PLANTS A – Z

ANNUALS + PERENNIALS- 

• Pick Plants for Specific Situations
• Types of Roses – A Visual Compendium (FTD)
• USA Flora–North American Atlas
• 12 Types of Lavender and Growing Info – Proflowers.com, I had no idea there were so many varieties. If you don’t have luck with one, try another

CARNIVOROUS PLANTS-

• A Guide to Carnivorous Plants – Plants across Melbourne Blog

CONTAINER GROWING-

• 49+ Amazing Hacks for Container Growing 2019 – Steven Smith, Finalscope

FLOWER ARRANGING-

• Flower Show School Design Styles — National Garden Club
• Shamrock Wholesale Florist — 3616 Cherry Road, Memphis

GROUND COVERS-

• 10 Great ground covers to rely on

IDENTIFYING PLANTS- 

• Identify Plants by Seedlings — great pictures
• Identify Weeds by Seedlings — great pictures
• Weed Seedling Identification Guide for Montana — great picture of weeds also common to Memphis
  The Seed Site–over 800 plants shown in numerous stages of growth
  Wildflower + Weed Identification –Thomas Elpel— this is an excellent resource!!
  USDA Native Plant Seedling Identification

INVASIVE PLANTS + WEEDS

• Early Detection + Distribution Mapping
• Identify Weeds by Seedlings — great pictures
• Invasive Plant Atlas of the MidSouth (IPAMS)
• Invasives and Exotic Weeds
• MS Cooperative Weed Management Area (MSCWMA)
• Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
• War on Invasive Plants

NATIVE PLANTS-

• Native Plant Finder –type in your zip code, plants ranked by the number of species it helps.
• Annie White’s Research –Are Native Cultivars as Valuable to Pollinators as Native Species?
• Audubon Native Plants
• Gardening with Native Plants – Extensive collection of links and resources
• Habitat Network* – extensive resources
• Missouri Botanical plant list ABC with links
• Must we Mow?
• Native American Ethnobotany
• Native Plant Certificate 
• Native Plants for dry shade
• Native Plants for West Tennessee Brochure
• Plant Native.org – Extensive list of native plants
• Pledge to be a Messy Gardener
• Pollinator Brochure
• A Sampler of Native Plants for the Mid-South by Site Conditions  by Chris Cosby
• TN Endangered Plant List
• TN Invasive Plant Council
• TN Invasives + what to plant instead — an extensive list
• TN Native Plant Society
• TN Recommended Native Plants
• Tennessee Smart Yards
• TVA Native Plant Selector
• United Plant Savers
• Wolf River Native Plants guide

NATIVE PLANT NURSERIES IN THE MIDSOUTH-

• Melodia Hill Plant Farm – Jackson, TN
• Overhill Gardens- Native Plants and Landscapes – Vonore, TN

PLANT FAMILIES-

• The Plant List – A working list of all plant species
• Plant Families

PLANT TAXONOMY

• Botany Primer
• Botany Word of the Day – An illustrated guide to botany terms.
• Botanical Latin Pronunciation Guide
• Fine Gardening-Pronunciation Guide with audio
• Illustrated Guide to Botanical Terms
• Overplanted.org – Botanical Latin Pronunciation Guide
• Plant Latin Dictionary
• Virginia Tech-Meanings of Latin Names — click on name for picture + more information

SEEDS-

• Home Garden Seed Association — promotes gardening from seed
• Memphis Public Library Seed Library — Main Branch, 3rd floor, free
• Seeds + Seedpods –

SHRUBS-

TREES-

• TN Urban Forestry Council
• Urban Forestry Center of Excellence-Memphis
• “Under the Oaks” monthly newsletter on Trees
• Useful website on all things Trees-Memphis
• Tree Identification Program
• Davey Tree Expert Company – largest residental tree company in America, est. 1888. Contact them to find the local Davey Tree expert.

VINES-