Search for "Solanum" and you'll see it offers links on the right side to all the custom databases in that genus. Moreover, in the results it shows a pretty powerfully ranked selection of popular tomato plants.
http://garden.org/plants/searc...
Similarly, search for "Abelia" and the first result is Edward Goucher followed by Kalaidoscope. These are, of course, the two most likely abelias the common gardener would be looking for.
http://garden.org/plants/searc...
Another example is Echinacea. Note that the popular ones appear at the top. At the bottom is the plants that nobody grows.
http://garden.org/plants/searc...
Contrast that with the old (current) search engine:
http://garden.org/plants/searc...
Note that the third result is a species plant that has zero images, zero comments and doesn't even have any data fields. It shouldn't be so prominent!
I'm feeling pretty good about my beta search and I think I'll launch it tomorrow.
