The Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons
PO Box 202, Bridgehampton, NY 11932-0202     Phone 631-537-2223
 



Horticultural Reference Sites

Use the following expertly refined selection of Horticultural related links for general and specific topical information. Scroll down to find the link related to your interest and click on the underlined web address (URL). If you find other web sites of interest, please forward them to: The Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons.


GARDENS

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
arboretum.harvard.edu

Brooklyn Botanic Garden
www.bbg.org

Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden: For tropical plants...great palm pix.
http://www.fairchildgarden.org/index.html

Missouri Botanical Garden
www.mobot.org/

North Carolina Arboretum
University of North Carolina

Polly Hill Arboretum
www.pollyhillarboretum.org

The Bayard Cutting Arboretum
www.bayardcuttingarboretum.com

The National Arboretum and the National Herb Garden
http://www.usna.usda.gov/

The New York Botanical Garden
www.nybg.org/

The JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University
http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/



SOCIETIES

The International Aroid Society
http://www.aroid.org/

Azalea Society of America
http://www.azaleas.org/index.pl

American Bamboo Society
http://www.americanbamboo.org/

American Begonia Society
http://www.begonias.org/

American Bonsai Society
www.absbonsai.org/

The American Boxwood Society
http://www.boxwoodsociety.org/

Bromeliad Society International
http://bsi.org/

American Bryological and Lichenological Society
http://www.unomaha.edu/~abls/

The International Bulb Society
http://www.bulbsociety.com/

The International Camellia Society
http://camellia-ics.org/

The Cactus & Succulent Society of America
http://www.cssainc.org/

National Chrysanthemum Society
http://www.mums.org/

American Clematis Society
http://clematis.org/

The American Conifer Society
http://www.conifersociety.org/

American Daffodil Society
http://daffodilusa.org/ American Fern Society
http://amerfernsoc.org/

American Gloxinia and Gesneriad Society
http://aggs.org/

North American Heather Society
http://www.northamericanheathersoc.org/

The American Hemerocallis Society
http://www.daylilies.org/daylilies.html

The Herb Society of America
http://www.herbsociety.org/

American Hibiscus Society
http://americanhibiscus.org/index.htm

Holly Society of America
http://www.hollysocam.org/

American Hosta Society
http://www.hosta.org/

American Iris Society
http://www.irises.org/

International Lilac Society
http://lilacs.freeservers.com/

North American Lily Society
www.lilies.org/

Home Orchard Society
http://www.homeorchardsociety.org/

The American Orchid Society
http://orchidweb.org/aos/index.aspx

The International Palm Society
http://www.palms.org/

American Peony Society
www.americanpeonysociety.org/

American Primrose Society
www.americanprimrosesoc.org/

The American Rhododendron Society
http://www.rhododendron.org/

The Garden Club of America
http://www.gcamerica.org

The North American Rock Garden Society
http://www.nargs.org/

American Rose Society
http://www.ars.org/

The International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society
http://www.iwgs.org/

New England Wild Flower Society
http://www.newfs.org/

Royal Horticultural Society
http://www.rhs.org.uk/index.asp


GENERAL GARDENING

How to compost, how to use finished compost, the benefits of composting, what to compost, compost sieves, etc.
http://www.mastercomposter.com/

BBC gardening
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/index.shtml

Database with instructions for germinating the seeds of 810 species of plants:
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/tm.html

Hortnet: Large, currently updated collection of plant images and detailed descriptions.
http://www.hort.net/

HortSource: Horticultural Resources, Tips, Tricks and Information
http://www.hortsource.com/

National Gardening Association
http://www.garden.org/home

The Perennial Gardener
http://www.pbs.org/perennialgardener/

Rooting Database
http://rooting.ucdavis.edu/pchome.htm

What Tree Is That?
http://www.arborday.org/trees/treeid.cfm


PLANTS & DATABASES

United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://plants.usda.gov/

Conifers
http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/taxa.htm

PlantFiles: plant database with over 80,000 plants with cultivation information and pictures. http://davesgarden.com/pf/

The Ornamental Plants plus data base contains information about trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, perennials, annuals, house plants, insects, diseases, cultural information and other topics.
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modzz/masterzz.html

Native Plants Database
http://www.wildflower.org/?html=home

Plant database and Plant Selector for choosing plants
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/

Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses.
http://www.pfaf.org/

Plant Information Center (University of North Carolina): Includes virtual herbarium and botanical dictionary.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pic/

New Jersey Weed Gallery (works for Long Island too)
http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/weeds/default.asp

New Ornamentals Database (access by subscription)
http://members.tripod.com/~Hatch_L/nos.html

University of Connecticut Plant Database
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/


SOURCES

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