Re: Cruel Plant

Well, it is going in the Birds, Bees, & Butterflies Garden after all.  They
like it.
Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cruel Plant


> I second that Zem!!! Bad for flies and mosquitos...good for the larger
> pollinators....I think this plant has a bad rep for nothing!!!! LOL.
>
>
>
> Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
> Sounds like a pretty cool plant to me.
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
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> To: "Perennials"
> ;
> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 3:42 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Cruel Plant
>
>
> > Does anyone grow Cruel Plant, Cynanchum ascyrifolium?
> > Described as a well-behaved clump-former with vague semi-vining
tendencies
> > and waxy white flowers in axillary cymes. Once it starts blooming, it
> > continues for almost the entire summer, virtually pest-free.
> >
> > It's an asclepiad, so when I found it at Seneca Hill, I thought it might
> > be
> > good for our Birds, Bees, and Butterflies garden, so I ordered one.
> > A little research though came up with: "...Plants in [this family]
> > generally
> > have unique flowers designed for large pollinators, bees or butterflies
> > that
> > can manipulate the flowers." sounded like I might be right, but it went
> > on
> > to say, "The Cruel Plant was thought to be 'cruel' to small insects like
> > flies and mosquitoes. The white flowers entrap small insects that come
to
> > feed on their nectar. The trapped insects die or become prey for other
> > insects."
> > So I am wondering, is this the proper sentiment for a plant residing in
> > the
> > BBB garden?
> >
> > Kitty
> >
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