Why is there an Annual Subscription?

As you can imagine, there is a significant cost in building the plant library and trying to keep up with all of the new introductions. We pay photographers and associated travel expenses to go to the California Spring Trials, arboretums, gardens, and neighborhoods to shoot plant pictures. We then have to research the plants and add all of the content required for a complete plant record to create great bench cards, pot labels and hang tags. 

Even when we get plant information from a breeder we have to review the data and make adjustments to the format and naming so that it can be imported into the database.  On top of that, we have to write custom import scripts for the images.

In 2019, we have added over 2,500 plant records and we will continue to add records. 

Another ongoing cost for us is customer support. We offer free customer support from 8:30 am to 5 pm on workdays. 

If you have any questions, please let us know.