web/src/editor/GardenCanvas.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import { useEffect, useId, useMemo, useRef, useState, type PointerEvent as ReactPointerEvent } from 'react'
-import { screenToWorld, type Rect, type Size } from '@/lib/geometry'
+import { screenToWorld, worldToLocal, type Rect, type Size } from '@/lib/geometry'
-import { useCreateObject } from '@/lib/objects'
+import { useCreateObject, useCreatePlanting } from '@/lib/objects'
+import type { Plant } from '@/lib/plants'
+import type { EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
 import { ObjectShape } from './ObjectShape'
+import { PlopLayer } from './PlopLayer'
+import { PlopOverlay } from './PlopOverlay'
 import { SelectionOverlay } from './SelectionOverlay'
 import { kindDef } from './kinds'
+import { DIMMED_OPACITY, objectTransform } from './shared'
 import { useEditorStore } from './store'
 import { useViewport } from './useViewport'
 import type { EditorGarden, EditorObject } from './types'
@@ -12,33 +17,48 @@ const GRID_CM = 100 // 1 m grid
 const GRID_MIN_CELL_PX = 6
 const GRID_MAX_OPACITY = 0.18
 
+/** The world-space bounds rect of an object (center + size → top-left rect). */
+function objectRect(o: EditorObject): Rect {
+  return { x: o.xCm - o.widthCm / 2, y: o.yCm - o.heightCm / 2, w: o.widthCm, h: o.heightCm }
+}
+
 /**
- * The editor canvas. Pan/zoom/pinch (from useViewport), tap-to-place from the
+ * The editor canvas. Pan/zoom/pinch, tap-to-place objects, select+move/resize/
- * armed palette kind, click to select, and — for the selected object —
+ * rotate an object, and — the #15 core — focus into a plantable object to place,
- * move/resize/rotate via SelectionOverlay. The object being dragged is rendered
+ * move, resize and remove plops with semantic-zoom rendering. The object/plop
- * from liveObject for instant feedback; the PATCH fires on release.
+ * being dragged renders from liveObject/livePlanting for instant feedback; the
+ * PATCH fires on release.
  */
 export function GardenCanvas({
   garden,
   objects,
-  focusId,
+  plantings,
+  plantsById,
 }: {
   garden: EditorGarden
   objects: EditorObject[]
-  focusId?: number
+  plantings: EditorPlanting[]
+  plantsById: Map<number, Plant>
 }) {
   const svgRef = useRef<SVGSVGElement>(null)
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
   const [size, setSize] = useState<Size>({ w: 0, h: 0 })
-  const fittedForRef = useRef<number | null>(null)
+  const fitKeyRef = useRef<string | null>(null)
   const gridId = 'garden-grid-' + useId().replace(/:/g, '')
 
   const viewport = useEditorStore((s) => s.viewport)
   const selectedId = useEditorStore((s) => s.selectedId)
   const select = useEditorStore((s) => s.select)
+  const selectedPlantingId = useEditorStore((s) => s.selectedPlantingId)
+  const selectPlanting = useEditorStore((s) => s.selectPlanting)
+  const focusedObjectId = useEditorStore((s) => s.focusedObjectId)
+  const setFocusedObject = useEditorStore((s) => s.setFocusedObject)
+  const armedPlant = useEditorStore((s) => s.armedPlant)
   const liveObject = useEditorStore((s) => s.liveObject)
+  const livePlanting = useEditorStore((s) => s.livePlanting)
   const { fitToRect } = useViewport(svgRef)
-  const create = useCreateObject(garden.id)
+  const createObject = useCreateObject(garden.id)
+  const createPlanting = useCreatePlanting(garden.id)
 
   const gardenRect: Rect = useMemo(
     () => ({ x: 0, y: 0, w: garden.widthCm, h: garden.heightCm }),
@@ -53,61 +73,83 @@ export function GardenCanvas({
     return () => ro.disconnect()
   }, [])
 
+  // Single fit mechanism: frame the focused object, else the whole garden, and
+  // animate whenever that target (or the garden) changes. The key guard stops a
+  // refit on unrelated re-renders (a plop add, a bed drag).
   useEffect(() => {
-    const usable = size.w > 0 && size.h > 0 && garden.widthCm > 0 && garden.heightCm > 0
+    if (size.w === 0 || size.h === 0 || garden.widthCm === 0 || garden.heightCm === 0) return
-    if (usable && fittedForRef.current !== garden.id) {
+    const key = `${garden.id}:${focusedObjectId}`
-      fittedForRef.current = garden.id
+    if (fitKeyRef.current === key) return
-      // ?focus=<id> frames that object (groundwork for #15's focus mode);
+    const target = focusedObjectId != null ? objects.find((o) => o.id === focusedObjectId) : undefined
-      // otherwise frame the whole garden.
+    if (focusedObjectId != null && !target) return // object not loaded yet; try again when it is
-      const focus = focusId != null ? objects.find((o) => o.id === focusId) : undefined
+    fitKeyRef.current = key
-      const target: Rect = focus
+    fitToRect(target ? objectRect(target) : gardenRect, size)
-        ? { x: focus.xCm - focus.widthCm / 2, y: focus.yCm - focus.heightCm / 2, w: focus.widthCm, h: focus.heightCm }
+  }, [size, garden.id, garden.widthCm, garden.heightCm, focusedObjectId, objects, gardenRect, fitToRect])
-        : gardenRect
-      fitToRect(target, size)
-    }
-  }, [size, garden.id, garden.widthCm, garden.heightCm, gardenRect, fitToRect, focusId, objects])
 
   const cellPx = GRID_CM * viewport.scale
   const gridOpacity = Math.max(0, Math.min(GRID_MAX_OPACITY, ((cellPx - GRID_MIN_CELL_PX) / GRID_MIN_CELL_PX) * GRID_MAX_OPACITY))
 
-  // Sort once by z-order; only re-sorts when the server objects change.
   const sorted = useMemo(() => [...objects].sort((a, b) => a.zIndex - b.zIndex), [objects])
-  // Merge the in-flight live geometry over the sorted list. A gesture never
-  // changes z, so this stays a cheap O(n) map on every pointermove — no re-sort.
   const rendered = useMemo(
     () => (liveObject ? sorted.map((o) => (o.id === liveObject.id ? liveObject : o)) : sorted),
     [sorted, liveObject],
   )
-  const selected = rendered.find((o) => o.id === selectedId) ?? null
+  // Merge the in-flight live plop over the active list, same as liveObject.
+  const renderedPlops = useMemo(
+    () => (livePlanting ? plantings.map((p) => (p.id === livePlanting.id ? livePlanting : p)) : plantings),
+    [plantings, livePlanting],
+  )
+  const selectedObject = rendered.find((o) => o.id === selectedId) ?? null
+  const selectedPlop = renderedPlops.find((p) => p.id === selectedPlantingId) ?? null
+  const selectedPlopObject = selectedPlop ? rendered.find((o) => o.id === selectedPlop.objectId) ?? null : null
+  const focusedObject = focusedObjectId != null ? rendered.find((o) => o.id === focusedObjectId) ?? null : null
 
