Features
Measure the light in a room, check whether a plant is safe around your cat, and find out what to plant this month where you live.
Hold your phone where the plant would sit and the light meter reads the room in lux, tells you whether it counts as bright, medium, or low, and then shows which of your plants would be happy there. Free, no account needed, and genuinely useful before you buy anything.
Identification results carry a toxicity note when a species is known to be harmful to cats, dogs, or people, with a description rather than a bare warning. It reads the wording rather than scanning for the word toxic, so a plant described as non-toxic is not flagged as dangerous. Treat it as a starting point, not veterinary or medical advice.
Pocket Botanist works your hardiness zone out from your device location, with permission, and that part is free. Advice that depends on climate says so rather than assuming everyone gardens in the same place. You decide how precise that location is, or turn it off, in Settings.
The monthly planting guide tells you what suits the ground this month in your region. Companion planting tells you which pairings help each other and which to keep apart. Regional growing notes and invasive status finish the picture for anyone planting outdoors.
Plant of the Day gives you a species you probably had not thought about. Discover collects the moon phase for gardening by, notes on which plants earn their keep with pollinators and local wildlife, and the seasonal tasks worth doing about now.
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Pocket Botanist