Search through our extensive range of plant profiles to find plants for your garden.
Whether you are an existing client of Dapple Designs, home gardener, horticultural student or garden designer, the Plant Finder tool is a valuable resource to learn about plants. It is a completely free service that also shows you the lengths that we will go to make sure to make sure people have accurate and reliable information to do with plants.
We are constantly adding plants to this service, so please bookmark this page and check back regularly as we may have the information you're looking for.
Enjoy!
Ways to use the Plant Finder Tool:
Search for plants by categories then characteristics
1. Click on one of the plant categories at the top of the page (e.g Trees, Shrubs, Grasses & Strappy Leafed Plants)
2. Pick just one or two of the plant characteristics from the drop-down menus (e.g Sun requirements, Flower Colour, Origin)
3. Click Find
Search for plants by characteristics only
1. Pick one or two desired plant characteristics from the drop-down menus
(If you would like plants shade gardens, choose Full shade from the Sun Requirements drop-down menu or if you would like to choose Australian native plants only, then choose Native from the Origin drop-down menu).
** Please Note:
When choosing plants using the Plant Finders drop down menus, keep selections to a minimum. It is recommended that you choose just 2 at the most. Doing this will ensure that you have an adequate amount of plants to view in the results and will make it much easier to use.
Climate Zones
To find out if the plants your interested in will grow in your region please see our Growing Zones Map courtesy of the Australian National Botanic Gardens www.anbg.gov.au.