-  // A pointerdown reaching the svg is empty space: place the armed kind there, or
+  // A pointerdown reaching the svg is empty space: place the armed object kind,
-  // deselect. (Objects/handles stopPropagation.)
+  // or exit focus mode, or just deselect.
   function onCanvasPointerDown(e: ReactPointerEvent) {
     const armed = useEditorStore.getState().armedKind
-    if (!armed) {
+    if (armed) {
-      select(null)
+      useEditorStore.getState().setArmedKind(null)
+      const def = kindDef(armed)
+      const rect = svgRef.current?.getBoundingClientRect()
+      if (!def || !rect) return
+      const world = screenToWorld({ x: e.clientX - rect.left, y: e.clientY - rect.top }, viewport)
+      createObject.mutate(
+        { kind: def.kind, shape: def.shape, xCm: world.x, yCm: world.y, widthCm: def.widthCm, heightCm: def.heightCm, zIndex: def.defaultZ },
+        { onSuccess: (o) => select(o.id) },
+      )
       return
     }
-    const def = kindDef(armed)
+    // Empty-space tap while focused exits focus (and any placement); otherwise
-    useEditorStore.getState().setArmedKind(null)
+    // just clears the selection.
-    if (!def) return
+    if (focusedObjectId != null) {
+      setFocusedObject(null)
+      useEditorStore.getState().setArmedPlant(null)
+    }
+    select(null)
+    selectPlanting(null)
+  }
+
+  // Drop a plop where the user taps inside the focused object (placement stays
+  // armed for repeat-placement until Escape / Done).
+  function onPlace(e: ReactPointerEvent) {
+    e.stopPropagation()
+    if (!focusedObject || !armedPlant || !focusedObject.plantable) return
     const rect = svgRef.current?.getBoundingClientRect()
     if (!rect) return
     const world = screenToWorld({ x: e.clientX - rect.left, y: e.clientY - rect.top }, viewport)
-    create.mutate(
+    const local = worldToLocal(world, { x: focusedObject.xCm, y: focusedObject.yCm }, focusedObject.rotationDeg)
-      {
+    const x = Math.max(-focusedObject.widthCm / 2, Math.min(focusedObject.widthCm / 2, local.x))
-        kind: def.kind,
+    const y = Math.max(-focusedObject.heightCm / 2, Math.min(focusedObject.heightCm / 2, local.y))
-        shape: def.shape,
+    const radiusCm = Math.max(1.5 * armedPlant.spacingCm, 15)
-        xCm: world.x,
+    // Stay armed for repeat-placement; don't select (the placement sheet covers
-        yCm: world.y,
+    // the object, so a selection would be hidden until placement ends anyway).
-        widthCm: def.widthCm,
+    createPlanting.mutate({ objectId: focusedObject.id, plantId: armedPlant.id, xCm: x, yCm: y, radiusCm })
-        heightCm: def.heightCm,
-        zIndex: def.defaultZ,
-      },
-      { onSuccess: (o) => select(o.id) },
-    )
   }
 
+  const halfFW = focusedObject ? focusedObject.widthCm / 2 : 0
+  const halfFH = focusedObject ? focusedObject.heightCm / 2 : 0
+
   return (
     <div ref={containerRef} className="relative h-full w-full overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-border bg-bg">
       <svg
@@ -131,10 +173,42 @@ export function GardenCanvas({
           <rect x={0} y={0} width={garden.widthCm} height={garden.heightCm} fill="none" stroke="#3f8f4f" strokeOpacity={0.7} strokeWidth={1.5} vectorEffect="non-scaling-stroke" />
 
           {rendered.map((o) => (
-            <ObjectShape key={o.id} object={o} selected={o.id === selectedId} onSelect={select} />
+            <g key={o.id} opacity={focusedObjectId != null && focusedObjectId !== o.id ? DIMMED_OPACITY : 1}>
+              <ObjectShape object={o} selected={o.id === selectedId} onSelect={select} />
+            </g>
           ))}
 
-          {selected && <SelectionOverlay object={selected} gardenId={garden.id} svgRef={svgRef} />}
+          <PlopLayer
+            objects={rendered}
+            plantings={renderedPlops}
+            plantsById={plantsById}
+            scale={viewport.scale}
+            focusedObjectId={focusedObjectId}
+            selectedPlantingId={selectedPlantingId}
+            onSelectPlop={selectPlanting}
+          />
+
+          {selectedObject && <SelectionOverlay object={selectedObject} gardenId={garden.id} svgRef={svgRef} />}
+          {selectedPlop && selectedPlopObject && (
+            <PlopOverlay plop={selectedPlop} object={selectedPlopObject} gardenId={garden.id} svgRef={svgRef} />
+          )}
+
+          {/* Placement capture: a transparent sheet over the focused object while a
+              plant is armed, so taps drop plops instead of selecting the object. */}
+          {focusedObject && armedPlant && focusedObject.plantable && (
+            <g transform={objectTransform(focusedObject)}>
+              <rect
+                x={-halfFW}
+                y={-halfFH}
+                width={halfFW * 2}
+                height={halfFH * 2}
+                fill="transparent"
+                pointerEvents="all"
+                style={{ cursor: 'crosshair' }}
+                onPointerDown={onPlace}
+              />
+            </g>
+          )}
         </g>
       </svg>
 

web/src/editor/Inspector.tsx

@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ export function Inspector({
   object,
   gardenId,
   unit,
+  onFocus,
 }: {
   object: EditorObject
   gardenId: number
   unit: UnitPref
+  onFocus?: () => void
 }) {
   const update = useUpdateObject(gardenId)
   const del = useDeleteObject(gardenId)
@@ -94,6 +96,12 @@ export function Inspector({
         </button>
       </div>
 
+      {object.plantable && onFocus && (
+        <Button onClick={onFocus} className="w-full">
+          🌱 Plant here
+        </Button>
+      )}
+
       <TextField
         label="Name"
         name="name"

web/src/editor/ObjectShape.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { memo, type PointerEvent } from 'react'
+import { objectTransform } from './shared'
 import type { EditorObject } from './types'
 
 const DEFAULT_FILL = '#8a8a8a'
@@ -60,11 +61,7 @@ export const ObjectShape = memo(function ObjectShape({
   const strokeWidth = selected ? 2 : 1
 
   return (
-    <g
+    <g transform={objectTransform(object)} onPointerDown={handleDown} style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}>
-      transform={`translate(${object.xCm} ${object.yCm}) rotate(${object.rotationDeg})`}
-      onPointerDown={handleDown}
-      style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}
-    >
       {object.shape === 'circle' ? (
         <ellipse
           cx={0}

