Proven Winners Plant Catalog Scraper

Scrape the complete Proven Winners branded plant catalog — the dominant US branded-ornamental grower program — and capture structured data for ~2,600 trademarked varieties.

What This Actor Does

Proven Winners is the largest branded ornamental plant program in the US, sold at every major garden center. This actor walks the Proven Winners sitemap, fetches each plant detail page, and extracts the full structured trait dataset for every variety in the catalog.

Output includes:

• Cultivar and common names, genus/species, botanical name
• Plant type (annual / perennial / shrub / tropical), growth habit
• Height and spacing ranges (in inches)
• USDA hardiness zones, light and water requirements
• Bloom times, flower and foliage colors
• Container design roles: Thriller, Filler, or Spiller (proprietary PW classification)
• Landscape uses, maintenance notes, care notes
• US/Canadian plant patent numbers (USPP / PPAF)
• Photo URLs, plant page URL

Who Needs This Data

• Garden-design apps — Proven Winners is the source of the Thriller/Filler/Spiller container design framework; no generic plant database carries this proprietary classification
• Nursery / garden center competitive intelligence — track the branded-cultivar catalog, new introductions, and series
• Horticulture market analysts — monitor the largest branded ornamental program for trends, patent activity, and regional availability
• Plant taxonomy enrichment — add patent numbers and branded-variety metadata to any generic plant dataset

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum number of plant records to scrape. Set to 0 for the full catalog (~2,600 varieties).

Output Schema

Each record contains:

Field	Type	Description
plant_id	string	Drupal node ID — primary key
common_name	string	Common name (e.g. Panicle Hydrangea)
cultivar_name	string	Trademarked variety name (e.g. Bobo, Limelight)
botanical_name	string	Full botanical name (genus + species)
genus	string	Genus
species	string	Species epithet
series	string	PW marketing series (e.g. Supertunia, Endless Summer)
brand	string	Always "Proven Winners"
plant_type	string	Annual / Perennial / Shrub / Tropical
description	string	Marketing description and plant features
height_min_in	number	Minimum mature height in inches
height_max_in	number	Maximum mature height in inches
spacing_min_in	number	Minimum recommended spacing in inches
spacing_max_in	number	Maximum recommended spacing in inches
habit	string	Growth habit — Mounded, Upright, Trailing, etc.
usda_hardiness_zones	string	USDA zone range (e.g. "3a, 3b ... 9b")
light_requirement	string	Pipe-delimited light needs (e.g. "Full Sun | Part Sun")
water_requirement	string	Watering needs — Average, Low, High
bloom_time	string	Pipe-delimited bloom seasons (e.g. "Early Summer | Fall")
flower_colors	string	Pipe-delimited flower colors (e.g. "Pink | White")
foliage_colors	string	Pipe-delimited foliage colors
container_role	string	Thriller, Filler, or Spiller
landscape_uses	string	Pipe-delimited uses (e.g. "Container | Landscape | Edging Plant")
maintenance_notes	string	Cultural care instructions
pruning	string	Pruning / uses notes
features	string	Pipe-delimited traits (deer resistant, drought tolerant, etc.)
patent_info	string	USPP number or PPAF designation
image_urls	string	Pipe-delimited photo URLs
plant_url	string	Full URL to the plant detail page

Sample Output

{
  "plant_id": "272528",
  "common_name": "Panicle Hydrangea",
  "cultivar_name": "Bobo",
  "botanical_name": "Hydrangea paniculata",
  "genus": "Hydrangea",
  "species": "paniculata",
  "series": null,
  "brand": "Proven Winners",
  "plant_type": "Shrub",
  "height_min_in": 30,
  "height_max_in": 36,
  "spacing_min_in": 48,
  "spacing_max_in": 60,
  "habit": "Mounded",
  "usda_hardiness_zones": "3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b",
  "light_requirement": "Part Sun to Sun | Sun",
  "water_requirement": "Average",
  "bloom_time": "Early Summer | Mid Summer | Late Summer | Fall",
  "flower_colors": "Pink | White",
  "foliage_colors": "Green",
  "container_role": "Thriller",
  "landscape_uses": "Container | Landscape",
  "patent_info": "USPP 22,782",
  "plant_url": "https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/hydrangea/bobo-panicle-hydrangea-hydrangea-paniculata"
}

Notes

• The full catalog (~2,600 varieties) runs to completion in roughly 2-4 hours at the default concurrency of 5, respecting the site's robots.txt crawl-delay: 10 guidance.
• The where_to_buy_count field is always null — retailer inventory is loaded dynamically by a JavaScript web component and is not present in the static HTML.
• The fertilize field is always null — fertilizing instructions appear only on /culture subpages, which robots.txt disallows.