Description : Can you help me identify this plant?
Last Answer : Draecena corn plant? http://www.dracaena.com/dracaena-marginata-red-edged-dracaena.php It looks like a sub-species. Or a “Ti Tree”?
Description : Help me identify this plant...
Last Answer : Not positive and I’m still looking, but it immediately reminds me of some kind of mint leaf: http://blog.beliefnet.com/freshliving/mint-leaves.jpg The outside structure of the leaves are almost identical, but I think the leaves in your pictures might have ridges and bumps to smooth to be mint.
Description : Can you identify this plant?
Last Answer : answer:Isn’t this it? Yellowcress or Prostrate Spurge (Euphorbia maculata) I found it here, and this discusses it extensively.
Description : Can you identify this plant (picture included)?
Last Answer : Maybe a ti plant?
Description : Help identify these plants?
Last Answer : answer:http://cactiguide.com/most_common/ Is it one on this list? Looks like “Echinopsis species”
Description : Help identify these roots I found in my garden?
Last Answer : Send us a photo, please.
Description : Can you help me identify these irises?
Last Answer : Iris pseudacorus (Yellow flag) likes wet feet and grows prolifically next to my pond in mush. It is tough, hardy, easily transplantable. You can hack off some and use them for gifts. They look like yellow butterflies from a distance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_pseudacorus
Description : Tree question. What should I plant in front of my house?
Last Answer : Cherry Blossom!
Description : I need a nice house plant that will make a room smell better.
Last Answer : Without a doubt the nicest smelling house plant that I have ever experienced is Boronia.
Description : is it bad if there is a mushroom growing in my house plant?
Last Answer : It doesn't make any difference. You probably got some mushroom compost in your planting mixture with some mycelium still in it. Does it look like a nice little white button mushroom? That would ... compete. See Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma for much more interesting facts on this topic.
Description : Where can I buy healthy 3' tall banana plant that will ship them to my house?
Last Answer : answer:Where do you live.? I cannot imagine what the postage would be on a tub of dirt large enough to hold a three foot banana tree (and that's the key. It is a tree and will grow thru ... to nicely.) The only possibility is to find a local nursery who will deliver..collect your tax rebate first.
Description : Whats some good flowers that I could plant around my house?
Last Answer : Can you give us some more info on what type of soil you have, hardiness info for your area, and amount of sunlight the flowerbed will have? Also, do you just want to plant some annuals, or do you want to invest in some perennials ?
Description : Can anyone identify either of these plants?
Last Answer : Plant one: Blueberries Plant two: Hard to say without its flowers. Looks like a type of iris to me.
Description : Can I convert my bathroom into a green house?
Last Answer : Have you thought about these? I have never used them, so I don’t know if they work.
Description : Can you recommend some easy going house plants?
Last Answer : answer:By easy-going, I assume you mean low-maintenance? You need some light for part of the day for most plants. Popularity has nothing to do with it. The toughest houseplants are ... the plants I listed below are on this list. Chinese evergreen Arrowhead vine Zeezee plant Pothos Philodendrom
Description : What is the best place to buy tree-like house plants in San Francisco?
Last Answer : answer:I can't help you with a specific store but might suggest a medium-sized banana tree. They grow really rapidly and yet, if purchased fairly small, can be hauled up several flights of stairs ... carriers' discs. Do any of the uni's have arboretums? Often you can find unsprayed specimen there.
Description : What's your tip for keeping your house plants happy?
Last Answer : Give the the lighting, water and fertilizer that they need. Every plant needs different things, I have many many different plants from a simple christmas catus to a banana tree and pomegrante. I go ... mini cherry trees none of the new plants have produced yet but they are still small and growing.
Description : Follow-up to my house gnat question (details inside)
Last Answer : My dad had the same problem last year, really bad infestation. He also keeps a lot of plants in the kitchen. Truth be told, he solved the problem with classic flypaper.
Description : The best way to get rid of Fungus gnats (house plants)
Last Answer : answer:A few years ago I had an infested pothos. I read up on fungus gnats online (there's plenty of information to be found) and tried several recommended remedies: letting plants dry out well between ... think the gnats got bored with the game once I was no longer playing, and they just left.
Description : Cats and House Plants: How to keep furry feline from eating indoor plants?
Last Answer : I've often heard pets eat houseplants, or outdoor plants for that matter, to fulfill a dietary need/deficiency. Perhaps you could somehow restrict the plan making her sick and replace it with another. My animals ... to chew on. I don't try to stop them since it keeps them from the other houseplants.
Description : Can you help with this sympathy plant delivery?
Last Answer : I have sent them to the funeral home. That or the bereaved’s house would work.
Description : Will you help me cure my plant?
Last Answer : Easy, plants have been growing for a few years. What kind of plant? It sounds like powdery mildew. But that’s usually associated with higher humidity. The white stuff isn’t moving is it?
Description : Can someone help me describe the primary growth in a perennial plant?
Last Answer : We don’t generally do people’s homework for them, but no one minds helping you figure things out. Do you know what “primary growth” means? Can you differentiate between a perennial and an annual? What are the cell types?
Description : The plant looked nice in the store, but now the leaves are turning brown. Help!
Last Answer : answer: Mandevilla is cold sensitive and can be taken outdoors when the danger of frost has passed and overnight temperatures reach over 50ºF. It likes full sun to part shade in the summer and a deep ... reduce flowering as it blooms on new growth. Use the cuttings to make new plants. From here
Description : Plant connaisseurs, I just bought some liquid plant food (Miracle Grow) and I need some help, please?
