Not sure what this is.

Question Plant My aunt recently bought me a strange plant from a shop near her home in NYC. She has no idea exactly what it is. Its got very large, green leaves at the base, right against the soil, and a red/

identify vine on dead pine tree

Question vine with fruit I have a vine growing all over two large dead line trees. The vine has what appears to be a fruit on it. Im in Pensacola Florida. What is the vine? Is the frui

plant I.D.

Question pic #1 My brother found this plant discarded on the curb and knows that I love plants, my question is... what is this? I need to know so I will know what type of material to root it in and the wateri

mysterious bush/tree

Question mystery plant I have a mysterious bush in my yard and I have know clue what it is. Im actually trying to see if this plant could caused me to recently develop rash or if it was my detergent. Please h

Identifying Unknown Plants

Questionwhat.jpg QUESTION: Hi there, a friend of mine noticed this plant growing in a park in B.C. Canada and we were wondering what it might be, If you could identify this for me I would be very great full ,

What is this

Question leaf A friend has posted this picture and seems to have everyone stumped so far. She found it growing in the woods beside her home in North Carolina. Can you help identify it Answer strawberry bush

Abutilon?

Question Abutilon? I ran across this lovely plant blooming in deep shade in the middle of Brooklyns Prospect park. The closest I have come to identifying it is somewhere in the Abutilon family - but tha

Identifying Maple Seedlings

QuestionIn my yard, I have full-grown sugar maples and silver maples both. Growing up throughout the yard though are little 4 seedlings, clearly maple. How can I tell whether they are silvers or sugar ma

Orchid

Question Orchid Hello Rick, My grandfather used to grow orchids on trees, and Ive always wanted to do the same. Im just too scared to kill the beautiful orchid :-(. So I decided to take the first step, and I

Tree identification

Question Four Trees Dear Rick, We just moved to South FL, and would like to know these trees around the house what kind of tree are they? And also how big can they grow? The prob is they are pretty close to

What Is The Name Of This Plant? What Are The Care Instructions?

Question Plant Hi Rick, Do you know the name of this plant? Also, what care instructions can you provide? I live in NYC, would the plant be fine here all year round (change of weather throughout the year)?

Lost flowering plant

QuestionHi We had a plant in our family garden for many year (it rooted freely as it wandered and spread so was easy keep going over the years)and i suspect it self seeded too. Unfortunatly i managed to kill it whi

identify sub-tropical tree

Question tree #2 tree #1 These trees are found in Puerto Rico, and possibly in South FL too. The leaves are similar to those of a flamboyan, but the flowers are variegated pink and near white. They grow

Unknown tree/plant

Question Unknown Plant We bought an apple tree at a garden center last labor day and planted it. It lost its leaves in the fall and never grew any new ones this spring. Basically it looks dead alt

Acer Tree

Question Acer Tree Here is a photo of an acer tree my Mother gave me a couple of years ago. Not sure how old it is but she says about 5 years. Could you identify exactly what type of Acer it is and will it g

Help with plant identification

QuestionThe plant first comes up in a clump of grass like leaves about 6 inches long and 6 to 10 inches in diameter. Flower stalks appear. The flowers are small (smaller than a quater) with 6 narrow pointed petals a

unknown perennial identification

Question unknown plant unknown plant 2 Any idea what this is? Was labeled California Poppy...obviously isnt. Looks like buds going to bloom....but not yet....this is its second year, just gr

The Unknown Triffid

Question Flower_1 AllPlant_1 Were at a loss in knowingwhat the plantis. it survived the winter as a very small leafy shrub and in 6 months is about 3 feet high and 2 feet wide. My wife calls it th

Unknown flower/shrub

Question unknown flower My husband purchased this flower and we do not know what type of plant it is. We need to know where to plant and how to care for it. It looks a little like a hibiscus but h

Pink Vine Flower

Question Flower blurry Hey I recently had to cut this down off of a wire, and while doing I discovered that it had delicious nectar in the bulb like base. Can you identify it? AnswerMitchel Plants