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Field notes

Notes from the potting bench.

Practical guides to identifying houseplants and keeping them alive — written by the people building GreenThumb’s on-device plant identifier. No fluff, no listicles padded for ad views.

  1. Plant ID basics · June 12, 2026

    How to Identify a Houseplant From a Photo (and Actually Get It Right)

    A practical guide to photo plant identification: how to shoot a photo the recognizer can work with, how to verify the result in 30 seconds, and the lookalike species that fool both apps and humans.

    7 min read