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Welcome to PlantFiles, the largest plant database in the world with 166,295 entries, 198,450 images and 90,311 comments. Currently entries are from 388 families, 4,725 genera, 38,558 species, and 104,042 cultivars. PF continues to grow through the collaborative efforts of 30,280 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 Polygonum cuspidatum   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   306 Rose of Sharon, Althea Hibiscus syriacus   260 Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   251 Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin   250 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   237 Lantana Lantana camara   234 Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans   229 Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida   219 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   214 Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia   191

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   84 Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower Ipomoea alba   84 Japanese Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycas, Sago Palm Cycas revoluta   80 Lantana Lantana camara   79 Pony Tail Palm, Bottle Palm, Monja, Palma culona Beaucarnea recurvata   77 Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis   74 Bismarck Palm, Bismark Palm Bismarckia nobilis   72 Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea   71

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