Plant Base version update for 2026

It’s been a long time since an update for Plant Base was issued, although a great deal of work has been going on in the background!  But it’s here now . . .

Plant Base splash window

This release is very unusual because it involves two program versions for all OS editions.  A lot has changed with operating systems and also the software used … … read more

Plant Base new version – 2.1.15

A new update of Plant Base has been released today and available on the Download page. This is for desktop/laptop editions – Windows, MacOS and Linux.

Primarily a maintenance release with the main objective of cleaning up and optimising some of the code. It also improves synchonisation between OS editions where a few sections had got out of step. … … read more

Plant Base update version – 2.1.14

An updated version of Plant Base has been released and is available on the Download page. This is for desktop/laptop editions – Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It is another maintenance update with a few small bug fixes plus some other little changes.

On the Plant List Details tab, the records can now be sorted by almost any of the … … read more

Plant Base – new version 2.1.13

New update of Plant Base was released today and is available on the Download page. For all desktop/laptop editions – Windows, MacOS and Linux.

This is only a minor maintenance update with a few small bug fixes and other minor changes. For the Windows edition this includes support for the recently released update of Extra Keys.

However, there is … … read more

Plant Base – new version 2.1.11

A new update of Plant Base for desktop/laptop systems is available for download today. This covers all editions – Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It is essentially a maintenance release with some bug fixes plus a few small changes for the user interface.

It also includes updated plant database files, data release 30, which has some new plant records and pictures … … read more

Plant Base – new version 2.1.10

I am happy to announce a new version of Plant Base – 2.1.10

For all editions, Windows, Mac and Linux, there are a number of bug fixes.  For that reason I would recommend that all users update the program.  It’s quick and easy and does not need to have any effect on the database.

There is also an updated database … … read more

Plant Base on MacOS Mojave

Over time I’ve had a few messages from users who have had various problems when running Plant Base on the later versions of the Mac operating systems. This is difficult because in most cases I cannot reproduce or verify the issues. My Mac development machine needs to stay on an old version of the OS in order to maximise compatibility. … … read more

Plant Base new version – 2.1.9

A new version release of Plant Base for Windows and Mac is now available for download, 2.1.9.

Plant Base 2.1.9 screenshot

This is mostly another maintenance release with some bug fixes.  There are also a couple of additional new features.

The plant list data details tab now has a choice of two different view types – either the original “grid” view, which is unchanged, … … read more

Plant Base new version – 2.1.8

A new program release of Plant Base for Windows and Mac is now available. Version 2.1.8 is essentially another maintenance release with just a few fairly small changes and some bug fixes.

There is not yet a new release of the plant database to go with it, so it’s only the program part. As usual, updating the plant data has … … read more

Plant Base new version is released – 2.1.7

An updated version of Plant Base is released and available on the downloads page – 2.1.7.

This is essentially another maintenance release and there are no really big changes. It does contain some important bug fixes, so it is a recommended update for all existing users.

A handy small feature has been added – searches on the Plant Selector form … … read more