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Links to Information on Plants

Annuals, Bulbs & Perennials
Aquatic Plants
Botany
Herbs
Natives & Wildflowers
Plant Names & Taxonomy
Plant Societies
Plant Trials and Awards
Poisonous Plants
Shrubs & Trees
Tropical & Indoor Plants
Turfgrass and Lawns
Vegetables, Fruits & Nuts
Where to Find Plants


Annuals, Bulbs & Perennials

South Carolina Daylily Societies
NCSU Perennials Database
The Geophyte Page
Perennial Bulbs
U.S. Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center
Coleus Finder
Hosta Library


Aquatic Plants

SC Aquatic Nuisance Species Program
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
Identifying Native Carolina Wetland Plants
Water Gardening in Texas


Botany

Botany Basics - An online course in botany for Master Gardeners.


Herbs

Directory of Herbs - Pennsylvania State Univ.
A Guide to Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Purdue Univ.


Natives and Wildflowers

South Carolina Native Plant Society
South Carolina Plant Atlas
Wildflower Gardening in South Carolina
Identifying Native Carolina Wetland Plants
University of North Carolina Herbarium
Celebrating Wildflowers
Lady Bird Johnson Wildfower Center
Plant Conservation Alliance
The Biota of North America Program
Plants Database - Fact Sheets and Plant Guides - USDA NRCS


Poisonous Plants

Poisonous Plants of North Carolina
Poisonous Plants, Animals, and Arthropods
Cornell Poisonous Plants
Plants Toxic to Animals Database
FDA Poisonous Plant Database


Shrubs & Trees

Familiar Trees of South Carolina
Urban Tree Care
OSU Landscape Plants: Images, Identification, and Information This site contains images and information on over 450 landscape plants from Abelia to Zelkova. Numerous photographs show overall habit, and close-ups of leaves, flowers, fruits and other details for each plant.
Trees of Alabama and the Southeast
Tree Storm Recovery - National Arbor Day Foundation
Urban Forestry South
ISA Certified Arborist List
University of Tennessee Dogwood Research Group
Virtual Palm Encyclopedia


Tropical & Indoor plants

House Plants
Potted Plants - Virginia Tech
The Cactus and Succulent Plant Mall
The Carnivorous Plant FAQ
Horticulture Solutions Series - Houseplants - Univ. of Illinois
Home Propagation of House Plants
Cal's Plant of the Week - Lists a wide variety of interesting tropical, greenhouse and some hardy herbaceous plants.


Turfgrass and Lawns

AGNIC Turfgrass Page
The Ultimate Turfgrass Links Page
South Carolina Sod Producers Association
Clemson University Turfgrass Program


Vegetables, Fruits & Nuts

CU Horticulture Vegetable & Fruit Program
Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production in the South
Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium
Southern Seed Legacy Project - Devoted to preserving Southern heirloom vegetable varieties.
Organic Fruit and Vegetable Web Page
Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America
The Cucurbit Network News - A site entirely devoted to the wonders of the cucurbit family in all its many variations. Not just squash, pumpkins, melons and cucumbers, but gourds, loofahs, lard fruit, chayotes and balsam apples.
West Virginia University Experiment Farm at Kearneysville - This site has an extensive collection of color photographs and fruit tree disease fact sheets.
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Fruit Loop: The Virginia Fruit Page - Large collection of fact sheets and color photographs of fruit pests.
California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. Fruit Facts - Factsheets on a wide variety of tropical and subtropical fruits, some of which will grow in South Carolina.
The North American Fruit Explorers Fig Page
Hardy Citrus


Plant Names and Taxonomy

Making Sense of Botanical Names
International Plant Names Index
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Plants National Database - USDA/NRCS
University of South Carolina Herbarium


Plant Trials and Awards

University of Georgia Trial Gardens
JC Raulston Arboretum Annuals Trial Reports
University of Florida Plant Trials
North Carolina Urban Tree Evaluation Program
Arkansas Plant Evaluation Program
Athens Select - Award winning heat- and humidity-tolerant plant varieties.
Kentucky's Theodore Klein Plant Awards
All America Selections
All America Rose Selections - AARS
Florastar


Where to find plants

South Carolina Foundation Seed Association - Provides seed of varieties developed by Clemson University, other experiment stations and the USDA. They also carry heirloom vegetable seed from the collection of Dr. David Bradshaw.
Cyndi's Catalog of Garden Catalogs - Index, ratings, mailing address, and web addresses if available for over 2000 U.S. and Canadian gardening catalogs.
Mail-order Gardening Association


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