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| Bulbs named exotica September 01, 2008 When I purchased some seed from a catalog I received some free bulbs called exotica which I planted.They have long green stems. I don't know what they are or what to do with them. Can I plant them ou... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Help with plant identification. September 01, 2008 We need help identifying a perennial in our backyard, which we assume is a native/wildflower, but might not be. It has yellow flowers with 5/6 petals (delicatea, starlike/about 1-1.5 inches across) a... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Mystery dill-type weed September 01, 2008 My daughter has a weed growing in her flower bed that look very simular to dill weed, but thicker. If you pinch it, it has a sticky milky substance come out. Can you tell me what this plant may be? ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Mystery plants at Marble Falls September 01, 2008 On the upper end of Lake Marble Falls is a 2-3 foot tall green stemed plant just blooming small white daisy like flowers. There are no leaves on the plant just stems and now flowers. Any idea where ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Tree with orange flower blooming in August in West Virginia August 28, 2008 There is a tree with an orange flower in West Virginia. The orange is at the top of the tree and it blooms in August. I've searched your sight but cannot find it. Thanks! View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Instructions for Plant ID August 28, 2008 Hi- I have an unidentified small white flowering plant photo to try to identify. Would you be willing to see what you think it is or refer me to someone to whom I could send it? It was photographed on... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 28, 2008 Hello. There is a plant growing next to my 4 o'clocks that I didn't plant which is almost the same height as them, but has different leaves and it grows wider. It has these huge light green upside d... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant with stalk of purple berries August 27, 2008 I have a plant that just grows.large hollow purple stalk, purple berries in long clusters , grows very tall any thoughts.. it grows like a weed View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 24, 2008 Please help us identify a woodland plant whose fruiting stem looks very similar to a corncob stuck into the ground, pointy end up. It sticks up about 4-5" above the ground. The largish pale yellow fr... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Weird-looking rootless plant, perhaps a fungus August 23, 2008 While out it my backyard (i.e. the Black Hills of South Dakota), I spotted a weird-looking rootless plant (I think it may be a fungus) growing beneath the Ponderosa Pines. It was the only one in the a... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
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