Plant identification and care guides
Start with evidence, not a guess.
Choose the question closest to what you can see. These guides help you compare plausible causes and make one safe next check. If you already know the plant, use the plant problem guides for a more specific path.
Identification
Get more than a confident name.
Capture useful plant traits and judge whether an app exposes evidence, uncertainty and safety limits.
How to identify a leaf, tree or bush from a photo
Capture the whole plant, leaves on the stem, flowers, bark, scale and growing context—not one mystery leaf picture.
Read the guide → Choosing an app · 5 minWhat makes a plant identification app useful?
Look past a confident name. Check for visible evidence, honest uncertainty, useful photo guidance, care context and clear safety boundaries.
Use the app checklist → Accuracy · 9 minHow accurate are plant identification apps?
Understand why app, plant, photo, region and scoring method change the answer.
Read the evidence → Verification · 8 minWhen plant identification apps disagree
Compare candidates against observed traits and stop at the most specific supported level.
Use the checklist → Product trust · 7 minHow Garden Sage handles uncertainty
See when the app supports a match, asks for better evidence or stops for safety.
Read the policy →Plant problems
Read the pattern before treating the plant.
A visible symptom can have several causes. Begin with its position, pattern and recent change.
Plant leaves curling, rolling up or wilting
Compare the leaf shape, root-zone moisture, time of day, pests and recent changes before adding water.
Use the decision path → Plant health · 8 minBrown leaves and leaf tips
Separate tips, margins, patches, spots and sudden browning, then inspect the root-to-leaf path.
Read the pattern → Plant health · 9 minSpots on leaves
Compare disease, weather, pests, residue and physical damage without spraying on a guess.
Inspect the spots → Plant health · 7 minWhy are my plant’s leaves turning yellow?
Work through leaf position, moisture, light, pests and natural ageing before reaching for fertilizer.
Check the likely causes →Care decisions
Change care only after a physical check.
Use the root zone, drainage, plant condition and recent weather to decide what to do next.
Weather & seasons
Use conditions at the roots, not a generic calendar.
Weather can change the decision, but rainfall totals and dates do not replace checking the plant, container and soil.
Garden tracking
Keep the evidence that makes the next answer better.
Dated photos, care actions, weather events and outcomes turn a one-off symptom into a useful plant history.
Try the plant care app
Bring the guide to the plant.
Garden Sage uses your photo and question together, then shows a clearly labelled prediction or supported match; plant-specific care follows only after confirmation.