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Is Hyssop "butterfly bush"?
Okay, I need help. I went to the nursery and bought all sorts of perennials
that are good for butterflies and hummingbirds and bees. I usually make sure I have an identification spike in each pot because I'll get home and not be able to remember what I bought. So guess what happened? No spike in two (identical plant) pots and I can't remember what they were. HOWEVER, I did get a name tag, "Blue Fortune" and when I tried to look that up on the 'net I came up with Anise Hyssop "Blue Fortune". Anise Hyssop doesn't ring a bell. I thought I had looked at butterfly bushes and I didn't come home with any. Could this Anise Hyssop, which is supposed to be loved by butterflies, be the butterfly bush I meant to buy? If not, can anyone relate the name "Blue Fortune" to Bee Balm or Coneflowers? Thanks. Giselle |
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""Fragile Warrior" Volfie" wrote in message ... Okay, I need help. I went to the nursery and bought all sorts of perennials that are good for butterflies and hummingbirds and bees. I usually make sure I have an identification spike in each pot because I'll get home and not be able to remember what I bought. So guess what happened? No spike in two (identical plant) pots and I can't remember what they were. HOWEVER, I did get a name tag, "Blue Fortune" and when I tried to look that up on the 'net I came up with Anise Hyssop "Blue Fortune". Anise Hyssop doesn't ring a bell. I thought I had looked at butterfly bushes and I didn't come home with any. Could this Anise Hyssop, which is supposed to be loved by butterflies, be the butterfly bush I meant to buy? If not, can anyone relate the name "Blue Fortune" to Bee Balm or Coneflowers? Thanks. Giselle Butterfly bush is Buddleia, not hyssop. As far as "blue fortune", do a google search with quotation marks around the two words. That forces the search to use that exact phrase, as opposed to any occurrence of the two words. I just did. You'll like the results. |
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The stem of the anise hyssop will be square ( mint family)
Leaves will ave a nice liquorice flavor and scent when rubbed. Butterfly bush is something else usually Buddelia davidii |
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"Doug Kanter" wrote Butterfly bush is Buddleia, not hyssop. As far as "blue fortune", do a google search with quotation marks around the two words. That forces the search to use that exact phrase, as opposed to any occurrence of the two words. I just did. You'll like the results. I do like the plant but I'm still confused. Is there a common name for this? I went to get old favorites and this is nothing I've ever heard of before under that name. Maybe I just grabbed two totally misplaced plants?? Giselle |
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wrote in message oups.com... The stem of the anise hyssop will be square ( mint family) Leaves will ave a nice liquorice flavor and scent when rubbed. Yep, that's it. I still can't figure out how I got it (or why) but I'm going to write it off as a happy accident. It certainly looks like a plant I would enjoy. Giselle (THX all) |
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It self sows nicely, feeds bumblebees and skipper butterflies, makes a
nice addition to iced tea. Supposed to be a good honeybee plant but mine tend to ignore it, might be something better blooming at the same time. |
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wrote in message oups.com... It self sows nicely, feeds bumblebees and skipper butterflies, makes a nice addition to iced tea. Supposed to be a good honeybee plant but mine tend to ignore it, might be something better blooming at the same time. Great. I need indestructable plants. So far only my mints are thriving nicely. Everything else seems to be a struggle here. (Central Indiana in mostly clay soil that tends to either be bone dry or have a water table that's 1/8" below the surface.) I can't wait to see it bloom now. Giselle |
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""Fragile Warrior" Volfie" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... It self sows nicely, feeds bumblebees and skipper butterflies, makes a nice addition to iced tea. Supposed to be a good honeybee plant but mine tend to ignore it, might be something better blooming at the same time. Great. I need indestructable plants. So far only my mints are thriving nicely. Everything else seems to be a struggle here. (Central Indiana in mostly clay soil that tends to either be bone dry or have a water table that's 1/8" below the surface.) I can't wait to see it bloom now. Giselle Well, here's a sad follow-up: my niece's husband mowed down all my wildflowers yesterday. The ones I started from seed by hauling buckets of water up from the pond to keep them moist while they were germinating. The ones that were just getting buds on them. And the ones I bought from the greenhouse that we've been discussing. Apparently, being a lover of annuals bought at Walmart, if he doesn't see petunias and impatients, he just mows it all down. Oh, yeah, he even zig-zagged over and got my rhubarb. AND he threw some rocks (that were marking the wildflower boundries) over into the established garden and crushed my iris' that haven't bloomed yet. Giselle (I guess I must have ****ed Mr. Passive-Aggresive off about something ) |
