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First, understand:  We want you to edit this page.  Like nearly every other page on this site, the Main Page is open for anyone to edit.  But it is the main welcome point for most new readers of Plants.am, so we would prefer that changes first be discussed on the talk page: [[Talk:Main Page]]. Please discuss any proposed changes there ***BEFORE*** editing this page.
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'''[[Plants.am:About|Plants.am]]''' is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable '''plant encyclopedia and garden guide'''. So far we have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] plant entries and other articles written and edited by gardeners from around the globe. Check out the [[Help:Contents|Help]] page to see how '''you''' can edit any page '''right now'''.
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* '''[[List of garden plants|Garden plants]]'''
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* '''[[List of common houseplants|Houseplants]]'''
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* '''[[List of fruits|Fruits]]''' <small>&</small> '''[[List of vegetables|Vegetables]]'''
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* '''[[List of plants by common name|Plants (by common name)]]'''
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* '''[[Major tree genera|Trees]]''' & '''[[List of shrubs (bushes)|Shrubs]]'''
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* '''[[List of edible nuts|Nuts]]'''
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* '''[[List of herbs and spices|Herbs and spices]]'''
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* '''[[List of edible seeds|Edible seeds]]'''
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* '''[[List of herbal and fungal hallucinogens|Hallucinogenic]]'''
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* '''[[List of indoor air cleaning plants|Air filters]]'''
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Image:Freesia.jpg|200px|Freesia blooms]]<br><small>Freesias in bloom</small>
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| DotMBlurb='''[[Mint]]''' is an underutilized [[herb]] in the west.  Though popular for breath fresheners, it is rarely used to enhance the flavor of salads, cooking, or simply boiled to produce a natural herbal tea. <small>([[Mint|more...]])</small>
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| OTBPBlurb=The '''[[Freesia]]''' is a popular garden plant with a strong [[perfume]] which [[naturalize]]s easily in [[frost-free]] areas.  Grown from [[corm]]s or [[seed]], these plants can do well indoors in pots in a windowsill or in the garden, dug up each winter in colder areas. [[Flower]]s range from red, orange, yellow, and white to purple, including multicolors, and come in single or double forms.<small>([[Freesia|more...]])</small>}}
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| The [[Freesia]] is a popular garden plant with a strong [[perfume]] which [[naturalize]]s easily in [[frost-free]] areas. Grown from [[corm]]s or [[seed]], these plants can do well indoors in pots in a windowsill or in the garden, dug up each winter in colder areas. [[Flower]]s range from red, orange, yellow, and white to purple, including multicolors, and come in single or double forms.
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* ...that chocolate was the first non-alcoholic social beverage in early modern European cuisine?
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* ...that maize was the staple of Aztec cuisine, and that maguey worms, spirulina and corn smut were popular Aztec foods?
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* ...that Thrud the Barbarian, a comic character parodying Conan the Barbarian, has the intelligence of a garden snail?
 
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*[[List of plants by common name|plants (by common name)]]
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*[[Major tree genera|trees]]
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*[[List of shrubs (bushes)|shrubs (bushes)]]
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{{newsitem|Plants.am Comes Online!|1 March 2007|<!-- [[Image:OtherWebbyAward.jpg|100px|noframe|left]] -->The wiki is planted, and ready to grow.  Importing content and adding new materials begins.}}
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*[[List of edible nuts|edible nuts]]
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'''[[:Category:Growth habit|Growth habit]]''' - [[:Category:Vine|Vine]] (Climber), [[:Category:Tree|Tree]], [[:Category:Bush|Bush]] (Shrub), [[:Category:Groundcover|Groundcover]], [[:Category:Bulbous|Bulbous]] (incl. Bulbs and Rhizomes)
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{{newsitem|Spring arrives|25 March 2007|Planting of vegetables, annuals, bulbs, bare root plants and everything else begins in the Northern Hemisphere.}}
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'''[[:Category:Edible|Edible]]''' - [[:Category:Fruit|Fruit]], [[:Category:Vegetable|Vegetable]], [[:Category:Herb|Herb]], [[:Category:Nut|Nut]]
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{{newsitem|Daylight savings in the U.S.|11 March 2007|Most American clocks will spring forward one hour at 02:00 AM on March 11, 2007 and will end November 4, 2007.}}
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'''[[:Category:Lifespan|Lifespan]]''' - [[:Category:Annual|Annual]], [[:Category:Perennial|Perennial]], [[:Category:Biennial|Biennial]]
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'''[[:Category:Exposure|Exposure]]''' - [[:Category:Full sun|Full sun]], [[:Category:Part sun|Part sun]], [[:Category:Shade|Shade]]
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'''Miscellaneous Categories:''' [[:Category:Deciduous|Deciduous]], [[:Category:Evergreen|Evergreen]], [[:Category:Pond|Pond]] (Water), [[:Category:Flower|Flower]] (only if flowers are notable), [[:Category:Scent|Scent]] (either flowers or foliage)
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