Last Answer : First, be careful not to over-fertilize, as the roots can get nitrogen burn and this will affect the overall health and appearance of your plants. The African Violet is actually a very difficult plant ... The best thing to do is figure out what plants you have and look up their preferred conditions.
Description : Help! My plant is growing mold. How can I save it?
Last Answer : Unpot immediately!!!! Throw away soil. Prune roots mercilessly and possibly some leaves if plant is too top-heavy. Dunk leaves in water w.a little bleach. Repot in bigger pot (also should be scrubbed w. ... soil. Keep away from other plants while you watch and wait. It may be a goner....sorry.
Description : How do i help my plant?
Last Answer : How tall is the shoot and how wide/long are the leaves? Sounds like a peace lily, but they normally have many shoots and produce white single-leaf flowers. Is the leaf turning white at all, or strictly yellow?
Description : Can I put plant vitamins "for seedlings" on adult plants?
Last Answer : They won’t do any harm, but it is not “just like regular plant food” because food/fertilizer for seedlings is less robust to keep from burning the seedlings.
Description : Will majoring in botany/plant science always be outdoors?
Last Answer : Most occupations in that field involve being outside. And despite your love of plants, you seem to be terrified of pollinators. You are a senior in high school, you don't have to make a ... and explore different things, you might find a field that fascinates you that you know nothing about.
Description : What is the name of this plant? (photos inside)
Last Answer : It looks like a type of wild radish and it fits the buggers growing conditions. Have you tried a type of Roundup product on it and it didn't work? That helps me work out what it is as well, ... . When it starts to creep up again catch it early with an application of Banvel or Weedmaster. Good luck.
Description : How do I save our spider plant from our rambunctious kitty?
Last Answer : Put toothpicks all around it. Maybe it will make your kitty uncomfortable and he’ll decide to leave it alone.
Description : What can you tell me about caring for a cyclamen plant indoors?
Last Answer : I don’t know cyclamens, but I’m guessing not. I’m pretty sure they like it really humid though.
Description : What would happen if I topped this tree-plant?
Last Answer : The tree would look like crap if you topped it. Plant it outside or sell it. Or get a great big pot to plant it in and leave it outside. But you’d be better off to replant it outside before it gets too big to transplant.
Description : Why does grass send out runners across concrete when there is soil immediately adjacent to the plant?
Last Answer : My only guess is that it’s natures way of preventing root over crowding plus it’s easier to find patches of ground that haven’t been sapped of nutrients.
Description : What fragrant annuals should I plant in my window planter?
Last Answer : Did you mean to say “plant” or did you really mean “defend”?
Description : Why does my plant look like it's on the verge of death?
Last Answer : answer:Ornamental pepper plants are annuals that grow best in warm areas., so I would guess that your plant has borne fruit and lived it's life, or Ornamental pepper plants are susceptible to ... prevent the spread of disease. Do not replace the plant with another ornamental pepper. Same source.
Description : Can anyone suggest a plant to grow under Elephant Ears that doesn't mind having wet roots?
Last Answer : Hosta came to mind first, but snails love them and that sounds like prime snail habitat. Ferns might work.
Description : I need an outdoor flowering plant to cover a railing planter. Suggestions?
Last Answer : Phlox
Description : If you could replace all of the grass in your lawn with some other plant, what plant would that be?
Last Answer : I love wild flower meadows.
Description : Where do I get this, "Say No to Death" plant?
Last Answer : answer:http://makeaterrarium.com/how-to-make-a-terrarium-in-a-bottle/ Here you go! I want to make one too. Haven’t gotten a round Tuit yet.
Description : Can anyone name this plant?
Last Answer : Looks like a hibiscus to me.
Description : What is this plant?
Last Answer : answer:I’m pretty sure that is a very unhappy ZZ plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia). If it is indeed a zz plant, it likes moderate/diffuse to low light, warm temperatures, and sparse watering.
Description : Would you buy a bioluminescent plant?
Last Answer : I do not think they could fully provide the same type of light that street lights do. It looks like they just kinda function like glowsticks. However, I would buy a bioluminescent plant to put in my house. In fact, I’d buy a bunch and set up a room so I’d feel like I’m in the avatar universe lol
Description : What kind of tomatoes should I plant for variety?
Last Answer : answer:Here’s the crib sheet that enables you to get your PhD in choosing suitable tomato plants. http://voices.yahoo.com/choosing-tomato-variety-garden-263606.html
Description : Ever known a plant collecter?
Last Answer : My husband is amazing with plants of all kinds, it drives me crazy because I’m terrible at it. It got to the point that my workplace sent a bunch of plants home with me for him to revive.
Description : Any idea what this plant is?
Last Answer : answer:It looks like a sedum of some sort. Sedum is a huge family of over 400 plants. The one you have looks similar to outdoor varieties that I've seen (which may be why it looks so leggy). If ... out for a day or so and then stick the end in some soil - they root quite easily for propagation.
Description : What is that narrow thin indoor bamboo like plant?
Last Answer : Might it be Lucky Bamboo?
Description : Could this be real lavender? If not, what is it? (underwater plant)
Last Answer : All those plants look artificial to me.
Description : Which came first, the plant or the seed?
Last Answer : Seeds are gametes and not organisms of their own, so seed-bearing plants probably evolved from simpler plant-like organisms. So the plant came first.
Description : What kind of plant is this?
Last Answer : Oh yeah, the pod itself is only about the size of a small marble. It’s not big, but it’s not tiny.