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Plants are a major living part of any garden. This is the area for sites who focus on specific types of plants. The subcategories have been grouped first by plant type, then by plant name. If a site focuses on one specific type of plant, it will be listed in the plant name subcategory. If there is no plant name subcategory, then the site will be listed in the plant type category until there are enough sites to create a new subcategory. Sites that sell plants will not be listed here.
This category is for information only sites.

Sites that sell plants, or any other gardening products should find the appropriate Shopping subcategory. Alternatively, you could Curlie for the appropriate category. Sites for local businesses focused on a certain geographical location or area should be submitted to an appropriate subcategory of Regional. To determine which Regional cat is most appropriate please view the Regional Description.

Annuals

The Home/Gardens/Plants/Annuals category is for informational sites regarding the care, selection, maintenance, and growing of these plants. Sites that have guides or "how-to" information on annuals belong here. Sites that are selling annual plants belong in Shopping/Home_and_Garden/Plants

Cacti and Succulents

Plants that have adjusted to the arid and semi-arid regions of the world are known as cacti and succulents. Cacti are defined as members of one plant family and are considered separately, although they are actually succulents. The term Succulent encompasses all other fleshy plants, which stem from a variety of plant families. Both succulents and cacti have developed means of survival that assure their growth in these regions. Their leaves have become smaller and their stems larger in order to store more water; in some, the leaves have disappeared leaving only thickened green stems. In plants where the leaves have not disappeared, the leaves may have become thickened or insulated with coverings of hair, wax or scales.

Carnivorous Plants

Carnivorous plants attract, capture, and consume small creatures (primarily insects) as a means of obtaining nutrients. They generally grow in areas that are warm and humid, but it is possible to grow them indoors too.
This category is for sites that contain information about the cultivation, propagation, identification, and trading of carnivorous plants. Discussion forums, mailing lists, and photo galleries are also acceptable.

Business sites should be submitted elsewhere:

Ferns

Sites about gardening with ferns and fern allies (Pteridophytes).

Fruit

Fruit, berry and nut varieties suitable to grow in the backyard or small holding for home consumption; 'how to' information on growing and planning for fruits, berries and nuts in the home garden landscape.
Please submit sites for professional fruit growers to Business: Agriculture and Forestry: Horticulture: Fruits or Business: Food and Related Products: Produce: Fruits. Sites offering fruit plants for sale are listed in Shopping: Home and Garden: Plants: Fruit.

Grasses and Bamboos

Sites containing information about ornamental grasses and bamboos for the garden.

House Plants

This category is full of sites on caring and maintaining house plants as well as a variety of decorating tips and specific plant information.

Please suggest only house plant related topics. Other gardening information can be submitted to the gardens or plants categories.

Suggestion Tips:

Title: Name of Site or Source: Article Name

Description: This describes the content of the website and should note distinguishing features found on the site.

Orchids

Orchids are the largest group of flowering plants. This category lists informational sites of interest to home growers of orchids.
Please submit online and mail-order sources of orchids to Shopping: Home and Garden: Plants: Orchids. Wholesale suppliers of orchids and sites that are primarily of interest to professional growers are listed in Business: Agriculture and Forestry: Horticulture: Ornamentals: Orchids. Please carefully select one category for submitting your site.

Organizations

Membership organizations allowing their members to share and interact on topics of plants in home gardens. Only associations having no further specialization are found at this level - explore the links to find more specialized types of plant associations.
Organizations listed here focus primarily on plants per se, rather than gardening as an activity. Garden clubs and horticultural societies are listed in Home: Gardening: Associations.

Perennials

This category is for sites that give information exclusively about perennial plants.

Sites that sell perennials should be submitted to the following category or an appropriate subcategory: Shopping/Home_and_Garden/Plants/Perennials

Sites that sell a range of different types of plants should be submitted to: Shopping/Home_and_Garden/Plants/Nurseries

Local garden centers/nurseries that do not sell online should submit their site to the category for their locality in Regional.

Propagation

Here you will find information on propagating plants for the home garden, either by sexual methods (seeds, spores) and asexual methods (cuttings, divisions). If you are looking for information about propagating a particular plant, check the references here as well as the category for that plant (e.g., the category Home: Gardening: Plants: C: Clematis contains a useful resource for growing clematis from seed). Websites concerned with information on commercial plant production will be found at Science: Agriculture: Horticulture: Propagation and Nursery Practice.
Submit only purely informational sites here; sites selling seeds or propagation supplies should be submitted to the proper Shopping category.

If the site you are submitting contains information about the propagation of plants in a single genus that has its own category in the directory, please submit the site directly to the genus category.

Shaping

Gardeners and landscapers employ various techniques to shape plants into forms they do not naturally attain. Examples include bonsai, topiary, and espaliering. Sites about either of those three techniques are listed in their own subcategories, listed here. Sites about shaping plants in other ways may be listed in this collection category.
Sites on painting, carving, and crafting mature gourds belong in Arts/Visual_Arts/Object-Based_Art/Gourd_Art

Sites selling gourd products belong in Shopping/Crafts/Nature/Gourds

Shrubs

Please only submit information sites to this category. All sites that sell rhododendrons or azaleas should be submitted to the appropriate shopping category. Sites for local businesses focused on a certain geographical location or area should be submitted to an appropriate subcategory of Regional. To determine which Regional cat is most appropriate please view the Regional Description.

Trading

Forums, bulletin boards, and online communities dedicated to trading plants and seeds. Gardener-to-gardener sales sites are also allowed here, but no company/commercial sites.

Trees

Sites about growing, propagating, or showing photos of palm trees and cycads, both tropical and hardy varieties. Only informational sites belong here - please do not submit sites offering products for sale. Sites for local businesses focused on a certain geographical location or area should be submitted to an appropriate subcategory of Regional. To determine which Regional cat is most appropriate please view the Regional Description

Tropicals and Exotics

Plants are a major living part of any garden. This is the area for sites who focus on specific types of tropical and exotic plants. If a site focuses on one specific type of plant, it will be listed in the plant name subcategory. If there is no plant name subcategory, then the site will be listed in the plant type category until there are enough sites to create a new subcategory. Sites that sell plants will not be listed here.
This category is for information only sites.

Sites that sell plants, or any other gardening products should find the appropriate Shopping subcategory. Alternatively, you could Curlie for the appropriate category.

Vegetables

Sites offering products for sale will not be listed here. Site more oriented towards culinary uses of peppers should be submitted to the most appropriate category in Home: Cooking.

Water and Bog Plants

Water and bog plant informational sites.
Water and bog plant informational sites only to be listed here. Sites which sell products will NOT be listed here.

Wildflowers

Sites that specialize or have part of their content dedicated to the cultivation of wildflowers. Sites with images of plants in the wild and no gardening content are listed under Recreation/Outdoors/Wildlife/Plants. Sites with scientific information about specific plants are listed under Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Plantae.
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