GetAnyPlant
Consumer and social
plant shopping and discovery
SHOW HN2024
427points
132comments
#99of 3,515 in 2024
Top 3%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
24 positive, 42 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 9 critical, out of 78 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Design: 5 for, 2 againstIdea: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean design and UI
From 4 comments
I really love the custom icons, it makes me wish the thumbnails were botanist illustrations.
danielvaughn on HNVery nice! Clean design and plants. Any pointers or guides that can get me started on a similar project? Reading through your responses here, I understand you're using Django and…
osonfiget on HNThis is really cool! I love the clean design. I'm a little confused though, the prices are showing in USD and not NTD, and for some reason all the stores are in some country…
komali2 on HNAny chance of a UK version? Based in London and love the UI of this :)
jones58 on HN
Useful for finding plants indoors and outdoors
From 2 comments
This is really cool, congrats on shipping. I've had a hard time finding reliable plant information as well, especially since many sites focus only on indoor plants while others…
jihadjihad on HNAs someone that has struggled trying to find plants to suit a particular garden in the past, I love your site! (And I just spotted the pet safe tab - even better!) Edit: could…
mft_ on HN
Pet-safe filter is helpful
From 2 comments
It's really good to get this when you have pets at home. btw, I love the web design.
rlhf on HNAs someone that has struggled trying to find plants to suit a particular garden in the past, I love your site! (And I just spotted the pet safe tab - even better!) Edit: could…
mft_ on HN
Objections
Search is weak, misses common names and quoted names
From 4 comments
This is really cool, congrats on shipping. I've had a hard time finding reliable plant information as well, especially since many sites focus only on indoor plants while others…
jihadjihad on HNMany pictures missing. Search is not great, especially for non scientific names of plants. Like "frogfruit" doesn't find anything. Other than that it's great!!
netrap on HNone of the hottest trending plants, the monstera thai constellation is missing
stephenitis on HNAh, yes you are right about that. The search sucks right now. An even bigger issue is that search only matches in the scientific name but most people are entering common names.…
ryebread777 on HN
US-only stores and prices in USD
From 3 comments
I couldn't see any way for me to specify my location, to ensure I could actually buy the plants. Upon clicking one of the plants, I see it was only American sites. I get that…
OwenFM on HNThis is really cool! I love the clean design. I'm a little confused though, the prices are showing in USD and not NTD, and for some reason all the stores are in some country…
komali2 on HNWhat a great idea! I'm also quite in love with keeping plants and have found similar issues on conflicting names, etc. Don't have much feedback since I'm not in the USA, eagerly…
piva00 on HN
Missing many common plants and photos
From 3 comments
How do you decide which plants to list? Is it just the inventory from a few niche sellers? Seems to be missing a lot of really common plants. I couldn't find apple or pear trees…
Suppafly on HNMany pictures missing. Search is not great, especially for non scientific names of plants. Like "frogfruit" doesn't find anything. Other than that it's great!!
netrap on HNhi, I like the idea but the quality and diversity of the photos is not much. I would also like to know the characteristics of the plant, whether it resists the cold or whether it…
8mobile on HN
No hardiness zone filter
From 2 comments
How do you decide which plants to list? Is it just the inventory from a few niche sellers? Seems to be missing a lot of really common plants. I couldn't find apple or pear trees…
Suppafly on HNI’d love if this included outdoor plants, shrubs, trees, and had a filter for hardiness zone.
voisin on HN
Requests
Hardiness zone filter
From 3 comments
I’d love if this included outdoor plants, shrubs, trees, and had a filter for hardiness zone.
voisin on HN> I would greatly appreciate any feedback on the site as well as any advice on how to grow it. This is very cool Things I would want: 1. Appropriate growing zone (ideally USDA…
JohnHaugeland on HNAs someone that has struggled trying to find plants to suit a particular garden in the past, I love your site! (And I just spotted the pet safe tab - even better!) Edit: could…
mft_ on HN
Native range and invasiveness info
From 3 comments
Does it classify by where they are native? Some of us like to plant only plants that are native to where we are living. For others, at least classify by their potential for…
pfdietz on HNThis might be a stretch, but I would love to know what outdoor plants are native to my area.
zdrummond on HNThe regions where the plant is considered native, how aggressive it spreads (there is some metric that captures this IIRC), and regions where it is labeled as invasive. The…
lordswork on HN
Outdoor plants, shrubs and trees
From 2 comments
I’d love if this included outdoor plants, shrubs, trees, and had a filter for hardiness zone.
voisin on HNI'd love to do something like this for Australian native plants. It seems like quite a lot of work though!
chris_armstrong on HN
International or UK/Europe expansion
From 2 comments
What a great idea! I'm also quite in love with keeping plants and have found similar issues on conflicting names, etc. Don't have much feedback since I'm not in the USA, eagerly…
piva00 on HNAny chance of a UK version? Based in London and love the UI of this :)
jones58 on HN
Care information such as water and cold tolerance
From 2 comments
hi, I like the idea but the quality and diversity of the photos is not much. I would also like to know the characteristics of the plant, whether it resists the cold or whether it…
8mobile on HNIt would be cool to add a sort of public plant wikipedia with info on care about a plant. I love to keep plants, but some are just hard to maintain right.
majkinetor on HN
Questions
How product matching across stores is done
From 1 comment
How does one map 6000 plants to 6000 products across other websites? Is it done via some loose matching of keywords which is not verified by hand, or is there some kind of global…
fareesh on HN
How images were sourced and copyright handled
From 1 comment
How did you find the images? How did you solve the copyright issue?
z3t4 on HN
How commercial offers are pulled in
From 1 comment
How do you pull in the commercial offers?
marban on HN
Alternatives named
PictureThis app
From 1 comment
The regions where the plant is considered native, how aggressive it spreads (there is some metric that captures this IIRC), and regions where it is labeled as invasive. The…
lordswork on HN
iNaturalist
From 1 comment
Hey, also a plant lover here. I also have experienced great frustration sourcing plants and pondered a similar platform. Haven't acted on it as too busy with existing projects.…
contingencies on HN
PlantNet
From 1 comment
Awesome!! Surprised I didn’t know that as I’ve explored plantnet in the past. I’ll add those in!
ryebread777 on HN
Permaculture plant data site
From 1 comment
I’ve been building a permaculture garden and I want to know - usda hardiness zone - sun/shade tolerance - geographic origin - is it a nitrogen fixer - soil pH preference -…
ccorcos on HN