web/src/editor/PlopInspector.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/Button'
+import { TextField } from '@/components/ui/TextField'
+import { PlantIcon } from '@/components/plants/PlantIcon'
+import { useRemovePlanting, useUpdatePlanting } from '@/lib/objects'
+import type { Plant } from '@/lib/plants'
+import { computeDerivedCount, type EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
+import { cmFromSpacing, spacingFromCm, spacingUnitLabel, type UnitPref } from '@/lib/units'
+import { MIN_RADIUS_CM } from './shared'
+import { useEditorStore } from './store'
+
+/**
+ * Property panel for the selected plop. Radius/label/date/count commit a PATCH on
+ * blur (carrying the version); the count field shows the live derived value as a
+ * placeholder and takes an override when typed. "Remove" soft-removes (keeps the
+ * row with removed_at); "Change plant" opens the picker via onChangePlant. While
+ * the plop is dragged/resized on the canvas, it reads livePlanting for live
+ * feedback (subscribed here, not at the page level, so a drag only re-renders
+ * this panel).
+ */
+export function PlopInspector({
+  plop,
+  plant,
+  gardenId,
+  unit,
+  onChangePlant,
+  onClose,
+}: {
+  plop: EditorPlanting
+  plant?: Plant
+  gardenId: number
+  unit: UnitPref
+  onChangePlant: () => void
+  onClose: () => void
+}) {
+  const update = useUpdatePlanting(gardenId)
+  const remove = useRemovePlanting(gardenId)
+  const livePlanting = useEditorStore((s) => s.livePlanting)
+  const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+
+  // The plop with any in-flight drag/resize geometry applied.
+  const p = livePlanting && livePlanting.id === plop.id ? livePlanting : plop
+
+  const [radius, setRadius] = useState(String(spacingFromCm(p.radiusCm, unit)))
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(p.count != null ? String(p.count) : '')
+  const [label, setLabel] = useState(p.label ?? '')
+  const [planted, setPlanted] = useState(p.plantedAt ?? '')
+
+  // Re-sync when the plop changes underneath us (a drag/resize or a server row),
+  // unless the user is editing a field here.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (rootRef.current?.contains(document.activeElement)) return
+    setRadius(String(spacingFromCm(p.radiusCm, unit)))
+    setCount(p.count != null ? String(p.count) : '')
+    setLabel(p.label ?? '')
+    setPlanted(p.plantedAt ?? '')
+  }, [p.version, p.radiusCm, p.count, p.label, p.plantedAt, unit])
+
+  const patch = (fields: Omit<Parameters<typeof update.mutate>[0], 'id' | 'version'>) =>
+    update.mutate({ id: plop.id, version: plop.version, ...fields })
+
+  const u = spacingUnitLabel(unit)
+  const derived = plant ? computeDerivedCount(p.radiusCm, plant.spacingCm) : p.derivedCount
+
+  function commitRadius() {
+    const v = Number(radius)
+    if (radius.trim() === '' || !Number.isFinite(v)) {
+      setRadius(String(spacingFromCm(p.radiusCm, unit))) // reset stale/invalid text
+      return
+    }
+    const cm = Math.max(MIN_RADIUS_CM, cmFromSpacing(v, unit))
+    if (cm !== p.radiusCm) patch({ radiusCm: cm })
+  }
+
+  function commitCount() {
+    if (count.trim() === '') {
+      if (p.count != null) patch({ count: null }) // restore derived
+      return
+    }
+    const n = Number(count)
+    if (!Number.isInteger(n) || n < 1) {
+      setCount(p.count != null ? String(p.count) : '') // reject invalid, restore
+      return
+    }
+    if (n !== p.count) patch({ count: n })
+  }
+
+  function commitPlanted() {
+    const next = planted === '' ? null : planted
+    if (next !== (p.plantedAt ?? null)) patch({ plantedAt: next })
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div ref={rootRef} className="flex flex-col gap-3">
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+        <h2 className="text-sm font-semibold text-fg">Plant</h2>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={onClose}
+          className="rounded px-1.5 text-sm text-muted hover:text-fg"
+          aria-label="Close inspector"
+        >
+          ✕
+        </button>
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-border p-2">
+        {plant ? (
+          <PlantIcon color={plant.color} icon={plant.icon} className="h-9 w-9 rounded-md text-xl" />
+        ) : (
+          <span className="grid h-9 w-9 place-items-center rounded-md bg-border/50 text-muted">?</span>
+        )}
+        <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-sm font-medium text-fg">{plant?.name ?? 'Unknown plant'}</span>
+        <Button variant="ghost" className="px-2 py-1 text-xs" onClick={onChangePlant}>
+          Change
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-2">
+        <TextField
+          label={`Radius (${u})`}
+          name="radius"
+          type="number"
+          inputMode="decimal"
+          step="any"
+          min="0"
+          value={radius}
+          onChange={(e) => setRadius(e.target.value)}
+          onBlur={commitRadius}
+        />
+        <TextField
+          label="Count"
+          name="count"
+          type="number"
+          inputMode="numeric"
+          step="1"
+          min="1"
+          placeholder={`${derived} (auto)`}
+          value={count}
+          onChange={(e) => setCount(e.target.value)}
+          onBlur={commitCount}
+          hint={p.count != null ? 'Override — clear for auto' : 'Auto from area ÷ spacing²'}
+        />
+      </div>
+
+      <TextField
+        label="Label (optional)"
+        name="label"
+        value={label}
+        onChange={(e) => setLabel(e.target.value)}
+        onBlur={() => label !== (p.label ?? '') && patch({ label: label.trim() || null })}
+      />
+
+      <TextField
+        label="Planted"
+        name="planted"
+        type="date"
+        value={planted}
+        onChange={(e) => setPlanted(e.target.value)}
+        onBlur={commitPlanted}
+      />
+
+      <Button
+        variant="ghost"
+        className="text-red-600 dark:text-red-400"
+        disabled={remove.isPending}
+        onClick={() => {
+          onClose()
+          remove.mutate({ id: plop.id, version: plop.version })
+        }}
+      >
+        Remove plant
+      </Button>
+    </div>
+  )
+}

web/src/editor/PlopLayer.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { memo, useMemo } from 'react'
+import type { Plant } from '@/lib/plants'
+import type { EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
+import { PlopMarker, SEMANTIC_FAR } from './PlopMarker'
+import { DIMMED_OPACITY, objectTransform } from './shared'
+import type { EditorObject } from './types'
+
+/** The most common plant color among an object's plops (for the far-zoom tint). */
+function dominantColor(plops: EditorPlanting[], plantsById: Map<number, Plant>): string | null {
+  const freq = new Map<string, number>()
+  for (const p of plops) {
+    const c = plantsById.get(p.plantId)?.color
+    if (c) freq.set(c, (freq.get(c) ?? 0) + 1)
+  }
+  let best: string | null = null
+  let bestN = 0
+  for (const [c, n] of freq) {
+    if (n > bestN) {
+      best = c
+      bestN = n
+    }
+  }
+  return best
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders every active plop, grouped under its parent object's translate+rotate
+ * transform so plops track the bed when it's moved/rotated. Far zoom adds a
+ * dominant-plant tint over each planted object so beds read at a glance. Focus
+ * mode dims plops on non-focused objects.
+ */
+export const PlopLayer = memo(function PlopLayer({
+  objects,
+  plantings,
+  plantsById,
+  scale,
+  focusedObjectId,
+  selectedPlantingId,
+  onSelectPlop,
+}: {
+  objects: EditorObject[]
+  plantings: EditorPlanting[]
+  plantsById: Map<number, Plant>
+  scale: number
+  focusedObjectId: number | null
+  selectedPlantingId: number | null
+  onSelectPlop: (id: number) => void
+}) {
+  // Group plops by object once per plops change (not on every pan/zoom frame).
+  const byObject = useMemo(() => {
+    const m = new Map<number, EditorPlanting[]>()
+    for (const p of plantings) {
+      const arr = m.get(p.objectId)
+      if (arr) arr.push(p)
+      else m.set(p.objectId, [p])
+    }
+    return m
+  }, [plantings])
+  const far = scale < SEMANTIC_FAR
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {objects.map((o) => {
+        const plops = byObject.get(o.id)
+        if (!plops || plops.length === 0) return null
+        const dimmed = focusedObjectId != null && focusedObjectId !== o.id
+        const halfW = o.widthCm / 2
+        const halfH = o.heightCm / 2
+        const tint = far ? dominantColor(plops, plantsById) : null
+        return (
+          <g key={o.id} transform={objectTransform(o)} opacity={dimmed ? DIMMED_OPACITY : 1}>
+            {tint &&
+              (o.shape === 'circle' ? (
+                <ellipse cx={0} cy={0} rx={halfW} ry={halfH} fill={tint} fillOpacity={0.5} pointerEvents="none" />
+              ) : (
+                <rect x={-halfW} y={-halfH} width={halfW * 2} height={halfH * 2} fill={tint} fillOpacity={0.5} pointerEvents="none" />
+              ))}
+            {plops.map((p) => (
+              <PlopMarker
+                key={p.id}
+                plop={p}
+                plant={plantsById.get(p.plantId)}
+                scale={scale}
+                selected={p.id === selectedPlantingId}
+                onSelect={onSelectPlop}
+              />
+            ))}
+          </g>
+        )
+      })}
+    </>
+  )
+})

