Re: A garden mystery

Myrna Miller <mmiller@nemontel.net> wrote:
......
> plant with a white flower that hadn't been eaten. The remaining leaves and
> the white flower were much like campanula glomerata, but quite a bit
> shorter. Is there a dwarf campanula glomerata? What other plant, easily
> grown from seed, would have a similar appearance? The primary surrounding
> plants are (uneaten) blooming shasta daisies. Dianthus and petunias (also
> uneaten) are in the area. What do you think the plant is, and what do you
> think ate it? We have a few deer around here, but they seldom come near the
> houses. I've noticed nothing amiss in my extensive flowerbeds.

Hm.  That's a toughy, Myrna.  That sort of selective feeding is 
more characteristic of caterpillars than anything else I can 
think of.  They are more than capable of eating a plant down to 
a nubbin.   That, coupled with the fact that it is good for 
drying and grows readily from seed tells me that it is a native 
plant or very closely related.  The problem is not a single 
plant leaps to mind that fits the description. 

Any more information?  Are there any left?

jaime
"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive."
 A. Einstein

jknoble@warwick.net
Z6/5, NW NJ

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