GardenDecoded
Search hundreds of thousands of plant species, with photos and growing guides.
GardenDecoded is a comprehensive plant reference that lets you search over 430,000 plant species by botanical or common name, see what they look like, and learn how to grow them well. It brings botanical depth and practical gardening advice together in one easy-to-use place.
Plant names change over time, which makes them surprisingly hard to search. GardenDecoded solves this by indexing close to a million names and synonyms, so whether you type a botanical name, a common name or an old synonym, it takes you to the currently accepted species.
For each plant you can see photographs contributed through global biodiversity sources, alongside botanical detail that helps you identify and understand it. Seeing the plant clearly is often the fastest way to confirm you have found the right one.
Beyond identification, GardenDecoded helps you succeed in the garden with practical growing guidance. A growing library of guides covers popular and useful plants, from foxgloves and lavender to Japanese maples and roses, explaining how to grow them well.
With hundreds of plant families represented and vast numbers of accepted species and synonyms indexed, it is a genuinely useful resource for gardeners, students, designers and plant enthusiasts alike.
Whether you are identifying a mystery plant, checking the correct name, or learning how to care for something new, GardenDecoded gives you the detail and the confidence to get it right.
How GardenDecoded works
Every plant, decoded. Search plant species by botanical or common name, see what they look like, and learn how to grow them well.
Search any name
Botanical name, common name, or an old synonym — plant names change, so GardenDecoded indexes nearly a million of them and takes you to the currently accepted species.
See the plant
Photographs come from GBIF contributors. Only openly licensed images are used, and every one is credited to the photographer who took it.
Learn to grow it
Sunlight, watering, soil, hardiness and pruning — written in-house, because botanical databases record what a plant is, not how to keep it alive.
A few from the collection
Photographs are contributed through GBIF under open licences and credited to the photographer.
