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Little red beauty.
1 commentAfter yanking out landscaping timbers around an old neglected flowerbed, these popped up. They are about 6-8 inches tall from the ground to the tip of the petals. The leaves make me think of Tulips.
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lots of green foilage
3 commentsThis plant is growing very well in our new backyard, but I don't know what it is. It loves the shade and moist soil. The roots are connected under the soil between each "clump" of...
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What's This Plant?
5 commentsA Florida resident wants to identifiy this plant. Can you help? Thanks a lot.
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Supposed pink splash plant...
2 commentsI grew these plants from seeds that were supposedly for a pink splash plant but they aren't pink. I planted them in August, and kept thinking maybe it needs more time to change color, but it never...
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groundcover in Japan
2 commentsBeautiful groundcover in Nagoya outside of a restaurant. I took this photo in December. What is it!?
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Backyard Mystery Plant
2 commentsCan someone please help me identify this plant? It has woody stems and sends up a cluster of multiple, tiny, lavender flowers. I purchased it through a garden center but lost the...
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I've asked several nurseries, no one knows...
4 commentsI have found this flower in a wild, river-side bed in St. John, Canada, and again in a field in Maine. No one I've asked recognizes it. It is a perennial growing about 3 feet high. Its leaf is close...
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evergreen shrub in central texas
2 commentsAny ideas what this plant is? I planted this about 6 years ago (yeah, i *should* know what it is, but it's been a while) at my old place of employment in the Austin, TX area. It's been...
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Thai Eggplant?
2 commentsI'm trying to differentiate between this plant and an earlier post which might be nightshade.
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Houseplant ID
7 commentsPlease identify this flowering houseplant - the flowers are reddish orange and the leaves are succulent.
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Deadly Nightshade or Thai Pea Eggplant?
2 commentsThis very robust plant has sprouted up in my Vegetable patch very close to where I planted Thai 'pea' eggplant seeds. It has a purplish stem, dark green leaves and small white flowers, the fruit of...
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What is this?
4 commentsI had a pot out on my balcony that I had planted green onions in and I also used it for compost. This grew out of there about 6 months ago and I eventually replanted it in it's own pot hoping I'd be...
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mystery plant?
7 commentsI rescued this plant as a lone little seedling from a friend's new townhouse patio at the edge of the woods in Georgia (it was growing at the edge of a patio and was going to be sprayed with ...
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Mystery blue plant
7 commentsMy plant looks almost exactly like this one, same family, just a slightly different shape. Thrives well in Pacific Northwest (BC), long bloomer from mid July to mid August, slighly prickly...
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Mystery plant
1 commentThe plant with the larger green leaves and red flowers with white tips is the one I'm trying to identify. I have enjoyed having it on my front porch as it's low maintenence and nice to look at.
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Unknown Shade Plant Zone 6
4 commentsThis one has stumped us all here! Growing in a zone 6 garden in part shade. Unknown if it flowers. Stays low to the ground. In virtually every respect it reminds me of St. John's Wort, but the...
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Woodland Flower Blooming Now in Zone 7. Any Ideas?
2 commentsThis woodland flower is about 2.5 feet tall and likes partial shade. The blooms started opening up during the last week of October here in North Central Arkansas (Boston Mountains zone 7)
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Please introduce my mystery plant to me!
3 commentsIt's 3' to 4' tall, a vibrant yellow 2" blossom a dark brown eye and 13 petals. Leaves are whorled and rough to the touch. It's one of my latest blooming...
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NE Illinois autumn bloomer
4 commentsFirst time I've seen this plant in the 30 years I've been tending my Chicago suburb garden. Appeared in my garden mid summer. Bright yellow-green leaves. Started blooming in...
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Red flower
3 commentsI purchased this potted plant at a roadside stand in S.C. It grew fast and had beautiful red flowers until the leaves suddenly turned yellow and it died. I would like to identify it so I...
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Mystery Plant in Missouri
3 commentsThe owner of this plant purchased the seeds from a catalog over 50 years ago but can't remember what the name of this plant is. Others are wanting to know so any help you can give us in...
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What's this shrub?
1 commentI have no idea what this is. It's evergreen: keeps its leaves and snaps back even after it seems to have frozen solid. Leaves are about 2 inches long, opposite, oval with a...
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Twiggy shrub, tiny flowers + red berries, possible Ilex?
2 commentsHi there: I have some tall, twiggy shrubs to ID. They have small glossy leaves, tiny round pink/white flowers in the spring (the bees LOVE them), and small oval red berries in the...
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About this Plant ID Gallery
There are many reasons why gardeners--even seasoned ones--need help identifying a plant now and then. Maybe you inherited a garden during a move to a new home, received an unknown division from a friend, found a random volunteer in the corner of a bed, or lost plant tag. Maybe you knew once, and now you just can't remember.
Luckily, Fine Gardening readers are here to help you ID unknown plants in your garden.
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