Terms of use

The planner and its pages are free to use. They are a general guide, so check with local authorities and local experts before you buy, plant or dig. By using the site you agree to these terms.

Last updated 20 October 2026.

A general guide, not advice

Everything on bloooooooom.com, the plans the planner makes and the facts about each plant, is general information for gardeners. It is not professional horticultural, landscaping, veterinary or medical advice. We check the plant facts against published references, but references disagree, plants vary, and we make mistakes. We cannot promise that anything here is complete, correct or up to date, or that it suits your garden.

Your garden is not the one the planner imagines. Your soil, drainage, shelter, frost pockets and local climate can all change what grows. Hardiness zones, sizes and flowering times are typical figures, not promises.

Check with your local authorities

Rules about plants are local, and they change. Before you buy or plant, check:

• Invasive and banned plants. A plant that is harmless in one region can be invasive, a regulated noxious weed or banned from sale in the next. Check your provincial, state and municipal lists. The planner leaves out plants that are widely listed as invasive, but its lists are not complete for every place.
• Local bylaws and agreements. Your municipality, homeowners' association or lease may limit what you plant and where, such as near roads, sidewalks, property lines and pools.
• Local expertise. Your local extension office, Master Gardeners or a good local nursery knows your conditions better than any website.

Safety in the garden

• Before you dig, have buried pipes and cables marked. It is free. In the United States, call 811. In Canada, request a locate from your province's one-call service, such as Ontario One Call; clickbeforeyoudig.com lists them all.
• Poisonous plants. Many common garden plants are poisonous to people, pets or livestock. Where we say a plant is toxic, take it seriously. Where we record no toxicity, that does not make it safe to eat, and not every plant has been checked. Never eat any plant, or give it to an animal, because of something on this site.
• Skin, eyes and allergies. Some plants have sap, hairs or pollen that irritate the skin or eyes, or cause allergies. Wear gloves, and wash your hands after handling plants.
• If a person or pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call for help at once. In an emergency, call 911. For a person: in Canada, your poison centre at 1-844-POISON-X (1-844-764-7669); in the United States, Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222. For a pet: your vet, or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at 1-888-426-4435 (a fee may apply).

Our responsibility

The site is free, and it is provided as it is, without any promise or warranty. As far as the law allows, Chris Kortschot is not responsible for any loss, damage, injury or cost that comes from using the site or relying on anything on it, including plants that fail, purchases, damage to property, or harm to people, pets or other animals. You are responsible for what you plant, and for checking that it is right and allowed where you are.

Nothing in these terms takes away rights that consumer protection law gives you and that cannot be given up by agreement.

Your beds are yours

The plans, plant lists, links and pictures you make with the planner are yours to use however you like: print them, share them, post them, or use them in your work, such as a design for a client. You don't need our permission. A mention of bloooooooom.com is welcome but not required.

Our content

The site's text, drawings, design and planner are © 2026 Chris Kortschot. You may quote short passages and link to any page. Please don't copy the site, its plant pages or its plant data wholesale, or collect them with automated tools for another site or product.

The photographs belong to their photographers and are used under the licences named beside each one. See the credits.

If you think something here is yours

If you believe a photo, text or anything else on this site uses your work without permission, write to [email protected] with a link to the page, what the work is, and how we can reach you. We will take it down while we look into it, and reply.

Using the site fairly

Please don't try to break, overload or get around the security of the site.

Other websites

Pages link to other sites, such as the references for each plant. We don't control them and are not responsible for what they say or do.

Changes

We may change the site, or these terms, at any time. The date at the top says when the terms last changed. If you keep using the site after a change, the new terms apply.

The law that applies

These terms are governed by the laws of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada that apply there. Any dispute will be settled in the courts of Ontario, unless the law where you live says otherwise.

Contact

Chris Kortschot, [email protected]. To report a mistake about a plant, write with the plant's name and what is wrong. We read every one.