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Expert: Darlene K. Kittle - 2/18/2006


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Hi Darlene,

I'm looking for a website with photos of plants. I have some that I have no name for, therefore just hope that I'm caring for them properly. Also, I like looking for plants online or in magazines, rather than walking around a nursery. That always seems to cost me way too much $, since I THINK I need everything regarding plants!

Thanks, in advance,
pat

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Pat,

I'm just as bad online about wanting everything I see! Plants can be addictive!

These first 2 sites are reliable suppliers with lots of pictures on their sites.

http://www.glasshouseworks.com/pageone.html

http://www.logees.com/

The following sites have lots of pictures for plant ID:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/hortinternet/houseplants.html

http://www.plantmann.com/pages/plants.html

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/flowers/flowers.htm

http://www.exoticangel.com/Varieties/VarietiesCare.htm

http://www.plantcare.com/catalog/tepListPlantSelect.php?PlantFamily=AllIndoor&Pl...

http://botany.com/

Good instructional site:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/houseplant/housepla...

After looking at those sites if you have something that you still cannot identify email me a picture of it to Plantlady6@aol.com and I will do my best to identify it. Good luck.

Darlene  

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Darlene K. Kittle

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I have been a Master Gardener for 23 years and I raise around 300 houseplants and bonsai trees a year including tropicals, succulents, and cacti.

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She is also studying the Japanese art of bonsai with tropical plants and is President of the Fort Wayne, IN Bonsai Club.

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Fort Wayne, iN Master Gardeners. President of the Fort Wayne Bonsai Club. Allen County Master Gardeners

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I am not a hortculturist. I am a Purdue University Master Gardener for 23 years. I have studied plants on a personal level by growing hundreds of plants annually for the last 35 years. I have also studied under several nationally known American Bonsai experts.

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