Growing Plants Interactive Encyclopedia

17,400 Plants in a Unique Interactive Encyclopedia!

17,400 Plants in a Unique Interactive Encyclopedia!
Growing Plants Interactive Encyclopedia is The vital resource for gardeners, professionals and students, with its incredible depth of information on wild and cultivated plants. What makes Growing Plants a cut above the rest is its clear and concise user-friendly interface!

Features

Select & identify any plant rapidly by...
- any Common name or Latin name
- 130 check boxes for colour of leaves, flowers & fruit
- 32 pick lists on shape, growth & cultivation features
- minimum & maximum height and spread
- 127 diagrams of flowers, leaves & growth habit
- 6 detailed maps of hardiness zones:
- British Isles, Europe, South Africa, Canada, United
- States of America, Australia and New Zealand

Over 17,400 plants with detailed descriptions
Includes garden ornamentals, wild flowers, orchids, trees, shrubs, climbers, cacti, ferns, mosses, palms, aquatics, vegetables, agricultural crops, fruits, hedging, house plants.
- 7,700 colour photographs and 1,200 black & white pictures
- Over 12,000 Latin name pronunciations & spoken explanations
- You can browse and understand the entire plant classification
- Integrated glossary & informative explanations on many topics
- Detect pests, diseases & disorders and find treatments
- Add your own plants and personalise information

Managing your planting and cultivation
- Includes integrated diary and other useful utilities
- Print your own plant labels, lists and pictures
- Plan for the seasons with topical tips & cultivation advice
- Search any screen for your key words or phrases
- Complete on-screen help and 60 page printed guide

System Requirements

486 processor (Pentium recommended)
Windows 95 or higher
16 MB RAM
Graphics card set at 800x600 resolution with 16bit colour (preferably 24bit)
60 MB RAM
4X CD ROM drive