Plant identification questions not covered by specific areas. Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:40:18 +0000 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:40:18 +0000 UBC Botanical Garden Forums https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/plants-identification.38/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 06:27:34 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/can-someone-please-help-id-this-thistle-member.105455/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/can-someone-please-help-id-this-thistle-member.105455/ invalid@example.com (mistwalker) mistwalker
I have run across a type thistle plant I am unfamiliar with. I think it is invasive and came in some fill dirt, and I would like to identify what type of thistle it is if possible. If you need more images let me know. The knife blade is about 11.5 cm

Thank you!
Brian]]> 3 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:06:59 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-bush-whose-flowers-have-a-beautiful-fragrance.105402/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-bush-whose-flowers-have-a-beautiful-fragrance.105402/ invalid@example.com (Richard E Masson) Richard E Masson The large bush is right alongside a rough unmade road, and is splattered with mud from puddles, thrown up by cars, and look rough but its small flowers smell divine!
Any I.D. Please
Thank you]]> 3 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:51:14 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/what-is-this-flowering-plant.105388/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/what-is-this-flowering-plant.105388/ invalid@example.com (dsr) dsr 5 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 02:11:46 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/euonymus-alatus.1540/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/euonymus-alatus.1540/ invalid@example.com (Lois Heidrick) Lois Heidrick What shrub is this?

This shrub grows wild in the woods (lower NY zone 5) and I never noticed it until this fall when I saw the beautiful bright rose leaves and went to investigate. It has a most unusual bark. The younger stems are green and surrounded by tan fins about 1-1.5 inches long which circle around the stem so that there are 4 fins that alternate working their way up the whole stem. I think you can see them in the picture. The leaves are opposite each other and I don't...

Euonymus alatus]]> 10 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:19:44 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/plant-of-madagascar-size-around-1-5-m-large-leaves.105359/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/plant-of-madagascar-size-around-1-5-m-large-leaves.105359/ invalid@example.com (djolof) djolof I have seen this plant in Madagascar.
This one was around 1,5 m high and looked like a it was fully grown.
The leaves are very soft, like velvet.
I have been told that it's sometimes locally called Napoleon'hat due to the shape of the leaves.
Has someone an idea of the ID ?
Thank you]]> 2 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:56:02 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/any-good-resources-on-dahlia-cultivar-id.105357/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/any-good-resources-on-dahlia-cultivar-id.105357/ invalid@example.com (Smyrna) Smyrna 1 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 03:15:08 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/prunus.105349/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/prunus.105349/ invalid@example.com (alex66) alex66 The flowers are white ,this plant Is in London]]> 4 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:41:56 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/in-the-park.105325/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/in-the-park.105325/ invalid@example.com (Richard E Masson) Richard E Masson The leaves, however does not suit any of the above?
Photo taken today.
Any ID please!]]> 4 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 15:18:36 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/thunbergii-or-what.105334/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/thunbergii-or-what.105334/ invalid@example.com (Smyrna) Smyrna Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:22:19 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/found-in-bush-raspberry.105329/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/found-in-bush-raspberry.105329/ invalid@example.com (davebyer) davebyer 6 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:50:23 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/difference-between-small-leaved-linden-tree-and-katsura-tree.105321/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/difference-between-small-leaved-linden-tree-and-katsura-tree.105321/ invalid@example.com (DavidB52) DavidB52
However, I keep coming across trees that the "Seek" app on my phone identifies as Katsura trees.
Both trees have heart shaped leaves and little brown nutlets. They are so similar looking that even the phone app mixes them up often.

So I'm here to ask: how to differentiate these...

Difference Between Small-leaved Linden Tree and Katsura Tree?]]> 3 Sun, 14 Sep 2025 19:16:49 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/strange-vine.105318/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/strange-vine.105318/ invalid@example.com (davebyer) davebyer 1 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 22:53:43 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/confirmation-of-osmanthus-fragrans.99118/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/confirmation-of-osmanthus-fragrans.99118/ invalid@example.com (AliceJM) AliceJM 8 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 07:57:37 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/tree.105254/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/tree.105254/ invalid@example.com (Richard E Masson) Richard E Masson The soil in the area is heavy clay.
It seems likely, it was planted as a specimen tree many years ago.
I have walked past it for years, this year it seems to be looking especially good.
It has been a hot summer.
Photos taken today, 28th July 2025
Any I.D. appreciated.]]> 4 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 23:44:48 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/kananaskis-ab-wildflower.105249/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/kananaskis-ab-wildflower.105249/ invalid@example.com (flowery prose) flowery prose 2 Sun, 13 Jul 2025 21:45:47 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/shurb-or-tree.105238/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/shurb-or-tree.105238/ invalid@example.com (davebyer) davebyer 1 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 01:39:26 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/are-these-medlar%E2%80%99s.105235/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/are-these-medlar%E2%80%99s.105235/ invalid@example.com (Richard E Masson) Richard E Masson
Then, today, my daughter sends me photos (quantity of photos two, overall green) of a similar plant in her new allotment, in Manchester, England.
Asks for...

Are these Medlar’s?]]> 4 Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:26:30 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/blue-flowered-plants-in-farmers-field.105233/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/blue-flowered-plants-in-farmers-field.105233/ invalid@example.com (Richard E Masson) Richard E Masson But the flower is different.
The height of each plant of these plants is variable, from about 2ft to possibly 6ft.
Some plants have many leaves up the stem, some just a cluster at the bottom.
The field is vast, I assume this is an agricultural crop?
Any I.D. appreciated.
Thank you]]> 6 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 07:59:44 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/april-fragrant-evergreen-shrub.105219/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/april-fragrant-evergreen-shrub.105219/ invalid@example.com (lokesh) lokesh 1 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:22:32 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/is-this-virgins-bower.105217/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/is-this-virgins-bower.105217/ invalid@example.com (Zeno) Zeno
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