What it does
Calflora is a nonprofit database of wild California plants and observations. Its Planting Guide helps explore native plants by location and conditions such as low water, shade or riparian settings.
Calflora's Planting Guide translates a large botanical database into a garden question. Locate the intended planting area, choose relevant conditions and explore the resulting plants in more detail. What Grows Here and the observation search provide a different perspective on plants recorded in a place, while the classic search can filter by lifeform, duration and county. A garden shortlist and a wild observation serve different purposes, so choose the tool that matches the question. Calflora is specifically a California resource; the location data should remain part of any conclusion about suitability.
Strengths
- The planting guide connects location and growing conditions
- Observation and plant searches support deeper local research
Best for
- Building a California native-plant shortlist for a garden site