backtothenewbasics.bsky.social
Horticulturist, ex-chef, ex-culinary arts instructor, writer.
Author of "Back to the NEW Basics [of gardening]" (https://a.co/d/a1YPIil). Human companion to a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Liberal.
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FABULOUS foto!
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Both are found in the UK. Tomato Stem Canker is spread via infected transplants, trellising stakes, tools, introduction of contaminated seed stock. Alternaria Stem Canker is primarily spread through airborne spores and water splashing.
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Alternaria Stem Canker, a fungal disease, or Tomato Stem Canker, caused by Clavibacter michiganensis, a bacterium.
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Gypsophila vaccaria (formerly Vaccaria hispanica). A European native, used in many "wildflower" seed mixes.
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それでも、ネジバナ（Spiranthes sinensis）の非常に良い写真です。
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I vote Anthaxia, as well, and I'd even go so far as to say A. inornata (out of about 20 species here in the PNW, most difficult to separate, but this one looks more "inornate" than all the others).
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Thanks
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Recipe, please?
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The first two are Euphorbia corollata (native from Texas north to South Dakota and east to the Atlantic coast). The third is Leonurus cardiaca (native to Central Asia and southeastern Europe).
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Matthiola longipetala (night-scented stock or evening stock). Comes in some of the cheaper "wildflower" mixes.
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Looks like Asclepias syriaca
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A good selection of Brassia arachnoidea
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I found several types on Amazon. I just may give this a try.
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Such lilies are often sold as potted plants, which are very popular at holidays. People take them home (or have been gifted them), enjoy the bloom, and then plop the whole thing (sans pot) into the ground afterwards.
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An Asiatic lily (Lilium hybrid); there are lots of such red varieties including 'Red Highland', 'Red Country', 'Red Sensation', 'Matrix One'
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I like the name "christophene." I was tempted to use it as one of the "aka"s for this plant in the story.
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Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina = Snake Gourd, Snake Bean, Snake Melon. It's about halfway down in this article:
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10 inches!!! Rain is good. But not always. Things will, of course, now get better with your tomatoes.
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This might help for next time (next year):
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There's been reports of migrants who've flown off course but they end up in a dead end, if you know what I mean, garden-planted milkweeds or not. Do you know about the dozen or so Oregon native butterflies who are endangered?
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The western Monarch's migratory flyway passes east of Portland. There may have been native milkweeds in the Portland area some 10,000 years ago but those glacier things pushed them out and they haven't returned. So the flyway goes elsewhere now.
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Can you post a photo of the pan you used to make these?
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Mine, which I bought in 1975 in an Asian kitchenware shop in Redwood City, California. It's put out hundreds of great dishes (and a couple dozen flops). Still in use (a couple dishes just last week). A student/friend torched the outer wooden handle on a commercial burner.
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Have you ever seen any Monarchs migrating naturally through your area?
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Assuming you're holding that flower upside-down and it's normally hanging downward with petals reflexed upwards ("Turks-cap"), I'd say it's Lilium pyrenaicum.
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That’s a bit young and without flowers, both making it difficult to ID. But here’s my list of possibilities (in order of closeness):
Gentiana acaulis
Gentiana septemfida
Saponaria officinalis
Dianthus barbatus
Gentiana clausa
Veronica beccabunga
Veronica gentianoides
[and probably more...]
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Sure looks like a tobacco plant. But it also looks like Phytolacca americana, AMERICAN POKEWEED.
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Feverfew isn't the worst aggressive beastie. But there are LOTS of really good, very well-behaved PNW native herbaceous plants that are so much better. The list is too long to print out here but how about a pdf file?:
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VINES FOR SHADE
Actinidia tetramera var. maloides
Hedera algeriensis ‘Glorie de Marengo’
Hedera colchica ‘Dentata Variegata’
Hydrangea anomala
Hydrangea (Schizophragma) hydrangeoides ‘Moonlight’
Hydrangea petiolaris
Parthenocissus henryana
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Vitis coignetiae
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Forgive me but that's Gerbera jamesonii, commonly called Gerber Daisy or Barberton Daisy (or, simply, one of the "African daisies.)" And it's a nice variety. "Chinese asters" look like this:
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It would help to know what Zone/area you're in.
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That's an elm (maybe Ulmus pumila). And the damage on the leaf is caused by the Elm Leaf Beetle. The beetle's larvae look like a caterpillar crossed with a slug. They feed on the undersides of the leaves, scraping away little holes all over.
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Can you tell me what kind of tree? (Hard for me to see any details with all those holes.)
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1. Poor drainage and/or overwatering. (Does it get the lawn sprinkling and how often?) and/or...
2. Young tree planted too deeply. (Has the "flare" been covered?)
Plus you have some bacterial/fungal spotting. Wetness at night (from rain and/or irrigation).
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You sound a little grumpy. You might need to see a doc for those issues. Don't be bashful, just do it. Be careful, though, the doc may give you some meds that'll make you dopey. But then you'll be happy and you'll be able to get some sleep(y). [I'll wait for the groans.]
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I like the premise of your article but it would be nice if put up a photo of an actual fava bean rather than a white navy bean.
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They are not "social" wasps in that they do not nest together. But they don't mind "meeting up" where flowers like this occur in abundance or where there is plenty of their prey (scarabs, June beetles, Japanese beetles...)
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Five Banded Thynnid Wasp
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You're seeing a fern's indusia, which are the coverings of the sori, which are the clusters of sporangia (= spores).
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A Helichrysum species, probably H. argyrophyllum
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Hemerocallis fulva. An old-time daylily species