Garden plant
Climate assessment tool
Latest update: 16 March 2026
Updating taxonomy (April 14, 2026), things may not work as expected
previous
Latest update: 16 March 2026
Improved error handling
Improved database reconnections
Updating scoring (in progress)
Adding lifeforms to typical niche breadth (in progress)
Revised batch assessment (in progress)
Latest update: 9 Feb 2026
Added NFGG gardens to the place search box
Fixed errors with some UK towns and gardens not showing climate data
update: 20 Jan 2026
Add a 'which climate risk' selection box that prepopulates parameter and data source options. The custom option allows any combination of parameters and data sources to be selected
update: 20 Jan 2026
Combined place and suburb selection
Wider text boxes
Added captions to figures
Simplify layout and improve interpretation and management responses
Fix duplicate curves in taxon climate graphs
Separate climate/dataset options and advanced parameters
update: 16 Jan 2026
Fixed capitalisation of plant names and search with authors
Automatically change ' x ' to hybrid symbol for species and generic hybrids
Where are you?
Start typing a place name
Show details
Which plant?
Start typing a plant name
Show details
OR upload a list of plants:
Which climate risk?
General
Warming
Cold temperatures
Drought (general)
Drought (no irrigation)
Coastal exposure
Custom
Assess climate suitability
Show detailed results
Options
Climate parameters to use:
Temperature:
MAT (Mean annual temperature)
Cold (Ave. min. temp. of the coldest month)
Moisture:
Precip (Mean annual precipitation)
Aridity:
CWD (Climate Water Deficit)
CMI (Climate Moisture Index)
Physical:
Altitude
Distance to Coast
Datasets to use:
Natural/naturalised records:
GBIF_RURAL (rural records)
GBIF_URBAN (urban records)
Cultivated records:
GBIF_LIVING (botanic gardens)
PLANTSEARCH (botanic gardens)
CULTIVATED (Streets/parks/gardens)
Advanced
Alternative place selection:
Latitude:
Longitude:
OR
MAT:
Cold:
Precipitation:
CWD: