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r/whatsthisplant vs r/gardening

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Plant ID requests vs gardening discussion

r/whatsthisplant is for uploading photos of plants you want identified and helping others do the same. r/gardening frames guides, pictures and discussion of plants and their care more broadly.

In our directory, gardening is larger (about 9.0M, rank #85) than whatsthisplant (about 1.8M, rank #600). Activity samples show gardening posting more often (~112 posts/day vs ~32). whatsthisplant’s sample is image- and gallery-heavy with unidentified/identified flairs; gardening mixes galleries, images and text. Our directory lists each name among the other’s related communities. SubMouse already compares gardening with houseplants and homestead; this pair is specifically ID versus growing.

Rule titles: whatsthisplant requires ID posts and bans marketing and overly rude behavior; gardening bans advertising, abusive content and pointless reposts.

  • Choose r/whatsthisplant when the post is “what plant is this?” with a clear photo.
  • Choose r/gardening for growing, care, plots and broader plant discussion.
  • gardening is inside the current Top 100; whatsthisplant opens via the info tool.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/whatsthisplant

What's This Plant

A community of plant enthusiasts where anyone can upload photos of plant(s) they would like identified. Everyone is encouraged to help each other identify plants.

Members
1.8M
7-day growth
+774
Posts/day
32.3
Directory rank
#600
Created
May 21, 2011
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: galleries 57%, images 40%, text posts 3%

Topics: Houseplants

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Posts must be about identification of one or more plants. (Mushrooms accepted too.)
  • No marketing, advertising, soliciting or selling allowed.
  • No being OVERLY rude, mean or antagonistic.
  • No political argument/debates

Open r/whatsthisplant on SubMouse

About this community: r/whatsthisplant (#600, about 1.8 million) identifies plants from photos. Catalogue description: A community of plant enthusiasts where anyone can upload photos of plant(s) they would like identified. Everyone is encouraged to help each other identify plants.

r/gardening

Gardening, Plants, and Agriculture.

A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care.

Members
9M
7-day growth
+2.1K
Posts/day
111.5
Directory rank
#85
Created
Mar 20, 2008
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: images 40%, galleries 36%, text posts 20%

Topics: Gardening, Houseplants

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • No Advertising or Self-promotion
  • No Reposting Unless it's for a Good Reason.

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About this community: r/gardening ranks #85 on SubMouse’s SFW Top list (about 9.0 million subscribers in the directory). Catalogue framing: A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care. Moderation themes that shape the room include: No Advertising or Self-promotion; FAMILY-FRIENDLY! No Trolls in the Garden. No abusive or sexual content.; No Reposting Unless it's for a Good Reason..

Supported differences

Aspectr/whatsthisplantr/gardening
Public focus (from each community’s public description) A community of plant enthusiasts where anyone can upload photos of plant(s) they would like identified. Everyone is encouraged to help each other identify plants. A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care.
Size
r/gardening is larger in our directory (about 5×).
 1.8M members 9M members
Posting activity (our sample) 32.3/day 111.5/day
Common post types in our sample galleries 57%, images 40%, text posts 3% images 40%, galleries 36%, text posts 20%
Topic tags on SubMouse Houseplants Gardening, Houseplants
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) Posts must be about identification of one or more plants. (Mushrooms accepted too.); No marketing, advertising, soliciting or selling allowed.; No being OVERLY rude, mean or antagonistic.; No political argument/debates No Advertising or Self-promotion; No Reposting Unless it's for a Good Reason.

What they share

  • Shared SubMouse topics: Houseplants
  • Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

whatsthisplant short titles: posts must be about identification of one or more plants (mushrooms accepted too); no marketing/advertising/soliciting/selling; no being overly rude, mean or antagonistic; no political argument/debates. Our sample flairs include unidentified and identified.

gardening: no advertising or self-promotion; family-friendly—no trolls, no abusive or sexual content; no reposting unless for a good reason.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Mutual related-list links. Short titles only. Related curated pages: gardening-vs-houseplants, homestead-vs-gardening.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.

Comparisons we prepared

Hand-written explanations for pairs where the public descriptions and rules support a real distinction: