Dr Forest · Field Guide
The Growing Directory
One hundred fruits, vegetables and herbs, fifty flowers and fifty garden favourites grown across the UK — what each one likes, how hungry it is, and what to feed it. Search a plant, or browse by type.
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Every plant in the directory
200 plants grown across the UK, with feeder level, pH range and what to feed each one. Pick a name to open its card.
Vegetables (59)
- Asparagus
- Aubergine
- Beetroot
- Broad bean
- Broccoli (Calabrese)
- Brussels sprouts
- Cabbage
- Carrot
- Cauliflower
- Celeriac
- Celery
- Chicory
- Chilli pepper
- Courgette
- Cucumber
- Endive
- Florence fennel
- French bean
- Garlic
- Globe artichoke
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Kale
- Kohlrabi
- Lamb's lettuce
- Land cress
- Leek
- Lettuce
- Mangetout / Sugar snap
- Marrow
- Melon
- Mizuna
- Mustard greens
- Onion
- Pak choi
- Parsnip
- Pea
- Potato
- Pumpkin
- Purple sprouting broccoli
- Radish
- Rhubarb
- Rocket
- Runner bean
- Salsify
- Scorzonera
- Sea kale
- Shallot
- Spinach
- Spring onion
- Swede
- Sweet pepper
- Sweet potato
- Sweetcorn
- Swiss chard
- Tomatillo
- Tomato
- Turnip
- Watercress
- Winter squash
Fruit (24)
- Apple
- Apricot
- Blackberry
- Blackcurrant
- Blueberry
- Cherry
- Damson
- Fig
- Gooseberry
- Grape
- Hazelnut (Cobnut)
- Loganberry
- Medlar
- Mulberry
- Nectarine
- Peach
- Pear
- Plum
- Quince
- Raspberry
- Redcurrant
- Strawberry
- Tayberry
- Whitecurrant
Herbs (17)
- Basil
- Bay
- Chervil
- Chives
- Coriander
- Dill
- Lemon balm
- Lovage
- Marjoram
- Mint
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Sorrel
- Tarragon
- Thyme
Flowers (50)
- Allium (ornamental)
- Anemone
- Aquilegia (Columbine)
- Bearded iris
- Begonia
- Busy Lizzie (Impatiens)
- Clematis
- Cornflower
- Cosmos
- Crocus
- Daffodil (Narcissus)
- Dahlia
- Delphinium
- Echinacea (Coneflower)
- Foxglove (Digitalis)
- French marigold
- Geranium (Pelargonium)
- Gladiolus
- Hardy geranium (Cranesbill)
- Hellebore
- Hollyhock
- Honeysuckle
- Hyacinth
- Lavender
- Lily
- Lobelia
- Love-in-a-mist (Nigella)
- Lupin
- Nasturtium
- Nicotiana (Tobacco plant)
- Pansy / Viola
- Penstemon
- Peony
- Petunia
- Phlox
- Pot marigold (Calendula)
- Rose
- Rudbeckia
- Salvia
- Sedum (Stonecrop)
- Snapdragon (Antirrhinum)
- Snowdrop
- Sunflower
- Sweet pea
- Sweet William (Dianthus)
- Tulip
- Verbena
- Wallflower
- Wisteria
- Zinnia
Garden shrubs, trees and hedging (50)
- Azalea
- Bamboo
- Beech (hedging)
- Berberis
- Bergenia (Elephant's ears)
- Box (Buxus)
- Buddleia (Butterfly bush)
- Camellia
- Ceanothus (California lilac)
- Cherry laurel
- Choisya (Mexican orange)
- Cotoneaster
- Crab apple
- Euonymus
- Forsythia
- Hardy fuchsia
- Hawthorn
- Heather (Calluna / Erica)
- Hebe
- Holly (Ilex)
- Hornbeam
- Hydrangea
- Hypericum (St John's wort)
- Ivy (Hedera)
- Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
- Jasmine
- Leyland cypress (Leylandii)
- Lilac
- Magnolia
- Mahonia
- Miscanthus (Silver grass)
- Olive (container)
- Pampas grass
- Passionflower
- Phormium (New Zealand flax)
- Photinia 'Red Robin'
- Pieris
- Potentilla (shrubby)
- Privet
- Pyracantha (Firethorn)
- Rhododendron
- Rowan (Mountain ash)
- Silver birch
- Skimmia
- Spiraea
- Star jasmine (Trachelospermum)
- Viburnum
- Virginia creeper
- Weigela
- Yew (Taxus)