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Welcome to PlantFiles, the largest plant database in the world with 166,993 entries, 202,764 images and 91,067 comments. Currently entries are from 389 families, 4,732 genera, 38,647 species, and 104,441 cultivars. PF continues to grow through the collaborative efforts of 30,850 gardeners from around the world, most notably the Uber Gardeners. Any registered user may add new plants, images, details, comments, and ZIP codes.

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Top Ten Plants

Plant Thumbnail Rating Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   1 Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica   2 Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe Cactus, Night blooming Cereus Epiphyllum oxypetalum   3 Rose of Sharon, Althea Hibiscus syriacus   4 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   5 Lantana Lantana camara   6 Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida   7 Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin   8 Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans   9 Four O'Clock, Marvel of Peru Mirabilis jalapa   10

Top Ten Thugs

Plant Thumbnail Rating Tree of Heaven, Chinese Sumac, Stink Tree Ailanthus altissima   1 Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia   2 Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans   3 Chameleon Plant 'Chameleon' Houttuynia cordata   4 Japanese Knotweed, False Bamboo, Mexican Bamboo Fallopia japonica   5 Creeping Charlie, Gill-over-Ground, Ground Ivy, Hedgemaids, Alehoof Glechoma hederacea   6 Chinese Privet Ligustrum sinense   7 Garlic Mustard, Hedge Garlic, Jack by the Hedge Alliaria petiolata   8 English Ivy, Common Ivy Hedera helix   9 Broomtops, Common Broom, European Broom, Irish Broom, Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius   10

Ten Most Frequently-Grown Plants

Plant Thumbnail Reports Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica   309 Rose of Sharon, Althea Hibiscus syriacus   270 Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin   255 Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   255 Lantana Lantana camara   240 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   238 Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans   234 Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida   221 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   217 Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia   193

Ten Most Photographed Plants

Plant Thumbnail Photos Tropical Hibiscus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis   118 Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy Gerbera jamesonii   94 Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe Cactus, Night blooming Cereus Epiphyllum oxypetalum   88 Japanese Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycas, Sago Palm Cycas revoluta   87 Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   86 Lantana Lantana camara   82 Pony Tail Palm, Bottle Palm, Monja, Palma culona Beaucarnea recurvata   78 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   74 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   74 Bismarck Palm, Bismark Palm Bismarckia nobilis   73

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