Identifying House Plants

RE: Identifying House Plants Post By Shaiel (Guest Post) (11/22/2007) Here's a website that will help you identify your house plants. I found it pretty informative, though having a knowledge of plant 'lingo' is helpful. I was a bit lost at first. http://www.gflora.com/index.php?cmd=def I see it's been mentioned in another comment, maybe the plant identification guide is new on the site? RE: Identifying House Plants Post by Joyce wis (75) | (11/02/2007) Contact It looks like a Yucky Cane. RE: Identifying House Plants Post By Diana (Guest Post) (10/28/2007) I have a plant like this one and dont know what it is? it has thorns on sides of the lefts and someone told me it blooms every five years. center of leaves when cut looks like an aloe vera. i would like to know what name and what it is thanks Diana you can e-mail me at young421 AT sbcglobal.net RE: Identifying House Plants Post By Virginia (Guest Post) (08/19/2006) Home Depot sells a booklet for about $1 that identifies common house plants, how to care for them what kind of light they need, etc. It is very helpful. RE: Identifying House Plants Post by Vicka (79) | (08/07/2006) Contact How about taking a leaf to your local garden shop for identification? Garden centers are usually very well informed, even about house plants. RE: Identifying House Plants Post By The Interlibrary Loan Lady (Guest Post) (08/04/2006) You might want to make a trip to your library. Most have a nice selection of books on raising houseplants along with pictures to help you identify them. And if your local library doesn't have what you are looking for, ask their reference librarian if they can get them for you from another library through an interlibrary loan. Or you can go to Amazon.com and look at what they have to offer first. When you find some that are of interest to you, write down the title, author, and the ISBN number and then make your visit to the library. After you have had a chance to decide which books you may want to own, go to ebay to buy them. I have gotten many really nice books for a fraction of the cost by doing it that way. Good Luck! RE: Identifying House Plants Post By Lynda (Guest Post) (08/03/2006) Good LUCK, because it's taken me over forty years to identify and learn about plants. I have little info and few identifying pictures in general offered on the sites I've picked through so far, with most wanting me to buy books or pay for "membership" to their sites or organizations. Perhaps if you can take digital photos and send them into this site for identification, you will have better luck. My grandmother had both a truck-farm in the suburbs AND a greenhouse, so I might be able to help should it stump anyone. I've moved 22 times from coast to coast and traveled for seven years visiting gardens and garden centers. When living in Hawaii while my ex was in the military and on maneuvers I checked out the maximum numbers of garden books and studied everything the library there had, purchasing a wonderful encyclopedia set for home use. Yet, I have been stumped on a few occasions. RE: Identifying House Plants Post by Vicka (79) | (07/31/2006) Contact Try going to About.com They have info on just about anything you can think of. Be prepared to give a detailed description or send a photo. They also have a great link to indentifying insects and spiders. RE: Identifying House Plants Post By Linda (Guest Post) (07/30/2006) Try buying a good book at a used bookstore or on Half.com (a division of eBAY.) You will use the book over and over.