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As someone that has struggled trying to find plants to suit a particular garden in the past, I love your site!

(And I just spotted the pet safe tab - even better!)

Edit: could you include temperature suitability? Including plants that can or can't cope with snow, for example?

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Good idea!! I’ll admit I came at this having much more experience with Houseplants than gardening, but I definitely want it to serve many communities. Thanks for the suggestion! Is that basically the same thing as “zone?” I think that should be doable - I will look into it! Would love to know any other features that would be valuable from the gardening perspective.

Temperature range = hardiness zone, I think?

Also... soil pH, maybe?

Would be cool to sort by ‘community’ too. If you get really deep into native planting, folks recommend you get plants native to your geographic area. California has lots of these communities for example: https://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/communities

Yeah I’d love this too. I live in SoCal and I’m doing my yard with native plants. Some things I’m having trouble finding: 1) plants that bloom in seasons other than spring 2) plants that aren’t native but can work in my climate 3) plants that will do ok in clay soil 4) plants with a small footprint for a small yard. AI has helped a lot but it would still be helpful to have filters like these.

If you have a USDA zone map, make sure you're using the 2023 version. They hadn't updated the map in... ever, I think?

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