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ceallachg
Manchester, NH
(Zone 5a)

February 23, 2005
01:35 AM

Post #1303807

Hello :)

I'd love to search for plants that other people have been successful with in my area, but how do I do that? CAN I do that? If not, that would be a cool new feature!

Thanks,
Kelly
Terry
Murfreesboro, TN
(Zone 7a)

February 23, 2005
09:02 AM

Post #1303959

There may be an easier way to do this (and we may need to make it much easier to do now that more ZIP codes have been added), but in the meantime, if you have added your ZIP code to any plant, you can click on your city/state when it appears in the regional report area (beneath the details) and it will pull up a list of plants that grow well within 50 miles. Once you pull up that list, you can change the radius to however many miles you want it to search.

If you haven't added your ZIP code to any plants, you should *grin* And you can copy this link into your browser window and add your five-digit ZIP code immediately following the "=" character:

http: //davesgarden.com/pf/zipbyzip.php?zip=
TuttiFrutti
Spokane Valley, WA
(Zone 5b)

February 23, 2005
12:36 PM

Post #1304423

For the link to work, you'll need to remove the blank space that follows "http:", as well. :)

Our member pages used to show the number of zip code reports we had made. Will that feature be returning?

Donna

Terry
Murfreesboro, TN
(Zone 7a)

February 23, 2005
12:37 PM

Post #1304425

Whooops - thanks for reminding me I had put a space in there so the URL would be displayed, rather than converting to a non-working hyperlink.

As to the ZIP code reports...well, they *should* come back sooner than later. That's a Dave question - I'll be sure he sees this thread.
TuttiFrutti
Spokane Valley, WA
(Zone 5b)

February 23, 2005
12:39 PM

Post #1304428

Thank you, Terry. I kinda forgot which Forum I was in. :)
dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)

February 23, 2005
12:46 PM

Post #1304441

Zipcode report is back!
TuttiFrutti
Spokane Valley, WA
(Zone 5b)

February 23, 2005
01:08 PM

Post #1304495

Wow! Thanks, Dave. :)
Terry
Murfreesboro, TN
(Zone 7a)

February 23, 2005
01:14 PM

Post #1304506

And Dave has added a link to "Search by ZIP code" to the Browse and Search Tools: http://davesgarden.com/pf/tools/
ceallachg
Manchester, NH
(Zone 5a)

February 23, 2005
11:55 PM

Post #1305567

So cool!

Thank you everyone. :)

Kelly
violabird
Barnesville, GA
(Zone 8a)

March 19, 2005
02:19 PM

Post #1348339

How neat is that!

Thanks Dave and all contributers!
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)

August 29, 2008
02:58 PM

Post #5483759

Help! This is making my head hurt. Can some one please give me a "How to Search for Plants in a Certain Location for Dummies" lesson. I would like to search for plants around Las Cruces New Mexico and other places too once I learn how to do it. I can't find ' Search by Zip Code" and what is *grin*? Thanks muchly.
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)

August 29, 2008
06:18 PM

Post #5484421

If you go up 3 posts above yours, Terry posted a link to the page that has the link for the zip code search. Of course you'll need to find out the zip code, but if you go to an online yellow pages or something like that and look up something in Las Cruces chances are you can get the zip code that way.
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)

August 29, 2008
07:27 PM

Post #5484722

Thanks so much ecrane3.


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