Hi again it's Jason from Fraser Valley Rose Farm and about a year ago I did
a video review of four different plant ID apps that i had on my phone i still have two of them
right here on my phone and i enjoy them a lot the other two i threw away right away
the reason i like having them around people ask me plant id questions an awful lot and this thing
makes me look an awful lot smarter so the two apps that i liked a lot are very different from each
other and i can recommend both heartily the first one is called Pl@ntNet plantnet you can think of
that like wikipedia a free kind of open source database of plant pictures that is supported
by donation community supported a little harder to use but overall really wide good database of
plants that i that i've found very reliable the other one is called Picture This it's kind of
like the paid premium version of that they like to bundle it with a lot of other features things like
taking a directory or a listing of plants in your garden they offer free ebooks consultations with
experts so for the novice gardener it has a lot more resources that you can use by the way they've
offered me five free memberships that i am giving away with this video that's why you would have
seen the sponsored sign come up at the beginning nobody's paying me any money but they did offer me
five free premium memberships that i'll give away to the viewers as you wanted especially if you're
a new gardener and you want that membership drop me a comment below the first five people who say
i want picture this i'll send you a code now today the purpose of this video isn't to plug
anything like that the purpose is to put these two plant id software the dedicated plant id software
up against google lens i had that question last time that i made this video is how does google
lens fare and at that time i didn't include it in the comparison i still have some things around the
garden here with some flowers or some interesting foliage i'm going to go around take some pictures
and let's compare and see how Plantnet, Picture This and Google Lens do against each other
next time i do this i should remind myself not to wait until mid-november
to start looking for plants that have flowers or interesting foliage but i still have a
thing or two around the garden that should be good for id let's see how they do on this guy
and here in the rose garden i wonder how they'll do on this plant
and this shrub is a little past its prime for the year but still
pretty distinctive let's see how they do on this one
and here's some fancy foliage i don't expect them to get it down to the cultivar but
they should be able to get it down to the genus
this one is a bit of a weed in our area but you know what i think i may keep it
anyway it has really tall beautiful flowers let's see if the plant ideops can get that one
for interesting plants in the winter no place better than the winter garden
and another one they should be able to get just from foliage
hey something even in flower fantastic let's see how they do
and how about this one just from the bare stems and the fruit
i will let the results just speak for themselves but i will say this in any which case whether you
go with the massive database of plant net the extra features a picture this or you just have
an android phone and download google lens you have a powerful tool right in your pocket that
i would have killed for 15 years ago to have all of that plant id knowledge at my fingertips so
we're lucky to live in the age we're living in i hope that this just continues to get better
but overall impressed by the difference plant id apps can make in your garden experience