

Pumpkins

From jack-o-lanterns to pies, pumpkins need space and time but deliver a uniquely satisfying...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Watermelon

The ultimate summer treat. Watermelons need heat, space, and patience — but the payoff is pure joy.

Warm-Season Vegetable

Eggplant

Beautiful purple fruits that love heat even more than tomatoes. Start early indoors for best...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Okra

A Southern garden staple that thrives in blazing heat. Beautiful flowers are a bonus.

Warm-Season Vegetable

Zucchini

Prolific summer squash that produces abundantly from just 2-3 plants. One of the easiest and most...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Cantaloupe

Sweet, fragrant melons that need warm soil and a long, hot growing season. Worth the wait for...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Jalapeño Peppers

The most popular hot pepper in America. Easy to grow, prolific producers, and essential for salsa,...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Black-Eyed Peas (Cowpeas)

Heat-loving legume essential to Southern cooking. Produces where beans fail in extreme heat and...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Winter Squash

Long-season squash varieties (butternut, acorn, spaghetti, delicata) that store for months after...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Tomatillos

The key ingredient in salsa verde, producing golf-ball-sized fruits inside papery husks. More...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Habanero Peppers

Extremely hot peppers with fruity, citrusy undertones. Need a long, warm growing season to ripen...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Banana Peppers

Mild, sweet peppers shaped like bananas. Perfect for pickling, stuffing, sandwiches, and pizza....

Warm-Season Vegetable

Cherry Tomatoes

Bite-sized tomatoes that produce massive quantities with less effort than full-size varieties....

Warm-Season Vegetable

Butternut Squash

The most popular winter squash, producing sweet, nutty-flavored fruits that store for months. A...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Spaghetti Squash

Winter squash whose flesh separates into pasta-like strands when cooked. A low-carb alternative to...

Warm-Season Vegetable

Acorn Squash

Small, acorn-shaped winter squash perfect for individual servings. Sweet, nutty flavor intensifies...

Cool-Season Vegetables

Cold-tolerant crops that can go in the ground before your last frost. Many taste better in cool weather.

Cool-Season Vegetable

Lettuce

Fast-growing and forgiving. Plant in spring and fall for a nearly year-round supply of fresh salad...

Cool-Season Vegetable

Peas

One of the earliest crops you can plant. Kids love picking and eating them right off the vine.

Cool-Season Vegetable

Broccoli

A nutrition powerhouse that thrives in cool weather. Harvest the main head, then enjoy weeks of...

Cool-Season Vegetable

Cabbage

A satisfying crop that stores well. Plant in spring or fall for crisp, dense heads.

Cool-Season Vegetable

Kale

The toughest green in the garden. Kale laughs at frost and actually tastes sweeter after a cold...

Cool-Season Vegetable

Spinach

Fast from seed to salad. Spinach bolts in heat, so plant early in spring and again in fall.

Cool-Season Vegetable

Cauliflower

The diva of the brassica family. More temperamental than broccoli but worth the extra attention.

Cool-Season Vegetable

Brussels Sprouts

Cool-weather crop producing tight, cabbage-like buds along a tall stalk. Flavor improves...

Cool-Season Vegetable

Swiss Chard

Beautiful, productive green with colorful stems. More heat-tolerant than spinach, producing from...

Perennial Vegetable

Asparagus

A perennial that produces for 20+ years once established. Plant crowns in spring for harvest...

Cool-Season Vegetable

Arugula

Peppery salad green that grows fast in cool weather. Ready to harvest in just 3-4 weeks from seed.

Cool-Season Vegetable

Celery

A challenging but rewarding cool-season crop that needs consistent moisture and moderate...

Cool-Season Vegetable

Collard Greens

Heat-tolerant Southern green that produces from spring through winter. More durable than kale in...

Perennial Vegetable

Rhubarb

Cold-climate perennial producing tart, red stalks for pies and sauces. Thrives in zones 3-7 and...

