Hey Jeff and Mary. My name is Robby and I'm one of the on-staff plant nerds. First off I really appreciate the suggestion about native plants, especially in California. California is an interesting botanical location. It is one of the most diverse floristic provinces in the world, and yet it has so many invasive species that have more or less pushed out native species from their ecological niches. I think that educating the public about these natives is an important venture as some of these natives may not be around for long. We are addressing the native issue, and I'm just as excited as I'm sure other native enthusiasts are to have such a feature on our website. To be able to search for California, Texas or Minnesota natives would be an excellent feature. Jeff, to answer your question about the number of CA natives in the database, I am not positive on the number of plants since this number has been changing lately with the addition of new plants. As a CA native, I have been easily able to add many CA natives to our database, since my horticultural education involves a lot of CA floristics. Anywho, thank you both for your enthusiasm about the EasyBloom sensor. If you do have any ideas for specific plants that you want to see in our database, feel free to inform us. To contact us about your desired plant, search for the plant in our database. If the plant is not in our database, the next web page will include a link that will open up your email client. You can then email us with your plant suggestions. Thanks again, Robby.
