There is a small update for the Plant Base Android app – version 1.43.

Some minor bug fixes and slightly improved handling of menus. There are no other changes.

The new APK file is available for downloaded from the website.

As for the previous release, if updating from any version older than 1.41 it’s best to uninstall the old app … … read more

Our free online Plant Database has now been withdrawn from the website.

This is rather a shame as it’s always been very popular, but the time has come when we need to rationalize our resources.

If circumstances change in the future then it may be reviewed and possibly re-implemented. However, for the time being removing the online section makes a … … read more

Our free online Plant Database will soon be withdrawn and removed from the website.

It has been freely available for over 16 years and is still heavily used. However, although the plant information has been updated in sync with the Plant Base software product, the pages and back-end database are really due for a major refresh. Unfortunately we don’t have … … read more

An updated version of the Plant Base Android app is released – version 1.42. Also a new version of its File Support app – 1.07.

This update has several bug fixes, mostly to resolve issues introduced in the previous version due to the larger changes required in adapting to newer Android releases. There are no other major changes.

Different launcher … … read more

The Picture Gallery section of the website has been replaced by a new and quite different gallery using the Piwigo software. This provides a more modern and flexible solution than the old gallery which was composed of static HTML files. As well an improved user experience it should be much easier to maintain.

All the photos from the old pages … … read more

I’ve decided to remove 3rd party advertising from the website. All external content ad-spaces (Google Ads) have already gone and also most affiliate scheme banner ads. A few direct referral text links remain, almost all on the Links page or in the picture gallery pages. These are relatively unproblematic but will be reviewed in the near future.

This is largely … … read more

Our web database, Plant Base Online, has now been updated to the same data release level as the software products.

As well as the website plant search forms this same data is also available to the Android PBO viewer apps.

It’s taken a little longer than usual – been busy with other things!