Plants with a sweet fragrance noticeable only when you get up close.

Flowers with pleasing and sweet scented smells.

Plants with stinky leaves or flowers.

Flowers and leaves with spicy, resinous or pungent aroma.

Plants with colorful autumn leaves.

Plants that are known to be hosts to specific butterflies.

Plants with attractive and colorful berries in the winter months.

Plants that attract hummingbirds.

Plants that can tolerate sustained periods without water.

Plants that require little or no extra water.

Anemophilous plants, their pollen producing season, and their relative annoyance.

Plants used traditionally as herbal remedies.

Common plants that are poisonous.

Plants with edible fruits, nuts and berries.

Common and unusual vegetables, herbs and spices.

Plants used in traditional fabric dyeing.

Plants that are adapted to acidic soils.

Invasive, weedy, thorny and prickly plants: nature's way of preservation.

Plants that prefer soils that aren't rich in humus.

Plants that are well suited to the salt, wind, and harsh exposure of seaside conditions.

Plants that prefer partial shade, full shade, or morning light only.