Articles

Findings from the database, not from the internet. We only publish an article if it rests on a number our own data produces — and we link the query so you can reproduce it.

• Dry shade: 179 plants can take it, 87 you can actually buy 17 August 2026 — half the plants that suit the hardest site in the garden are not sold by anyone. The gap is the story.

Every figure is dated and versioned, because re-ingesting USDA data changes it. See data & sources for what we use and how.