I have several flowers, plants, weeds growing in my garden that I can't identify. How can I figure them out?
Question:I am new to gardening. I ordered some bulbs, planted some annuals and seeds, and there were other things growing when we bought the house. Now I can't remember which is what and don't know the names of all of them-and am wondering if any are weeds or wildflowers that should be removed. Is there any website that can help? Or, well I took pictures of some of those in question, anyone wanna take a stab at it?
Answers:
Sure put the pictures up, at least we can lead you in the right direction.
In addition to the garden centers, don't forget the Master Gardeners associated with the Cooperative Extension Service in your county...assuming you are in the US. Contact them and ask for help. To find them on the web, type (your state) Cooperative Extension Service and then follow the sites down to get your county office telephone number.
Take some photos and ask the staff at a gardencenter (place where they sell plants).
Try entering the name of your state along with [weeds photos] - leave the brackets out - into Yahoo search. You should find some sites that have photos of weeds for your area. It took me a little bit of web browsing, but last week I was able to identify a "clammy choke cherry" that's growing in my Mother's yard. It's just that one site said it was a weed and another that it was a wild flower.
1.Asiatic lily, 2.columbine, 3.nasturtium, 4tuberous begonia, 5.bleeding heart, 6.Asiatic lily, 7.pink impatient, 8. Asiatic lily. I think! Good luck!
side note to your question.once you establish what the plants are, go to the dollar store or craft store and buy the larger popcycle sticks, use a sharpie maker and write in what each plant is and place it behind the plant...then when they come up in the spring you can remember what you have.
lily,hypericum?, dollarweed, begonia, columbine, lily, ?, lily,
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