Adding Plants to the Project

 

Add by Name

 

Open the Project Plant Manager and select the appropriate category group, either Trees, Shrubs, or Ground Cover. Select the Add by Name button to add plants to the project by their names.

 

As an example, select the Shrubs category group and click on the Add by Name button.

 

Add by Name dialog box before entering any information. Type one or more letters in the “Partial genus name” box and click on “Search”.

 

Notice that you can select “All Nurseries” or just one of the Nurseries from the Land F/X database to either access all plants in the Land F/X database, or limit your selection to those listed with a particular nursery.

 

In this case “pi” was entered and all genus starting with “pi” are listed. Select “Pittosporum” and all of the Pittosporum species are listed. Select a species, in this case “tobira” and all of the varieties are listed. Select a specific variety, in this case ‘Variegata’ is selected, and then click on “Add to Project” and that plant is added to the Project Plant Manager. Either add more plants or select “Exit” to return to the Project Plant Manager.

 

The plant selected is placed into the Project Plant Manager.

 

Continue to add plants as required to the different category groups. You can stop at any time and place plants into the drawing, or leave the drawing entirely. At any time when the project is active, return to the Project Plant Manager and add more plants as necessary.

F Remember: You can add the same plant multiple times, if you want the same plant but with different root ball or caliper sizes. The difference between multiple plant additions will be in the Plant Code, which will add a number to the code. For example, Rhaphiolepis indica will have a Plant Code of RHA IND for the first plant, and RHA IN2 for the second, and so on.

 

Add from Project (or Template)

Adding plants from another Project or a Template has the advantage of using a plant palette that has been previously thought out and has related symbols already selected and sized.

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Previous projects are a good source of data that has already been established that the user is confident will be appropriate for the current project. An example of this might be a project that has extensive use of native plants, or has an ocean exposure, or has a certain plant list that a client, such as a school district, is comfortable with.

§	Templates are created by saving a Project as a Template within the Project Files dialog box. Templates are different from previous projects as they may be added to and further developed by the user over time.

 

To add plants from a Project or Template from the Project Plant Manager:

§	Select the Add from Project button.

§	A list of current active projects will be displayed, followed by a line separator, and then ending with a list of Templates.

§	Select one of the Projects or Templates.

§	A list of plants related to that Project or Template will be displayed.

§	Highlight some or all of the plants on the list and select Add to Project.

§	The plants selected will automatically be added to the current project, and placed in the appropriate category such as Tree, Shrub, or Ground Cover. Data from the Project or Template, such as the symbol type and size for each plant and rootball size, will be carried over into the current project.

F Remember: When you add from another project or a template, data such as the symbol type and size, rootball size, and comments, will be carried over into the current project.