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title: "Help? The person I got the first plant from said it's meant to be a…"
description: "Help? The person I got the first plant from said it's meant to be a small tree with purple flowers, but google says it's a Mexican petunia. I'm just thinking…"
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community: "Plant Identification"
author: "Nikki"
published: "2024-10-04T22:40:52.122527Z"
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# Help? The person I got the first plant from said it's meant to be a…

_Posted by Nikki on 2024-10-04_

Help? The person I got the first plant from said it's meant to be a small tree with purple flowers, but google says it's a Mexican petunia. I'm just thinking it's dying! The second is just labeled "basket foliage"

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## 2 comments

### Kades commented on 2024-10-04

I think the first ID is right, all I know about them is that they can become invasive if not kept in a container. Second looks like a Boston fern

### Faiths garden commented on 2026-06-01

Here is mine it blooms flowers every morning and drops the flowers at night..  
Strangest thing I’ve ever seen

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