Plant Identification

Yellow Flower   This plant is growing in a container. It has full sunlight until about 4pm. It's growing in Volos, Greece. (Central Greece) Any help at identifying this ...

Identified Plants Page 1

  Pictures and identification of plants by experienced gardeners

Purple Flowers

  Identifcation of purple flowers by website readers

Please ID! Tree with round black berries  Hello,

We're trying to figure out what this is. It's from a tree in our new backyard and we're worried that it might be toxic. The berries from it are ...

maroon dark tall   very tall fast growing spikey dark maroon spreads

I think it a bell pepper  Thick green stems, white flowers and green spiky pods.

Thorny Plant  Bought a new house so letting everything grow just in case it is something special. Now we have this odd tall single stem plant with thorns growing in ...

Green Leaves ID

  Idenifying plants from green leaves by website readers

In my Vegetable Garden  This came up in my vegetable garden. It is next to my cucumbers. This is my first year to do a garden so I am unfamilliar with the plants. It is all ...

large bell shaped flowers  tall 2-3 ft. alternating flowers five petals rounded on edges-doubles 2 rounds of petals-triples 3 rounds of petals -some white ,some lilac,some purple-...

Unknown plant  Was in the garden when we moved in. Began to flower approx. 1 month ago, still is doing. Photo's taken mid-June. Is about 3 meters tall and spread about ...

Orange Flowers

  orange perennial flowers identified by readers of gardening website

Mystery shrub?  This plant is growing in our backyard. It is entwined within the chain link fence. It has finally started to bloom in June. It is under the shade of some ...

Any idea what this is?  Hi...I emptied a garden close to the road on my property that was overrun with cedar shrubs. After removing it all I started planting a few things that ...

Unidentified flowering perennial  Catlett, Virginia. This plant is about 5 feet in height and in partial shade. It is a perennial. There are a number of them in the yard. Soil is moist ...

Mystery Perennial  This plant looks like lambs ear foliage, but the stem is tall and slender with purple flowers. They have come up every summer in my grandparents (deceased)...

White Flowers

  flower photographs of plants being identified by readers of this gardening website

Bush/Plant with berries -need to identify  This is growing in our back yard in town along a fence line. There are two different shaped leaves on the same stem and berries growing along the stem ...

Early bloomer  We were told that this plant was called a Painted Hosta,
though I can not find it in our local garden centers.The leaves are about 2 inches by 1 inch,...

Yellow Perennials & Others

  A page for identifiying yellow perennials by other gardeners

Part Four  I recently moved to Alvarado, Texas. The weather is sunny and humid, especially in the summer. I live in a zone 7 area, and I think my soil is considered ...

Part Three  I recently moved to Alvarado, Texas. The weather is sunny and humid, especially in the summer. I live in a zone 7 area, and I think my soil is considered ...

One tree, two large bushes, and one very thorny plant  I recently moved to Alvarado, Texas. The weather is sunny and humid, especially in the summer. I live in a zone 7 area, and I think my soil is considered ...

purple weed or not weed  we live in Massachusetts, my friend replanted this plant from a wooded area and insists its a plant. it grew rapidly and has just flowered

Pod?  A friend found this in her yard. It was the only one she could find. We are curious as to what it is.

mystery flower  popped up in my garden this year. Leaves look like a carrot. Blue/purple daisy like flowers that close in the evening. Very beautiful! I live in the Chicago ...

Lily?  I found this growing amoung some fern plants along a creek, can't figure out what it is

this is spreading through out my garden, but not sure what it is  long story short...I lived here for 3 years, moved away for 4 and someone I knew lived here and didn't do anything with the gardens. Now I'm back and cleaning ...

Perennial Identification  This is a perennial plant. The leaves are a beautiful deep purple and this spring it has beautiful yellow leaves on top like blooms with little dots of ...

Perennial  Large(3-6" width) leathery, medium green shiny leaves. Plant height is 16". It has only one stem that sits above the leaves with dark pink, tiny bell ...

Is this a weed, or flower?  We live in southeast kansas and in our backyard we have up to 20 of these flowers scattered in various places. They are very pretty but I am in an arguement ...

Center Rd Spring WildFlower  This flower plant is usually found under evergreens and in the shade around my home which is surrounded by wetlands. I'd like to know its name.

Purple ...

what kind of flower is this?  Its leaves a very tiny, as well as the flowers. it seems to vine out everywhere. But I think it is a beautiful plant .

Perennial planted by former owner/Southwest of Boston  Low green leafy perennial that expands a bit each year. I'm really, really new at gardening and I'm not sure what it is (apologies as I'm sure the answer ...

Strange looking light yellow flowering plant  Light yellow flowers with long green leaves.

spring flowering plant  blooms during early spring

Hellebore  Hellebore bloom the end of march

Pink Flowers

  pink flowers identified by garden website readers for other gardeners

Florida coastal flower  Pensacola Beach coastal setting, just off Santa Rosa Sound. Two tier simple white flower with slightly fluted edges, smaller inner simple flower is light ...