Cool-Season Vegetable

Kohlrabi

Unusual brassica producing a tender, crisp bulb above ground. Tastes like a mild, sweet broccoli...

Cool-Season Vegetable

Fennel (Bulbing)

Mediterranean vegetable producing crisp, anise-flavored bulbs. Beautiful ferny foliage adds...

Perennial Vegetable

Artichokes

Dramatic thistle relative producing large, edible flower buds. Perennial in zones 7-10, grown as...

Cool-Season Vegetable

Sugar Snap Peas

Edible-pod peas with sweet, crunchy pods you eat whole — shell and all. One of spring's greatest...

Root Vegetables

Underground treasures. Soil temperature matters more than air temperature for these crops.

Root Vegetable

Carrots

Patience is the secret ingredient. Carrots are slow to germinate but deliver sweet, crunchy rewards.

Root Vegetable

Potatoes

Incredibly satisfying to grow. There's nothing quite like digging up your own potatoes — it's like...

Root Vegetable

Onions

The backbone of the kitchen garden. Choose short-day, intermediate, or long-day varieties based on...

Root Vegetable

Garlic

Plant in fall, harvest in summer. Garlic is one of the most rewarding crops for the patient...

Root Vegetable

Beets

Two crops in one — eat the roots and the greens. Beets are cold-hardy and surprisingly easy.

Root Vegetable

Radishes

The fastest vegetable in the garden — some varieties are ready in just 25 days. Perfect for...

Root Vegetable

Sweet Potatoes

Not related to regular potatoes at all. Sweet potatoes need heat and a long growing season but...

Root Vegetable

Turnips

A fast-growing, cold-hardy root crop that's underappreciated. Both the root and the greens are...

Root Vegetable

Leeks

Mild, sweet onion relative that grows slowly but rewards patience with elegant flavor. Hardy...

Root Vegetable

Green Onions (Scallions)

Fast-growing mild onion harvested before bulbing. Ready in 60 days, regrows from cut stumps.

Annual Flowers

From seed to stunning blooms in a single season. Most are frost-sensitive.

Annual Flower

Sunflowers

Few things bring more joy than a row of sunflowers turning their faces to the sun. Easy, dramatic,...

Annual Flower

Zinnias

The cut-and-come-again champion. The more you cut zinnias, the more they bloom. A cottage garden...

Annual Flower

Marigolds

The ultimate companion plant. Marigolds repel pests, attract pollinators, and add cheerful color...

Annual Flower

Cosmos

Delicate, daisy-like blooms that dance in the breeze. Cosmos thrive in poor soil and practically...

Annual Flower

Nasturtiums

Edible flowers that double as pest traps. Plant near vegetables to lure aphids away from your food...

Annual Flower

Dahlias

Spectacular summer-to-fall bloomers producing dinner-plate-sized flowers in every color except...

Annual Flower

Petunias

Cheerful, trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom nonstop from spring through frost. Perfect for...

Annual Flower

Pansies

Cold-hardy flowers with cheerful 'faces' that bloom in cool weather when little else does. Perfect...

Annual Flower

Snapdragons

Cool-season annual with tall spikes of hinged flowers that 'snap' open when squeezed. Excellent cut...

Annual Flower

Sweet Peas

Fragrant climbing annual with ruffled blooms in pastel and jewel tones. The most intensely perfumed...

Annual Flower

Morning Glories

Fast-growing climbing vine producing trumpet-shaped flowers that open each morning. Covers...

Annual Flower

Sweet Alyssum

Low-growing carpet of tiny, honey-scented flowers. Perfect edging plant and living mulch that...

Perennial Flowers

Plant once, enjoy for years. Perennials establish slowly but reward patience with lasting beauty.

Perennial Flower

Lavender

Fragrant, drought-tolerant, and beloved by pollinators. Once established, lavender rewards you for...

