tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post6356977505571716357..comments2024-03-01T20:10:19.114-08:00Comments on ROCK ROSE: Flowers, succulents and bugsRock rose http://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-67554519548959334122008-06-12T18:28:00.000-07:002008-06-12T18:28:00.000-07:00Some of this is like rediscovering the wheel, I gu...Some of this is like rediscovering the wheel, I guess - watching the stink bugs climb when I watered the base was something I found out recently, Jenny. <BR/>Good hunting, and thanks for the heads-up on the hornworms. <BR/><BR/>Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-19810882375990116412008-06-12T14:23:00.000-07:002008-06-12T14:23:00.000-07:00Yes it is although people here seem to call it Fic...Yes it is although people here seem to call it Ficus pumila. I think the trailing type show up well against the ivy. I don't actually know the name of it, do you? or does anyone for that matter? <BR/>A funny thing about the M primrose. Last year I was busy pulling the flowers when they fadedto keep it blooming and kept wondering why I had so many seed pods--until I realized that the seeds are Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-30760444674734796262008-06-12T09:32:00.000-07:002008-06-12T09:32:00.000-07:00That primrose is beautiful! It's such a light, bri...That primrose is beautiful! It's such a light, bright yellow but not that too-hot orangey-yellow. Looking at your nice cool stone paths is so soothing, too.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05517165081477969468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-21357162094899778472008-06-12T08:10:00.000-07:002008-06-12T08:10:00.000-07:00I love the wall pot combination of succulent again...I love the wall pot combination of succulent against the dark green creeper(is that Ficus repens?) Subtle textural and foliage contrast always do it for me.Garden Wise Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785776337799149082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-19552661907033200802008-06-11T04:11:00.000-07:002008-06-11T04:11:00.000-07:00Thanks Arlene,Oh, Yes Carol, we get the horn worms...Thanks Arlene,<BR/>Oh, Yes Carol, we get the horn worms too, and I think they are about to arrive. I chased off several large moths yesterday. I'll bet they were laying eggs.<BR/>JennyRock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-67816983127676843812008-06-10T20:03:00.000-07:002008-06-10T20:03:00.000-07:00We are fortunate not to have these leaf-footed bug...We are fortunate not to have these leaf-footed bugs in Indiana, at least not that I've seen. Good luck in your war against them. <BR/><BR/>We do have to watch for tomato hornworms, however. Do you get those, too?<BR/><BR/>Carol, May Dreams GardensCarol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-8633863582807210832008-06-10T17:48:00.000-07:002008-06-10T17:48:00.000-07:00what a lovely garden.Arlene,Puyallup flowerswhat a lovely garden.<BR/><BR/>Arlene,<BR/><A HREF="http://www.flowerstogoonline.com/Puyallup-pi-17.html?&cID=2" REL="nofollow">Puyallup flowers</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com