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Plants National Database - http://www.plants.usda.gov/
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. |
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New Jersey Weed Gallery - http://njaes.rutgers.edu/weeds/
Database of weeds, accessible by common and botanical names and by a thumbnail gallery. Summary information and photos are provided for each weed. |
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Plants For A Future - http://www.pfaf.org/
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. |
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PlantZAfrica - http://www.plantzafrica.com/
Includes information about plants native to southern Africa, including hundreds of alphabetically arranged plant portraits, by the National Botanical Institute of South Africa. |
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All America Selections Winners - http://www.all-americaselections.org/
Showcases new varieties of flowers, vegetables, and plants for garden performance. |
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Plants Toxic to Animals - http://www.library.uiuc.edu/vex/toxic.htm
Resources about toxic plants from the Veterinary Medicine Library. |
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Illinois' Best Plants - http://www.bestplants.org/
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. |
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Floridata - http://www.floridata.com/
Features hundreds of plant portraits, each illustrated with several photos, documenting the garden uses and cultural requirements of each species or cultivar. |
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Cal's Plant of the Week - http://www.plantoftheweek.org/
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. |
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Fruits and Vegetables - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Fruits_and_Vegetables
Includes set of fact sheets and links from the University of Florida. |
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The Families of Flowering Plants - http://delta-intkey.com/angio/
Offers descriptions, illustrations, and identification retrieval. |
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Desert-Tropicals.com - http://www.desert-tropicals.com/
Features searchable database of thousands of plants, with basic information and often photos. Includes many succulents, herbs, and tropical fruit trees. |
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Garten.cz - http://www.garten.cz/
Features a searchable, multilingual garden plant encyclopedia, with a summary of cultural and botanical information and in many cases photos. |
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Dave's Garden: PlantFiles - http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/
Database with over 80,000 plants with cultivation information and pictures supplied by member gardeners. |
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Chicago Botanic Garden: Ornamental Plant Development - http://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/plant_evaluation/
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. |
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WeedAlert.com - http://www.weedalert.com/
Offers a weed listing for the United States regions, primarily weeds occurring in lawns. |
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Flowers of India - http://www.flowersofindia.net/
Collection of hundreds of plant photos with brief descriptions. Each of the plants grows in India, but both natives and non-natives are featured. |
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Gardenweb: Name That Plant - http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/namegal/
Forum that allows users to upload images of plants that they are trying to identify. |
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The Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl - http://www.paghat.com/
Pacific Northwest gardener presents essays for hundreds of species growing in her garden, with personal notes, history, cultural information, and photos for each. |
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Gardenline - http://www.gardenline.usask.ca/
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. |
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HortiPlex - http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/
Horticultural database with over 100,000 species and cultivars. Comments, ratings, and photos for many varieties supplied by members of the Gardenweb community. |
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SunnyGardens.com - http://www.sunnygardens.com/
Plant encyclopedia featuring photos and short descriptions of annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees. |
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Pacific Northwest Plants - http://pnwplants.wsu.edu/
Database on plant identification, culture and usage for the U.S. Northwest, including native and introduced species and their major varieties and cultivars. |
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Virtual Plant Tags - http://www.virtualplanttags.com/
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. |
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DenverPlants.com - http://www.denverplants.com/
This resource for gardeners in the Denver metro area includes a sizeable database of plants with photos and cultural information. |
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BackyardGardener.com: Garden Guides on Plants - http://www.backyardgardener.com/plants/
Starting point for information on (types of) plants, with summary information for many species and varieties. |
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PlantBuzz - http://www.plantbuzz.com/
Gardener Mark McDonough presents horticultural musings and illustrated plant studies, with particular emphasis on alliums and other bulbs for rock gardens. |
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Shady Character - http://www.mailbag.com/users/mnofsing/shad.html
Mark shares photos and descriptions with personal experiences growing a large number of shade plants, both perennials and woody specimens. |
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About.com: Poisonous Plants for Cats, Dogs, Humans - http://landscaping.about.com/od/poisonouslandscapeplants/
Article listing a number of poisonous plants, with links to further information about those plants. |
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Findmeplants.co.uk - http://www.findmeplants.co.uk/
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. |
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Perennials, Annuals and Bulbs - November Tips - http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/envirohort/monthlytips/november/notenovh.html
Instructions on planting in the fall, including some specific intstructions about tulips. From the Virginia Coooperative Extension. |
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Horticopia On-line Plant Information - http://www.horticopia.com/hortpix/
Includes directory of plants, categorized by genus, includes summary cultural information and small photograph for each plant. |
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Foliage Plants Database - http://albinopri.cool.ne.jp/leaf/en/
Searchable database with basic information and some photographs of plants grown primarily for their foliage. Japanese and English. |
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Dinosaur Garden Plants - http://www.dinosaurgardenplants.com/
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. |
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Tiscali Gardening - http://new.mweb.co.za/gardening/
A South African flower, plant and gardening portal with searchable plant database, photographs and information. |