Perennial

Hostas

The king of shade gardens. Hostas come in hundreds of varieties and get more beautiful with each...

Perennial Flower

Daylilies

Nearly indestructible perennials with stunning trumpet-shaped blooms. Each flower lasts just one...

Perennial Flower

Black-Eyed Susans

Cheerful golden blooms that attract butterflies and tolerate drought. A backbone of the...

Perennial Flower

Peonies

Long-lived perennial producing fragrant, lush blooms in late spring. Plants can live for 50-100...

Perennial Shrub

Hydrangeas

Popular flowering shrub producing large, showy bloom clusters. Flower color changes with soil pH —...

Perennial Flower

Chrysanthemums (Mums)

The quintessential fall flower, blooming in rich golds, oranges, reds, and purples as other flowers...

Perennial Flower

Irises

Elegant perennial producing sword-shaped leaves and intricate, ruffled blooms in late spring....

Perennial Vine

Clematis

Flowering perennial vine producing masses of star or bell-shaped blooms. 'Queen of the Climbers'...

Perennial Flower

Echinacea (Coneflower)

Native prairie flower producing daisy-like blooms beloved by butterflies and bees. Extremely...

Perennial Flower

Sedum (Stonecrop)

Succulent perennial with thick, fleshy leaves and late-summer flower clusters. Thrives in poor, dry...

Bulbs

Plant in fall for a breathtaking spring show. Bulbs need winter cold to trigger their bloom.

Bulb

Tulips

The herald of spring. Plant tulip bulbs in fall for a breathtaking display when you need it most —...

Bulb

Daffodils

Deer-proof, squirrel-proof, and virtually indestructible. Daffodils naturalize and multiply, coming...

Bulb

Crocuses

Among the very first flowers of spring, crocuses push through snow to signal winter's end. A tiny...

Bulb

Lilies

Majestic summer-blooming bulbs producing large, fragrant flowers on tall stems. Asiatic, Oriental,...

Bulb

Alliums (Ornamental)

Dramatic globe-shaped flower heads on tall stems, blooming in late spring. The ornamental cousins...

Bulb

Gladiolus

Tall, dramatic flower spikes producing sword-shaped blooms in every color. Classic cut flower for...

Herbs

Fresh flavor at your fingertips. Most herbs are easy to grow and many come back year after year.

Herb

Basil

The king of herbs. Basil and tomatoes are best friends in the garden and in the kitchen.

Herb

Cilantro

You either love it or your genetics say no. For the cilantro lovers, it's an essential herb that...

Herb

Parsley

More than a garnish. Parsley is a biennial that produces abundantly its first year and is one of...

Herb

Rosemary

A Mediterranean herb that can become a beautiful evergreen shrub in mild climates. Incredibly...

Herb

Mint

The herb that grows too well. Plant mint in a container unless you want it to take over your...

Herb

Dill

Essential for pickles and a magnet for beneficial insects. Dill grows fast and tall, adding...

Herb

Thyme

A low-growing, fragrant herb that doubles as groundcover. Thyme is perennial, drought-tolerant, and...

Herb

Sage

Beautiful grey-green foliage and a flavor that defines autumn cooking. Sage is perennial and gets...

Herb

Oregano

Hardy perennial herb essential to Italian and Mediterranean cooking. Drought-tolerant, spreading,...

Herb

Chives

Hardy perennial herb with mild onion flavor. Pretty purple flowers are also edible. One of the...

Herb

Lemongrass

Tropical grass with intense lemon flavor essential to Thai and Vietnamese cooking. Grows as an...

Herb

Chamomile

Daisy-like herb used for soothing tea. German chamomile is an annual; Roman chamomile is a...

Herb

Catnip

Hardy perennial herb beloved by cats and useful in tea. Easy to grow — the challenge is keeping...

Fruits

Long-term investments that pay delicious dividends. Many fruits need a couple of years before their first harvest.

Fruit