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Dinosaur Garden Plants
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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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Floridata
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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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Foliage Plants Database
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Searchable database with basic information and some photographs of plants grown primarily for their foliage. Japanese and English.
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Garden Flowers
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Descriptions of different types of flowers suitable for small gardens. Includes Phlox, Nasturtium, Lobelia Carnation, Zinnia, Alyssum, Begonia, and Dahlia.
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Gardenweb: Name That Plant
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Forum that allows users to upload images of plants that they are trying to identify.
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New Jersey Weed Gallery
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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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PlantBuzz
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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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Plants National Database
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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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Plants Toxic to Animals
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Resources about toxic plants from the Veterinary Medicine Library.
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PlantZAfrica
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Extensive 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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Tiscali Gardening
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A South African flower, plant and gardening portal with searchable plant database, photographs and information.
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Virtual Plant Tags
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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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About.com: Poisonous Plants for Cats, Dogs, Humans
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Article listing a number of poisonous plants, with links to further information about those plants.
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All America Selections Winners
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Showcases new varieties of flowers, vegetables, and plants for garden performance.
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BackyardGardener.com: Garden Guides on Plants
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Starting point for information on (types of) plants, with summary information for many species and varieties.
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Cal's Plant of the Week
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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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Dave's Garden: PlantFiles
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Database with over 80,000 plants with cultivation information and pictures supplied by member gardeners.
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DenverPlants.com
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This resource for gardeners in the Denver metro area includes a sizeable database of plants with photos and cultural information.
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Desert-Tropicals.com
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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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Echo: Fruiting Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants
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Features cultural information, uses, handling tips, and links for an extensive list of fruits and vegetables.
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ePlants
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Searchable database containing the results of Chicago Botanic Garden plant trials. Each entry contains a rating, photos, and cultural information.
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Findmeplants.co.uk
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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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FloraFinder.com
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Offers links to gardening websites arranged by plant type, with a brief description of each site.
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Flowers of India
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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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Fruits and Vegetables
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Extensive set of fact sheets and links from the University of Florida.
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Gardening Passion
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Weblog-style source of information on various garden plants, fruits, and vegetables. It is the English-language companion to the French aujardin.info.
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Gardenline
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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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Horticopia On-line Plant Information
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Extensive directory of plants, categorized by genus, includes summary cultural information and small photograph for each plant.
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HortiPlex
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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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Illinois' Best Plants
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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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Plants For A Future
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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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Shady Character
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Mark shares photos and descriptions with personal experiences growing a large number of shade plants, both perennials and woody specimens.
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SunnyGardens.com
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Plant encyclopedia featuring photos and short descriptions of annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees.
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The Families of Flowering Plants
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Offers descriptions, illustrations, and identification retrieval.
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The Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl
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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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Translat
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Translation program for botanical latin.
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WeedAlert.com
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Offers a weed listing for the United States regions, primarily weeds occurring in lawns.
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