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| Has anyone found a really good online perennial database? I use the photos and plant info to search for plants in designing my garden, and I have visited many sites, but I find most nursery sites to be inadequate. They generally only show what they sell, so if you search "achillea", you might get 5, or maybe 10, but I would like to see many more, so I could learn if there were a deep purple one, or a short pink one, etc., for the spot I am trying to fill.
Ideally, it would:
(It would be REALLY great if it would show not only a closeup of the flower, but a middle distance shot of the plant fully grown - sometimes it's very hard to get an idea of what the mature plant will be shaped like from the pictures you usually see.) Any thoughts? |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Mon, Jul 11, 11 at 12:26
| This one might not supply all the info you are looking for but it's pretty good. Annette |
Here is a link that might be useful: Heritage Perennials
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- Posted by arbo_retum z5 WinchstrMA (My Page) on Mon, Jul 11, 11 at 20:56
| MOBOT is terrific/ my fav. http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantinfo.shtml but remember, GOOGLE is your best friend. Type in the latin or common name, look through the various sites and find the ones that please you. same with Google Image; that's how i found MOBOT. |
Here is a link that might be useful: univ of missouri botanical/MOBOT
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| I love perennials.com and MOBOT too. They were basically the first two databases I used for many searches. The USDA plants database is great for scientific information on plants. For North American natives, I often check the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower database. Because I live in New England (as I noticed you do too), I often search the Connecticut Botanical Society database, which focuses on plants in Connecticut, but there is a lot of overlap. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Tue, Jul 12, 11 at 14:41
| I agree. There's not 1 site that does it all. The Hortiplex here on GW is often helpful to me. You can add your own pics & comments, too. |
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- Posted by swedish_miss z5 southern NH (My Page) on Tue, Jul 12, 11 at 16:46
| Thanks for the ideas. Would love to hear of others people like! @arbo return, you're right - most of my searching is all about google. Meanwhile, I found another place, which has both a plant database (just pictures however, not cultivar info) as well as some of the most jaw-dropping garden picture collections I've seen. http://www.gapphotos.com/plantdatabasesearch.asp (the database) http://www.gapphotos.com/visualfeaturesearch.asp (garden photos) For a real knock out featuring Piet Oudolf, click on "Themed Gardens" and then scroll down and click on "Pensthorpe". WOW WOW WOW. |
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| another good reason to start off with google is that it will help you spell it as you type (LOVE that) and also show you species and cultivars to pick from to finalize your search term. After doing it enough, the sites that rise to the top of the search results will become familiar enough to you, that you will know which ones to go to. Do you know you can create your own custom google search engine to limit your search to a specific set of domains? I have one in my iGoogle home page. Do you know that if you simply add "site:.edu" to your search term, you will not get any commercial sites. Also site:.org is usually good for picking up society sites. |
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| I have found this one to be helpful. Check out: http://www.perennialresource.com/search/?searchterm=perennial+plant+fi nder&searchtype=all and http://www.perennialresource.com/encyclopedia/ It may not be complete, but I have run into it quite a bit when searching for information on a plant in question. |
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