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Plant recognition apps

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  • anniedtanniedt Posts: 85
    Many thanks Forester Pete.
  • ElferElfer Posts: 329
    I use leafsnap doesn't always get it right but it does give you a list of other potential matches. No idea how it compares to other apps.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited May 2021
    This is a very tech-wary forum and cohort.
  • anniedtanniedt Posts: 85
    Thank you Elfer and Fire.  I prefer a book myself but when visiting other gardens where plants are not named, I thought an app on my phone would be helpful.
    Thank you for your interest.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    An accurate plant ID app would be a godsend. I haven't found one. Google reverse imaging is hopeless.
  • anniedtanniedt Posts: 85
    Now you are depressing me!  I have bought a plant whose label says stocks. I am assuming night scented stocks.
    I have also bought one labelled phlox; looking that up is a minefield as there are so many! 
  • anniedtanniedt Posts: 85
    Wrong. I find that stocks, or matthiola, can be annual, biennial, perennial or evergreen. So this one will go in a pot until I can recognise which one it is.  Ditto the phlox.
    I bought several plants to support our local 'In Bloom' group.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    They don't normally come in pots. Check Brompton stocks @anniedt
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    An accurate plant ID app would be a godsend. I haven't found one. Google reverse imaging is hopeless.
    Forester_Pete said:
    The forum members are excellent but sometimes the app is handy too. I use inaturalist  which also has people checking the ids but it often gives a pretty good idea of you take a decent photo. There are others of course. 

    is it this one? How does it work? It looks like it's mostly American content and community... Details would be useful. Thanks
  • squirral87k4-WvGwTsquirral87k4-WvGwT Posts: 167
    PlantNet is good. 
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