web/src/editor/PlopMarker.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { memo, type PointerEvent } from 'react'
+import type { Plant } from '@/lib/plants'
+import { computeDerivedCount, type EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
+import { SELECT_COLOR } from './shared'
+
+// Semantic-zoom thresholds in px/cm (DESIGN § Editor / rendering), tuned by feel:
+//   < FAR      — flat color patch, no text ("what's planted where" at a glance)
+//   FAR..NEAR  — colored circle + plant emoji
+//   ≥ NEAR     — circle + emoji + plant name + count
+export const SEMANTIC_FAR = 0.75
+export const SEMANTIC_NEAR = 3
+
+const DEFAULT_COLOR = '#6aa84f'
+
+/**
+ * One plop, rendered in its parent object's local frame (the caller wraps it in
+ * the object's translate+rotate group, so the plop tracks the bed). A circle in
+ * the plant's color; emoji and name/count fade in with zoom. The count is
+ * computed live from the current radius so it updates while resizing. memo'd so a
+ * pan/zoom that only changes the world transform doesn't re-render every plop.
+ */
+export const PlopMarker = memo(function PlopMarker({
+  plop,
+  plant,
+  scale,
+  selected,
+  onSelect,
+}: {
+  plop: EditorPlanting
+  plant?: Plant
+  scale: number
+  selected: boolean
+  onSelect: (id: number) => void
+}) {
+  const color = plant?.color ?? DEFAULT_COLOR
+  const r = Math.max(0, plop.radiusCm)
+  const showIcon = scale >= SEMANTIC_FAR && !!plant?.icon
+  const showText = scale >= SEMANTIC_NEAR && !!plant
+  const count = plop.count ?? (plant ? computeDerivedCount(plop.radiusCm, plant.spacingCm) : plop.derivedCount)
+
+  function down(e: PointerEvent) {
+    e.stopPropagation()
+    onSelect(plop.id)
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <g transform={`translate(${plop.xCm} ${plop.yCm})`} onPointerDown={down} style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}>
+      <circle
+        cx={0}
+        cy={0}
+        r={r}
+        fill={color}
+        fillOpacity={0.82}
+        stroke={selected ? SELECT_COLOR : '#00000033'}
+        strokeWidth={selected ? 2.5 : 1}
+        vectorEffect="non-scaling-stroke"
+      />
+      {showIcon && (
+        <text
+          x={0}
+          y={0}
+          fontSize={r * 1.2}
+          textAnchor="middle"
+          dominantBaseline="central"
+          style={{ pointerEvents: 'none', userSelect: 'none' }}
+        >
+          {plant!.icon}
+        </text>
+      )}
+      {showText && (
+        <text
+          x={0}
+          y={r + r * 0.3}
+          fontSize={Math.max(r * 0.5, 6)}
+          textAnchor="middle"
+          dominantBaseline="hanging"
+          fill="#1f2937"
+          stroke="#ffffff"
+          strokeWidth={0.5}
+          paintOrder="stroke"
+          style={{ pointerEvents: 'none', userSelect: 'none' }}
+        >
+          {plant!.name} · {count}
+        </text>
+      )}
+    </g>
+  )
+})

