Staff \u2014 May 12, 2016<\/p>\n

\nPhoto: iStock | Issam Khriji<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: This article was originally published in the 2015 American Nurseryman Green Industry Guide and has been updated for accuracy.<\/em><\/p>\n

As we\u2019re moving further into the tech age, mobile access to information is critical. We\u2019ve compiled a list of apps that are useful for day-to-day activities.<\/em><\/p>\n

Southeast Early Detection Network<\/h3>\n

With this app, the user is able to identify and report invasive plants, animals, insects and plant pathogens in the Southeastern United States.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod<\/p>\n

Touch Cost: Free<\/p>\n

SBI Wireless Sales<\/h3>\n

This app allows the user to speed up checkouts without large hardware investments. It scans product bar codes or signs to quickly create sales, pick existing customer or add a new one on the fly, suspend the sale to any other user at the register or on another wireless device, and complete the sale.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch<\/p>\n

Cost: Free<\/p>\n

BeeSmart Pollinator Garden<\/h3>\n

This app lists plants for pollinators and can be searched by pollinators, soils, bloom color, sun to shade requirements and plant type.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android<\/p>\n

Cost: Free<\/p>\n

SoilWeb<\/h3>\n

This app offers the user USDA soil survey information. It works with the phone\u2019s GPS receiver to identify soil properties anywhere in the lower 48 states with cell phone coverage.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android<\/p>\n

Cost: Free<\/p>\n

Landscape & Garden Calculators<\/h3>\n

With hardscape, softscape, business, lawn, measurement and garden calculators, this app is great for the pro landscaper or contractor.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: Android<\/p>\n

Cost: $3.99<\/p>\n

OAN Nursery Map<\/h3>\n

This map was developed to replace current paper maps. It allows the user to find nearby locations and navigation. Users can plan a route, navigate to a destination, find closest location to current location, search by name or tap to call or send email.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android<\/p>\n

Cost: $4.99<\/p>\n

Landscaper\u2019s Companion for iPad\u2014Plant & Referencing Guide<\/h3>\n

This app features a reference guide to all plants including trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials. The user can create projects for managing client plant lists, add their own images and plants, plus keep notes on plants.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPad, Desktops<\/p>\n

Cost: $4.99<\/p>\n

Landscaper\u2019s Companion<\/h3>\n

Plant names and descriptions are available offline and may be browsed by different topics: annuals, bulbs, perennials. The professional version allows users to add their own photos and to sync plants with multiple devices.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch<\/p>\n

Cost: $4.99, $9.99 for professional version<\/p>\n

Home Outside Palette<\/h3>\n

This app features 27 palettes of hand-drawn elements, sample designs, 15 different background colors and the ability to import an image as a background. There are different layers for the design, and the user is able to lock\/unlock and make them visible or invisible. Friends can also<\/p>\n

edit one another\u2019s designs and email them back and forth.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android<\/p>\n

Cost: Free, in app purchases $14.99<\/p>\n

IPMPro<\/h3>\n

This app will streamline pest management decision-making and employee training, and make complying with state pesticide recordkeeping regulations easy. It provides major pest and cultural practices references at the fingertips with automatic, text-like alerts for time-sensitive pest issues and cultural practices. It contains images, pest lifecycle and management options for major pests of woody plants.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android<\/p>\n

Cost: $24.99<\/p>\n

Leafsnap<\/h3>\n

This app features visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves. It currently includes trees of the Northeast.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch<\/p>\n

Cost: Free<\/p>\n

Plantifier<\/h3>\n

A crowdsourced plant recognition tool, it allows the user to upload a photo of an unknown plant. The MyGarden.org community behind it will try to recognize it and give an answer to the user as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch<\/p>\n

Android Cost: Free<\/p>\n

The Plant Doctor<\/h3>\n

This app provides interactive diagnoses for plant disease in gardens, landscapes, nurseries and farms. It collects user-supplied information about the problem and sends it to a professional plant pathologist. The user then receives live communications from the pathologist.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch<\/p>\n

Cost: $2.99<\/p>\n

Bugs and Insects Expanded Edition<\/h3>\n

The user is able to look through more than 5,000 images of bugs and insects, as well as find basic information and some interesting facts. An Internet connection is not required.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch<\/p>\n

Cost: $.99<\/p>\n

Botanical Terms \u2013 A Comprehensive Glossary<\/h3>\n

With a database of hundreds of botanical terms including plant structure, growth, reproduction and metabolism terms, this app doesn\u2019t require an Internet connection. It features fast search results and an intuitive interface.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch<\/p>\n

Cost: $1.99<\/p>\n

Audubon Wildflowers<\/h3>\n

There are more than 1,900 North American wildflowers available on this app, with range maps and descriptions. The user is able to search by color, region, shape and other advanced search options.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch<\/p>\n

Cost: $4.99<\/p>\n

FlowerPedia<\/h3>\n

This comprehensive app features over 2,800 photos of flowers, the ability to share the location of flowers with friends and searching by country and state. It contains information about 830 genera from 140 plant families. No Internet connection is required.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch<\/p>\n

Cost: $4.99<\/p>\n

iGarden USA<\/h3>\n

Users are able to find planting instructions specific to climate zone, add custom seed information with photos, find known pests and remedies for herbs, track when something is planted and estimate the remaining time before harvest. A zone map is also available.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android<\/p>\n

Cost: $4.99
\nThe Armitage App: Greatest Perennials & Annuals<\/h3>\n

Users are able to search all plants or use the filter in the app to search for annuals, perennials or find plants that grow in the sun, shade or for foliage or flowers.<\/p>\n

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android<\/p>\n

Cost: $4.99<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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