Beginner-Friendly Plants

Kousa dogwood

Cornus kousa

$60 · 1 nursery

Chinese juniper

Juniperus chinensis

$8–$70 · 2 nurseries

Japanese crabapple

Malus floribunda

$10–$47 · 2 nurseries

Creeping juniper

Juniperus horizontalis

$8–$26 · 2 nurseries

Arrowwood viburnum

Viburnum dentatum

$11–$38 · 2 nurseries

Doublefile viburnum

Viburnum plicatum

$10–$11 · 2 nurseries

Colorado blue spruce

Picea pungens

$260 · 1 nursery

African evergreen

Syngonium podophyllum

$13–$17 · 3 nurseries

Honeyplant

Hoya carnosa

$3–$11 · 3 nurseries

Western red cedar

Thuja plicata

$11–$60 · 2 nurseries

Spearmint

Mentha spicata

$2–$6 · 3 nurseries

Garden thyme

Thymus vulgaris

$1–$49 · 31 nurseries

Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

$2–$140 · 34 nurseries

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

$1–$2 · 1 nursery

Indian hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica

$60 · 1 nursery

Inkberry

Ilex glabra

$11–$18 · 3 nurseries

Common lilac

Syringa vulgaris

$9–$33 · 3 nurseries

Calendula

Calendula officinalis

$1–$6 · 3 nurseries

Garden cosmos

Cosmos bipinnatus

$1–$5 · 3 nurseries