Open Directory - Home: Gardening: Plants
See also: This category in other languages: - Article listing a number of poisonous plants, with links to further information about those plants. - Showcases new varieties of flowers, vegetables, and plants for garden performance. - Plant database with a photo and horticultural description for each entry. Searchable by botanical and common names, as well as other characteristics - Starting point for information on (types of) plants, with summary information for many species and varieties. - Tree and shrub finder application, primarily aimed at mobile phone use. Includes thousands of listings of species and cultivars, each with a photo and brief description. - Features a new plant every week, with photo, description, and cultural information. Previously featured plants can be selected by botanical or common name. Focus is on plants for greenhouse culture. - Provides access to plant evaluation reports from the Botanic Garden's plant trials. Each report, in PDF format, provides several pages of description and photos. - Database with over 80,000 plants with cultivation information and pictures supplied by member gardeners. - This resource for gardeners in the Denver metro area includes a sizeable database of plants with photos and cultural information. - Features searchable database of thousands of plants, with basic information and often photos. Includes many succulents, herbs, and tropical fruit trees. - Describes plants that lived during the age of the dinosaurs, with brief information, lists, and links to other resources for plants of the mesozoic era. - Garden plant finder. Searchable by garden conditions and design requirements such as flower color, size and growth habit. Search results include plant photo and summary information. - Searchable plant database, with photo, brief description, and horticultural details for each plant. - Features hundreds of plant portraits, each illustrated with several photos, documenting the garden uses and cultural requirements of each species or cultivar. - Search a database of live and cut flowers according to color, usage, and other criteria. Includes photo and summary information for each plant. - Collection of hundreds of plant photos with brief descriptions. Each of the plants grows in India, but both natives and non-natives are featured. - Searchable database with basic information and some photographs of plants grown primarily for their foliage. Japanese and English. - Includes set of fact sheets and links from the University of Florida. - Plant database with search engine to find plant ideas according to location, design and lifestyle. Free membership gives access to online journal with folders, to-do's and notes. - Guide to growing and caring for houseplants, vegetables, trees and shrubs. Also features common pests and a miscellaneous section. From the University of Saskatchewan Extension. - Database of detailed descriptions and growing tips for thousands of plants, including many not commonly grown. Profiles include cultural information, assessment of landscape value, and photos for most. - Forum that allows users to upload images of plants that they are trying to identify. - Features a searchable, multilingual garden plant encyclopedia, with a summary of cultural and botanical information and in many cases photos. - Provides articles on selection, culture, and propagation of several popularly grown perennials and bulbs. - Horticultural database with over 100,000 species and cultivars. Comments, ratings, and photos for many varieties supplied by members of the Gardenweb community. - Includes directory of plants, categorized by genus, includes summary cultural information and small photograph for each plant. - Chicago Botanic Garden provides a database of recommended plants for Illinois gardens, from perennials to trees, with photos and information on their culture and use. - Plant information database, including photographs, Latin name pronunciations. Searchable by botanical and common names, and plant characteristics. - Manual of subtropical landscaping plants prepared by Palm Beach State College. Searchable database of Florida native and exotic plant species, with information on uses, horticultural characteristics, and photographs. - Plant and flower identification: users upload pictures of unknown plants. Site members identify them and score points for correct answers. - Database of weeds, accessible by common and botanical names and by a thumbnail gallery. Summary information and photos are provided for each weed. - Database on plant identification, culture and usage for the U.S. Northwest, including native and introduced species and their major varieties and cultivars. - Plant selector tool for Australian gardeners, offering suggestions based on gardening conditions and preferences. - Gardener Mark McDonough presents horticultural musings and illustrated plant studies, with particular emphasis on alliums and other bulbs for rock gardens. - Includes information about plants native to southern Africa, including hundreds of alphabetically arranged plant portraits, by the National Botanical Institute of South Africa. - Resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. Offers a plant database, and various articles on gardening, perennials, and habitats. - Online USDA database of botanical information, images, and links on plants in the USA, including crops and invasives. Search by name, geographic distribution, or other characteristics. - Resources about toxic plants from the Veterinary Medicine Library. - Directory of web pages about plants, selected for their interest to gardeners. Primarily organized by botanical classification. - Information and how-to articles on a variety of plant topics by Angela England and other contributors. - Plant encyclopedia featuring photos and short descriptions of annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees. - Offers descriptions, illustrations, and identification retrieval. - Pacific Northwest gardener presents essays for hundreds of species growing in her garden, with personal notes, history, cultural information, and photos for each. - Translation program for botanical Latin. - Offers a weed listing for the United States regions, primarily weeds occurring in lawns.
