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| Identification of plant with speckled green leaf June 21, 2015 I have a purple (or brown) speckled green leaf plant with tiny yellow daisy-like flowers. The leaf is fuzzy looking on the edge. Self seeds freely in my shady garden. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Identity of plant friend bought at plant sale June 20, 2015 Can you Please Identify this plant? A friend had bought it at a plant sale and she thinks it was called a money tree. I am curios as to what it really is because it has jagged edges on the leaves and ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identity of fleshy three-leaved vine in Central Texas June 20, 2015 I have a 3 leaved evergreen vine, that I assume is a central Texas native, growing in my yard in a non irrigated mostly shady spot. It has a strong odor when touched and looks and feels like a succule... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| A blue-eyed grass with salmon-colored blooms? June 16, 2015 Has anyone heard of a blue-eyed grass variety that has salmon-colored blooms? I have a photo if needed. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identity of cinnamon-scented bush from Pennsylvania May 23, 2015 I had a "bush" in PA that the woman who sold it to me called a cinnamon bush. It had long branches with large (approx 5" long and 3" wide) dark green leaves attached evenly along each side of the... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Identification of white flowering bush with lovely scent May 17, 2015 Please identify the sweet smelling white flowering bush/tree blooming now,May, in western Massachusetts. The flowers are tiny 4(?) petals in small clusters. The scent is wonderful. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identity of grass-like plant with white or cream flowers in The Woodlands, TX? May 16, 2015 What is the name of the tall grass-like plant with small white or cream flowers that is planted in most esplanades in The Woodlands, TX.? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Bleeding Heart-Like Plant Identification in PA May 09, 2015 Hi Mr. Smarty Plants. We have a plant that looks almost like the bleeding heart, as in the way the bell shaped (not heart) white flowers hang downward on the stem. However, the leaves are broader and... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Identity of vining plants in yard in Texas May 08, 2015 I have vining plants in my back-yard, here when I bought the house, that, from what I have been able to find on-line, look like poison sumac, however, I know they are not. Leaf shape, color, and appe... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Orange-flowered bush on Wildflower Center grounds April 19, 2015 What is the orange colored bush like Sphaeralcea blooming right now. It is in one of the planted gardens. I could find no name plate. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
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