Native Plants
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Sunday - May 18, 2008
From: Austin, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Plant Identification
Title: Instructions for sending photos for identifying plants
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
Mr. Plants, Does your Ask.... form allow photo attachments, so you can see the uncommon native plants that interest us. Thanx.ANSWER:
Mr. Smarty Plants loves to see photos of interesting plants. If you will visit the Ask Mr. Smarty Plants page and look in the lower right corner under "Plant Identification", you will find instructions for submitting your photos.More Plant Identification Questions
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