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| Plant with no leaves, flexible and stores water January 09, 2009 Do you now a plant that has no leaves but stores a lot of water and is very flexible? Maybe a type of vine? Thank you! View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Lycopodium digitatum for Christmas wreaths December 21, 2008 Dear Mr. Smarty Plants, That's it! The plant "Lycopodium Digitatum" posted on your website on Dec. 20, 2008 in response to my question about the proper name of "Crow's Feet" is indeed the pla... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant called crows foot/feet used to make wreaths at Christmas December 20, 2008 In Pennsylvania there was a green ground hugging vine I knew as "crow's feet/foot" we used in the 1950s at Christmas time for wreaths and window and door borders. It looked like a cluster of bird'... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identity of dandelion-like weed in Utah December 16, 2008 What is the over-sized dandelion looking weed in utah that you can blow the seeds just like a dandelion? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification December 15, 2008 I am looking for the name of the plant that looks like the spider plant but can survive the cold weather of the northeast. It looks just like the indoor spider plant but it does not produce offshoots.... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| What trees in Austin right now have yellow leaves that are falling? December 08, 2008 Right now there are trees in Austin that have bright yellow leaves. Do you know what trees native to Austin turn a very bright yellow in November? It looks like now the leaves are starting to fall off... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Identification of Canopy Plant December 01, 2008 I recently adopted a large house plant from a neighbor who moved away. He called it a 'Canopy Plant', but I'm having no luck with that name when I search for care tips. It seems to be in poor healt... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification November 25, 2008 I live north of Chicago. I have been Gardening just about everything forever. I finally got a surprise gift from a migrating bird, squirrel or possibly my kitchen composting. Apparently from a seed gr... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification November 15, 2008 Hi, I live in ne pa.i have always had a fasvorite wild flower with yellow flowers in the spring. the plant lasts all summer and fall til first frost. It gets small thin bean like seed pods that I save... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification November 14, 2008 On our farm we found a plant that we had never seen before. It has long stems coming from center ground level and is about 3 feet tall, looks like a fern from far off. The leaves (length of finger) ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification November 09, 2008 I recently found a GIANT green seed pod around my small town in Northern Virginia. It's about 1 ft. 3 in. in diameter (15 in.) and its making me very curious as to what exactly it is. For the life of... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification, Russian olive or buffaloberry November 09, 2008 Thank you for the info I found here regarding the silver buffaloberry and the russian olive. I need help in identifying which small shrub I have(it is one or the other)that was transplanted here on o... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification October 30, 2008 Hi. I took a picture of a plant/wildflower at Reimer's Ranch near Dripping SPrings and have been unable to identify it. I searched through the plant database but am having difficulty. Can I send y... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identification of tree with fuschia berries in Pennsylvania October 26, 2008 Northeastern Pennsylvania tree with fuschia berries in autumn. Found one in woods,never saw one before. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification October 23, 2008 We live near Milwaukee Wisconsin. This summer a 5' plant grew by itself in the middle of my flower bed. It has elongated oval green leaves, but its the flowers that are exceptional. They are long,... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Tree with bright green seeds the size of a softball October 22, 2008 My daughter has moved to Taylorsville,Ga and thier are trees that drop bright green seed pods that are round and the size of a soft ball. The outer skin resembles a human brain. Do you have any idea w... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification October 13, 2008 We have 105 acres in Mid Michigan. Part of this land is marshland. There is a plant-flower that I have never seen before and no one knows what it is. It is on a long stem with long skinny leaves (2... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification October 12, 2008 I found gorgeous berries on a tree or large bush (about 10 feet tall) and clipped a little cluster the size of my hand. There are 6 or more, starting the size of a blueberry in lime green and growing ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification October 09, 2008 I have a random flower growing out of my rabbit's grave and I can not identify it. Nothing like it grows around us and I didn't plant anything there. The petals are white. There are five of them. Th... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification September 30, 2008 I was just in Alabama this weekend and all alongside the road-side were these georgeous pink flowers. I finally stopped to pick one and thet are even prettier up close! The stem is smooth and leafle... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification September 29, 2008 My parents have a plant growing that we can not identify. Fast growing to 6 ft in 6 weeks. theleaves look like a fern with little sweet pea looking yellow blooms. The plants leaves fold up at dusk tig... