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.
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 ...
foliage plant was bought w/just the stalk and planted grew roots ,planted in full sun,grew good just dont know name
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 ...
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 ...
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....
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,...
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,...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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....
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
some type of fern? This grows like a clematis, some type of vine stems. Looks and feels very lacy.
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 ...
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