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| Least common flower color June 14, 2008 What is the least common flower color in the world? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Gardening books for Austin and Central Texas June 09, 2008 Hi, I'm looking for a book for my wife. She is a beginning gardener here in Austin. Do you know of an ideal book or two that covers vegetable gardening and gardening in general in Austin/Central Tex... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Yellowing of palm tree leaves May 14, 2008 I want to know about palm trees. The leaves are turning yellow. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Pure white primroses (Oenothera speciosa) May 13, 2008 Hello MS. Smarty Plants! I have wildflowers instead of grass in my backyard (mow once a year and it's spectacularly beautiful) and I noticed some pure white primroses (the rest are all pink or wi... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Native plants as accumulators of heavy metals in Texas March 29, 2008 I would like to know of any native plants that could be used as hyperaccumulaters of heavy metals in Texas. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Native subarctic plants March 26, 2008 I'm doing a project on subarctic things and I have to have subarctic plants in it. I need to know a few and about them. Can you help? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Endemic plants for the Edwards Plateau March 23, 2008 Thanks so much for the info. it will be very helpful with the boys and we really stress "Leave No Trace Behind". The pictures will be enough. Thanks again!! View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Increase in plant cell size when nuclei take on water March 07, 2008 Do plant cells increase in size when vacuoles or nuclei take on water? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Official definition of native plants March 06, 2008 Does the Wildflower center have an official definition of "native" plants? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Blooms as far as the eye can see March 06, 2008 Why are some wildflowers capable of putting on spectacular sweeps of blooms "for as far as the eye can see" such as Indian paintbrush at Vail Pass in Colorado, or bluebonnets in the Texas hill count... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
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