Comments on: More garden magic – for grown-up children http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/more-garden-magic-for-grown-up-children/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kris http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/more-garden-magic-for-grown-up-children/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Kris Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:28:31 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/how-when-what/more-garden-magic-for-grown-up-children/#comment-490 Pam, I'm sure I made that up but I know it's very good luck to have praying mantis in the garden! Bright, Stay tuned for a long shot of the pitcher plants - you could try yours outside in a super sunny spot. I found out from Jodi at Bloomingwriter that Sarracenia purpurea is the provincial flower of New Foundland - pretty cool for such a tropical looking (to me) plant! Layanee, I hope you find your praying mantis and see you tomorrow I hope! Jodi, We have so much Verbena bonariensis! And ours gets zealously weeded too - I wonder what the place would look like if we didn't eliminate some of it - very purple I guess! Pam, I’m sure I made that up but I know it’s very good luck to have praying mantis in the garden!

Bright, Stay tuned for a long shot of the pitcher plants – you could try yours outside in a super sunny spot. I found out from Jodi at Bloomingwriter that Sarracenia purpurea is the provincial flower of New Foundland – pretty cool for such a tropical looking (to me) plant!

Layanee, I hope you find your praying mantis and see you tomorrow I hope!

Jodi, We have so much Verbena bonariensis! And ours gets zealously weeded too – I wonder what the place would look like if we didn’t eliminate some of it – very purple I guess!

]]> By: jodi http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/more-garden-magic-for-grown-up-children/comment-page-1/#comment-489 jodi Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:10:41 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/how-when-what/more-garden-magic-for-grown-up-children/#comment-489 What a fun post (glad the fairies worked there too--the fog is finally lifting here in Scotts Bay also). I'm also so glad to see Verbena bonariensis all over the Blithewold gardens; I have none this year and I miss it a lot. It didn't self-seed from last year--or if it did, the overzealous spring gardener eliminated it thinking it was a weed. :-( I do that a lot. What a fun post (glad the fairies worked there too–the fog is finally lifting here in Scotts Bay also).
I’m also so glad to see Verbena bonariensis all over the Blithewold gardens; I have none this year and I miss it a lot. It didn’t self-seed from last year–or if it did, the overzealous spring gardener eliminated it thinking it was a weed. :-( I do that a lot.

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/more-garden-magic-for-grown-up-children/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Layanee Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:31:23 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/how-when-what/more-garden-magic-for-grown-up-children/#comment-488 Kris: Great shots of the garden as always! I am going out to look for praying mantis today! Kris: Great shots of the garden as always! I am going out to look for praying mantis today!

]]> By: bright http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/more-garden-magic-for-grown-up-children/comment-page-1/#comment-485 bright Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:31:57 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/how-when-what/more-garden-magic-for-grown-up-children/#comment-485 i wish i could have been there! it's looks idyllic. i'd love to see a picture of your whole pitcher plant, i bet it's huge. mine's just a little guy on the windowsill. i wish i could have been there! it’s looks idyllic. i’d love to see a picture of your whole pitcher plant, i bet it’s huge. mine’s just a little guy on the windowsill.

]]> By: Pam/Digging http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/more-garden-magic-for-grown-up-children/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Pam/Digging Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:03:16 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/how-when-what/more-garden-magic-for-grown-up-children/#comment-482 Is the praying mantis said to be a garden sprite? I recently photographed one in my garden too. They are interesting looking creatures, aren't they? And I love the bottom photo of the pitcher plant. Is the praying mantis said to be a garden sprite? I recently photographed one in my garden too. They are interesting looking creatures, aren’t they? And I love the bottom photo of the pitcher plant.

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