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Plant Encyclopedia

Look up plants by name, form, hardiness zone, and the conditions in your garden.

Plant encyclopedia — browse plants by genus, conditions, and care guides

This page gathers the plant profiles on Bosquelle in one place. You can look something up by name, or start from the conditions in your garden — light, soil, hardiness zone, and the kind of plant you have room for.

If you already know the plant, use the A–Z genus list. If you are still choosing, the browse sections below are usually the clearer path. Care guides grouped by plant — grow, prune, plant, harvest — live on Guide Series.

Browse plants by genus (A–Z)

Genera with published plants are grouped by first letter. Open a genus to scan its species and cultivars, then read the plant profile for care details.

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Browse by plant form

These are garden forms — trees, shrubs, perennials, flower bulbs, ornamental grasses, ferns, succulents, aquatic plants. Start with the shape that fits your space, then narrow by light and soil.

Browse by hardiness zone

Hardiness zones describe how cold a winter a plant usually survives. If you do not know your USDA zone yet, start with Find Your USDA Hardiness Zone, then use the cards below to browse plants.

Browse by growing conditions

Light, water, drainage, and foliage habit — the site conditions that often decide whether a planting settles or struggles.

Sun requirement

Match plants to the light your bed actually gets through the day.

Water need

How thirsty a plant stays once established — not how often you watered it in the first week.

Soil drainage

How water leaves the root zone after rain. Many “drought” failures are really wet feet in winter.

Leaf persistence

Evergreen keeps winter form; deciduous opens light and shows bark or berries.

Browse by soil

Two separate questions: chemistry (pH) and texture (type). Acid-loving shrubs fail in alkaline chalk even when drainage looks fine.

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Soil type

Browse by garden type

Plants gathered by the kind of garden you are trying to make — cottage, coastal, gravel, formal, modern, and the rest.

Browse by planting place

Where the plant needs to work: borders, slopes, pots, hedges, rain gardens, underplanting.

Browse by season and bloom month

Season pages show plants that earn their keep in spring, summer, fall, or winter. Bloom-month pages help when you need colour in a specific month.

Season of interest

Bloom month

Origin

Wild origin by continent, country, and region. Jump by letter, then open a hub for plants native to that place.

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Browse by wildlife and tolerances

Plants for bees, birds, butterflies, and hummingbirds — and plants that cope a little better with deer, drought, rabbits, or salt.

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