Living Plant Knowledge

Plant Catalog

Browse categories, species, and cultivars with images, scientific names, taxonomy, availability, and community-curated details.

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Fruit & Nuts
96 species 12 types

Fruit & Nuts

Fruiting plants, berry crops, grape vines, citrus, nuts, and other edible perennial crops organised by familiar fruit types.

KiwifruitPip FruitBerriesFeijoa+8 more
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Native Plants
166 species 1 types

Native Plants

Native plant collections, starting with New Zealand native species.

New Zealand Natives
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Ornamental
572 species 5 types

Ornamental

Garden plants primarily chosen for beauty, structure, foliage, or flowers.

TreesGround CoversPerennialsClimbers & Vines+1 more
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1 types

Other

Miscellaneous plant groupings and temporary or utility categories that do not fit the main browse paths.

Utility
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Vegetables & Herbs
155 species 8 types

Vegetables & Herbs

Vegetables, herbs, and other kitchen-garden crops organised in familiar edible groups.

Pumpkins & SquashCabbages & BrassicasHerbsLeafy Greens+4 more
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Discover Plants

A selection from the community catalog

Tupelo
2 cultivars

Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

NyssaceaeNyssa

Deciduous tree (Tupelo) with some of the most brilliant scarlet and orange autumn colour available.

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Orange

Citrus x sinensis

RutaceaeCitrus

Orange (Citrus × sinensis) is a widely cultivated sweet citrus tree grown for its juicy fruit, fresh eating, and juice production.

26 cultivars Explore

Starfruit

Averrhoa carambola

OxalidaceaeAverrhoa

Tropical starfruit tree with yellow ribbed fruit; sensitive to frost and best in very warm sites.

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Parsley Italian

Petroselinum crispum

Petroselinum

Petroselinum crispum is an edible crop grown as parsley italian for productive kitchen gardens.

4 cultivars Explore

Spinach New Zealand

Tetragonia expansa

Tetragonia

Tetragonia expansa is an edible crop grown as spinach new zealand for productive kitchen gardens.

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Bears Paw

Cotyledon tomentosa

Species entry for Cotyledon tomentosa, grown as an ornamental succulent or dry-garden plant.

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