16 May, 2008
I have this in my front garden by the rock; don't know the cultivar, it was just sold as 'Purple Weigela' in our garden center. It is a smaller variety than the variegated, if yours is the same.
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16 May, 2008
roses already! beautiful! mine are all stil tight green buds, still i think it might be because they are new in this year. my neighbours have some in bloom already. ho hum! will just have to wait! lol
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16 May, 2008
I have had visits from these guys already. Squash them. Look under the leafs for eggs, it resembles bird poo. Squash this as well. The beetles will drop to the floor/soil and lay on their backs to make them hard to see. The young will over winter in the soil until they are older. The mature ones will strip a lillie in a couple of days.
At least they are red so they are sort of giving you a chance.
Happy hunting(every day).
16 May, 2008
Perhaps you could pay some youngsters 25 cents a head...what about squishing and washing the leaves with a pure soap solution. , (no detergents) I had an infestation of sawfly larvae...I squished but the mugho pine was a sticky stinky mess when I had found them all... So used a spray bottle and made a soapy solution and sprayed the plants...didn't let it dry... just left it on as long as it stayed moist then hosed the plant down with a good firm spray... It removed the mess and I think it may have washed away any unhatched eggs...It worked for me but the worst part was picking and squishing. might be worth googling the beetle to find out how it over-winters... and if there are any intermediate hosts during it's life cycle.
16 May, 2008
Both of these insecticides are lethal to bees, do be careful especially Imac etc. Even the pollen becomes poisonous to the bees which collect it.
15 May, 2008
Spiderwort is all over the place here. Very invasive but looks beautiful in mass plantings.
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15 May, 2008
Very nice. This just reminded me that I forgot to look for water hyacinths when i was at the nursery this afternoon.
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15 May, 2008
It looks like a Viburnum Opulus Roseum, sometimes called the Snowball tree, my neighbour has it, it is absolutely beautiful right now.
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15 May, 2008
wow thats wonderful 2 have a tree that smells so nice all over hungry Chris :)
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17 May, 2008
Looks like this one is 'wine & roses' , it will eventually get 5 ft high and wide.
There is a dwarf shrub, called 'midnight wine', that only gets 18 to 24 inches tall and wide. I have one and the leaves are much smaller on this variety, in proportion with the tiny limbs. They are both beautiful.!
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