| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| Plant Identification | 5/22/2006 | rick |
Q: Could you tell me anything about Michauxia Tchihatchewii - purchased in Vancouver, British Columbia, ...
A: this is off the website for the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens "the ...
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| what looks like a grape vine | 5/22/2006 | rick |
Q: I have a plant that looks like a grape vine but it isnt. It comes from a truck as a tree would but ...
A: is it an indoor tropical plant or an outdoor plant? i'm in southern NJ. it is an indoor plant in ...
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| unidentified shrub | 5/5/2006 | rick |
Q: I recently bought a home with a shrub in the back yard that has a small roma tomato looking pod that ...
A: sounds like it could be a pyracantha. flowering quince and pyracantha both have thorns. 1st a plant ...
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| Daisy-like, but not a daisy... | 5/4/2006 | rick |
Q: I recently purchased a planted basket of flowers at a local garden store. In their midst are ...
A: nancy there are millions of plants out there, so w/out seeing it i can't be sure. send a digital ...
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| unknown flowering plant | 5/2/2006 | rick |
Q: I work on a sod/tomato farm in Decatur County, GA, right on the FL state line, south of Bainbridge. ...
A: there are millions of plants out there, so w/out seeing it i can't be sure. send a digital ...
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| tree ID | 4/23/2006 | rick |
Q: I saw a tree in a front garden that belonged to a lady to whom I no longer have contact with. At ...
A: sounds like(w/the word samara) it could be in the maple or ash family. there are millions of plants ...
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| Plant ID needed | 4/21/2006 | rick |
Q: I live in southwest New Hampshire about 15 miles from both the Vermont and Massachusetts borders. I ...
A: 1'. there are millions of plants out there, so w/out seeing it i can't be sure. send a digital ...
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| Texas Star? | 4/17/2006 | rick |
Q: Mine's not a question, so much as a possible answer to a question posted from 03-01-06. From the ...
A: i've never seen a hibiscus plant that has foliage that looks like marijuana plant foliage. i've also ...
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| Unknown plant | 4/15/2006 | rick |
Q: I am not able to name a plant. It is a shrub with large leaves and in late summer it makes a purple ...
A: and "Hi" to you sounds like it could be in the trumpet vine family. there are millions of plants ...
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| lifestyle of ferns | 4/3/2006 | rick |
Q: what would be a good example of a fern lifestyle?
A: most ferns like fast cars and the same in their mates. monaco would be their 1st choice area to ...
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| identify bush | 3/26/2006 | rick |
Q: zone 6 north central arkansas I trying to identify a bush in our backyard. It blooms in the ...
A: sounds like it could be in spirea or weed stickerbush family. there are millions of plants out ...
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| Shrub or Bush | 3/25/2006 | rick |
Q: I live in the U.S. in the very southwestern corner of Pennsylvania about 1 1/2 hours southwest of ...
A: i'm in southern NJ. i went to college in athens OH(Ohio U) many years ago. did you ask the ...
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| identify a plant | 3/21/2006 | rick |
Q: I am in Arkansas. Last year I bought some rollout seeds from a school fundraiser. the roll in ...
A: most plants will not kill animals(castor oil bean seeds, trumpet vine flowers, and roots of some ...
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| cacti | 3/15/2006 | rick |
Q: I have a plant I guess i'ts a cactus but has no needles. The leaves are straight out and pointy on ...
A: sounds like it could be in the agave family. there are millions of plants out there, so w/out ...
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| Queen Anne's Lace | 2/27/2006 | rick |
Q: I'm hoping you might have some insight on this issue with your landscape experience. I recently ...
A: i'm in southern NJ. you need to be very careful on this one. queen anne's lace (daucus carota) has ...
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| Houseplant | 2/12/2006 | rick |
Q: I can not find a picture of what you call a cyprius altenifolis to see if that is what I have. And ...
A: pamela i live in southern NJ. what state are you in? not all plants are found everywhere. if it is a ...
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| leaves | 11/2/2005 | rick |
Q: where on the internet can i get pictures of leaves and their classifications... example of what i ...
A: ella sorry for taking so long. i've been out of town. on your msn website where it says "search the ...
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| mixed spiecies plant | 8/31/2005 | rick |
Q: I know of a tree near my place of work that has both crabapples and real apples growing on adjacent ...
A: jeff nature has produced many different plants on its' own via gene mutation on the plant while it ...
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| neighbors plant | 8/30/2005 | rick |
Q: my neighbor turned 88 this year and her grandson gave her a plant without any care instructions. We ...
A: sounds like it could be in the dracena or cordylina family. there are millions of plants out there, ...
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| indoor plant | 6/30/2005 | rick |
Q: I have had this indoor plant for 11 years and recently it started blooming at the very top. It's a ...
A: most plants will bloom if given the right conditions. it happens very easily in nature and a ...
