I know... there is some ice falling here - I hope it does not last.
The Lovely Fragrant White Mistflower.
Well its moving in here now Josephine--I was really surprised by today. I thought they had been predicting cold, wet, and miserable the rest of the week.
Guess I'll go to the movies in the afternoon tomorrow and Thursday. That always takes my mind off of what I can't get done because of the weather.
Ooh, that looks like a mistflower plant to me also. If it gets a bit tall eventually (if allowed to) it is probably E. havanense. There is also one that usually is one to two feet, E. wrightii. This winter has been so cold! I have to keep reminding myself that cold is good for the peach growers (unless it freezes too late in the spring). And I do love the peaches.
Me too, those fresh peaches are to die for.
ohhh fresh peaches... mine trees here never did give us one peach in 5 years...
Wow, do you think it was lack of pollination? or late frost?
Dont know... plums, pears, apples - fruit each year.. plums too much fruit! But never one peach... when they had one or two they will drop off when they are marble size and nothing...
That is very strange, maybe the variety you have needs another peach to set fruit.
I have three... Georgia Peach, Frost King Peach, and Royal Something...they are all within 10 feet of the next one and none of them had fruit.
Wow, that is a mystery to me then, maybe an expert on peaches can answer your riddle.
Well they will be the next owners problem soon, maybe up in OK I will be more then able to start over.
I don't know very much about peaches, but I only have one tree. And it always makes peaches, so I don't think it needs a pollinator. It may be chill hours requirements. I know I got this one about 15 years ago from a mail order company called edible landscapes. It was a florida variety. And that's the sum total of what I know about peaches because I never do anything with the tree--except that Robin loves them, I think they taste OK but nothing to write home about. I think taste is probably an individual thing.
You can see in the picture that I posted that something is muching on the mistflower leaves. Are the mistflowers larval food for anything wonderful?
Annie
Chill hours might be it they bloom but dont always set - will need to look a little more.
AnnieJo, the Fragrant Mist flower, Eupatorium havanense, or Ageratina havanense, is larval host to the Rawsons Metalmark, Calephelis rawsoni but this butterfly lives mainly in south Texas.
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1641
The greatest attributes of this plant are the flowers which are a great source of nectar in the fall when there might not be as much.
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AGHA4
Josephine.
Anniejo, I found a couple of very small odd-looking caterpillars on mine once, so raised them (they were mostly grown, apparently...didn't take long). This is the little butterfly, which I believe is a Rawson's Metalmark. But of course, the plants are mainly used as a nectar plant. And sometimes other insects eat the leaves.
I bought two peach trees years ago, supposed to be the same variety. Both grew and flowered, but they were definitely not the same thing! One produced peaches, the other produced nothing. Finally, I removed the one that didn't produce. Guess I'll never know what it really was.
That is just great Linda, what a coincidence that you had one, I had never seen it and it is adorable.
If it wasn't so cold and rainy, I would go out and search my plant and see what I could find on it. For some reason, it just doesn't sound appealing right now. I am just going to imagine that it is something neat and enjoy my coffee inside!
Great idea Annie, if it is the butterfly you will probably see it flying around later on.
Josephine.
Gorgeous pic Linda!!
Yep Josephine & Annie! Wayy cold... Look at how our Bewick's Wren is all poofed out with goosebumps. These guys are very tiny birds... normally!
Very cute - looks like a happy gal there.
Looks like your wren could use some mealworms to help warm him up. Do you ever supplement the insectivores?
It does look a bit "fat"! And is that some kind of berries behind it?
:-) Thanks y'all! This little guy is an endangered species by the way...
Yes I supplement with meal worms... I put them out in a few places, but I made a feeder just for small birds yesterday so I could serve them the lions share... http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/804940/
Scroll down to January 23.. I posted a few pics there.
The warblers and kinglet can fit in there too...
:-)