In article , Miss
Perspicacia Tick writes
Instep wrote:
Does anyone know what could be eating my pansy flowers? There are
pieces missing from the petals.

Is it vine weevils or birds, we are visited by pigeons.

Ann

Birds, generally, don't eat flowers (OK, bullfinches are an exception)
And sparrows.

- but
the answer is the same for what eats 85-95% of everything in a garden -
slugs and/or snails...

My grandfather has always told me to always suspect slugs first - they even
eat the leaves of the Brugmansia (sp?) (it will always be known as a Datura
to me - why do they have to b*gger with the names?! Was it first cultivated
by a Mr Brugman(s) or something?)

The names are more than just names - they show the plant's position in a
family tree. As knowledge increases about where a plant fits in that
family tree, it may be necessary to move it from its previous wrong
position in the tree and put it what we now believe to be its correct
position. And that may mean we also have to change its name. The name
change is nothing to do with a sudden desire to commemorate Mr Brugman -
although if you are in a position where you need a new name, because you
realise, eg, that a group of species are sufficiently different from the
rest of the Daturas to need to be in a separate genus, then you may well
take the opportunity for commemoration.

and that's deadly poisonous (though,
unfortunately, not to slugs).

Or to greenfly or to whitefly or to red spider.



--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"