Plant Identification
Note - if you have questions that are not about identifying plants, please use the forms on the appropriate pages. For example, if you have a bulb question, please use the form on the bulb page (found on the left hand navbar)
The rules for submitting are really simple.
The plant has to be an outdoor plant - temperate climate and not tropical
You have to give us a good picture. It must show us leaves. It must show up the flower or fruit as well if at all possible. It is much easier for our group of helpful gardeners if you give them a good picture to work from.
It has to be close enough to see the detail of the leaves. Do not give us a big picture of the tiny plant in the background (that we can barely make out) and ask us what it is. Folks, if we can't see it, we can't help you.
Tell us about where the plant is growing. (city, town, state/province)
Tell us what conditions the plant is growing in (sun/shade, soil condition)
You can answer questions and comments in the comments section.
Let me suggest you thank the volunteers who help you. :-)
Do You Need a Plant Identified
If you have a plant that you'd like a name for, show it to us right here (but see the details above first)
We'll do our best to identify it.
Again, the picture must show a closeup of the leaf and flower or fruit. No long distance shots please.
See what other gardeners have had identified.
Click below to see plants that we've identified for other gardeners.
foliage plant was bought w/just the stalk and planted grew roots ,planted in full sun,grew good just dont know name
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?
Blue Flowering Perennial
Hello,
This plant is in my perrenial garden and it is a mid - late summer bloomer. I hope someone can tell me what it is. I thought penstemon digitalis,...
yellow daisy flowers in shade
2 1/2 ft tall. Dark green leaves. Yellow gold flower.
North side of oak tree.
unknown orange flower This flower grows in any kind of soil, upto 18 inches tall. after flower dried a seed pod remains. Spread the seeds and the flowers grow.
tall blue flowering
Hello,
I have had this plant in my garden for about 3 years, and I have forgotten what it is. I hope that the picture is clear enought for someone to ...
Blue Mystery Small creeping plant, red stems, blue flower.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Blue Corm Flower Can someone help me identify this one. My mother received some Corms in error with her spring bulb order. We are in zone 5a and this was planted in ...
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 ...
Small Yellow Flowers, Dark Leaves This dark leaf plant grows quite tall with dainty yellow flowers in the summer. I have it in a sun location (I am in Beaverton Ontario, zone 5a). I was ...
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 ...
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 ...
Northwest garden flower
I know this is a common flower but I need to identify for a documentary publication
Purple flowering plant with dark leaves My mother and I are trying to identify a plant that was left by my grandmother. We've never seen anything like it before. My mom leaves it outside on ...
Small Pink Flower Grows in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada on the south side in the sun. Soil is river bottom land.
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 ...
Weed: Lobelia Family?
has three branches of seed pods / Indian Tobacco has one / leaves serrated
plant unnoticed in flowerbed when in bloom
What is this ???? (Turtlehead) you have already told me it is a turtlehead and now I am going to try and "upload" !!! Does this plant need any special care ? Thanks
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 ...
yellow button flower (Tansy) I think this might be a weed but a pretty one....it is growing in semi shade and flowered in late August. I live in zone 2 so this plant is very hardy....
Mystery Red/Yellow trumpet-like flower This plant is about 12" high and is growing in partial sun in zone 4 (central Wisconsin). Its blooms look like trumpets, and they will open and close seemingly ...
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 ...
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 ...
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....
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,...
CA Hanging Basket is Slipper Flower (Calceolaria) California relatives love this plant; want more. Can you tell them what to ask for?
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 ...
Mystery Vine in Zone 4 (Clematis virginiana) This vine has been growing in Steamboat Springs, CO, zone 3 or 4 for almost 10 years on a trellis beside the house. The roots are kept warm by the driveway ...
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....
Mystery Purple Flower I don't know the soil but it grows in mostly sun. The flower is purple which I could also send a pic of but this pic shows the funny bud parts the best ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hummingbird Food The elderly owner of beautiful old fashioned gardens at the NJ shore thanked us for buying Lobelia/Cardinal Flower plants; he said their beauty almost ...
some type of fern? This grows like a clematis, some type of vine stems. Looks and feels very lacy.
