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| Plant identification August 19, 2008 Hi, I live in South West Michigan and there is this plant I can't figure out. It has oval leaves in a row on each side of its stems, large thorns, and when the plant is grown it has what seems to be... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 17, 2008 We are trying to identify a plant we saw on a walk. It's about a foot high. About halfway up, the stem splits in two. From there up the two stems are covered with white kind of loosely trumpet sha... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 16, 2008 I walk in a wooded area. There is a plant with large spade like leaves.It grow to about 4 to 6 ft. In other areas it has grown almost tree-like with green sticky nuts or seeds. I believe it had purple... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification August 15, 2008 My father-in-law received seeds from a friend-- he didn't know what kind of plant it would grow. Now he questions what kind of plant it is-- it has a red stalk and 17 inch leaves, it appears to grow... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 15, 2008 Virginia Creeper or something else? I live in McKinney, Tx, and have a limestone escarpment in back that leads down to a "white rock " creek. A wrought iron fence separates the yard area from the ri... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification August 13, 2008 I have a plant that shoots seeds out of pods in late summer and grows like crazy. The stem looks like a rhubarb plant. It has multiple leaves, and beautiful flowers that look like orchids. I was wo... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 13, 2008 Every spring I see these very unique white flowers that grow along the edge of wooded areas. I live in upstate NY. These flowers have some reddish tint to the stem and leaves. The blooms are all si... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 13, 2008 Bought a plant don't know what it is or how to care for it. It looks like it's dying. Description: light to dark green, long, skinny, rounded trunk, surrounded and topped with grass like blades(top ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 13, 2008 Can you identify a shrub in my backyard? It has odd looking seed pods with three chambers and hard black seeds inside roughly 1/8" in diameter. The pods themselves are brown, hard shell, and hang d... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 11, 2008 Just after the last little rain we got, I noticed a small, inconspicuous plant in my front yard that was sprouting a structure that looks for all the world like a pitcher plant. It is not, however, an... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
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