What is the plant?

Question Whats this plant Hi Trey Just moved into a new house with this strange looking plant in the back garden. I have young children and wanted to check its friendlyness. Appreciate your help on what type of plan

unknown bulb

QuestionTrey We moved into a new house and have some bulbs blooming right now that I am unfamilier with. They are a low growing,with green follage with purple blooms. I have not seen before? Any ideas? Pam

indentifying a houseplant

QuestionI have this houseplant. I think it is a succulent. it used to grow little baby plants on its leaves, there sometimes would be 10 on each leaf. Now the plant continues to grow, but no baby p

What plant? woody, black berries, kind of grows like a vine

Question unknown plant in CT Help! Evergreen - didnt drop leaves in fall or winter, has clusters of black berries... AnswerThat is eniglish ivy, Hedera helix. The picture you sent is of the adult folliage.

repeat w/ pix

Question unkonown plant Perennial grows by the pond in full shade, but seems to tolerate a lot of dryness. Leaves get about 16 across, light green, one large round leaf to a stalk, similar to a celery stalk. Leaves

Unknown fruit tree?

Question Tree leaves Hello, I live in the south central part of Oklahoma. We recently bought a house out in the country and we were very excited to find out there are a couple of fruit trees planted throughout our

Fruits

QuestionWhy is the fruit of a tree/plant sweet (or of any other taste) in taste? AnswerPlants have various ways to disperse their seeds. There is an evolutionary advantage to sending ones offspring away. &nbs

spiders on butterfly bush

QuestionMy butterfly bush was blooming beautifully until recently. It started to looked stressed. When I looked closely, I saw multitudes of spider webs with thousands of tiny spiders on it. Since I spray my honeysu

Bush-like begonias... I think

QuestionI hope you can help, or direct me to someone who can. My mother (who passed away over a year ago) had quite a garden. I am selling her property and I am digging up several of her favorite plants to rep

Toad stool in Prayer Plant

Question Toad stool This toad stool popped up in my prayer plant. It is exquisite, but dont know how it got there. This plant has been in this soil and pot for nearly a year and Ive never had anything else growing b

importance of trees

QuestionI have problems with this question Consider the importance of trees. i)Can you give some clear examples, please? ii) what are suggestion & areas of discussions on the question, please? iii) whats your intrep

purple passion plant

QuestionI have a beautiful purple passion as long as its out side. it cant stay out all the time,I live in Michigan. its blooming right now,I need to repot (its huge) Ive had the plants before and they always die af

Pears vs. apples vs. peaches in the wild

QuestionHi Trey--I spend a lot of time in the wild, and enjoy foraging. I have had wild pears pointed out to me by an expert, and find it hard to tell the difference between these and, say, a wild crabapple or apple

Vine with White Flowers?

Question image 1 I was wondering if you could help me identify this? The vine popped up in my backyard recently and I have no idea what it is... I live in Long Island, NY. This vine seems to be taking over part of m

Bishops Weed

QuestionWhat will keep this ground cover? AnswerI am better at identifying plants than I am at gardening (I have 4 kids and no time), but heres what Ive heard: Bishops Weed is Aegopodium podagraria, also called Go

Poisonous?

QuestionIn a corner of my (Michigan) back bed (lightly wooded) I have worked hard over fifteen years to eradicate some poisonous plants that have caused me many painful allergic reactions. I thought I had gott

think a soil fungus!

QuestionI am noticing more and more that it is growing on the top of my soil in pots and now climbing up the trunk of my tree fern. The colour is green and in a clump formation which seems to spread. Each individual

Wild Thistle Plant

Question Thistle Plant Sara, Earlier this season I took pictures of a thistle plant unlike any Ive seen. There are stickers on both stems and leaves of this plant. I originally thought it may be a Nyjer

Is this poisonous?

QuestionPlease help me to identify this plant. And tell me whether it is poisonous. There is familiar plant discussed on your site at http://en.allexperts.com/q/Identifying-Unknown-Plants-722/2008/10/plant-2.

7 ft plant

QuestionMy first time to this site. I read the question from Diana about an eight foot flower in with some wild flowers. I have one just over seven foot tall which also appeared with some wildflower seed