In article CPTUa.161394$Ph3.19948@sccrnsc04, "Philip"
wrote:
You know, not everyone actually knows the species names of what they've
planted. Realize that might be a shock to you, but it's far more likely
than not that if a person isn't really into gardening they won't.
Still, Cereoid's advice was good advice, as many plants share common
names. And to care for a plant properly sort of requires knowing what it
actually is, as there is no generic way to take care of all plants.
Certainly to ask other gardeners for advice sort of requires letting them
know what you're asking about.
I keep a running garden diary that begins with all thei nformation on a
tag & when I planted it. I jot down in the garden diary changes &
developments for each plant I observe over time, & from the garden diary I
even create web-pages about each plant in my garden, updating the pages
whenever as experience with given species deepens or changes. For me at
least it adds a great deal of enjoyment to know the species & where it was
originally native to in the world, or if a hybrid cultivar who developed
it when & how long it has been gardened, folklore or medicinal or culinary
associations, & so on, none of which is possible -- not proper care, not
deepening knowledge -- without first knowing the species.
The "Snowbells" you asked about could be any number of things.This native
southwestern shrub is called snowbells:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/e...s/txsnowbe.jpg
This little slow-spreading groundcover is commonly called alpine snow bells:
http://www.paghat.com/snowbells.html
The snowflake lily is sometimes called dewdrops or summer snowbells:
http://www.paghat.com/snowflake.html
-paghat the ratgirl
"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote in message
...
So go and ask that "somebody" the actual species name of their "snowbells"
and search again!!!
--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl:
http://www.paghat.com/