Point the camera at a plant and find out what it is
Name any plant, tree or garden bird from a photograph or a few seconds of birdsong.
There is a shrub by the back door that came with the house and nobody has ever known its name. Point a phone at it and you will have the name in three seconds.
Key points
- Name a plant or tree from a photograph in about three seconds
- Read the percentage as the app being honest about its guess
- Keep what you identify, so the garden becomes a list
- Never eat anything on an app’s say-so
What to remember
- The number beside the name is the app being honest.
- Naming is what these are for. Eating is not.
Try this
Go and photograph the one plant in your garden you have never been able to name.
Practice: Point the camera at a plant and find out what it is. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.