web/src/editor/PlopOverlay.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, type PointerEvent as ReactPointerEvent, type RefObject } from 'react'
+import { screenToWorld, worldToLocal, type Point } from '@/lib/geometry'
+import { useUpdatePlanting } from '@/lib/objects'
+import type { EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
+import { HANDLE_PX, MIN_RADIUS_CM, SELECT_COLOR, objectTransform } from './shared'
+import { useEditorStore } from './store'
+import type { EditorObject } from './types'
+
+const MAX_RADIUS_CM = 10_000
+
+/**
+ * Move/resize handles for the selected plop, rendered inside its parent object's
+ * translate+rotate group so the plop stays in the object's local frame. Drag the
+ * body to move (clamped to the object's bounds); drag the edge handle to resize
+ * the radius. Each gesture updates livePlanting for instant feedback and fires
+ * one PATCH on release — the same contract as SelectionOverlay (#11).
+ */
+export function PlopOverlay({
+  plop,
+  object,
+  gardenId,
+  svgRef,
+}: {
+  plop: EditorPlanting
+  object: EditorObject
+  gardenId: number
+  svgRef: RefObject<SVGSVGElement | null>
+}) {
+  const setLivePlanting = useEditorStore((s) => s.setLivePlanting)
+  const setObjectDragging = useEditorStore((s) => s.setObjectDragging)
+  const scale = useEditorStore((s) => s.viewport.scale)
+  const update = useUpdatePlanting(gardenId)
+
+  const cleanupRef = useRef<(() => void) | null>(null)
+  useEffect(
+    () => () => {
+      cleanupRef.current?.()
+      cleanupRef.current = null
+    },
+    [],
+  )
+
+  const handleCm = HANDLE_PX / scale
+  const halfW = object.widthCm / 2
+  const halfH = object.heightCm / 2
+  const center: Point = { x: object.xCm, y: object.yCm }
+  const rot = object.rotationDeg
+
+  // Pointer (client) → the object's local frame, snapshotting the svg rect once
+  // per gesture (the object doesn't move during a plop drag).
+  const makePointerLocal = () => {
+    const rect = svgRef.current?.getBoundingClientRect()
+    return (e: { clientX: number; clientY: number }): Point => {
+      const vp = useEditorStore.getState().viewport
+      const canvas = rect ? { x: e.clientX - rect.left, y: e.clientY - rect.top } : { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY }
+      return worldToLocal(screenToWorld(canvas, vp), center, rot)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const clampLocal = (p: Point): Point => ({
+    x: Math.max(-halfW, Math.min(halfW, p.x)),
+    y: Math.max(-halfH, Math.min(halfH, p.y)),
+  })
+
+  const begin = (
+    e: ReactPointerEvent,
+    onMove: (e: PointerEvent) => EditorPlanting,
+    fields: (final: EditorPlanting) => Parameters<typeof update.mutate>[0],
+  ) => {
+    e.stopPropagation()
+    e.preventDefault()
+    setObjectDragging(true)
+    const move = (ev: PointerEvent) => setLivePlanting(onMove(ev))
+    const detach = () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('pointermove', move)
+      window.removeEventListener('pointerup', finish)
+      window.removeEventListener('pointercancel', finish)
+    }
+    const finish = () => {
+      detach()
+      cleanupRef.current = null
+      const final = useEditorStore.getState().livePlanting
+      setObjectDragging(false)
+      setLivePlanting(null)
+      if (final) update.mutate(fields(final))
+    }
+    cleanupRef.current = () => {
+      detach()
+      setObjectDragging(false)
+      setLivePlanting(null)
+    }
+    window.addEventListener('pointermove', move)
+    window.addEventListener('pointerup', finish)
+    window.addEventListener('pointercancel', finish)
+  }
+
+  const base = { ...plop }
+
+  const startMove = (e: ReactPointerEvent) => {
+    const ptr = makePointerLocal()
+    const start = ptr(e.nativeEvent)
+    begin(
+      e,
+      (ev) => {
+        const p = ptr(ev)
+        const next = clampLocal({ x: base.xCm + (p.x - start.x), y: base.yCm + (p.y - start.y) })
+        return { ...base, xCm: next.x, yCm: next.y }
+      },
+      (f) => ({ id: base.id, version: base.version, xCm: f.xCm, yCm: f.yCm }),
+    )
+  }
+
+  const startResize = (e: ReactPointerEvent) => {
+    const ptr = makePointerLocal()
+    begin(
+      e,
+      (ev) => {
+        const p = ptr(ev)
+        const r = Math.max(MIN_RADIUS_CM, Math.min(MAX_RADIUS_CM, Math.hypot(p.x - base.xCm, p.y - base.yCm)))
+        return { ...base, radiusCm: r }
+      },
+      (f) => ({ id: base.id, version: base.version, radiusCm: f.radiusCm }),
+    )
+  }
+
+  const r = plop.radiusCm
+  return (
+    <g transform={objectTransform(object)}>
+      {/* Transparent body: drag to move (at least handle-sized so tiny plops stay grabbable). */}
+      <circle
+        cx={plop.xCm}
+        cy={plop.yCm}
+        r={Math.max(r, handleCm)}
+        fill="transparent"
+        pointerEvents="all"
+        style={{ cursor: 'move' }}
+        onPointerDown={startMove}
+      />
+      {/* Selection ring. */}
+      <circle
+        cx={plop.xCm}
+        cy={plop.yCm}
+        r={r}
+        fill="none"
+        stroke={SELECT_COLOR}
+        strokeWidth={1.5}
+        vectorEffect="non-scaling-stroke"
+        pointerEvents="none"
+      />
+      {/* Radius handle at the local +x edge. */}
+      <circle
+        cx={plop.xCm + r}
+        cy={plop.yCm}
+        r={handleCm * 0.6}
+        fill="#ffffff"
+        stroke={SELECT_COLOR}
+        strokeWidth={1}
+        vectorEffect="non-scaling-stroke"
+        style={{ cursor: 'ew-resize' }}
+        onPointerDown={startResize}
+      />
+    </g>
+  )
+}

web/src/editor/SelectionOverlay.tsx

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, type PointerEvent as ReactPointerEvent, type RefObject } from 'react'
 import { localToWorld, screenToWorld, worldToLocal, type Point } from '@/lib/geometry'
 import { useUpdateObject } from '@/lib/objects'
+import { HANDLE_PX, SELECT_COLOR, objectTransform } from './shared'
 import { useEditorStore } from './store'
 import type { EditorObject } from './types'
 
-const HANDLE_PX = 12 // on-screen size of the resize handles
 const ROTATE_OFFSET_PX = 28 // distance of the rotate knob above the object
 const MIN_OBJ_CM = 1 // smallest allowed dimension
 const ROTATE_SNAP_DEG = 15
-const SELECT_COLOR = '#2f7a3e'
 
 const corners: [number, number][] = [
   [-1, -1],
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ export function SelectionOverlay({
   }
 
   return (
-    <g transform={`translate(${object.xCm} ${object.yCm}) rotate(${object.rotationDeg})`}>
+    <g transform={objectTransform(object)}>
       {/* Transparent body: drag to move. */}
       {object.shape === 'circle' ? (
         <ellipse cx={0} cy={0} rx={halfW} ry={halfH} fill="transparent" pointerEvents="all" style={{ cursor: 'move' }} onPointerDown={startMove} />

web/src/editor/shared.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Shared editor UI constants + tiny helpers used across the object/plop markers
+// and overlays, so colors, handle sizes, and the object-local transform stay in
+// one place instead of drifting between files.
+
+export const SELECT_COLOR = '#2f7a3e' // selection stroke/handles
+export const HANDLE_PX = 12 // on-screen size of a drag/resize handle
+export const MIN_RADIUS_CM = 1 // smallest plop radius
+export const DIMMED_OPACITY = 0.4 // non-focused objects/plops in focus mode
+
+/** SVG transform placing content in an object's local frame: its center point
+ *  then its clockwise rotation. Plops and overlays render inside this. */
+export function objectTransform(o: { xCm: number; yCm: number; rotationDeg: number }): string {
+  return `translate(${o.xCm} ${o.yCm}) rotate(${o.rotationDeg})`
+}

web/src/editor/store.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { create } from 'zustand'
 import type { Viewport } from '@/lib/geometry'
+import type { Plant } from '@/lib/plants'
+import type { EditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
 import type { EditorObject } from './types'
 
 // Ephemeral editor state only (per DESIGN § State): the viewport, the current
@@ -13,17 +15,31 @@ interface EditorState {
   viewport: Viewport
   setViewport: (next: Viewport | ((prev: Viewport) => Viewport)) => void
 
+  // The selected object OR plop (mutually exclusive; selecting one clears the
+  // other). selectedId is a garden object; selectedPlantingId is a plop.
   selectedId: number | null
   select: (id: number | null) => void
 
+  selectedPlantingId: number | null
+  selectPlanting: (id: number | null) => void
+
   focusedObjectId: number | null
   setFocusedObject: (id: number | null) => void
 
+  // The plant armed for placing plops (set after the PlantPicker choice); stays
+  // armed for repeat-placement until cleared (Escape / done). null = not placing.
+  armedPlant: Plant | null
+  setArmedPlant: (p: Plant | null) => void
+
   // During a move/resize/rotate, the object's live geometry is held here so the
   // canvas renders it instantly; the PATCH fires only on gesture end.
   liveObject: EditorObject | null
   setLiveObject: (o: EditorObject | null) => void
 
