Likely a perennial, approx 3’ height or taller. Multi color blooms. Hi Al, this is Cosmos bipinnatus, usually just called Cosmos. It is an annual.  […]

What is this tiny yellow flower, blooming in bunches grown in dry, sandy soil? Hi Mary, this is one of the many species of Xyris, […]

Is this young tree in the maple family grown in sandy, loam soil? Hi Mary, actually, this is a small Sassafras tree, Sassafras albidum, which […]

Follow up with more pictures. I think persimmon. Not hairy under hand lens. Upper leaf darker than under. No berries I could see, but seem […]

Went out for a two month long business trip, and to my surprise this guy sprouted out near my Spanish Lavenders (light shading from fencing). […]

I have had many friends and family ask me about this beautiful red flowering plant but do not know what it is. Can you help? […]

There are many of these used as shrubs around my house in SC Hi Curtiss, this is the commonly planted Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina domestica. Much […]

I found this plant in our pasture near Peters Creek. It was growing amongst other assorted tall plants & grasses. Hi Jonelle, this looks like […]

I know that this a buckeye shrub, but would like to know the botanical or common name. It was growing wild near the shore of […]

This tree is growing in shady dry wooded area in my backyard. I can’t figure it out. Hi Joanne, neither can I. The leaves look […]