@Diane Lane, we may have those flowers called Morning Glory but I'm not so good in identifying flowers. All I really mastered is the rose, hahahaaa. But I am beginning to learn about a bit of botany since my husband is fond of plants and trees. By the way, I had been roaming the yard this morning to take photos of our garden plants and vegetables that I plan to post here. The pictures just need to be resized for convenient uploading. Maybe I will create a thread for those pics of mine.
Haha, that's why I created this thread, because I have difficulty distinguishing plants, birds, etc., but I know people here are good with that, and are helpful. If you do create the thread, please tag me in it, so I can see your pictures!
I'm not sure how well it works yet, but there is an application you can get for your phone called PlantNet Plant Identification. I'm going to give it a try myself because I figure it might be interesting in the woods around our home or when we go camping and riding. It might not be as much fun though as posting the pictures on here for discussion.
I have an app to ID trees, and several to ID birds via sight and sound. I have a real problem focusing on multiple aspects at a time, though, and remembering them, so I'll concentrate on the bird's color, and forget to notice the type of tail, etc. What would be extremely helpful to me would be to snap a picture or sound, and have the app identify it that way. I agree, it's fun to post here and discuss, and as you can see, the conversation has evolved quite a bit from the original picture I posted. Now we'll all get to see native plants from the Philippines, once @Corie Henson gets hers uploaded, cropped, and posted.
@Allie Seay , I just downloaded the plant net app; but it looks like this one is for France; and that is what the map shows. Is there another one for America, or are you using the French one, too ?
Diane, if I'm not mistaken you are supposed to be able to snap a picture with this app for identification. I've been trying to get the thing installed on my phone to see how it works, but can't seem to find the room for a necessary google services update. I'll keep trying but might not be able to go with it. I did get the app to download, though, and it doesn't appear to be in French, Yvonne, so I don't know what the problem is there.
It could be fun trying to translate the French . Thanks, @Yvonne Smith and @Allie Seay I'm going to try to remember to look for the app when I get the tablet and get it set up. I need the same type of app for bird identification now! Here's another one that I need identified, if y'all don't mind. I was glancing out the window and saw it at the edge of my yard, and it's a beauty.
That does not look like any lily that I have ever seen, @Diane Lane . However, that does not mean that it isn't one. Can you get a picture of the whole plant so we can see the stalk and leaves better ? And how tall is this plant ? Is there just one, or several ? We need CLUES ! ! (or at least, I do)
It's about 3 feet tall, and the stalk is thick. The guy next door was out & I asked him, because it's along the border of our yards. He said he borrowed an animal trap from a friend, & the plant came with it. He doesn't remember what it's called. I'm trying to upload a pic of the stalk and leaves. Hope you (or someone else) can tell from this pic, it's about the best I could get. The flower is pretty wilted now, because the sun is high and it's hot, it looked perkier earlier.
@Diane Lane , it is a Canna, which I think is in the lily family, at least i always called them Canna Lilies. They come in different sizes and colors, and should spread by the roots and come up thicker eack year, just like regular lilies do. I love cannas ! Some of them grow 6-8 feet tall, and they usually have red or yellow flowers, but not as pretty as the one that you have. Yours might be one of the shorter varieties. We have some of the taller red ones, and they are way over my head; but no blossoms yet. I will take a picture of one of them.
Thanks, @Yvonne Smith I look out that window every day, and never saw it before today, so it must have bloomed fairly recently. I've heard of canna lilies, and knew it looked somewhat familiar, but couldn't figure it out. Wow, that's pretty tall! If they get that tall, I won't be able to see the tops, other than from my bedroom (2nd floor) window! A bonus is that I found out that next to that is a ginger plant. I never would have thought my neighbor would have a ginger plant, but sure enough, it even smells like ginger. Hopefully some roots will grow, and I can snag some for free, because I'm sure he won't be using them.
That is awesome @Diane Lane , I tried planting some ginger root; but the last time I checked, it had not sprouted. It is in one of the large planter pots; ssi I need to check it again and see if it sprouts. Can you keep ginger outside down there ? I am pretty sure that it will have to come inside in the winter here. I have an orange tree and a lemon tree that Joyce McGregor gave me, and they have to come inside this winter; so I put the ginger root in with the orange tree. Here is a picture of the tall canna. I think that I dug up some of the roots on this one and replanted them; so there was only one stalk. I have some other plants; but none as tall as this one is. You can see the top is up by the roof edge.
Yes, everything stays outside down here. We just cover up plants a couple of nights a year, when a frost is due, but we usually only get a few soft freezes per Winter, and the occasional hard freeze. If they're in the ground, they usually do fine, it's the ones in containers (which mine are, other than my palm) that don't do as well, but mine have all survived so far. I'm in hardiness zone 9a http://www.plantmaps.com/usda_hardiness_zone_map.php That's a tall plant! I wonder how tall they get? It'd be pretty crazy if I could get one to grow up to my 2nd floor. I'm going to have to look up ginger, maybe I can sneak a piece of his and grow my own from it.
Your photo looks like either a butterfly bush or possibly a lilac. Both are loved by butterflies so make wonderful additions to your garden. Sometimes you will even see hummingbirds sipping their necter. If it is a butterfly bush, they come in several colors to include the color you show in your picture pluse white and a reddish color.
I looked around on Google, and didn't see anything exactly like this. The closest two I saw were called a Mediterranean bug and I think an India bug or similar name, but the markings weren't exactly the same. Does anyone know what this is, and if so, what I could do to eradicate it, unless it's serving some positive purpose in my garden?