+  // The same, for a plop being moved/resized.
+  livePlanting: EditorPlanting | null
+  setLivePlanting: (p: EditorPlanting | null) => void
+
   // The palette kind armed for tap-to-place (mobile-friendly; also set while
   // dragging a kind from the palette). null when nothing is armed.
   armedKind: string | null
@@ -40,14 +56,23 @@ export const useEditorStore = create<EditorState>((set) => ({
   setViewport: (next) => set((s) => ({ viewport: typeof next === 'function' ? next(s.viewport) : next })),
 
   selectedId: null,
-  select: (id) => set({ selectedId: id }),
+  select: (id) => set({ selectedId: id, selectedPlantingId: null }),
+
+  selectedPlantingId: null,
+  selectPlanting: (id) => set({ selectedPlantingId: id, selectedId: null }),
 
   focusedObjectId: null,
   setFocusedObject: (id) => set({ focusedObjectId: id }),
 
+  armedPlant: null,
+  setArmedPlant: (p) => set({ armedPlant: p }),
+
   liveObject: null,
   setLiveObject: (o) => set({ liveObject: o }),
 
+  livePlanting: null,
+  setLivePlanting: (p) => set({ livePlanting: p }),
+
   armedKind: null,
   setArmedKind: (kind) => set({ armedKind: kind }),
 

web/src/lib/objects.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { queryOptions, useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient, type QueryClient }
 import { z } from 'zod'
 import { ApiError, api } from './api'
 import { gardenSchema } from './gardens'
+import { plantSchema } from './plants'
+import { serverPlantingSchema, type ServerPlanting } from './plantings'
 import { toast } from '@/components/ui/toast'
 import type { EditorObject, ObjectShapeKind } from '@/editor/types'
 
@@ -35,8 +37,8 @@ export type ServerObject = z.infer<typeof serverObjectSchema>
 export const fullGardenSchema = z.object({
   garden: gardenSchema,
   objects: z.array(serverObjectSchema),
-  plantings: z.array(z.unknown()), // typed in #14
+  plantings: z.array(serverPlantingSchema),
-  plants: z.array(z.unknown()), // typed in #12
+  plants: z.array(plantSchema),
 })
 export type FullGarden = z.infer<typeof fullGardenSchema>
 
@@ -181,12 +183,154 @@ export function useDeleteObject(gardenId: number) {
   })
 }
 
+// --- planting (plop) mutations ---------------------------------------------
+// Plops are part of the FullGarden cache, so these patch the same query as the
+// object mutations, with the same optimistic + 409-rollback contract.
+
+export interface PlantingCreate {
+  objectId: number
+  plantId: number
+  xCm: number
+  yCm: number
+  radiusCm: number
+  count?: number | null
+  label?: string | null
+}
+
+export function useCreatePlanting(gardenId: number) {
+  const qc = useQueryClient()
+  return useMutation({
+    mutationFn: async ({ objectId, ...body }: PlantingCreate): Promise<ServerPlanting> =>
+      serverPlantingSchema.parse(await api.post(`/objects/${objectId}/plantings`, body)),
+    onSuccess: (created) => {
+      patchFullCache(qc, gardenId, (full) => ({ ...full, plantings: [...full.plantings, created] }))
+    },
+    onError: (err) => toast.error(objectErrorMessage(err, 'Could not place that plant.')),
+  })
+}
+
+/** Fields the plop editor patches. version is required for the optimistic guard. */
+export interface PlantingPatch {
+  id: number
+  version: number
+  plantId?: number
+  xCm?: number
+  yCm?: number
+  radiusCm?: number
+  count?: number | null
+  label?: string | null
+  plantedAt?: string | null
+  removedAt?: string | null
+}
+
+export function useUpdatePlanting(gardenId: number) {
+  const qc = useQueryClient()
+  return useMutation({
+    mutationFn: async ({ id, ...body }: PlantingPatch): Promise<ServerPlanting> =>
+      serverPlantingSchema.parse(await api.patch(`/plantings/${id}`, body)),
+    onMutate: async (patch) => {
+      await qc.cancelQueries({ queryKey: fullKey(gardenId) })
+      const prev = qc.getQueryData<FullGarden>(fullKey(gardenId))
+      patchFullCache(qc, gardenId, (full) => ({
+        ...full,
+        plantings: full.plantings.map((p) => (p.id === patch.id ? applyPlantingPatch(p, patch) : p)),
+      }))
+      return { prev }
+    },
+    onSuccess: (updated) => {
+      patchFullCache(qc, gardenId, (full) => ({
+        ...full,
+        // A soft-remove (removedAt set) drops the plop from the active list;
+        // otherwise write the authoritative row (carries the fresh derivedCount).
+        plantings: updated.removedAt
+          ? full.plantings.filter((p) => p.id !== updated.id)
+          : full.plantings.map((p) => (p.id === updated.id ? updated : p)),
+      }))
+    },
+    onError: (err, _patch, ctx) => {
+      const current = conflictPlanting(err)
+      if (current) {
+        patchFullCache(qc, gardenId, (full) => ({
+          ...full,
+          plantings: full.plantings.map((p) => (p.id === current.id ? current : p)),
+        }))
+        toast.error('That plant was updated elsewhere — your change was rolled back.')
+      } else if (ctx?.prev) {
+        qc.setQueryData(fullKey(gardenId), ctx.prev)
+        toast.error(objectErrorMessage(err, 'Could not save that change.'))
+      }
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+/** Soft-remove ("Remove"): PATCH removed_at to today; the row is kept but leaves
+ *  the active list. Distinct from a hard delete. */
+export function useRemovePlanting(gardenId: number) {
+  const qc = useQueryClient()
+  return useMutation({
+    mutationFn: async ({ id, version }: { id: number; version: number }): Promise<ServerPlanting> => {
+      const today = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10)
+      return serverPlantingSchema.parse(await api.patch(`/plantings/${id}`, { removedAt: today, version }))
+    },
+    onMutate: async ({ id }) => {
+      await qc.cancelQueries({ queryKey: fullKey(gardenId) })
+      const prev = qc.getQueryData<FullGarden>(fullKey(gardenId))
+      patchFullCache(qc, gardenId, (full) => ({ ...full, plantings: full.plantings.filter((p) => p.id !== id) }))
+      return { prev }
+    },
+    onError: (err, _vars, ctx) => {
+      if (ctx?.prev) qc.setQueryData(fullKey(gardenId), ctx.prev)
+      // On a 409, adopt the server's current row so the plop reappears with a
+      // fresh version — otherwise a retry keeps 409-ing on the stale version.
+      const current = conflictPlanting(err)
+      if (current) {
+        patchFullCache(qc, gardenId, (full) => ({
+          ...full,
+          plantings: full.plantings.map((p) => (p.id === current.id ? current : p)),
+        }))
+        toast.error('That plant was updated elsewhere — try removing it again.')
+      } else {
+        toast.error(objectErrorMessage(err, 'Could not remove that plant.'))
+      }
+    },
+  })
+}
+
 // --- helpers ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 function patchFullCache(qc: QueryClient, gardenId: number, fn: (full: FullGarden) => FullGarden) {
   qc.setQueryData<FullGarden>(fullKey(gardenId), (full) => (full ? fn(full) : full))
 }
 