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 ...
Identify larg red flowering plant
Large perennial that flowered late Augut -early sept.
Large pink-red flowers (bees love it). Greenn long leaves that have serrated edges
We are in zone ...
Yellow flowering perennial After pruning back in July, this is the second blooming. The plant is about 3' high, grows in both an eastern or southern exposure in Zone 5 in the KC,...
Clerodendron ugandense--"blue butterfly" I live in a rural area near the town of Cochran in central Georgia. I took a cutting from a plant my nephew (who also lives in central GA) was given to ...
Blue Flower Could you tell me the name of this beautiful blue plant? Photo is from a friend but I don't know if it is Missouri or if she vacationed somewhere, I forgot ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Low growing plant with pink flowers This is a low growing plant with finger leaves at base (kind of grows in the ground like a moss) and 3-4" stem with pink or dark pink flower at top. I ...
orange flowers shaped like a bottle brush with orange top and yellow bottom. single flower per stem. spreads annually, about 30 inches tall
purple flowering thin leaved perennial This plants' foilage looks very similar to a lily. The long slender leaves split into a "V" like shape and sprout clusters of pod-like buds which bloom ...
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 ...
blue flower in Michigan This grows in full soon right next to my plumbago.
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 ...
Sturdy Green Stem with Grass on top
Sturdy Stem about 28 inch high. Bud opened up with grass inside.
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Thanks for your help.
blue wildflower delicate branching foliage, small blue flower, star-shaped.
Yellow Flowering Perennial Plant This perennial is growing in a full sun flower garden out in the country in Southeast Minnesota.
perennial yellow flowers in a cluster atop a leafy stalk. stalks are individual. flowers are about 2" in and stalks are about a foot tall.
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)...
Mystery Tall White Flower This is a photo of a leaf up close, anyone who know what this beauty is please let me know~~ The plant is over 5' tall, clusters of tiny five petaled ...
Purple Mystery Plant These purple flowers are a mystery to me. They've been inhabitants of our front flower bed for the four years we've lived in our house and I haven't been ...
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,...
GIGANTUS This amazing volunteer is making a second appearance in this column. Last year it was three feet tall and did not have flowers, was tentatively identified ...
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 ...
orange ball flowers Got cutting from mother-in-law last year and she called it an old timey mock orange but I think she called it that because the flowers are round like a ...
Debate on 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
Puple flower Unknown? Purple Cone like center with purple petals around cone. This Flower just popped up my gravel driveway. Is it a weed or a flower?
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 ...
Need help naming this plant This plant has thorny stems and I have seen it in pink and red. It takes full sun and I have seen it in front of companies more then anything. It seems ...
Lily? I found this growing amoung some fern plants along a creek, can't figure out what it is
Velvet fuzzy leaves Plant or weed? Growing in Portland, OR, fast grower.
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 ...
fuzzy, soft leaves
I remember when I bought this I was told it likes acidic soil and well drained soil.
The leaves have soft, white hair on it, soft as my cat. I think the ...
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 ...
Green foliage with flower spikes This plant was purchased from the local Lowe's. It was not identified. The flowers, when in bloom, are blueish - purple. Before I plant it, I would ...
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 .
12" Tall with Green and Purple/White Leaves New to gardening and managing a perennial garden left by previous home owner. This one appeared last year - it is lovely and expanding but I'm not sure ...
Is this a weed? New to gardening and managing a perennial garden left by previous home owner. I've tried to identify this fast-growing plant but haven't gotten much luck....
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 ...
Purple Spikey Bush? I have no idea what this is, but it is abundant in the central coast of California. This picture was taken at Mission Carmel, California
Strange looking light yellow flowering plant Light yellow flowers with long green leaves.
spring flowering plant blooms during early spring
green leafy plant this plant is in florida it has long green leafy growth it gets a purple flower. during a cold frost you can cut it to the ground and it will come right ...
beautiful white flower a beautiful white flower that the plant(bush is about 6 feet tall) stays green all year long
succulent leaves, purple flowers I got this plant for mother's day one year and have no idea what it is called. It puts out purple flowers in from late spring to late falll that open during ...