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification September 24, 2008 I have a single stem red vine with purple berries growing on it. It is in a cluster of bushes and gets mostly morning and early afternoon sun. The berries also have small bumps at the stem. I have ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification September 24, 2008 I found a flower about 5 inches tall and it is Pinkish White the head of it hangs down and looks like a rose that hasn't bloomed yet. It reminds me of an Orchid like Fairy . Its Mystic like! what is ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification, green and tube-like September 18, 2008 LOOKING FOR NAME OF A GREEN TUBE-LIKE PLANT (SHAPED LIKE A CALLA LILY). THE VEINS ARE VISIBLE. MAYBE IN CLUSTER View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification September 17, 2008 I have a plant that I think is called a Brookmania or Bookmania. It has beautiful purple flowers with white centers and darker leaves. I cannot find any info on this flower. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification, possibly chile pequin September 17, 2008 Found in my back yard a plant about 18 inches tall. it has tiny white 5 petal flowers and small (smaller than a pea) fuits. The fruits smell just like bell pepper. My nose itched after smelling it. ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Pepper plants growing in California September 11, 2008 Hello, I have several hot pepper plants growing in my yard. I would like to know what the pepper is called. I dry them out and grind them up to a powder and use it in many dishes. I have asked my l... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Mystery Iris-like plant in Tennessee September 02, 2008 What is this flower? It came up and bloomed for about five days then died. It was a beautiful white trumpet shaped flower. It had one stem with four flowers. It came up like an Iris but we nver plante... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant ID from New York September 02, 2008 I have a large leaf from a plant that my grandfather has. We live in Niagara county NY. The large leaf is green and has a red stem, growing on a stalk THICK like a sunflower, now has red or black berr... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification in Tennessee September 02, 2008 I live in upper East Tennessee and all my life I have seen a flowering bush we call a Bubbie (or Bubby). It grows to an average approximate height of 6 feet and blooms in the early summer. The blooms ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Bulbs named exotica September 01, 2008 When I purchased some seed from a catalog I received some free bulbs called exotica which I planted.They have long green stems. I don't know what they are or what to do with them. Can I plant them ou... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Help with plant identification. September 01, 2008 We need help identifying a perennial in our backyard, which we assume is a native/wildflower, but might not be. It has yellow flowers with 5/6 petals (delicatea, starlike/about 1-1.5 inches across) a... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Mystery dill-type weed September 01, 2008 My daughter has a weed growing in her flower bed that look very simular to dill weed, but thicker. If you pinch it, it has a sticky milky substance come out. Can you tell me what this plant may be? ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Mystery plants at Marble Falls September 01, 2008 On the upper end of Lake Marble Falls is a 2-3 foot tall green stemed plant just blooming small white daisy like flowers. There are no leaves on the plant just stems and now flowers. Any idea where ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Tree with orange flower blooming in August in West Virginia August 28, 2008 There is a tree with an orange flower in West Virginia. The orange is at the top of the tree and it blooms in August. I've searched your sight but cannot find it. Thanks! View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Instructions for Plant ID August 28, 2008 Hi- I have an unidentified small white flowering plant photo to try to identify. Would you be willing to see what you think it is or refer me to someone to whom I could send it? It was photographed on... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 28, 2008 Hello. There is a plant growing next to my 4 o'clocks that I didn't plant which is almost the same height as them, but has different leaves and it grows wider. It has these huge light green upside d... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant with stalk of purple berries August 27, 2008 I have a plant that just grows.large hollow purple stalk, purple berries in long clusters , grows very tall any thoughts.. it grows like a weed View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 24, 2008 Please help us identify a woodland plant whose fruiting stem looks very similar to a corncob stuck into the ground, pointy end up. It sticks up about 4-5" above the ground. The largish pale yellow fr... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Weird-looking rootless plant, perhaps a fungus August 23, 2008 While out it my backyard (i.e. the Black Hills of South Dakota), I spotted a weird-looking rootless plant (I think it may be a fungus) growing beneath the Ponderosa Pines. It was the only one in the a... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 19, 2008 Hi, I live in South West Michigan and there is this plant I can't figure out. It has oval leaves in a row on each side of its stems, large thorns, and when the plant is grown it has what seems to be... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 17, 2008 We are trying to identify a plant we saw on a walk. It's about a foot high. About halfway up, the stem splits in two. From there up the two stems are covered with white kind of loosely trumpet sha... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 16, 2008 I walk in a wooded area. There is a plant with large spade like leaves.It grow to about 4 to 6 ft. In other areas it has grown almost tree-like with green sticky nuts or seeds. I believe it had purple... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification August 15, 2008 My father-in-law received seeds from a friend-- he didn't know what kind of plant it would grow. Now he questions what kind of plant it is-- it has a red stalk and 17 inch leaves, it appears to grow... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 15, 2008 Virginia Creeper or something else? I live in McKinney, Tx, and have a limestone escarpment in back that leads down to a "white rock " creek. A wrought iron fence separates the yard area from the ri... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification August 13, 2008 I have a plant that shoots seeds out of pods in late summer and grows like crazy. The stem looks like a rhubarb plant. It has multiple leaves, and beautiful flowers that look like orchids. I was wo... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 13, 2008 Every spring I see these very unique white flowers that grow along the edge of wooded areas. I live in upstate NY. These flowers have some reddish tint to the stem and leaves. The blooms are all si... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 13, 2008 Bought a plant don't know what it is or how to care for it. It looks like it's dying. Description: light to dark green, long, skinny, rounded trunk, surrounded and topped with grass like blades(top ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 13, 2008 Can you identify a shrub in my backyard? It has odd looking seed pods with three chambers and hard black seeds inside roughly 1/8" in diameter. The pods themselves are brown, hard shell, and hang d... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 11, 2008 Just after the last little rain we got, I noticed a small, inconspicuous plant in my front yard that was sprouting a structure that looks for all the world like a pitcher plant. It is not, however, an... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 07, 2008 I have discovered a vine growing in my boysenberry patch, perhaps spread by birds, but I can't find it in any books. It has 5 smooth leaves with burgundy, pinkish racemes, much like snap dragon flow... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification, possibly Actaea rubra, red baneberry August 06, 2008 I came across a plant that has leaves similar to the astillbe shrub, stands about 3 feet high, and instead of a flower spire, has a chunk of bright red berries the size of medium-sized pearls atop its... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 06, 2008 Mr. Smarty Plants, I have some plants I cannot identify. They were given to me after a funeral. I love them, i would like to know WHAT THEY ARE??? Here are descriptions. I can get photos. (PS I liv... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant with red berries that grows near the Warner River August 04, 2008 We live next to a river, the Warner River, and every year these plants with red berries appear next to the river. we have search for name to no avail: the leaf is unique with one large spade shaped ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identifcation of fragrant, white camellia-like flower August 04, 2008 My friend describes a beautiful, unusual smelling flower. It was a white camellia-like bloom, but was not a camellia. It was flowering in June or July in the Alabama and Mississippi region. It had ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification August 03, 2008 6 2 ft. spikes appeared in an infertile part of my garden. They have a huge quantity of very tiny ochid-like flowers, mostly white with pink tinge. I took it to the master gardeners here and no one co... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification of red flower in Austin August 02, 2008 What is the plant I have seen in urban landscapes in Austin, Texas, that have bright red flowers at the terminus of what looks like a spray of green, jointed, drooping branches (or stalks). It forms ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| How to have Mimosa and Yucca identified. July 30, 2008 Hello, I have recently come across what I believe to be Mimosa microphylla in a very southwest corner of Mississippi. The only thing different about this patch is its brilliant white blooms! I can no... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification July 29, 2008 I have found what resembles a gooseberry growing from what appears to be a grapevine trellising on a fence beside a lake in East Texas. The stems are smooth and slender, nad as I stated before vine up... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification July 29, 2008 Greetings, Sir/Madam! What is the name of that weed that grows ubiquitously in St. Augustine, Fl (literally overnight when it rains) and has two skinny "arms", with little greenish beads on the arm... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identity of red raspberry-like berries in Connecticut July 28, 2008 I found some edible berries today in the woods that look like raspberries, are red like raspberries, but don't taste like them at all. They're very shiny red, remove easily from the bush. The flavor... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| How to get rid of plants spreading fluffy seeds July 27, 2008 I live in Blaine, MN next to a Lake. The "buffer zones" next to the lake are filled with native grasses, weeds & wildflowers. We are trying to identify a plant that blooms July with lavender flowe... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| What is gelatinous plant in a Missouri lake July 25, 2008 Q what is gel like plant floating in lake looks like a bag filled with green living plant and is see thru and has red. when touched feels like piece of fat but seems to be living in water. Missouri View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Purple bellshaped flowers in Washington state July 16, 2008 on Larch mountain, in the state of Washington, I saw purple, bell shaped flowers growing on a stalk. what are they? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Is Tagetes lemmonii a Texas native? July 15, 2008 Is the Copper Canyon Daisy (Tagetes lemmonii) a native Texas plant? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Mystery plant in hay fields in Tennessee July 13, 2008 I found plants growing in my hay fields that are about 4 feet tall, large leaves and blooms (ball shaped) bell flowers.That is, the blooms looks like a pom pom with about 50 to 80 small flowers "hang... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Pink flower in South Carolina, perhaps poisonous July 09, 2008 I saw a beautiful plant while touring Charleston, SC. I do not remember the name - the tour guide talked about a long time ago women giving it to their husband's in tea (maybe?) to kill them. Of co... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Strange growths in flower bed in Virginia July 07, 2008 What in the heck are these strange growths in my flower bed?I can't even describe. May I send you pictures? