1 - Andre Viette's CD with images, video, and sound including their own large gardens, Longwood, and Louis Ginter Botanical Garden. There are also how-to videos on soil preparation, deadheading, and division. Sample keys are available. Sources include address, phone numbers, and website links. Samples of the 150 databases can be found on the New Plant Page of the New Ornamentals Society.
Members can also update their system from a web site.
There are quite literally hundreds of plant selection databases that have been created. Among those most widely distributed and used are the following. Garden Professor Horticopia - Thousands of plant descriptions, and photos including recommendation by leading American professors of horticulture. Woody Plants See also Garden Encyclopedias for general works. The following titles are focus mainly on woody plants.