In this part of the site you can identify trees shrubs or perennials by the shape or color of their leaves.
Large round green leaf plant.
Mulleins verbascum bombyciferum and cvs usda hardiness zones 5 9 are one of the few big leaved perennials that offer felty gray leaves reaching 14 inches long.
The leaves are large they look peltate and they are growing at the same time of year as mayapple.
It is called umbrella leaf diphylleia cymosa.
Plant identification by their leaves.
The fig leafed palm is tropical and should only be grown outdoors in usda growing zones 10 or 11.
Examine the broadleaf weeds in your lawn and compare the leaf s shape to the broadleaf weed pictures below.
Giant leaves for sunny sites verbascum bom byciferum photo illustration.
Full sun or part sun.
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Let s take a close look at a single leaf from each plant.
Plant in moist well drained soil.
List of common weeds with photos.
Probably the most recognizable of garden weeds with its yellow multi petalled flowers and fluffy seed heads this perennial has a deep tap root making it difficult to kill by.
This evergreen plant is desirable for its very large cut leaves.
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This is a different plant entirely.
Pay close attention to the edges of the leaf blade margins to see if they re serrated toothed rounded lobed or another shape.
The leaves which are green and waxy in appearance are shaped rather like an open palm with eight or nine fingers on each leaf and can reach widths of more than 1 foot.
A weed is an unwanted plant in the wrong place.
Check the leaf shape.
Up to 7 feet tall.
Calathea orbifolia is not as popular as the houseplants above but it surely deserves to be in this list of tall indoor plants with big leaves.
Red pink flowers.
Base of leaf wide and rounded 7 narrow and pointed 5 describe the teeth many small teeth 7 a few large teeth 3 leaf edge toothed 9 smooth 8 leaf placement alternate 4 opposite 4 3 parted 1 leaf shape simple 13 lobed 4 leaf type wide 15 needle like 2 needle texture scaly 1 smooth 1 number of lobes 1 12 3 2 5 2.
While all selections of this species are gardenworthy the largest cultivar arctic summer is one of my favorites.
It thrives well in day long indirect sunlight and warm temperatures.
4 to 6 in 10 to 15 cm notes.
Brown green flowers.
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A perfect perennial if you have a lot of space and want to make a big statement plume poppy produces airy clusters of flowers over big tropical looking leaves.
Its oval foliage is as large fiddle leaf fig and has beautiful stripes of silver and green color.