Hey Nick...Luckily this is true. Their cultivation needs are slightly different, but close enough that you should be fine until we get your plants into the database. When it comes down to it, these plants are carnivorous for a reason: they live in nutrient poor soils and have to get their nutrients via "other means". Trees and other tall plants cannot really thrive in nutrient poor soils, which means that they will not be providing too much shade for your little carnivorous plants. Thank you for your patience in getting those plants into the database. Happy Gardening!!! Robby

I downloaded your Mac software onto my PowerBook, but it will not launch. I am running Leopard on that machine. I cannot find anywhere that you state Intel only, so it seems that it should work.

Typing "Fireweed" into "enter plant name" shows California Fuschsia, or Hummingbird's Trumpet. The scientific name for Hummingbird Plant is Epilobium canum ssp. angustifolium, similar name but a different plant from the actual Fireweed plant, scientific name Epilobium angustifolium. Could you change this so that asking for "Fireweed", very common as a weed and also a garden plant in the U.S., shows up accurately. At present you don't have Epilobium angustifolium listed. Here are pictures of Fireweed: http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=fireweed&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=lyTISv_9PI2xtgemlJjuDg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1

I found a perfect place inside the house that is good for the venus flytrap. The common sundew and pitcher plant should be about the same, right, according to that reading?

Hmmm...that is interesting. I can definitely explain the issue with Baby Blue Eyes, but I will have to look at your readings for the Mexican Heather. Not too sure about that one. As for the Baby Blue Eyes, being an annual gives it "special privileges". In other words annuals don't play by the normal set of rules when it comes to recommending a plant and this isn't an uncommon practice in horticulture. The reason for this is because annuals only live for one season (and often times are only of horticultural value for part of that season; they flower for only a couple of months out of the year). Many gardeners could squeeze in the pretty flowers of that annual during the part of the year where the weather is nice enough for it to grow. You will see this practiced among other horticulturalists. Since annuals have to be replaced so often anyway, the thinking is you could try to squeeze them in while they are pretty. Your EasyBloom sensor apparently sensed an environment that would be amenable to Baby Blue Eyes during this time of year. As for the Mexican Heather, I will have to look into this further. I may have to get back to you on this one. It seems like this plant would be a good fit too. I am rather familiar with it and its cultivation needs. I hope this was helpful to you. If you do have any more questions, please feel free to ask. It is my pleasure to help our customers. Thanks for the questions and Happy Gardening!!!! Robby

I see others have questioned the accuracy of the recommended plants on here too. I a feel a bit confused because there are some plants that I have looked at in my recommendations and when I read the descriptions they don't look like they will work. For instance, I looked at Baby Blue Eyes as an annual and it said it does not work in hot and humid conditions. I live in Central Florida. That's the description of the weather here! On the flip side Mexican Heather seems to grow very well here. Almost everyone on my street has a plant some place in their yard and yet when I searched for it in my recommendations Easy Bloom said it was not a match. Is there something I am missing here?

HI David--EasyBloom uses USDA zones (read more here: http://easybloom.com/learn/faqs.html#25) I strongly suspect your local building department is using "Sunset zones", which are proprietary to Sunset (& used in places on the West Coast). Where are you located? I am in 8b (San Francisco)

HI Melissa- Your question is answered in another thread "Rainproof?" http://easybloom.com/sfSimpleForum/topic/id/86/stripped_title/rainproof Here's what Robby said before "The EasyBloom Plant Sensor can definitely be left out in the rain. As long as the sensor is not left out in torrential downpour or thrown in a puddle or pool, it will be fine. The sensor is water resistant, but I would not say that it is waterproof or rainproof. I have let the sensor outside when it rained overnight. The next day I uploaded the data. It was cool to see the data graphs show the soil moisture and relative humidity shoot up. I hope this is helpful. --Robby"

According to EasyBloom, my zone is 8b. According to my local building department, my zone is 13. Any comments?

I didn't receive the user book with my easy bloom for some reason, and before I put this outside for 24 hours I want to make sure it isn't going to get ruined if it rains. Is it waterproof?