Re: Helichrysum

At 07:15 PM 8/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Marilyn,
>
>Right, 'Limelight'....I knew that....it just wouldn't emerge from the old
>brain :-)  I 've got it and do use it with burgundy leaves - well, actually
>have it in a pot with that almost black sweetpotato vine, Ipomea 'Blackie'?
> Is that right?  Actually, they seem to want a bit of shade in my climate
>(where at nearly 8PM it is 90F and 75% humidity tonight, according to the
>weatherperson; you can barely breathe outside the air is so thick).
>
>Do you have the dratted leaf minor problem with these plants in PNW?  If
>so, what do you do to combat them?
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@clark.net
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Marge, we've had terrible leaf miner problems in the veggie garden in the
past, but I've concentrated on plantings that would encourage beneficial
wasps, and this year my garden is almost completely free of leaf miner
damage.  The beneficial wasps especially like umbelliferae (dill, fennel,
Queen Anne's Lace, etc.), but they also wait in line for blossoms on
oregano, anise hyssop, and even sunflowers.  I think Achillea would also
work.  Margaret

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