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| Plant identification August 07, 2008 I have discovered a vine growing in my boysenberry patch, perhaps spread by birds, but I can't find it in any books. It has 5 smooth leaves with burgundy, pinkish racemes, much like snap dragon flow... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification, possibly Actaea rubra, red baneberry August 06, 2008 I came across a plant that has leaves similar to the astillbe shrub, stands about 3 feet high, and instead of a flower spire, has a chunk of bright red berries the size of medium-sized pearls atop its... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 06, 2008 Mr. Smarty Plants, I have some plants I cannot identify. They were given to me after a funeral. I love them, i would like to know WHAT THEY ARE??? Here are descriptions. I can get photos. (PS I liv... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant with red berries that grows near the Warner River August 04, 2008 We live next to a river, the Warner River, and every year these plants with red berries appear next to the river. we have search for name to no avail: the leaf is unique with one large spade shaped ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identifcation of fragrant, white camellia-like flower August 04, 2008 My friend describes a beautiful, unusual smelling flower. It was a white camellia-like bloom, but was not a camellia. It was flowering in June or July in the Alabama and Mississippi region. It had ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 03, 2008 6 2 ft. spikes appeared in an infertile part of my garden. They have a huge quantity of very tiny ochid-like flowers, mostly white with pink tinge. I took it to the master gardeners here and no one co... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification of red flower in Austin August 02, 2008 What is the plant I have seen in urban landscapes in Austin, Texas, that have bright red flowers at the terminus of what looks like a spray of green, jointed, drooping branches (or stalks). It forms ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| How to have Mimosa and Yucca identified. July 30, 2008 Hello, I have recently come across what I believe to be Mimosa microphylla in a very southwest corner of Mississippi. The only thing different about this patch is its brilliant white blooms! I can no... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification July 29, 2008 I have found what resembles a gooseberry growing from what appears to be a grapevine trellising on a fence beside a lake in East Texas. The stems are smooth and slender, nad as I stated before vine up... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification July 29, 2008 Greetings, Sir/Madam! What is the name of that weed that grows ubiquitously in St. Augustine, Fl (literally overnight when it rains) and has two skinny "arms", with little greenish beads on the arm... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
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