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| ferns? | 3/30/2005 | rick |
Q: I was recently in Santa Barbara, CA and visited a garden that they have in the center of town. In ...
A: i always tell my students that the easiest way to ID a plant in a person's yard is to ask the person ...
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| Plants and Water | 2/15/2005 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: I'm Sean McMahon. I needed an interview of an expert. This is for my science xpo project and for a ...
A: Sean, There are many factors which govern the value of different types of water regarding plant ...
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| Trees | 2/2/2005 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: What cellular portion of a tree transports water and minerals to leaves for food production? What is ...
A: Morgan, 1. Xylem 2. Quercus 3. U.S Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Land Management, Department ...
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| plant knowlege | 2/2/2005 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: I have a house plant and the place i bought it from called it :china doll: i need to find ...
A: Bob, The spelling is pretty good. Radermachera sinica. A recent addition to the house plant foliage ...
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| Tamatind | 1/22/2005 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: What is a plant or tree that has leaves very similar to tamarinds but is not a tamarind? It appears ...
A: Miguel, A couple of possible trees species for you to consider are Mimosa Tree, Albizia ...
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| Bougainvilla leaves | 12/31/2004 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: Are the blooms on a bougainvilla flowers, or are they leaves? I have heard answers both ways and am ...
A: Ley, In actuality the flowers of Bougainvillea (Bougainvil'lea) are small and inconspicuous ...
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| visual characteristics in plant ident of soil preference | 12/26/2004 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: Is it possible to identify a plant's preference of pH by visual characteristics. ie flower stucture, ...
A: Christopher, I am unaware of any morphological determinate which designates a plants pH preference. ...
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| what is it? | 12/20/2004 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: i found a plant in my yard, that i have heard called a miniature orange tree. i need to transplant ...
A: Janine, By description your plant sounds like a miniature orange tree, or Calamondin. The correct ...
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| Plant leaf names | 12/15/2004 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: What is the correct name for the first leaves (2 in this case) when a seed sprouts? My plant is Emex ...
A: Greg, The first two leaves, when a seed sprouts, are referred to as cotyledons. The first leaves ...
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| Unknown plant | 12/13/2004 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: Followup To Question - Thanks for the reply.. I've already looked at the Physalis species - there ...
A: David, I apologise for the delay with my response, but it seems after a rather exhaustive search of ...
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| China Doll plant | 12/7/2004 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: I bought a China Doll plant. At least I think thats what it is. Its a green plant, small leaves, ...
A: Teresa, China doll plants, Rademachera, is a wonderful plant that is sometimes difficult to grow. It ...
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| Poisonous HousePlants | 11/28/2004 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: I'm Not Sure if I'm Backing Up th' Rite Tree, If Not Perhaps U'd B' So Good as 2 Point Me in th' ...
A: Of the plants you've listed non of them are classified as toxic or poisonous. With that said the ...
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| BerryPlant | 11/22/2004 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: I found a plant in my gutter while cleaning it and it has little purple berries about the size of a ...
A: Stacy, After reading your initial question my first thought was pokeberry but your description of ...
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| weeds | 11/12/2004 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: I planted a new Ryegrass lawn about a month ago and it looks beautiful except for a few weed spots. ...
A: It certainly might be Pigweed. If it is growing along the ground it is probably Prostrate Pigweed, ...
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| BerryPlant | 11/10/2004 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: I found a plant in my gutter while cleaning it and it has little purple berries about the size of a ...
A: New plants found in gutters are always a suprise. Plants with berries can be difficult because of ...
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| Identifying plant | 10/31/2004 | Scot A. Watkins |
Q: I bought a house last summer and don't know what some of the plants are. Along the back fence are ...
A: When identifying unknown plants it helps to narrow possibilities with a little additional ...
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| euphorbia? | 6/30/2004 | rick |
Q: I recently read about a euphorbia called "Ferwol" with blue/grey foliage that has burgundy color in ...
A: type euphorbia into your search engine. my guess is that your spelling of the species or cultivar is ...
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| Please Help | 3/30/2004 | rick |
Q: I am hoping you can help me identified a plant that I got @ home depot about a year ago that was ...
A: my 1st guess would be a hoya(hindu rope plant). the flower sounds like a hindu rope plant flower. a ...
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| south CA wild-growing plant | 1/31/2004 | rick |
Q: but I'm afraid that I do not have any pics, so if you can't really tell me anything, that's ok ... I ...
A: sounds like it could be in the jade family. there are millions of plants out there, so w/out seeing ...
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| What is it | 1/30/2004 | rick |
Q: Are you famillar with "madagascar palm",Column,spines,long green leaves at top of plant.Looking for ...
A: look under Pachypodium lamerei here's what i found. Madagascar Palm Scientific Name: Pachypodium ...
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