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Welcome to PlantFiles, the largest plant database in the world with 163,068 entries, 185,508 images and 88,113 comments. Currently entries are from 389 families, 4,699 genera, 38,219 species, and 101,543 cultivars. PF continues to grow through the collaborative efforts of 28,194 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 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   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 Japanese Knotweed, False Bamboo, Mexican Bamboo Polygonum cuspidatum   4 Chameleon Plant 'Chameleon' Houttuynia cordata   5 Creeping Charlie, Gill-over-Ground, Ground Ivy, Hedgemaids, Alehoof Glechoma hederacea   6 Chinese Privet Ligustrum sinense   7 English Ivy, Common Ivy Hedera helix   8 Garlic Mustard, Hedge Garlic, Jack by the Hedge Alliaria petiolata   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   294 Rose of Sharon, Althea Hibiscus syriacus   253 Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   240 Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin   239 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   228 Lantana Lantana camara   227 Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans   211 Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida   208 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   205 Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia   175

Ten Most Photographed Plants

Plant Thumbnail Photos Tropical Hibiscus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis   115 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   81 Lantana Lantana camara   79 Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   79 Japanese Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycas, Sago Palm Cycas revoluta   73 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   72 Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva Syagrus romanzoffiana   71 Pony Tail Palm, Bottle Palm, Monja, Palma culona Beaucarnea recurvata   70 Bismarck Palm, Bismark Palm Bismarckia nobilis   69

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