+/** Apply a plop patch onto a cached row for the optimistic pass. version is
+ *  bumped to mirror the server's post-commit increment (as applyServerPatch does
+ *  for objects), so a fast follow-up edit doesn't self-conflict. derivedCount is
+ *  left as-is here; the editor recomputes it live from the plant's spacing and
+ *  onSuccess writes the authoritative value. */
+function applyPlantingPatch(p: ServerPlanting, patch: PlantingPatch): ServerPlanting {
+  return {
+    ...p,
+    version: p.version + 1,
+    ...(patch.plantId !== undefined ? { plantId: patch.plantId } : {}),
+    ...(patch.xCm !== undefined ? { xCm: patch.xCm } : {}),
+    ...(patch.yCm !== undefined ? { yCm: patch.yCm } : {}),
+    ...(patch.radiusCm !== undefined ? { radiusCm: patch.radiusCm } : {}),
+    ...(patch.count !== undefined ? { count: patch.count } : {}),
+    ...(patch.label !== undefined ? { label: patch.label } : {}),
+    ...(patch.plantedAt !== undefined ? { plantedAt: patch.plantedAt } : {}),
+    ...(patch.removedAt !== undefined ? { removedAt: patch.removedAt } : {}),
+  }
+}
+
+/** The current server plop from a 409 conflict body, or null. */
+function conflictPlanting(err: unknown): ServerPlanting | null {
+  if (err instanceof ApiError && err.isConflict && err.body && typeof err.body === 'object') {
+    const parsed = serverPlantingSchema.safeParse((err.body as { current?: unknown }).current)
+    if (parsed.success) return parsed.data
+  }
+  return null
+}
+
 /** Apply a patch onto a cached server object for the optimistic pass. The
  *  version is bumped to mirror the server's post-commit increment, so a second
  *  edit started before the first PATCH resolves reads the next version instead

web/src/lib/plantings.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { computeDerivedCount, effectiveCount } from './plantings'
+
+describe('computeDerivedCount', () => {
+  it('mirrors the server formula max(1, round(π·r²/spacing²))', () => {
+    expect(computeDerivedCount(10, 10)).toBe(3) // π·100/100 = 3.14 → 3
+    expect(computeDerivedCount(50, 10)).toBe(79) // π·2500/100 = 78.5 → 79
+    expect(computeDerivedCount(30, 15)).toBe(13) // π·900/225 = 12.57 → 13
+  })
+
+  it('floors at 1 for tiny / non-positive inputs', () => {
+    expect(computeDerivedCount(0.1, 10)).toBe(1)
+    expect(computeDerivedCount(0, 10)).toBe(1)
+    expect(computeDerivedCount(10, 0)).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  it('caps like the server', () => {
+    expect(computeDerivedCount(10_000, 0.1)).toBe(1_000_000)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('effectiveCount', () => {
+  it('prefers the override, else the derived value', () => {
+    expect(effectiveCount({ count: 12, derivedCount: 79 })).toBe(12)
+    expect(effectiveCount({ count: null, derivedCount: 79 })).toBe(79)
+  })
+})

web/src/lib/plantings.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Plantings ("plops") data layer: the zod shape for a /full planting plus the
+// EditorPlanting the canvas renders. Optimistic create/update/remove mutations
+// live in objects.ts alongside the FullGarden cache they patch (a plop is part
+// of the one-shot editor payload).
+
+import { z } from 'zod'
+
+export const serverPlantingSchema = z.object({
+  id: z.number(),
+  objectId: z.number(),
+  plantId: z.number(),
+  xCm: z.number(),
+  yCm: z.number(),
+  radiusCm: z.number(),
+  count: z.number().nullable().optional(), // null/absent = derived
+  label: z.string().nullable().optional(),
+  plantedAt: z.string().nullable().optional(),
+  removedAt: z.string().nullable().optional(),
+  derivedCount: z.number(), // computed server-side from area / spacing²
+  version: z.number(),
+  createdAt: z.string(),
+  updatedAt: z.string(),
+})
+export type ServerPlanting = z.infer<typeof serverPlantingSchema>
+
+/** The plop shape the canvas renders. x/y/radius are in the parent object's
+ *  local frame (origin at object center), so a plop tracks its object. */
+export interface EditorPlanting {
+  id: number
+  objectId: number
+  plantId: number
+  xCm: number
+  yCm: number
+  radiusCm: number
+  count: number | null
+  derivedCount: number
+  label: string | null
+  plantedAt: string | null
+  version: number
+}
+
+export function toEditorPlanting(p: ServerPlanting): EditorPlanting {
+  return {
+    id: p.id,
+    objectId: p.objectId,
+    plantId: p.plantId,
+    xCm: p.xCm,
+    yCm: p.yCm,
+    radiusCm: p.radiusCm,
+    count: p.count ?? null,
+    derivedCount: p.derivedCount,
+    label: p.label ?? null,
+    plantedAt: p.plantedAt ?? null,
+    version: p.version,
+  }
+}
+
+/** The count a plop shows: its explicit override, else the derived value. */
+export function effectiveCount(p: { count: number | null; derivedCount: number }): number {
+  return p.count ?? p.derivedCount
+}
+
+/** Client-side mirror of the server's derived-count formula, for live display
+ *  while resizing a plop (before the PATCH round-trips). max(1, round(π·r² /
+ *  spacing²)), capped like the server. */
+export function computeDerivedCount(radiusCm: number, spacingCm: number): number {
+  if (radiusCm <= 0 || spacingCm <= 0) return 1
+  const n = Math.round((Math.PI * radiusCm * radiusCm) / (spacingCm * spacingCm))
+  return Math.max(1, Math.min(1_000_000, n))
+}

web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { getRouteApi } from '@tanstack/react-router'
 import { Alert } from '@/components/ui/Alert'
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/Button'
 import { GardenCanvas } from '@/editor/GardenCanvas'
 import { Inspector } from '@/editor/Inspector'
+import { PlopInspector } from '@/editor/PlopInspector'
+import { PlantPicker } from '@/editor/PlantPicker'
 import { Palette } from '@/editor/Palette'
+import { kindDef } from '@/editor/kinds'
 import { useEditorStore } from '@/editor/store'
 import type { EditorGarden } from '@/editor/types'
-import { toEditorObject, useGardenFull } from '@/lib/objects'
+import { toEditorObject, useGardenFull, useUpdatePlanting } from '@/lib/objects'
+import { toEditorPlanting } from '@/lib/plantings'
 
 const routeApi = getRouteApi('/gardens/$gardenId')
 
@@ -14,29 +19,90 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   const { gardenId } = routeApi.useParams()
   const gid = Number(gardenId)
   const { focus } = routeApi.useSearch()
+  const navigate = routeApi.useNavigate()
   const full = useGardenFull(gid)
 
   const selectedId = useEditorStore((s) => s.selectedId)
   const select = useEditorStore((s) => s.select)
+  const selectedPlantingId = useEditorStore((s) => s.selectedPlantingId)
+  const selectPlanting = useEditorStore((s) => s.selectPlanting)
+  const focusedObjectId = useEditorStore((s) => s.focusedObjectId)
+  const setFocusedObject = useEditorStore((s) => s.setFocusedObject)
+  const armedPlant = useEditorStore((s) => s.armedPlant)
+  const setArmedPlant = useEditorStore((s) => s.setArmedPlant)
   const setArmedKind = useEditorStore((s) => s.setArmedKind)
   const setLiveObject = useEditorStore((s) => s.setLiveObject)
+  const setLivePlanting = useEditorStore((s) => s.setLivePlanting)
+
+  const updatePlanting = useUpdatePlanting(gid)
+
+  // Which plant-picker flow is open: 'place' arms a plant for repeat placement;
+  // 'change' swaps the selected plop's plant.
+  const [picker, setPicker] = useState<'place' | 'change' | null>(null)
 
