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paulgrow Allen Park, MI(Zone 6a) Aug 14, 2002

Dave
Is there any way that if a plant name was entered but spelled wrong that the PDB would respond with did you mean XXXXX?
Some of the search engines do it but I have no idea how it works.
I've been looking for a plant tonight but don't have the correct spelling.
Just thinking out loud.

Paul

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Aug 14, 2002

Paul, Dave has worked on a "fuzzy logic" approach to the PDB, but it caused some major slowdown in the site.

I know he's still interested in pursuing this, but in the meantime I'd recommend that you do two things when you search the PDB:

1. Think of the single most unique word in the plant's name, whether it's in the common or botanical (might be the genus, species or cultivar name) and search using only that word.

2. Then be sure you spell that one word correctly :) Sounds simple and silly, but it's true - we get a lot of duplicates because people misspell the name when they're searching, then they misspell the duplicate's name.

If your search doesn't yield the result you're looking for, try again, using another single word. Or even a partial word. A search for Clem will give you all the Clematis varieties (along with Clemson Seedless okra, etc.)

But then you can scan the results to find what you're looking for.

Within the "big" genera, like daylilies, hosta, etc. you'll find an alphabetical browse at the bottom of the special home pages. So you can see all the Hemerocallis varieties that begin with the letter A, etc. Very handy when you know what you're looking for, but not necessarily how to spell it.

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