… in sacks on their hind legs, which doesn’t always make it to the stigma of the flowers they visit (anthers are where the pollen grains are picked up; stigma is where they are deposited for successful pollination). Mason bees (Osmia lignaria) carry pollen all over their bodies, … tubes with larvae. For information about storing and incubating mason bees for next year, visit seedsavers.org . …
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… larvae enter the leaves a few inches above the ground and eat irregular tunnels in leaf tissue for 10 days to two weeks. They then bore into the rhizome and and continue to feed until … they exit into the soil. There, they pupate and soon emerge as moths, ready to lay their eggs for the next year. Damage The soft rot spread by the larvae is the most serious injury caused by … to successful control of borers. Cleaning up and destroying all plant debris in the fall will get rid of eggs laid during the summer. Leaving the rhizomes partially exposed when planting can …
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’Regal Shields’ is a new hybrid elephant ear that gets its dramatic coloring from its father, 'Black Velvet', and its upright growing habit and improved cold resistance from its mother, Alocasia odora . The leaves are a deep glossy green suffused with purple on top, and deep dark purple on the underside, both strongly marked with light green veins. Alocasias are jungle understory plants that …
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… In addition to the many combinations of red and pink bloom in older varieties, you can now get yellow or white. Leaves may be green, or variegated, or yellow or deep burgundy. And they …
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… one hand, and wildfires on the other. And it looks great throughout the growing season. You get fluffy little white "bunny tails" of flowers in late spring; handsome foliage throughout …
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… of bugbane comes from their ability to repel insects and in earlier times they were used to get rid of bedbugs. …
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… from North America pollinate the flowers while hovering to sip nectar. Their foreheads get dusted with pollen in the process — which apparently annoys some of them, because they have …
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While it's first officially registered in Europe under the name Autumn Damask in 1819, it may well be the rose described in Greek and Roman antiquity as Four Seasons Rose of Paestrum. It earned that name by being the only one of the Old European varieties to repeat, blooming in flushes every six weeks or so. The charming pink rosettes bloom in clusters, with a strong Damask scent. In some …
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… will give you more prolific bloom. And if you leave the remaining flowers in place, you'll get those colorful hips come fall. …
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… explodes into flower. Plant this salvia in full sun and in average soil, and water it to get the root system established. This perennial is a hummingbird and butterfly magnet. 'Pascal' …
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