Dark Purple Bloom Dark Purple Bloom with green spotted leaves
Hellebore Hellebore bloom the end of march
Pink Flowers Last year I planted these from seed. They grew and bloomed from mid-June to Sept. They are planted in a sun/shade area with a mixed soil (native MN topsoil ...
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.
Beautiful pink mystery flower This pretty pink flower has started blooming in my flowerbed in early March in Luverne, Alabama. It kind of reminds me of a type of Tulip, but I don't ...
Plant desciption please! What kind of plant is this, and how do I take care of it, and replant it?
Purple flowering plant Several of these plants have popped up on the landscaped slope of my backyard. It has an 8 fingered type leaf pattern with bluish purple small iris-type ...
Big White Flowers with Spiky Seedpods
Hi-
This plant appeared from nowhere in our back yard. It's a bush about 3' tall. The blooms open at night, close during the day, are white and 4"-5"...
blue flowering perennial This mystery plant appears in my zone 6 garden (Plymouth, MA) each spring and produces bright blue flowers in early to mid-June. It grows in well-drained,...
Kinds of Blue Flower This mystery plant appear every year in my zone 6 garden and blooms in June with bright blue flowers. It grows in a neat little clump that expands outward ...
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.
Fernlike Volunteer Green fernlike soft leaves. Violet stems! No flowers seen this year.
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!
Pink Bulb Flower This flower is grown from bulbs. Please if anyone can give name and other details for the same.
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 ...
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'...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
blue perennial help Plant to 30" high, blooms late June, leaves in semi-circle with three leaves per whirl, growing in a mostly sunny location, located 200 miles nothwest ...
Please help me identify this clematis. It started blooming in mid-June. The blooms are 5-6 inches across and very light mauve ....almost white.
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 ...
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
Mystery Tall White Flower Over 5' tall, VERY fragrant flowers, Each leaf has 11 leaflets, 5 on each side and one on the top. Leafs are about 8-10 inches long and serated. Small ...
Mystery Tall White Flower Over 5' tall, VERY fragrant flowers, Each leaf has 11 leaflets, 5 on each side and one on the top. Small bunches of tiny white flowers, each with five ...
What's the name of this plant? I got this plant from a neighbor, he got it at a flea market where they said it was a catfish something or other. It's does flower but it took my neighbor'...
blue bulb This is a bulb I planted last year, and I can't remember the name of it now. It is flowering right now, late May.
round orangy flower This is a picture of the bloom of the plant. The bloom came first, then came wide green leaves. It is growing in a flower bed sun most of the day in ...
Purple flowering perenial
Flowers grow on a stalk, bloom all summer, grow to 3' tall
when mature plants. Multiplies each year.
yellow flowered shrub This 7 foot tall shrub grows in my mother's garden in Sutton, Ontario (zone 4). It grows in full sun on poor soil on a dryish site. The yellow flowers ...
GIGANTUS close-up
This is a close-up of a seven foot tall biennial plant with purple stems, probably in the carrot family.
Thanks to the identifying crew!
And thanks ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pod? A friend found this in her yard. It was the only one she could find. We are curious as to what it is.
Prairie grass ? We have recently planted 1 acre of prairie grass,this plant is all over the acre ,but is not found anywhere else on the complex. We were told it is not ...
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 ...
Unknown hardy perennial I grew this perennial from what was supposed to be red hibiscus seed from my dad-I know its not that. This plant is 2 years old, growing in full sun, 2 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bulb that never blooms I found a giantic bulb (the size of a good onion) while digging in my garden about seven years ago. I moved it, and it has since multiplied into about ...
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 ...
Green waxy leaves, Just like it looks..It started out with 1 stalk.. Had a type of flower last yr..Will show a pic of it, when it blooms..Leaves are waxie..Kinda..First yr....
to Arkansas brought from Washington state In zone 7b needs mostly shade w/filtered sun. Dies back completely but will come back in spring. Low-growing, very shallow rooted, prolific flowerer.
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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