July Blooming Perennial  I saw and coveted this plant in a friend's garden but before I could liberate a clump she moved and she doesn't know the name. Can you help? Thanks.

Plant desciption please!  What kind of plant is this, and how do I take care of it, and replant it?

houseplant identification  my neighbor has this plant. Does anyone know what it is?

Mystery gorgeous tree  Please help me identify this tree. It is located in South of Romania, Europe (temperate climate, aprox. zone 4-5).
Thank you.

Croton Type Groundcover  This is growing as a groundcover in West Palm Beach, FL. It is growing in the sun. Very hardy plant. Needs little water.

Thank you so much!

This is a Hardy Bush   Nice medium-green leaves all summer, but unlike its burning bush neighbors, this bush turns kind of a luminescent gray/bluish/purple color. I really like ...

monstrous plant  Hi Doug,
This plant is growing leaps and bounds and I have no idea where it came from. Where the stems come up from the ground are very unusual because ...

Is this a poison or dangerous plant?  It has nearly taken over our 20 ft X 50 ft. vegetable garden, but I haven't found it anywhere else on our 3-acre yard or 11 acres of woods. Doesn't look ...

Lovely Volunteer  Single slender stiff stem two feet tall then branching holding half a dozen white flowers like Orange Blossoms.
I don't know where it came from, but I'...

Tall plant with variegated leaves  This is another plant growing in the neighborhood. I think it might be an annual. I like the colors and it would be a nice addition to my garden next year....

is this annual or perennial  This tall plant with large green leaves and red flowers is growing in my neighborhood. Does anyone know it's name?

Black berry on shrub  This plant has appeared in my yard among a bunch of mint. The berries are very shiny when ripe and about 1/4 inch in diameter. I think I have found the ...

Help  This plant is 4 1/2- 5 ft. tall. It is a very thick sturdy stem with flower on the top only and just leaves down the rest of the stem. It gets 1/2 day ...

Red Flowers

  Red flowers on perennial flowers identified by readers of the gardening website

Weed at my barn  I see this weed on the roadside and thing it is kind of pretty. There is something similar in a roadside perrenial garden here though it is lower and has ...

orchid-like flowering beauty  Found this beauty growing between my daughter's and neighbor's house in Calgary, in drainage gravel and sun only for about one hour early afternoon! Most ...

One day beauty  This is the second year of this blossom but unfortunately it only lasts one day looks quite exotic they come in red, pink and yellow. I just cant find ...

perennial weed  This weed appeared several years ago when I introduced composted horse manure?A light frost will kill it easily?Vinegar will kill it when sprayed on leaves....

Identify this Vegetable or Fruit.  We planted this but we forgot what it is. It is about 6-feet tall. Think it's a veggie or fruit

unknown large flowering shrub or tree?  This plant is growing in a suburban New Jersey garden in full sun. It's very tall and striking. I thought it might be some type of yucca but all the yucca ...

What kind of Astilbe do I have? Photo Two  This is the astilbe with the bright green leaves and red borders in the early spring. The leaves become light green without the red borders later. These ...

What kind of Astilbe do I have? Photo One  bright green leaves with red borders in the early spring. The leaves gradually turn bright green without red borders as time moves along. Bright pink ...

Weed or what?  I'm trying to help an elderly lady whose husband use to tend the flower beds and she doesn't know what is what. If this pic is a weed, I need to be able ...

Large perennial  ~ 8 ft tall
Perennial - dies off completely each fall and comes up in spring
part shade, needs moisture
base is ~ 10" circumference
previously found ...

Plant Identification  Large Green leaves (mostly year-roiund). Red poppy-like flowers - a profusion in Winter time.

The plant was growing spread out on the ground. I put ...

This is an Astilbe... but what type???  Notice the green leaves with the red outlines. I have another photo showing the beautiful unfolding new leaves...

Close-Up of - What is the Name of this Tree ?  The flowering blossoms are yellow/orange. This is a 1 yr old tree and full of the flowers.

Perennial growing in shady bed at North side of regina, SK garden  The plant is rounded, approximately two feet high and the same wide. It has been blooming since mid-may, and shows no sign of stopping as of today (June ...

What is the name of this Flowering Tree ?  My neighbor travels to southern Indiana alot and last year bought this tree somewhere and brought it back up here in N.E. Indiana. It is beautiful and ...

Unknown plant  I grew this from seeds. I thought that it was a weed since I always write the name of the flower that I am trying to grow. This one had no label. After ...

Shrub  This is a shrub in my yard. It blooms in April-May and sometimes early June. I have not been able to find it in any plant books. It is located in Beaufort ...