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification July 07, 2008 I live in NE PA and have two plants that are growing under our pine tree. One has 2 leaves and and looks a lot like lily of the valley and the other has 6-10 leaves with white berries on the end. I wa... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant Identification July 06, 2008 I am trying to identify a small tree or large plant here in Indiana. I have seen it from 6 ft to as tall as 15 to 20. It is a green leaf with pink cone shaped growth at the ends of a branch. The co... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification possibly red buckeye July 06, 2008 I encountered a shrub-like plant in the Edwards Plateu noth of Bracketville, and could use your help with identification. It's most distinguishing charactaristics are the seed pod, which has three c... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Orange and fuschia flowers on bushes in Maine July 01, 2008 I recently visited Portland,ME from end of May to the second week in June. many of the homes had these beautiful flowering bushes next to the houses. The flowers grew in clusters similar to hydrangeas... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Moonnflower native to North America June 30, 2008 Is the plant called moon flower a native plant to North America? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification June 27, 2008 A friend brought back pictures of plants from a recent trip which included the center. It didn't have an identification sign on it and no one was around at that moment for him to ask. I can send th... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification June 25, 2008 Identification of woodland plant in a rual area ? we have bears britches and another plant simaler, but the leaves are flat and smooth, each leaf is on a seperate stalk and each plant has 3 stalk... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification June 23, 2008 Hi, I live in southeastern PA, and want to identify a wildflower . It about 36" tall, with a showy red spiked flower at the top, appox. 2" in diameter. Thanks, Robin View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Looking for pink star grass (Rhodohypoxis milloides) June 23, 2008 I am looking for a wildflower/plant called Pink Star Grass (common name). I am not sure what the proper name is. Can you help me with this? I would like information on it, and also would like to pu... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification June 23, 2008 Hi from Baton Rouge, I was out in Livingston Parish a week ago and saw a small tree that I had never seen before. I can't paste a picture here. It's sort of like an Osage Orange but the flowers a... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identification of cattail look-alike, except red June 21, 2008 I would like help identify the wildflowers growing beside the highways in my area so I can plant some at my house. We live in Sherwood Arkansas which is just north of Little Rock.The Highway where ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identification of thorny plant in Michigan June 16, 2008 i live in southern michigan and have a thorny plant with oval leaves growing in my flower beds. this used to be a grassy area how did it get there. i live on the edge of town. what plants in my area h... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Non-blooming orange bell plant June 15, 2008 My orange bell plant is not blooming. I live in Central Texas where it is hot. The plant has part sun, part shade. Is there any way to help it bloom? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification June 14, 2008 I have a plant or weed that is a five leaf leave and it is greenish-red and shinny. I have been searching the internet and can't seem to find what it is. It is spread throughout my back yard an... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification June 12, 2008 We are trying to identify a plant that looks a lot like elephant ear, but has round leaves not heart shaped. It is growing in a wet area that gets good morning sun. It is not a native. It returns e... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification June 11, 2008 I have a green plant given in memory of my mom, and I have no idea what it is. It has rounded smooth leaves, green on front, purple on back. Inside each leaf is the impression of another leaf then an... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification June 10, 2008 Mr. Smarty Plants, My neighbor gave me a plant that is about 3 foot tall, has a main stalk, and leaves that produce small “baby” plants at the edge of the leaves. These plants grow roots and once dev... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Care for Vauquelinia angustifolia (Chisos Rosewood) June 08, 2008 Hello, I have another question for you. A friend has given me a plant called "Chisos Rosewood" which they bought on a whim but decided they couldn't use. It's said to be evergreen. It's about... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identification of plant with large furry leaves June 07, 2008 I have 4 huge plants in my flower garden that I cannot identify. They look like an unfolding cabbage with large furry leaves. They also have tiny stickers on them. This a.m. I went out to check on ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Mystery plant in Scotland June 01, 2008 Hi I have a plant which has self seeded - I think from a packet of mixed salad leaves planted last year. The leaves are green turning to purple, about eight inches long and a bit like a savoy cabbag... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Are Yucca and Spanish dagger the same? May 30, 2008 We have Yucca, and we have Spanish Dagger. We don't think they are the same thing. Are they? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| What is it? May 29, 2008 We have two bushes about three ft. high that have narrow leaves that are about one to two inches long and glossy green on top side with soft green on back. They are fairly close together on stems with... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| 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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