Plant size / Growth habit
Big tree over 20 ft (7 m) tall	Vine, climber or creeper	Palm tree or palm-like plant
Small tree 10-20 ft (3-7 m) tall	Small shrub or subshrub 2-5 ft tall (0.5-1.5 m)	Good for bonsai   Forms caudex
Big shrub 5-10 ft (1.5-3 m) tall	Ground cover or low-growing under 2 ft (0.5 m)	Invasive
Light requirements
Full sun	Semi-shade	Shade
Watering needs
Prefers dry conditions, drought tolerant. Infrequent watering 1-2 times a month when established.	Regular water 3-5 times a week	Aquatic plant, water/flood tolerant, "heavy drinker"
Drought tolerant. Moderate water 1-2 times a week when established	Ample water daily. Don't let soil over-dry, keep it moist but not soggy.	Epiphyte. Prefers ample water once a week along with daily misting.
Flowers (bloom) color
Red, crimson, vinous	White and off-white	Pink
Yellow, orange	Blue, violet, purple, lavender	Unusual color
Cold hardiness
Most of plants in our catalog are tropical or subtropical, which means they are cold/frost sensitive. Cold hardiness depends on many factors, including duration of cold period, wind protection, relief, exposure, plant maturity, etc. If there is no hardiness pictogram - information is not available or not specified.
Subtropical; cold hardy* at least to 30's F for a short time	Ultra tropical, min. temp. 55F	Deciduous or semi-deciduous
Other characteristics
Edible fruit or other part	Fragrant	Spice or herb
Thorny or spiny	Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds	Ornamental foliage
Flood tolerant for a short time	Seaside, salt tolerant plant	Unknown name: please help us to identify these plants with scientific names
Ethnomedical**	Parts of plant are irritating***	Parts of plant are poisonous or toxic***
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How to use catalog search or ID a plant

We made it easy for you to see many plant characteristics at once by using symbols (pictograms).
While browsing the catalog, you may have the Pictogram Guide open in a new window (it's also located on top of each page of your search results), or you can view symbol meaning in pop-up window by mouse-pointing on it.

• To limit search: check one or more checkboxes, then hit SEARCH. You may leave "find" field blank if not looking for a particular name.
• To search by one characteristic only, simply click on appropriate pictogram and search result will show all plants that correspond this characteristic (for example: to see all shade loving plants, click on "shade" pictogram)
• "OR" or "AND": Search mode can work as "OR" or "AND", chose whether you'd like to see all of the checked characteristics/words (AND), or just any of them (OR).
• Name search: For Latin (scientific), common name or keyword search, type the name/word (must be at least 3 characters) in "find" box, then hit SEARCH. The search results will show all articles that contain entered word(s). Part of the name may be entered if you are unsure of the spelling (for example: hibi for hibiscus). The search results will show all articles that contain this part of word.
• Search results: chose how many plants you want to see per page by chosing "items per page" number. Plant profiles are designed with 200x200 px thumbnail photos, optimized to 5-10K each pic for faster download. Click on image to enlarge thumbnails within your search results.
• For faster downloading: you may check the "don't show pictures" box to see plant profiles only (no pictures), or check "show as list" box to see a plain list of names that correspond chosen characteristics.
• Click on "next page" to see more results.
• The Search is NOT case-sensitive: enter any letter case, for example HIBISCUS, hibiscus or even hiBisCUs
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