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[Dollythehun]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Okay, check it out!


Look what DollyTheHun found in her yard! A lot of folks never get the opportunity to see this. It's a praying mantis egg sack (ootheca)....



And for size comparison...





Isn't it marvelous?!? Here's hoping she can get a picture or two when those little buggers start to hatch.

UPDATE: I heard from Kallie, my nursery inspector friend. She says this is probably a species of large moth, cecropia, polyphemus, Luna, one of the large "silk" moths. Which I think is even more exciting.

[estación seca]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Still love those purple and yellow Datura. I looked them up to buy a couple... sadly, they wouldn't survive the winters in my area.

The purple and yellow ones can flower as annuals. They can be kept in a pot and overwintered inside. I can send people seed of Datura wrightii, a magnificent Sonoran Desert perennial. It wouldn't live over your winters but they begin flowering quickly. It produces seed readily.

All Brugmansias and Daturas are spider mite magnets. They make good indicator plants for mite presence.

[Dollythehun]

Originally Posted by estación seca

The purple and yellow ones can flower as annuals. They can be kept in a pot and overwintered inside. I can send people seed of Datura wrightii, a magnificent Sonoran Desert perennial. It wouldn't live over your winters but they begin flowering quickly. It produces seed readily.

All Brugmansias and Daturas are spider mite magnets. They make good indicator plants for mite presence.

You can over winter them here. It just takes a mound of mulch.

[estación seca]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

You can over winter them here. It just takes a mound of mulch.

Does that mean you want some seed? Mine are flowering now, and I'll have fresh seed in a few weeks.

[Dollythehun]

No. I have a huge one, thank you. My flowering tabacco all came back this year too.

[WaterWitchin]

Originally Posted by Dusty Ol' Man

Read to the end of the article.

Sacred Datura | Nature Collective

I know this Dusty. I have a lot of plants in my yard that have medicinal properties. And a 10x10 area of the white datura.

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Originally Posted by Dollythehun

UPDATE: I heard from Kallie, my nursery inspector friend. She says this is probably a species of large moth, cecropia, polyphemus, Luna, one of the large "silk" moths. Which I think is even more exciting.

I'm still thinking praying mantis. But I'm no plant inspector. We should find out in a few weeks, eh? Either way, cocoons are always cool. Was out at the lake camping a long ways back... woke up with literally at least a hundred luna moths on outside of the tent. I was so dumbfounded I didn't take a picture.

[DirtyCoconuts]

What’s a good source for bearded lily bulbs? Any reputable online spots?

Also, a neighbors cape myrtle is in bloom and that is a WOW tree

[Clawhammer]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

What’s a good source for bearded lily bulbs? Any reputable online spots?

Also, a neighbors cape myrtle is in bloom and that is a WOW tree

Schreiner's Iris Gardens | Iris Bulbs | Iris Plants

Just visited this place a few weeks ago, heaven. These guys are legends.

And its rhizomes not bulbs :geek:

[Dollythehun]

Originally Posted by Clawhammer

Schreiner's Iris Gardens | Iris Bulbs | Iris Plants

Just visited this place a few weeks ago, heaven. These guys are legends.

And its rhizomes not bulbs :geek:

DC: do we gardeners have to take you to raise? (Clawhammer beat me to the punch.)

[Leafmite]

Forget-me-nots are another flower I like. I tried to grow them from seed twenty years ago. Nothing. I gave up. For the past two years, I have had forget-me-nots show up in the flower bed.