MoreUsing LeeFee’s Search Filters
The Product Search Filters are one of the many things that makes LeeFee Market unique, it’s designed to help you focus your search to find the plants etc that will fit your particular needs and growing conditions. The more boxes you check off the tighter your search becomes and the fewer plants will meet your criteria. Decide what’s most important to you – Zone, Color, Scent etc and use maybe the 3-4 most important aspects for your search. This may help you find other plants that you may not have even known about or didn’t realize would suit your purposes.
Tips:
- If you’re looking for outdoor plants, we recommend starting with your growing zone (found under Environment), then adding the other filters that are important to you. f you’re unsure of your zone, you can find it here.
- There is a “Search” box above the Filters that you can use to also search for products by keyword.
(Click the leaves/arrows to expand the drop down menus. Make your choices then click the “Filter” button at the bottom of the list.)
Category
This will narrow your search by the type of item you’re looking for.
Plant Type
Use this if you know what type of plant you’re looking for: herbaceous, tree, cactus, vine etc. If you’re open to anything that might fit your other criteria, leave this blank. If you know that you’re only looking for trees then check off “trees”.
Sold As
The part of the plant being sold.
Annual/Perennial
The Life cycle of the plants, seed etc that you are looking for
Zone
This will help you identify what plants will survive in your area. If you don’t know what zone you are, you can find out here.
Preferred Environment
What general environment does this plant/seed/cutting grow in: Desert, bog, woodland, mountain etc
Tolerates
Exceptional conditions tolerated: salt, drought, wind etc
Preferred Sun
Variations between full sun and full shade
Preferred Soil
Variations among moist, clay, rocky, loam etc
Watering
Variations between ‘low’ and ‘standing water’
Root Depth
Variations between shallow and deep
Safe for Pets
Cats & Dogs – this is mostly intended for houseplants
Garden Type/Style
All different kinds of themed gardens from Alpine, Butterfly, Children’s, Container, Food Forest, Herb, Moon, Native, Permaculture, Woodland and more.
Used for…
Various kinds of use situations: Erosion Control, Groundcover, Ornamental, Specimen, Walkway etc
Attracts Wildlife
Various wildlife: Pollinators, Bees, Hummingbirds etc
Pest Resistance
Resistance to: Deer, Rabbits, Slugs, or Powdery Mildew
Miner/Fixer
Permaculture plant terms
Height
How tall a plant gets — This can change depending on climate and weather conditions.
Width
How wide a plant gets — This can change depending on climate and weather conditions.
Flower Color
Whole ranges of colors, including mixed, to choose from.
Foliage Color
Range of colors, as well as variegation.
Fruit Color
Various colors for fruit.
Flower Season
Timing of flowers
Foliage Season
Timing of significant foliage
Fruiting Season
Timing of fruit production
Fragrance
Range of flower fragrances
Intensity
How strong the flower fragrance is: ranges from light to strong
(How to expand and multiply this plant)
Propagates by…
What part of the plant is used to propagate more plants: Seed, Cutting, Division etc.
Seed Prep
How easy or any special things needed to prepare the seeds to germinate and propagate them.
Edible Parts
Parts of the plant that are edible: Leaf, seed, stem and more
Seed to Harvest
Number of days from planting the seed until you can harvest it’s leaves, fruit etc.
Forage Plant
An edible plant that you can find and gather in the wild
Cultivation
Is this plant: Cultivated, Wild, hybrid etc
Rare/Endangered
Is this plant: Rare, At Risk, Endangered, or Threatened? These terms have different meanings in different contexts. Here, these terms mean:
Rare: An unusual or interesting variety that may be difficult to find (Not considered at risk, threatened or endangered)
At Risk: A species that’s in decline, but not yet endangered or threatened.
Threatened: A species that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future.
Endangered: A species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Organic
Has this plant been grown without Chemical Fertilizers, Pesticides, Herbicides?
Wild Harvested
Has the plant been harvested from the wild?
Native
Is this plant indigenous to the US? In what region is it native?
