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| Identification of orange flowering tree in West Virginia May 21, 2008 I was wondering if you might have any suggestions as to what small tree-like plant I saw over the last two weeks (mid May) in West Virginia, in the woods, in the mountains. With honeysuckle-like leav... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identity of 50 ft. tree May 20, 2008 I live in Austin and I have a tall (50-ft) tree outside my window. It's deciduous and has shiny, deep green, spear-tip, serrated leaves that vary in size from about hand- to dinner-plate size. I've ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Wildflower in southeastern Pennsylvania May 20, 2008 I live in southeastern Pennsylvania and want to identify a wild flower that is common along small town and rural roads and highways. It is blooming now (Mid May), has a flower spike similar to a larks... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Mystery plant in Vicksburg, MS May 20, 2008 I have a strange plant that has come up by a ditch next to my house. I've lived here 23 years and have never seen anything like it. I can only guess that it came up from a packet of wildflower seed... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identification of possible wild plums thickets May 19, 2008 I have several "thickets" of small shrub/bushes on my land that I hunt on. These small trees are usually 5-7 feet tall, always grow in thickets of ten to up to sixty or so bushes. They are always lo... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Instructions for sending photos for identifying plants May 18, 2008 Mr. Plants, Does your Ask.... form allow photo attachments, so you can see the uncommon native plants that interest us. Thanx. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Herb used in treating stomachache May 14, 2008 Growing up in St. Petersburg, Fl my father had an herb or plant that he pronounced kee-low and I always thought it was spelled kilo. He would take it and pick it, dry it out and then make tea with it.... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Tall skinny plant with tubelike flowers May 14, 2008 I already posted a question regarding a skinny plant with tiny tube like flowers and you gave me 6 possibilities unfortunately it is not one of them. I happened to see the plant again in my neighborh... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Hummingbird plants and Indian Hawthorn May 13, 2008 I live in The Woodlands in a new section of homes. I planted some hummingbird plants in full sun and they did ok last year for 4 months, then lost all their leaves and died when the winter came. At ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification May 11, 2008 Can you identify a plant in a shady part of our yard. I have a pictrure I would like to send and I don't see a way to do that here. Can you provide that assistance? Perhaps a direct email address so ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
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