What tree is this ?  This apparently native blooming tree is located in Southern Maryland, on a strip of unencumbered nature, between the Potomac River and the Chesapeake ...

Please Help Identify This Shrub/Bush  I found this shrub - more like a huge bush probably 15 feet tall and at least 25 feet wide, and covered with pink blossoms - in the NC mountains last Friday....

choisya (according to label on plant!)  Bush with very distinctive narrow dark green leaves. Small, very fragrant white flowers. Label says choisya, but not convinced, as all pictures I have ...

Early Spring Grower  Tell us about where the plant is growing. (city, town, state/province)

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tell us what conditions the plant is growing in (sun/shade,...

Northwest garden flower  I know this is a common flower but I need to identify for a documentary publication

please name this tree  very large irregular leaves. this tree is growing on the north side of our home in Welland Ontario but protected from the north wind by the neighbours ...

Any one with experience on this one ?  I bought this plant, on the right , at Rona. It was labeled as a "Frosted Winter Fern" .. I think the botanical name is "SELAGINELLA MARTENSII FROSTY" .. it ...

Mistakenly labled as Morden Blush Rose sold at WalMart  I wanted Morden Blush .. this rose is on it's own root stalk .. seems resistant to problems but it is a FLAMING deep fuchsia colour .. way too bright for ...

unknown flower in a jiffy pellet  We found this plant in a margin along side the road. We put it in a jiffy pellet to see if it would root. The plant hasn't rooted yet, but, the plant ...

tall,very pretty and aggressive.....(Celosia argentea spicata)  Most plants get at least 5- 6 feet tall.....purple tail like flower pods.....similiar to gooseneck but has multiple flower pods on one stem.......spreads ...

some type of fern?  This grows like a clematis, some type of vine stems. Looks and feels very lacy.

Bluish-purple bee-friendly flower with deeply lobed leaves  First of all, hearty thanks to all who are helping us identify this intriguing bluish-purple flower. The flowers came out of a package of mixed seeds ...

reddish fruit on tree  The tree is about 7' tall green leaves with purple veins. Full of fruit but I don't know what it is. We have small children and just bought the property....

green succulent leaves  I moved into a house that the perennial garden was partially established but overrun with weeds and grass. However in my weeding and cleaning I noticed ...

Small purple flower on tall stems  My husband purchased a bag of wildflower seeds from Home Depot. The mixture included perennials and annuals (according to the package). This flower seems ...

Yellow Flowering, Dark green vein oval shape leaves  Full Sun, Grand Rapids MN
I don't know if you can help me, I planted this from seed and can't remember what it was, I'm thinking it may be a vegetable ...

green leaf three feet tall  Hi and thank you for taking the time to help me with my question. This plant started growing next to the pond we live on. We are zone 3-4 in Minneapolis,...

green leaves and green flowers  The plant is growing in NW Alberta, Canada, about 4.5' tall, the photos are of one branch, about 3' in length. It is growing in a lady's garden, she thought ...

Blue Flowers

  Blue flowers identified by readers of gardening site

Pretty little Orange Flowers  This plant blooms in my Harrisburg PA garden in mid March. It is in a sunny spot where the soil is pretty good, though some clay. It is about 6-10 inches ...

Unknown perennial  Has bloomed in shade and clay soil reliably for 25 years. Plant tall with tiny white double flowers (scale in photo in centimetres). Blooms mid July here ...

weed or flower  I do not know what these are. They are growing in my flower beds and growing in our yard. The stalks are big and redish. They havent flowered and i dont ...

Can anyone identify this clematis?  I have lost the name tag for this clematis, and I would like to identify it in order to properly prune it. I have discovered that I have been improperly ...

what is this plant  it seems to be like purplish hint of orange ... the branches the leaves are on are the same. the ends of the leaves are fuzzy

Part Two  I recently moved to Alvarado, Texas. The weather is sunny and humid, especially in the summer. I live in a zone 7 area, and I think my soil is considered ...

Wide bush with fall fruit  I would like to know what this bush is. It is about 8 feet wide and 5-6 feet tall. It has dull greenish white flowers that turn to dark currants/berries ...

flowering vine  This is an old, huge vine on our house that stopped blooming for 2 years after an unusual, severe freeze and then being cut back too much. I now know ...

what is this flowering tree  This was among some bare root plants I potted but lost the tag. I live in the NW next to the foot hills. The plants are in full sun and doing well

A stranger in our garden  This grew in our winter garden in an unsuccesful seed planting year. We had seeds and ready plants. Ready plants worked well. This plant came from the ...

weed?  weed with vines and little flowers

Flowering plant Alabama  This plant is in north central Alabama in the suburbs of a large city. The plant is low, maybe a foot high in places. I have one in a bed that gets almost ...

Pretty Spring Flower  These little dark coral flowers come up in early spring; thrive in shade; resemble grass until blooms appear; have 6 petals on bloom, long slender grasslike ...

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