"Vegetable Compostions." Photo by Enric Archivell CC BY SA

BBC Gardening Guides: this website is comprehensive and easy to navigate.  Click on the "Basics" button, and click again on the "Go to Basics" button.  Then click on "Grow Fruit and Vegetables" where you will find a list of most vegetables.  Click on the vegetable you are researching to find out how to grow it.  Click on the Plant Finder button on the right to get the common name, genus, species and more information.  You will also find information about organic gardening, mulching, and fertilizing.

California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.  This website provides information on cultivation and harvesting as well as other interesting details.

Garden Centre

Mother Earth News

 Dave's Garden: Plant Files