25 Sep Search by plant name

By typing less letters into the search bar, you have a better chance of finding the specific plant you are looking for. Here’s how you search by plant name. For complete instructions on how to use the plant search, read this article titled Tour the Plant Search.

Search by plant name:

When you look for Arctostaphylos den. ‘Howard McMinn’ and you start typing the full name, the database will try to find the exact match to the letters you’ve typed – that includes spacing, extra characters, etc. In many cases there are different spellings of the name – which means you may not be finding plant records that actually exist in the database. When people email us that a plant is missing, more than half the time the plant is available!

For plants without many cultivars:

For better results, type the first three letters of the botanical, common, or synonymous name of the plant, then hit your Return/Enter key. To find “Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’ use “kaku” or “Sang” to find it,  not “Ace” or “Pal”. There are too many other Japanese Maples in the system to find yours quickly.

For plants with lots of cultivars:

What is unique about the name is the best tool for finding it. For plant with many cultivars, (Roses, Camelias, Daylilies for example) try typing 3 or 4 letters of what is unique about the plant name. For Hemerocallis ‘Pardon Me” search for “Pardon” or “Pard”. Rather than typing more letters to get a plant, type LESS letters.

Happy Searching! That how you search by plant name.