Okay, so we've all had that moment where we've been in a garden center and picked up a plant or had a friend give us a unlabeled cutting of a plant and look at it and think,

what the heck is this thing? I have no idea of this plant's name. I mean that was me in the Garden Center literally last week.

And today's episode is all about that moment and learning some basic skills for identifying house

plants and how to observe our plants in order to get to know them better. So, Plant Friends, welcome to episode 116 of

Blue Mangro Radio. Hey Plant Friends. I hope you've had beautifully planty weeks. I am super

excited to welcome Derek of the crazy botanist, our newest botanist to the

mix of bloom and grow guests for a higher level conversation about

the basics of house plant identification and how to change our thinking around plants to see

them for their leaf shapes, their flowers, and other identifying factors

instead of just a name.

Sometimes you got to zoom out a little bit,

you know what I mean?

This episode is a really nice palette cleanser

that I feel like sometimes we get focused

on the nitty gritty of plant science deep dives which you all know I'm

obsessed with but this is a really nice kind of zoom out moment for us to start thinking about our

plants and the way they grow and I hope you enjoy it. Oh my goodness, we've had such an impressive influx of Patreon,

plant friend supporters over the last month.

So welcome to the club, Nancy Ross, Samantha Ryder,

Laura Pugh, Hyin, Shymn, Megan Lowe,

and Misty Ceochi. Oh my goodness gracious, thank you. Hi-In Shim, Megan Lowe and Miss DiC-O-Chi.

Oh my goodness gracious, thank you,

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