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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 09/07/2008 : 06:25:17
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Milkweeds or cotton bush are a common weed around here.
Why is it that weeds have pretty flowers 
They do have one good point - they are the only plant the Wanderer Butterfly lays its eggs on. Of course one of the kids had to find a caterpillar which is now, unknowingly to me at the time , a resident in a bottle... at least until later this morning when it is going to go back on the plant.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 09/07/2008 : 08:14:56
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Oh I have seen that plant out and about Gail and had no idea what its name was, its good that we can always depend on you for all kinds of info.. You are right about weeds though they always have such pretty flowers.
Nice looking caterpillar there also, I guess it will miss the great outdoors so a good idea to put it outside. 
But not on the roses Gail 
Good Things Come To Those That Wait ... I am Tired Of Waiting
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 09/07/2008 : 08:19:05
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Those caterpillars only eat milkweed so your roses are safe Mary-Anne 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 09/07/2008 : 08:23:50
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Thanks Gail the roses may be safe from that one
But what about the other hundreds out there feeding on everything
Good Things Come To Those That Wait ... I am Tired Of Waiting
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 09/07/2008 : 12:26:35
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I agree, there are a lot of plants out there that we call weeds that have such pretty flowers
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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otamot
head gardener
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Posted - 09/07/2008 : 23:01:33
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| Ive heard of milkweed as a butterfly plant but Ive never seen what the plant looked like before. it's a strange looking plant isnt it |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 10/07/2008 : 05:32:57
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When we were kids and came across these plants we used to have fun popping the seed pods Another name for them is cotton bush because of the pod and the hundreds of fluffy seeds inside.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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