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Welcome to PlantFiles, the largest plant database in the world with 165,463 entries, 194,767 images and 89,699 comments. Currently entries are from 387 families, 4,713 genera, 38,442 species, and 103,421 cultivars. PF continues to grow through the collaborative efforts of 29,701 gardeners from around the world, most notably the Uber Gardeners. Any registered user may add new plants, images, details, comments, and ZIP codes.

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Top Ten Plants

Plant Thumbnail Rating Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   1 Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica   2 Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe Cactus, Night blooming Cereus Epiphyllum oxypetalum   3 Rose of Sharon, Althea Hibiscus syriacus   4 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   5 Lantana Lantana camara   6 Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida   7 Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin   8 Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans   9 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   10

Top Ten Thugs

Plant Thumbnail Rating Tree of Heaven, Chinese Sumac, Stink Tree Ailanthus altissima   1 Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia   2 Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans   3 Chameleon Plant 'Chameleon' Houttuynia cordata   4 Japanese Knotweed, False Bamboo, Mexican Bamboo Polygonum cuspidatum   5 Creeping Charlie, Gill-over-Ground, Ground Ivy, Hedgemaids, Alehoof Glechoma hederacea   6 Chinese Privet Ligustrum sinense   7 Garlic Mustard, Hedge Garlic, Jack by the Hedge Alliaria petiolata   8 English Ivy, Common Ivy Hedera helix   9 Broomtops, Common Broom, European Broom, Irish Broom, Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius   10

Ten Most Frequently-Grown Plants

Plant Thumbnail Reports Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica   302 Rose of Sharon, Althea Hibiscus syriacus   258 Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin   247 Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   247 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   236 Lantana Lantana camara   233 Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans   225 Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida   215 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   212 Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia   189

Ten Most Photographed Plants

Plant Thumbnail Photos Tropical Hibiscus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis   118 Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy Gerbera jamesonii   94 Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe Cactus, Night blooming Cereus Epiphyllum oxypetalum   84 Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   82 Lantana Lantana camara   79 Japanese Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycas, Sago Palm Cycas revoluta   78 Pony Tail Palm, Bottle Palm, Monja, Palma culona Beaucarnea recurvata   77 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   74 Bismarck Palm, Bismark Palm Bismarckia nobilis   72 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   71

Recently Added Images User Plant Thumbnail GardenGuyKin Bush Anemone, Tree Anemone, California Anemone Carpenteria californica DitchLily206 Daylily 'Belle Isle Sentry' Hemerocallis cactuspatch Echinocereus Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. baileyi charlenesplants Mallow, French Hollyhock 'Zebrina' Malva sylvestris Gabrielle Ozark Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower Echinacea paradoxa Gabrielle Baby's Breath 'Perfecta' Gypsophila Gabrielle Threadleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis verticillata Gabrielle Common Sage, Garden Sage Salvia officinalis Gabrielle Beardtongue, Beard Tongue, Scarlet Bugler 'Coccineus' Penstemon barbatus GardenGuyKin Tree Mallow 'Rosea' Lavatera thuringiaca

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