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Plant tools, free for everyone

Practical utilities we built for landscape designers, contractors, and home gardeners — with Cape Nursery's wholesale range threaded through. No signup, no gate, no ads.

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Tool 01 · Plant name finder

Every plant has
two names. Find either.

Type a common name like "lilly pilly" and find the botanical name. Type a Latin name and find the common one. Search 1,250+ plants across 80+ families.

  • Instant results — starts searching as you type
  • Matches botanical names, common names, and synonyms
  • Cape Nursery's wholesale range is flagged in results
Open the name finder
Tool 02 · Hedge & screen planner

Plan a hedge in three clicks.

Tell us your boundary length, desired height, and site conditions. We'll recommend suitable species, calculate plant count and spacing, and estimate time to canopy closure.

  • Recommends species matched to your climate and style
  • Works out spacing, total count, and size tiers
  • Prioritises Cape Nursery's advanced stock — with generic fallbacks
Open the hedge planner
Tool 03 · Plant health check

Something's wrong. Let's work out what.

Describe the symptoms and we'll rank the most likely causes — pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies, watering problems, or environmental stress. Treatment and prevention advice for each. Covers trees, veg, fruit, ornamentals, lawn, and indoor plants.

  • 47 ranked diagnoses across 44 plant categories
  • Step-by-step: plant → affected part → symptoms → follow-up questions
  • Likelihood-scored shortlist with plain-English explanations
Open the health check
Why we built these
Specification
shouldn't need a spreadsheet.
Landscape professionals and home gardeners spend time on calculations that a simple tool can handle in seconds. So we built the tools.
How they work
Static.
Fast. Free.
No signup, no tracking beyond the basic site analytics, no gated content. Run in your browser, work offline once loaded, link freely.
Feedback
Missing something?
Tell us.
If a plant's missing from the database, or the hedge planner gets something wrong for your climate, let us know and we'll improve it.