It was nice to come in here and see how many of you kept inputting your plant data in here in spite of my apparent lack of doing anything with the information.....
Well, guess what?
The time has come at last!
I'm not ready to show it yet, but I am working on the internet's first GizmoTron, and it has begun to
DEMAND data. What I would like to do is start two topics for now.... "Blue
flowers" and "Bulbs". If anyone would like to participate in this project, please post your lists (don't try to post every blue
flower in a night.... each topic will stay open as long as it is active.
What I absolutely don't want is a long list of names without information.
My preferences as far as added data (in order) would be...
A link to a Plant Profile page on The Garden Helper. (try a Garden search)
A link to the most informational "cultivation" topic from the forum.(try a Garden search)
A list of the plant's basics... the more complete, the better.... but I will take what I can get. Sun or shade? Annual or Perennial, biennial or bulb? likes drought or flood? A link to a pix (TGH preferred) would be nice! The "basics can be abbreviated as long as we can figure them out or you can use these stickers...
Requires full sun for most of the day
Little or no direct sunlight
Requires shade for at least 3 hours during the hottest part of the day
Some or all parts of this plant may be toxic
Once established, these plants require little or no supplemental watering
These plants will tolerate some drought, but benefit from periodic watering
Needs regular weekly watering, more often in extreme heat
Keep constantly moist
THIS PAGE shows a good example of the minimum amount of data I'd like to data-fy for the plants we add. When adding to a list (even the "blue" list) feel free to mention typical colors or traits if you'd like... Remember that you can find lots of reference stuff on TGH.
This forum is only for the PDCP (Plant Data Collection Project) Please don't add empty lists of names... they will be deleted without comment.
I hope this works out the way I am hoping but even if I can't get er done, let this be FUN... no stressing or overworking this... we have lots of time!