The Idaho Botanical Garden is located in Boise, ID and is “dedicated to the advancement and appreciation of gardening, horticulture and conservation.”
Glendale Gardens and Woodland
The Gardens at HCP, formerly known as The Glendale Gardens & Woodland, is run by the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific Society in Victoria, B.C. Its mission is “providing an inspiring natural learning environment in which visitors and students can learn responsible horticulture and conservations practices and the importance of plants to a sustainable world.
Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden
Located 1 mile north of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the garden’s centerpiece is “Elda Behm’s Paradise Garden.”
Hatley Park
An Edwardian estate in Victoria, B.C. with formal Italian, Japanese and Rose gardens.
New Ornamentals Database
Reference source for the newest ornamental plants not typically referenced elsewhere. Basic subscription cost starts at $39.00 per year.
Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens
Located in Everett, WA, Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens offers “a large variety of plants, labeled and growing with compatible plants.”
Biodiversity International’s New World Fruits Database
“The New World Fruits Database aims at providing easier access to some basic, but often difficult to obtain, information on fruits from the New World (North and South America). Key information provided includes data on nomenclature, taxonomic and vernacular, on fruit and plant uses and on distribution and origin. Links are provided to additional information, such as experts working on the different species, references and URLs, making the database a useful starting point in a search for more information on the selected species.”
Missouri Botanic Garden’s TROPICOS Databases
“All of the nomenclatural, bibliographic, and specimen data accumulated in MBG’s electronic databases during the past 25 years are publicly available here. This system has over 1.2 million scientific names and 4.0 million specimen records.”
James Reveal’s Concordance of Angiosperm Family Names
An index of plant family names and their alternative names as suggested by leading taxonomists.
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
An international non-profit group that develops standards and protocols for sharing biodiversity data, the site includes standards documentation, databases of biodiversity projects and networks, plus a wiki for collaborating on information sharing.