This is where the internet comes in because it allows me to connect with more knowledgeable
and experienced gardeners.
I rely most often on the following Facebook groups:Plant identification
What plant is this?!
What is this plant?
Friendly Facebook folks help me to identify this a Heliopsis.
If you are going to join these groups it is a good idea to follow this advice posted by Drew Monthie a Garden Consultant, advocate of "plant-driven design" and one of Plant Identification's frequent and helpful users:
Use a camera that can capture detail
Take a side shot of the entire plant
Take an overhead shot of the leaves Take a closeup of a leaf
Note what other plants are growing nearby
This morning I downloaded two different free apps on my iPhone. Leafsnap is an app that requires you to place a leaf on a white background for best visibility and then upload it to their database for recognition. I look forward to trying it.Plantifier is a crowdsourced app where you upload a photo for others to comment on and you can comment and help identify plants that others have uploaded. I quite enjoyed browsing other photos and commenting.
I have also had luck e-mailing questions to my local Master Gardeners' Association - in Winnipeg to the Manitoba chapter and at the Ontario cottage to the Halliburton chapter.
And now let us discuss my most important online community - you, my readers. For example, you helped me to identify the extensive and nasty Creeping Bellflower throughout my property.
Maybe you can do it again?
The plant in the center is about 2 feet tall, in full sun in a perennial bed and does not show any signs of blooming quite yet. It is crammed between a black currant bush on the right and the darker green Heliopsis on the left.
Any and all thoughts are welcomed.
***
Sharing with Blooming Tuesday, Garden Tuesday, Nature Notes and Foliage Follow Up