Choose plants with confidence before you buy. Tell Gardenia about your growing conditions, find plants with Gardenia Plant Finder, get inspired by ready-made Gardenia design ideas, then save plants to your garden, check how well they fit your conditions, compare seasons of interest, estimate quantities, and create a nursery-ready shopping list.
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Compare each plant with your garden conditions, including sun, climate, soil, drainage, water, care needs, and mature size.
Compare seasons of interest so your garden offers color, foliage, and structure throughout the year.
Estimate plant quantities for your space and turn your garden into a practical nursery shopping list.
Compatibility made clear
Add your garden conditions once, then review clear fit badges and warnings for the plants in your garden. Gardenia helps you spot potential conflicts early and understand why a plant may – or may not – work in your plan.
Sun, hardiness, climate, soil, pH, drainage, and water
Mature height, spread, spacing, and quantity planning
Native fit, wildlife value, tolerances, style, care, and toxicity
See warnings for unsuitable sun, climate, drainage, water needs, care level, or mature size.
Compare season of interest, height, wildlife value, and other useful plant characteristics.
Use your garden dimensions and plant spreads to estimate how many plants you may need without overcrowding the space.
Why gardeners subscribe
Save and compare your plants, review compatibility with your garden conditions, plan seasonal interest, estimate quantities, and build a shopping list you can take to the nursery.
Fit badges and warnings for your garden conditions
Save up to 25 separate garden projects
Quantity estimates and nursery shopping lists
Simple pricing
Try the tool free, then unlock complete garden planning whenever you are ready.
Explore the tool and create your first garden.
Save, compare, refine, and expand your garden projects all year.
Start planning
Start a new garden, continue planning a garden you have already saved, or begin with a plant list you already have.
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Add Garden Conditions to see which plants are a good fit for your garden, which ones may need more water, more room, or different conditions, and compare plants more intelligently.
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Becoming a contributing member of Gardenia is easy and can be done in just a few minutes. If you provide us with your name, email address and the payment of a modest $25 annual membership fee, you will become a full member, enabling you to design and save up to 25 of your garden design ideas.
Join now and start creating your dream garden!
