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Alternate POM Judge
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Maryland
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Beautiful pictures Gloria. I love the purple coneflowers.
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Heron
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: c. Mississippi
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Heron
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: c. Mississippi
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I have had far few butterflies this year, too. I'm starting to really get concerned. My 3 Liatris species are in full bloom and I have very, very few butterflies visiting. Last year, I was covered up with so many species of butterflies when the Liatris was in full swing. Very disconcerting, indeed.
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Heron
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: c. Mississippi
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ww, that apple gourd vine is a BEAST!
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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That clump is about 4 years old. Takes awhile for some prairie plants to establish. I started it from a winter sown seeding.The couple of plants I bought and collected seed from died after a few years. But this one seems strong.
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#157 |
A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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Thanks Ellen.
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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Heron
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Lower Pioneer Valley
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Pawpaws have very fibrous roots, like tuliptree. Keeping the soil together when moving seems to be the most dangerous part. When I was planting one from a container, the soil was falling apart and had to get it in the hole quickly before it fell apart. Planted Spotted Bee Balm, which I started from seed, at my parents. Was mostly bare ground before. The ground is maybe 1/2" of soil and just sand under that.
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WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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I love the spotted bee balm, been wanting to plant that here for some time. It looks happy there.
It's rosepink time here which makes me very happy, such a beautiful bloom. It's an annual which seeds itself around the field haphazardly. I never know where it's going to pop up. It's supposed to like moist soils in part shade but wherever the seeds fall it germinates whatever the conditions. I tell myself to mark the locations so I can gather seed later on but I never do. I should though because I'd love to have some near the house in the gardens. I welcome self-seeders to surprise me every year. It feels like a gift.
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2014, blooming, cornell university, flower id, phlox divaricata, phlox stoloniferia |
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