Name That Plant...if you can

sonar

sonar

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dannyboy602 said:
tired of this thread yet? can't help ya...jk...the first tree should be obvious to anyone living south of the border. it looks like a cypress but it's not. it should be obvious to anyone in north cali...i've driven the coastal highway and you have lots of them
don't bother with the latin...just gimme anything. the second is a gift. the third mb some gardeners will know. the next one everyone should know...leaves of three leave them be. the next blooms better in the northeast than here in philly but we are the southern most hardyness zone for many plants because of the appalachians. the last two are the same plant. a native. another gift.i like the diamond plated bark. and that only happens after twenty years or so. hope some of you know these plants.....guess away....View attachment 2247879View attachment 2247880View attachment 2247881View attachment 2247882View attachment 2247883View attachment 2247884View attachment 2247885
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Are these pictures off the internet or did you take them yourself? The 2nd to last one looks like it was taken on the Penn State campus. The building and landscaping looks eerily familiar.
 
dannyboy602

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Po boy said:
that is a false aralia.
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yes...i had to look that one up...i've used it indoors for interiorscaping...can be got from home depot.

sonar said:
Are these pictures off the internet or did you take them yourself? The 2nd to last one looks like it was taken on the Penn State campus. The building and landscaping looks eerily familiar.
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i took these at the property i work at now. it's in malvern. there are a lot of cool native and non native things here.

RIPLouDogg said:
How 'bout this one. Its one of my favorites

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a new plant for me bro...don't keep me hangin...what's it???
 
RIPLouDogg

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dannyboy602 said:
yes...i had to look that one up...i've used it indoors for interiorscaping...can be got from home depot.

i took these at the property i work at now. it's in malvern. there are a lot of cool native and non native things here.

a new plant for me bro...don't keep me hangin...what's it???
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Its called Metrosideros polymorpha. Its a flowering plant endemic to my great state of Hawai'i! In Hawaiian we call it Ohia Lehua.

Also, its the main food source to one of my favorite birds, the I'iwi (the 'w' is pronounced as a 'v'), also known as a Hawaiian Honeycreeper:

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dannyboy602

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DSC01059.jpgthis is not a plant per se. i occasionally get asked if it is a sign of dead wood. or if it is a disease of some sort. it is a sign of non polluted air. it doesn't grow in cities for the most part cuz it won't tolerate pollution. it fixes it's own nitrogen and grows as an epiphyte on plants, walls, rocks and old wooden fences. i'm sure you've all seen it. so what is it? it grows in beautiful patterns and the colors are light grey greens. if you see it growing on your plants let it be. it harms nothing. and it's kinda cool. i got a pic somewhere of a garden bench covered with this stuff. every square inch.
 
dannyboy602

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ipeeinpools said:
Found this one while up at the cabin, thought I'd be a fun one for you guys.

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did anyone catch the galleries created by mining insects?

here's a plant mostly anyone throughout the country can grow although i see it more in the east and definetly in the southeast. i only have one on this propety. i really like seeing them planted in masses and in various colors. they come in white, pink, dark pink and a kind of fuschia. or crimson.
should be an ez one for you pip.
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dannyboy602

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nope. callicarpa americana is a waist high native. uninteresting flowers with clusters of purple fruits in fall. if you're on the east coast it'll be in fruit about september and october. this plant...another hint...has exfoliating bark, alternate leaves, is almost overused in the south. i saw it a lot in colonial williamsburg. it's a very common landscape plant. it can grow to 8 or 9 feet. more commonly it's half that size. you know it ...wait lemme get a c+p pic...here's a pic of it's form. should be easier now. oh shit...it has a label on the pic...try not to look
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