Plantidote of the Day 2012-08-22
Body: Flowers that open to the ground are fairly hard to shoot and get a decent view of. This one was so pretty and I really liked the fuzzy aspect of it, and so shot it from laying on the ground and...
View ArticlePlantidote of the Day 2012-08-29
Body: Buddleia davidiiButterfly Bushand Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
View ArticlePlantidote of the Day 2012-08-30
Body: Dahlia "Clarion"Seriously, I am not trying to steal the show from YesMaybe. It's just that I started noticing them more since Insectidotes started. Although I always do try to throw in the random...
View ArticlePlantidote of the Day 2012-09-06
Body: Gaillardia grandiflora "Mesa Yellow"Blanket Flower -- so called because they used to cover the prairies in North America... and the original stock can still be found there. This is a fairly new...
View ArticlePlantidote of the Day 2012-09-13
Body: I think these are probably a pretty common annual so I'm hoping we can get a name for them. Update: h/t to plantidotes consultant insanelysane, these are:Acmella oleraceaToothache plant
View ArticlePlantidote of the Day 2012-09-27
Body: Lantana camaraSpanish flagA classic from old fashioned gardens, Lantana grows 3-4'. It's a pretty common annual (tender perennial zones 10-11 where it naturalizes fast and is listed as highly...
View ArticlePlantidote of the Day 2012-10-17
Body: Colocasia Black CoralConsidered to be the oldest cultivated plants in the world, Colocasias have a ten thousand year history in Asia. In the southern US they are quite invasive. Clump forming up...
View ArticlePlantidote of the Day 2012-11-15
Body: This is a small, double flower aster, Henry III. It is a late summer through fall blooming aster that I've mostly seen in planters. It has an 18-24" clumping spread. A nice pollinator attractor....
View ArticlePlantidote of the Day 2012-11-29
Body: Anagallis x "Wildcat blue"This hybrid is another of the "Proven Winners" I've come across this year that I just really liked. More of a ground cover, it is 10-12" in height, a very true blue...
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