Do you know a gardening web site that allows you to imput characteristics?

Question

of the plants you want (i.e. Tall, red, sunny location) and it suggests plants that fit your description

Answer 1

Plant search database:

http://www.plantstogrow.com/zPlantSearch...

Plant Selector from the Royal Horticultural Society:

http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantselector/d...

Missouri Botanic Gardens plant Search (This site takes a while to load up):

http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plant...

OSU Plant facts Database:

http://plantfacts.osu.edu/web/

If you type in "Plants for sun" you get links from major universities to Xeriscaping, groundcovers, rock gardening  &  plant selection sites.

Here's a site about  Xeriscaping which lists plants for sunny spots & plants for shady spots (scroll down pg. for lists):

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden...

Landscape plants_Images,Identification & Information:http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/

Purdue's instructional Horticulture PDF files on landscaping , gardening, types of ploants for specific areas:

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/garden_pu...

Plants for shady areas:

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/pubs/HO_2...

Plants for areas with full sun:

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/HO_223.pd...

Plants Preferring Moist Conditions:

http://www.taoherbfarm.com/herbs/resourc...

Fact Sheets & plant guides:

http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet

The first three websites allow you to imput characteristics to select plants.  I added the other sites because I thought you might find them useful.

Good luck!!