An amateur botanist has launched an app which identifies up to 6,000 plants and flowers
We all know what it’s like – you spot a beautiful plant growing in a neighbour's garden you'd like to buy, or find a mystery flower growing on your own patch of land, but have no idea what the plant is or how to look after it.
A new app, however, promises to clear up any horticultural haziness by helping to identify over 6,000 plant species with the click of a button.
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Users of PlantSnapp simply take a photo of their mystery plant using a iPhone or iPad, and upload it to the app.
Within a few hours, a team of horticultural experts will respond and reveal the plant's name, care information and even links to nurseries where you can buy it.
Twenty-three year-old amateur botanist and Leeds University graduate Georgie Williams had the idea for the free app while working at the Chelsea Flower Show and at Burncoose nurseries in Cornwall.
“We want people to have access to any plant that catches their eye at the touch of a button and if we can boost the popularity of gardening as a result and in turn make Britain a greener place that would be a wonderful achievement," he said.
The app has been co-founded with entrepreneur Angus Rankine, and in partnership with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
It is hoped that once a strong database has been built up, the app will be able to identify plants automatically without the need to consult experts.
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