Flower Ref8.0 - App Store

Flower Ref helps with flowers. Flower Ref is a quick reference guide to growing and enjoying popular North American flowers. Like a green thumb, Flower Ref offers sun, soil and cultivation guidelines, and background information for each flower. Flower Ref identifies and celebrates flowers with beautiful high resolution images which can display as a slide show, and may be shared or printed.

Flower Ref helps with:
- Common names and scientific names
- Sun, soil, watering guidelines
- USDA hardiness zones
- Handy dictionary
- background notes

Flowers grown in optimum conditions provide longer lasting blooms that give color and beauty all season.

Version History This is a refresh of Flower Ref that adds polish and ease of use. Navigation generally flows better. 8.0 12/16/2024 This version is updated for iOS 14. The user interface has been polished for a more enjoyable user experience. The Detail view gives a detailed description, followed by care guidelines specific to each flower. Small improvements in presentation are provided throughout. 7.14 11/17/2020 What’s new in version 6.0?
Features a gallery slideshow of full-screen images. Play icon (in Master View) starts the slideshow. Images display randomly with adjustable speed and a text overlay which shows flower Family, the binomial name (Genus - Species) and common names.
- Small, helpful improvements and polish throughout.
- Supports dark mode.
- Presentation gives quick access to most useful information. Frequently needed cultivation information such as sun, soil, water and care is presented at a glance for each flower (in Detail View). General information, special interest and historical items, when available, follow after the gardening information. 6.0 03/10/2020 What’s new in version 5.0?
- Updated for iOS 13 for improved user experience.
- Supports dark mode.
- Small but helpful improvements throughout, UI has added polish.
- Most frequently needed information, including sun, soil, water and care for each flower is presented at a glance, followed by detail and general information. 5.0 02/26/2020 Version 4.0 updates:
- Updated for iOS 12 for improved user experience.
- Search dialogs find flower botanical name or common name.
- Share dialog has been updated to allow a quick copy/paste of a flower summary to social media including email. (Previous Twitter and Facebook integration has been removed.)
- User interfaced has been updated for polish and clarity.
- Minor bug fixes. 4.0 01/09/2019 Version 3.2 updates:
- Updated for iOS 10 for improved Core Data performance and view layouts.
- Database updates (e.g. Tulips, Salvia, photos, text).
- Social Media dialogs updated for clarity and polish.
- Tweaks for polish in the UI.
- Minor bug fixes: corrects issue with PR description related to combining two fields, and expanded flower description. 3.2 01/19/2017 - Easy sharing on Social Media (Facebook and Twitter), Email and Printing.
- Beautiful high resolution images.
- Improved large image usability.
- High resolution Grow Zone map.
- Expanded Flower database.

Version 3.1 updates:
- Minor bug fixes: Fixed log statement left during development.
- Corrected DB issue for Peace Rose Description, and minor grammatical issue. 3.1 12/16/2016 Version 3.0 features:
- Easy sharing on social media, Email and Printing.
- Beautiful high resolution images.
- Improved large image usability.
- Higher resolution Grow Zone map.
- Expanded Flower database. 3.0 11/28/2016 Version 2.0 features usability improvements, adjustable text sizing, custom searches, improvements to the Flower database. 2.0 04/30/2016 1.0 03/24/2016