Comments on: Mid-September monarchs (and bloom day!) http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/mid-september-monarchs-and-bloom-day/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kris http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/mid-september-monarchs-and-bloom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Kris Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:01:38 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/whats-blooming/mid-september-monarchs-and-bloom-day/#comment-520 It's true and it's true! (I don't know how I ever got so lucky) It’s true and it’s true! (I don’t know how I ever got so lucky)

]]> By: Caroline Brown http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/mid-september-monarchs-and-bloom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Caroline Brown Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:08:35 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/whats-blooming/mid-september-monarchs-and-bloom-day/#comment-516 The Clematis is beautiful. You really have the greatest job Kris!!! The Clematis is beautiful. You really have the greatest job Kris!!!

]]> By: jodi http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/mid-september-monarchs-and-bloom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-476 jodi Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:04:35 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/whats-blooming/mid-september-monarchs-and-bloom-day/#comment-476 Joyful, joyful, monarchs! About three dozen of ours hatched while I was away, but we watched seven of them come out the day I left. My other half has been keeping an eye out for them around the yard ever since. Don't get me started on plant names, latin or common....just when we think we've got the latin mastered, some taxonomist decides to change genus or species or create a new one. And common names are just. plain. confusing. ;-) Joyful, joyful, monarchs! About three dozen of ours hatched while I was away, but we watched seven of them come out the day I left. My other half has been keeping an eye out for them around the yard ever since.
Don’t get me started on plant names, latin or common….just when we think we’ve got the latin mastered, some taxonomist decides to change genus or species or create a new one. And common names are just. plain. confusing. ;-)

]]> By: Kris http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/mid-september-monarchs-and-bloom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Kris Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:51:17 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/whats-blooming/mid-september-monarchs-and-bloom-day/#comment-463 Thank you, Layanee - doesn't seem like there are more monarchs this year? Shirl, I can't imagine the garden without all of the wildlife! - and September is just about the liveliest month in the garden! MSS, Common names are the most frustrating things! I spend half my time researching the correct and current latin only to find that a lot of visitors are more interested in knowing a familiar sounding (though confusing) common name! Ah well. Better to have lots of names than none! Thank you, Layanee – doesn’t seem like there are more monarchs this year?

Shirl, I can’t imagine the garden without all of the wildlife! – and September is just about the liveliest month in the garden!

MSS, Common names are the most frustrating things! I spend half my time researching the correct and current latin only to find that a lot of visitors are more interested in knowing a familiar sounding (though confusing) common name! Ah well. Better to have lots of names than none!

]]> By: mss @ Zanthan Gardens http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/mid-september-monarchs-and-bloom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-460 mss @ Zanthan Gardens Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:02:15 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/whats-blooming/mid-september-monarchs-and-bloom-day/#comment-460 Lovely butterfly photos. I find them hard to photograph myself so I really appreciate yours! I planted some Asclepias for the monarchs this year as they make their way down to Mexico. I've seen them on the orange cosmos but never on the Asclepias yet. The colchicum are nice but it bugs me the it has come to be known generally as autumn crocus--given that there are several true crocuses that are autumn crocuses. Gardeners seem to share the problem of the Americans and Brits: divided by a common language. Lovely butterfly photos. I find them hard to photograph myself so I really appreciate yours! I planted some Asclepias for the monarchs this year as they make their way down to Mexico. I’ve seen them on the orange cosmos but never on the Asclepias yet.

The colchicum are nice but it bugs me the it has come to be known generally as autumn crocus–given that there are several true crocuses that are autumn crocuses. Gardeners seem to share the problem of the Americans and Brits: divided by a common language.

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