ANSWERED (THANK YOU) Hi- I tried to add a "category" to my personal plant database. It created the category, but I don't see where this shows up? What is the point? How is this used? Thanks for your help.

Hi & welcome! Now that you have a category, you can add plants to it. Looking at your list, click the little pencil for each plant you want to add. Click the box for the category and then click to save it.

You're welcome to look at my list to get ideas if you want:
https://garden.org/lists/view/...

Yes, once you add a plant to it, the category then shows up in your list. You can click on my user name, scroll down a bit and see the ones I created.

Goodness, you have a lot of categories, Tiffany! You've put a lot of time in your list.
Mine pales in comparison, lol.

Sue, I got a kick out of your category, "Gopher Casualty and Former Plants". Funny title, but sad that you lost plants to gophers.

Thank you, Vickie! I rely heavily on my plant list on this site. It's my #1 gardening tool!

blue23rose said: Sue, I got a kick out of your category, "Gopher Casualty and Former Plants". Funny title, but sad that you lost plants to gophers.

I made that just in case a lone iris tuber or other plant root survived, at least I have a former list to go to for possible ID.

I do that too, except I mostly use my excel spreadsheet. I need to utilize the list options here more. I have a 2022 map of my daylilies and just created a 2023 map with changes, but if I find an errant fan coming up where I don't think it should be, I can refer to maps of earlier years to see if it can be identified.