That is what I did. I only have three categories of plants and in daylilies I have 340 listed. I used the settings option to show 500 items per page, so all of mine show up on one page. Then I do a "ctrl" + "f" on the keyboard to search by name.
By having the 500 items per page, I can also use "ctrl" + "f" to search a thread if needed. Doesn't happen too often, but I have used it.