GET TO KNOW WHAT YOU GROW
Plant Library
Source-backed spacing guidance for ten familiar vegetables, fruits and herbs, with the growing context kept attached.
Plant profiles
Tomato
Fruiting vegetableA fruiting crop for beds and containers.
Pepper
Fruiting vegetableSweet and hot varieties to explore.
Cucumber
Fruiting vegetableA vining crop with climbing and bush forms.
Lettuce
Leafy vegetableLeaf and heading varieties for salad gardens.
Carrot
Root vegetableA root crop grown in a range of shapes and colors.
Strawberry
Soft fruitA fruit plant for beds and containers.
Potato
Tuber cropA crop grown for its underground tubers.
Onion
Bulb vegetableBulbing and bunching types for the kitchen garden.
Basil
Culinary herbAn aromatic herb with many leaf forms.
Zucchini
Fruiting vegetableA summer squash harvested while tender.
This first collection is intentionally small. The library can grow as additional profiles are researched and reviewed.
Useful information, with context.
Each profile links guidance to the original horticultural source and preserves differences between varieties and growing methods.
How we source plant informationUse a profile to select suitable published guidance, then enter that value in the generic spacing geometry tool.
Use the Plant Spacing CalculatorMy Garden continues to use only labels and spacing entered by the user. Plant profiles do not change saved garden data.
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