a ton of fun happened, refactored alot

plugins/utility/search/templates/search/_form_scripts.html

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+<!-- File: plugins/utility/templates/search/_form_scripts.html -->
+{# Optional: include this partial if you use Select2 for tags autocomplete #}
+<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0/dist/css/select2.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
+<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
+<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0/dist/js/select2.min.js"></script>
+<script>
+  $(document).ready(function() {
+    $('select[name="tags"]').select2({
+      placeholder: 'Select tags',
+      ajax: {
+        url: '{{ url_for("search.search_tags") }}',
+        dataType: 'json',
+        delay: 250,
+        data: params => ({ term: params.term }),
+        processResults: data => ({
+          results: data.map(name => ({ id: name, text: name }))
+        }),
+        cache: true
+      },
+      minimumInputLength: 1,
+      allowClear: true
+    });
+  });
+</script>

plugins/utility/search/templates/search/search.html

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+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% block title %}Search{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<div class="container mt-4">
+  <h1 class="mb-3">Search Plants</h1>
+  <form method="post" novalidate>
+    {{ form.hidden_tag() }}
+    <div class="form-group mb-3">
+      {{ form.query.label(class="form-label") }}
+      {{ form.query(class="form-control", placeholder="Enter search term…") }}
+      {% if form.query.errors %}
+        <div class="text-danger small">
+          {{ form.query.errors[0] }}
+        </div>
+      {% endif %}
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-group mb-3">
+      {{ form.tags.label(class="form-label") }}
+      {{ form.tags(class="form-select", multiple=true) }}
+      {% if form.tags.errors %}
+        <div class="text-danger small">
+          {{ form.tags.errors[0] }}
+        </div>
+      {% endif %}
+    </div>
+    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">{{ form.submit.label.text }}</button>
+  </form>
+
+  <hr class="my-4">
+
+  {% if results %}
+    <ul class="list-group">
+      {% for plant in results %}
+        <li class="list-group-item">
+          <a href="{{ url_for('plant.view', plant_id=plant.id) }}">
+            {{ plant.common_name or plant.scientific_name }}
+          </a>
+        </li>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+  {% elif request.method == 'POST' %}
+    <p class="text-muted">No results found.</p>
+  {% endif %}
+</div>