How To Use
This guide explains how to use Quick Sliders, filter plants, browse the database, save images, and find local nurseries.
Use the Quick Sliders page for a fast starting point on sunlight, hardiness, and water, or use the main planner filters to set more detailed criteria like soil, indoor or outdoor, purpose, color, and region. The planner ranks the best matches first.
Enter a U.S. ZIP code or Canadian postal code in the hardiness lookup near the top of the filter panel. The planner will suggest a matching hardiness band to help improve your results.
Each plant result shows the common name, Latin name, score out of 10, suggested nursery cost, and a summary of why it fits. The highest scoring plants appear first.
Use the menu buttons to jump to Quick Sliders, Top 20 Popular Plants, Food Plants, Fruit Plants, Tree Plants, Indoor Plants, or the full database.
Open the Image Library from the main page. You can drag and drop a photo, double-click to choose a file, or paste an image into a selected photo slot. Saved images stay in your browser on that computer.
Use the Local Nurseries page to search by city, ZIP code, postal code, or region. It includes both U.S. and Canadian nursery entries.
The source file contains raw entries, including duplicates from earlier expansion passes. The app removes duplicate common-name and Latin-name pairs before showing the final database count, so the visible number is lower than the raw source total.
About
Plant Planner is designed to help gardeners compare plants by real growing conditions like sunlight, water, hardiness, climate, and setting. It is meant to make browsing easier, narrow down options faster, and support better planting decisions with care guides, image management, and nursery lookup tools.
Terms
Plant Planner is provided as an informational gardening tool. Plant suggestions, care guidance, scores, and plant details are intended to help with planning, but they are not a guarantee of performance, availability, survival, or suitability in every garden. Users remain responsible for verifying conditions, plant safety, and local growing requirements before buying or planting.
By using Plant Planner, you agree to use the site responsibly, not attempt to disrupt the service, and not rely on it as a substitute for local horticultural advice, nursery guidance, or professional assessment where needed.
Privacy Policy
Plant Planner keeps some preferences and image choices in the browser so the site can remember selections and previews on that device. Shared image uploads, when signed in through the Image Library, are stored in the connected Supabase project so approved users can manage images for everyone. Plant Planner does not require general public users to create an account just to browse the site.
If administrator features are used, uploaded images and related metadata may be stored in connected third-party services used by the site. Users should avoid uploading sensitive personal information through plant images or notes.
Contact
If you need help, want to report an incorrect plant detail, or have a question about images or data on the site, use the contact method provided by the site owner or project administrator. If you would like, this section can be updated next with a direct email address, business contact form, or company information.