-  // Map the server rows to EditorObjects once per cache change. Rebuilding this
-  // every render (e.g. on each viewport/selection update) would hand ObjectShape
-  // fresh identities and defeat its memo, re-rendering every object.
   const serverObjects = full.data?.objects
   const objects = useMemo(() => serverObjects?.map(toEditorObject) ?? [], [serverObjects])
+  const serverPlantings = full.data?.plantings
+  const plantings = useMemo(() => serverPlantings?.map(toEditorPlanting) ?? [], [serverPlantings])
+  const plants = useMemo(() => full.data?.plants ?? [], [full.data?.plants])
+  const plantsById = useMemo(() => new Map(plants.map((p) => [p.id, p])), [plants])
 
-  // Clear transient editor state on entering/switching gardens and on leaving.
+  // Adopt the URL's focus and clear transient editor state on entering/switching
+  // gardens (and on leaving). `focus` is intentionally read once here, not a dep,
+  // so URL syncs below don't retrigger a full reset.
   useEffect(() => {
-    const reset = () => {
+    const clear = () => {
       select(null)
+      selectPlanting(null)
       setArmedKind(null)
+      setArmedPlant(null)
       setLiveObject(null)
+      setLivePlanting(null)
     }
-    reset()
+    clear()
-    return reset
+    setFocusedObject(focus ?? null)
-  }, [gid, select, setArmedKind, setLiveObject])
+    return () => {
+      clear()
+      setFocusedObject(null)
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [gid])
+
+  // Mirror focusedObjectId → ?focus so focus mode is deep-linkable and survives
+  // reload. Declared after the reset effect so the initial adopt wins.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    navigate({ search: (prev) => ({ ...prev, focus: focusedObjectId ?? undefined }), replace: true })
+  }, [focusedObjectId, navigate])
+
+  // If the focused object vanished — deleted, or a stale ?focus id on load — leave
+  // focus mode so the canvas isn't stuck dimmed with no way out.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (focusedObjectId != null && full.data && !objects.some((o) => o.id === focusedObjectId)) {
+      setFocusedObject(null)
+    }
+  }, [focusedObjectId, objects, full.data, setFocusedObject])
+
+  const exitFocus = () => {
+    setFocusedObject(null)
+    setArmedPlant(null)
+    select(null)
+    selectPlanting(null)
+  }
+
+  // Escape peels back one layer: stop placing → deselect plop → exit focus → deselect.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    function onKey(e: KeyboardEvent) {
+      if (e.key !== 'Escape') return
+      const s = useEditorStore.getState()
+      if (s.armedPlant) s.setArmedPlant(null)
+      else if (s.selectedPlantingId != null) s.selectPlanting(null)
+      else if (s.focusedObjectId != null) exitFocus()
+      else if (s.selectedId != null) s.select(null)
+    }
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', onKey)
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [])
 
   if (full.isPending) return <p className="p-6 text-sm text-muted">Loading garden…</p>
   if (full.isError)
@@ -54,7 +120,22 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
     heightCm: g.heightCm,
     unitPref: g.unitPref,
   }
-  const selected = objects.find((o) => o.id === selectedId) ?? null
+
+  const selectedObject = objects.find((o) => o.id === selectedId) ?? null
+  const focusedObject = focusedObjectId != null ? objects.find((o) => o.id === focusedObjectId) ?? null : null
+  // Committed selected plop; PlopInspector applies live drag geometry itself.
+  const selectedPlop = plantings.find((p) => p.id === selectedPlantingId) ?? null
+
+  function onPickPlant(plantId: number) {
+    const plant = plantsById.get(plantId)
+    if (!plant) return
+    if (picker === 'change' && selectedPlop) {
+      updatePlanting.mutate({ id: selectedPlop.id, version: selectedPlop.version, plantId: plant.id })
+    } else {
+      setArmedPlant(plant) // 'place' mode: arm for repeat placement
+    }
+    setPicker(null)
+  }
 
   return (
     <div className="flex h-[calc(100vh-8rem)] flex-col gap-3 md:flex-row">
@@ -62,18 +143,69 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
         <h1 className="mb-2 truncate text-lg font-semibold tracking-tight" title={garden.name}>
           {garden.name}
         </h1>
-        <Palette />
+        {focusedObjectId == null && <Palette />}
       </div>
 
       <div className="relative min-h-0 flex-1">
-        <GardenCanvas garden={garden} objects={objects} focusId={focus} />
+        {focusedObject && (
+          <div className="absolute left-2 top-2 z-20 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-border bg-surface/90 px-2 py-1.5 text-sm shadow-sm backdrop-blur">
+            <button type="button" onClick={exitFocus} className="rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 font-medium text-accent-strong hover:underline">
+              ← {garden.name}
+            </button>
+            <span className="max-w-[8rem] truncate text-muted">
+              {focusedObject.name || kindDef(focusedObject.kind)?.label || 'Object'}
+            </span>
+            {!focusedObject.plantable ? (
+              <span className="text-xs text-muted">Not plantable</span>
+            ) : armedPlant ? (
+              <Button variant="ghost" className="px-2 py-1 text-xs" onClick={() => setArmedPlant(null)}>
+                Placing {armedPlant.icon} — Done
+              </Button>
+            ) : (
+              <Button className="px-2 py-1 text-xs" onClick={() => setPicker('place')}>
+                + Add plant
+              </Button>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        )}
+        <GardenCanvas garden={garden} objects={objects} plantings={plantings} plantsById={plantsById} />
       </div>
 
-      {selected && (
+      {(selectedObject || selectedPlop) && (
         <div className="fixed inset-x-0 bottom-0 z-30 max-h-[65vh] overflow-y-auto rounded-t-xl border-t border-border bg-surface p-4 shadow-lg md:static md:max-h-none md:w-72 md:shrink-0 md:rounded-xl md:border md:p-4 md:shadow-sm">
-          <Inspector key={selected.id} object={selected} gardenId={gid} unit={garden.unitPref} />
+          {selectedObject && (
+            <Inspector
+              key={`obj-${selectedObject.id}`}
+              object={selectedObject}
+              gardenId={gid}
+              unit={garden.unitPref}
+              onFocus={() => {
+                setFocusedObject(selectedObject.id)
+                select(null)
+              }}
+            />
+          )}
+          {selectedPlop && (
+            <PlopInspector
+              key={`plop-${selectedPlop.id}`}
+              plop={selectedPlop}
+              plant={plantsById.get(selectedPlop.plantId)}
+              gardenId={gid}
+              unit={garden.unitPref}
+              onChangePlant={() => setPicker('change')}
+              onClose={() => selectPlanting(null)}
+            />
+          )}
         </div>
       )}
+
+      {picker && (
+        <PlantPicker
+          unit={garden.unitPref}
+          onClose={() => setPicker(null)}
+          onSelect={(p) => onPickPlant(p.id)}
+        />
+      )}
     </div>
   )
 }