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• Misidentification – a gardener’s faux pas:
  • joenesgarden: Laurrie: glad to hear I'm not the only one who confused the two.
  • Debbie: Joene, Misidentification unfortantely comes with the territory. My mother-in-law, an avid gardener, once told me that whenever she was asked to identify a shrub by a non-gardener, she identified any shrub she didn't specifically know as Euonymus. She figured there were so many different kinds of Euonymus she had a decent...
  • Laurrie: Ha! Last week I had a visit from a professional gardener, and he admitted; "I can't keep crocosmia and belamcanda straight. Which is which?" And in my experience he's really knowledgeable about everything that grows! So you are not alone. My garden Oops this month is on...
• The buzz on bees:
  • joenesgarden: Glad you enjoyed this post, Carol. Hope you also visited A Garden of Possibilities and Debbie's post on bees.
  • Carolflowerhill: Great advice and links. I feel blessed to have a hive of wild honeybees living next to my house in an old Rock Maple. Doubly lucky to have captured one of their swarms. My luck ran out, when I was attacked viscously by yellow jackets one year. I have enjoyed your post and the links...
  • joenesgarden: Christine, Wouldn't it be funny to learn the reason bumblebees rest on certain flowers overnight is because they are nectar-oxicated? I wonder why no one tried to name a wild dance the yellow jacket?
  • Christine B.: I've noticed a few bumblers overnighing on blooms and have always wondered why. Seems a bit dangerous, being out in the open at night, but better than "flying under the influence" I suppose;) The yellow jackets have been relatively rare this year, so we are better able to enjoy outdoor dining...
  • joenesgarden: Debbie, your post is well worth noting. You are very welcome.