Evaluation of Sources for List-1&List-2

1.Missouri Botanical Garden:

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderSearch.aspx

Advantages:

1. Has prounciation
2. Has a lot of infomation listed clearly, including USDA hardness zone
3. Garden uses
4. Way and important things to notice in culture

weaknesses:

1. The characritic is in big paragraph, not easy to read
2. flower and fruit description are not detailed enough
3. pictures are not enough, low-res, can not show the whole plant sometimes
4. does not include leaf arrangement

2. UCONN plant database

http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/list.php

advantages:

1. easy to search (when you type in the genus, the list of plants in that genus appears on the right at the same time)
2. pictures from different angles
3. all features in lists(easy to read and find)
4. has USDA hardness zone and the orignal place
5. ID features

weaknesses:

1. do not include water usage and soil requirement
2. some plants can not be found

3. Sunset Western Garden Book, Lane Publishing, Palo Alto, Califonia

advantages:

1. has pictures focusing on the most important ID features of the plant
2. includes cultivars and variations
3. concise, easy to read
4. teaches the reader how to choose the plant based on their need
5. and how to grow them

weaknesses:

1. uses 24 climate zones, not the USDA hardness zone
2. only include plants in America
3. do not include landscape usage or the limitation
4. do not include photos of the plant