Google product taxonomy 2021-09-21

Plants Google product category ID 985

Plants sits under Home & Garden in Google's product taxonomy. It has 6 subcategories and 11 categories in total, down to level 4.

Category ID and path

ID: 985
Full path: Home & Garden > Plants

All categories below Plants

All 11 categories below Plants, indented by level, with their IDs.
ID	Category	Below it
5590	Aquatic Plants	None
984	Flowers	None
6762	Indoor & Outdoor Plants	3
543559	Bushes & Shrubs	None
543560	Landscaping & Garden Plants	None
543558	Potted Houseplants	None
505285	Plant & Herb Growing Kits	None
2802	Seeds	2
543561	Plant & Flower Bulbs	None
543562	Seeds & Seed Tape	None
1684	Trees	None

Attributes Google requires for Plants

Only what Google's Merchant Center help documents for this branch, with links to the source pages.

Applies to Plants

Subscriptions to physical goods

Google accepts physical goods subscriptions only in eight categories: Personal Care (2915), Health Care (491), Home & Garden (536), Pet Supplies (2), Toys (1253), Prepared Foods (5814), Apparel & Accessories (166) and Coffee (1868).

Attributes: google_product_category

Categories:

536 Home & Garden

Source: Product data specification

Shopify categories that map to Plants

From Shopify's published crosswalk (2026-08 to Google 2021-09-21): 32 Shopify categories map into this branch. The 15 closest matches are listed.

Shopify category	Google category
hg-17 Home & Garden > Plants	985 Plants
hg-17-1 Home & Garden > Plants > Aquatic Plants	5590 Aquatic Plants
hg-17-2 Home & Garden > Plants > Flowers	984 Flowers
hg-17-3 Home & Garden > Plants > Indoor & Outdoor Plants	6762 Indoor & Outdoor Plants
hg-17-4 Home & Garden > Plants > Plant & Herb Growing Kits	505285 Plant & Herb Growing Kits
hg-17-5 Home & Garden > Plants > Seeds, Bulbs & Accessories	2802 Seeds
hg-17-6 Home & Garden > Plants > Trees	1684 Trees
hg-17-3-1 Home & Garden > Plants > Indoor & Outdoor Plants > Bushes & Shrubs	543559 Bushes & Shrubs
hg-17-3-2 Home & Garden > Plants > Indoor & Outdoor Plants > Culinary Herbs & Plants	6762 Indoor & Outdoor Plants
hg-17-3-3 Home & Garden > Plants > Indoor & Outdoor Plants > Landscaping & Garden Plants	543560 Landscaping & Garden Plants
hg-17-3-4 Home & Garden > Plants > Indoor & Outdoor Plants > Potted Houseplants	543558 Potted Houseplants
hg-17-3-5 Home & Garden > Plants > Indoor & Outdoor Plants > Succulents & Cacti	6762 Indoor & Outdoor Plants
hg-17-3-6 Home & Garden > Plants > Indoor & Outdoor Plants > Vines & Climbing Plants	6762 Indoor & Outdoor Plants
hg-17-4-1 Home & Garden > Plants > Plant & Herb Growing Kits > Herb Growing Kits	505285 Plant & Herb Growing Kits
hg-17-4-2 Home & Garden > Plants > Plant & Herb Growing Kits > Plant Growing Kits	505285 Plant & Herb Growing Kits

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How to set google_product_category in your feed

Put the numeric ID in the google_product_category attribute. Google accepts the ID or the full path, not both; the ID stays the same in every language. The attribute is optional: without it, Google assigns a category itself.

XML feed (RSS 2.0)

<item>
  <g:id>SKU-123</g:id>
  <g:google_product_category>985</g:google_product_category>
</item>

Text feed (TSV or CSV)

id	google_product_category
SKU-123	985

Google's help page on google_product_category

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Questions about Plants

What is the Google product category ID for Plants?

The ID is 985 and the full path is Home & Garden > Plants. In google_product_category you send either the ID or the full path, not both. The ID is the same in every language.

How many subcategories does Plants have?

Plants has 6 direct subcategories and 11 categories in total, down to level 4 of the taxonomy (version 2021-09-21).

Which attributes does Google require for Plants?

Google accepts physical goods subscriptions only in eight categories: Personal Care (2915), Health Care (491), Home & Garden (536), Pet Supplies (2), Toys (1253), Prepared Foods (5814), Apparel & Accessories (166) and Coffee (1868). The attributes Google requires for every product also apply: id, title, description, link, image_link, availability, price.

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