Re: Butterfly Attractor
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- Subject: Re: Butterfly Attractor
- From: "* S* L* <t*@tntie.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 21:29:40 -0700
From: "R. S. Lockman" <thelockmans@tntie.com>
Hello, I am wondering if she is thinking about iron weed, a tall type of
verbena. I have it in my butterfly garden. I like it with the companion
plants that around it and centered by a tall pole with
a bird feeder hanging from it.
Donna Lockman
thelockmans@tntie.com
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> From: B. Liddiard <liddiard@esn.net>
> To: iris-talk <iris-talk@onelist.com>
> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: Butterfly Attractor
> Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 8:20 AM
>
> From: "B. Liddiard" <liddiard@esn.net>
>
> From: Leslie Liddiard <liddiard@esn.net>
>
> Mark:
>
> Is that a five foot bush with lilac sort of looking blooms on it? If so,
> it's what's called a Butterfly Bush (sp. Buddleia). They are definitely
> beautiful and attract many butterflies. A lot of people grow Butterfly
> Bushes in Eastern North Carolina. Enjoy!!
>
> Leslie Liddiard
> liddiard@esn.net
> Goldsboro, NC
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: william b. cook <billc@atlantic.net>
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
> Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 5:28 PM
> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: The Joys of Weeding
>
>
> >From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
> >
> >> And, anyone who has:
> >>
> >> 1. Nurtured a weed believing it was a real plant
> >> 2. Pulled a real plant, believing it was a weed
> >>
> >Kathy,
> > I have done both. I still have some plants growing, and I have no
> >idea what they are. Some of them most likely will get pulled up soon.
> > Two interesting things growing and near bloom. One is about five
feet
> >tall, and makes clusters of purple blooms and is about the best
Butterfly
> >attractor I have ever seen, next to the Gingers. The other is some type
of
> >wild Liatris. Those Liatris are welcome to come up anywhere they wish
to.
> >Some of them are approaching six feet tall.
> > Then, of course I have to be careful not to accidentally mistake
some
> >Sisyrinchium for grass.
> > One other thing is some type of small shrub. It is about two to
three
> >feet tall, has leaves somewhat like a Thornless Honey Locust, and has
> >yellow flowers about the size of a US 50 cent piece, or and old-style
> >British Penny.
> >
> >Mark A. Cook
> >billc@atlantic.net
> >Dunnellon, Florida.
> >
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