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| Cottage pink October 07, 2007 What is the flower cottage pink? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| plant identification, Portulaca pilosa, Kiss-me-quick October 02, 2007 There is a small plant with clusters of red-purple flowers and tubular succulent leaves on branching stems I found in the flower boxes at the top of the look-out tower there at the center. I forgot to... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Fungi in the flower bed October 01, 2007 Found a strange thing in my flower bed, while tilling. It was egg shape, white, with a little purple, soft but tough like leather on the outside, with a small 2 inch root. Curiosity got me so I cut it... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identifcation and wants to know about weeds September 30, 2007 My son planted some seeds in pots before he left and I don't know if I am watering weeds/plants??? One plant has green & red (lateral) striped stalks with something on the end that to me from Texas ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification, possibly genus Lonicera September 30, 2007 My friend found a plant growing in her timber (in Iowa). It has round green leaves with groups of green balls (seed pods?) growing in the center of the leaves. The stems appear to attach to the cente... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification September 30, 2007 We found this plant or something or other in our yard, in the area we found it usually stays wet and it was behind a old tree that was done. It has three big green leaves with a white stem that kind ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification request September 15, 2007 I took a trip to Arizona in 9/06. While out walking through public land I encountered a beautiful plant with very distinctive leaves, color of woody stems and flowers. I have scoured the USDA plant ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification, possibly Datura September 07, 2007 I have a wide green-leafed plant that has white flowers. This plant also has some thorny fruits in the shape of mines that float on the ocean. At the moment it is 2 feet high. I'm beginning to wo... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification, Chinese Lantern September 06, 2007 I have a plant growing along my fenceline that I am unsure of what it is. Some ppl have said it is a rare Chinese Lantern plant. I looked that up and it doesn't match. The plant right now sits about ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identifying September 01, 2007 i have a tree that i cannot identify. the leaf looks like a "pot plant"(yes, cannabis!!), but the leaf does not have serrated edges. it has a long bloom of numerous small white flowers that form a s... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
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