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""Fragile Warrior" Volfie" wrote in message ... ""Fragile Warrior" Volfie" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... It self sows nicely, feeds bumblebees and skipper butterflies, makes a nice addition to iced tea. Supposed to be a good honeybee plant but mine tend to ignore it, might be something better blooming at the same time. Great. I need indestructable plants. So far only my mints are thriving nicely. Everything else seems to be a struggle here. (Central Indiana in mostly clay soil that tends to either be bone dry or have a water table that's 1/8" below the surface.) I can't wait to see it bloom now. Giselle Well, here's a sad follow-up: my niece's husband mowed down all my wildflowers yesterday. The ones I started from seed by hauling buckets of water up from the pond to keep them moist while they were germinating. The ones that were just getting buds on them. And the ones I bought from the greenhouse that we've been discussing. Apparently, being a lover of annuals bought at Walmart, if he doesn't see petunias and impatients, he just mows it all down. Oh, yeah, he even zig-zagged over and got my rhubarb. AND he threw some rocks (that were marking the wildflower boundries) over into the established garden and crushed my iris' that haven't bloomed yet. Giselle (I guess I must have ****ed Mr. Passive-Aggresive off about something ) You do know that such a crime is punishable by death, right? |
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What you need is pieces of pipe painted green that stick up about an
inch above the mown height of the grass as plant markers. I used old jackhammer bits to mark some things near the edge of my property after informing the neighbors lawn service that he had run over my horse radish, bee balm, and blueberries. The second time he ran over my stuff ate an 18 hp mower , there has been no third time. Wire coat hangers are an interesting thing too. "Fragile Warrior" Volfie wrote: ""Fragile Warrior" Volfie" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... It self sows nicely, feeds bumblebees and skipper butterflies, makes a nice addition to iced tea. Supposed to be a good honeybee plant but mine tend to ignore it, might be something better blooming at the same time. Great. I need indestructable plants. So far only my mints are thriving nicely. Everything else seems to be a struggle here. (Central Indiana in mostly clay soil that tends to either be bone dry or have a water table that's 1/8" below the surface.) I can't wait to see it bloom now. Giselle Well, here's a sad follow-up: my niece's husband mowed down all my wildflowers yesterday. The ones I started from seed by hauling buckets of water up from the pond to keep them moist while they were germinating. The ones that were just getting buds on them. And the ones I bought from the greenhouse that we've been discussing. Apparently, being a lover of annuals bought at Walmart, if he doesn't see petunias and impatients, he just mows it all down. Oh, yeah, he even zig-zagged over and got my rhubarb. AND he threw some rocks (that were marking the wildflower boundries) over into the established garden and crushed my iris' that haven't bloomed yet. Giselle (I guess I must have ****ed Mr. Passive-Aggresive off about something ) |
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I like this idea a lot. You're a sick person, but in a good way. :-)
wrote in message oups.com... What you need is pieces of pipe painted green that stick up about an inch above the mown height of the grass as plant markers. I used old jackhammer bits to mark some things near the edge of my property after informing the neighbors lawn service that he had run over my horse radish, bee balm, and blueberries. The second time he ran over my stuff ate an 18 hp mower , there has been no third time. Wire coat hangers are an interesting thing too. "Fragile Warrior" Volfie wrote: ""Fragile Warrior" Volfie" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... It self sows nicely, feeds bumblebees and skipper butterflies, makes a nice addition to iced tea. Supposed to be a good honeybee plant but mine tend to ignore it, might be something better blooming at the same time. Great. I need indestructable plants. So far only my mints are thriving nicely. Everything else seems to be a struggle here. (Central Indiana in mostly clay soil that tends to either be bone dry or have a water table that's 1/8" below the surface.) I can't wait to see it bloom now. Giselle Well, here's a sad follow-up: my niece's husband mowed down all my wildflowers yesterday. The ones I started from seed by hauling buckets of water up from the pond to keep them moist while they were germinating. The ones that were just getting buds on them. And the ones I bought from the greenhouse that we've been discussing. Apparently, being a lover of annuals bought at Walmart, if he doesn't see petunias and impatients, he just mows it all down. Oh, yeah, he even zig-zagged over and got my rhubarb. AND he threw some rocks (that were marking the wildflower boundries) over into the established garden and crushed my iris' that haven't bloomed yet. Giselle (I guess I must have ****ed Mr. Passive-Aggresive off about something ) |
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... ""Fragile Warrior" Volfie" wrote in message ... ""Fragile Warrior" Volfie" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... It self sows nicely, feeds bumblebees and skipper butterflies, makes a nice addition to iced tea. Supposed to be a good honeybee plant but mine tend to ignore it, might be something better blooming at the same time. Great. I need indestructable plants. So far only my mints are thriving nicely. Everything else seems to be a struggle here. (Central Indiana in mostly clay soil that tends to either be bone dry or have a water table that's 1/8" below the surface.) I can't wait to see it bloom now. Giselle Well, here's a sad follow-up: my niece's husband mowed down all my wildflowers yesterday. The ones I started from seed by hauling buckets of water up from the pond to keep them moist while they were germinating. The ones that were just getting buds on them. And the ones I bought from the greenhouse that we've been discussing. Apparently, being a lover of annuals bought at Walmart, if he doesn't see petunias and impatients, he just mows it all down. Oh, yeah, he even zig-zagged over and got my rhubarb. AND he threw some rocks (that were marking the wildflower boundries) over into the established garden and crushed my iris' that haven't bloomed yet. Giselle (I guess I must have ****ed Mr. Passive-Aggresive off about something ) You do know that such a crime is punishable by death, right? It's crossed my mind. Maybe after I stop crying... |
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wrote in message oups.com... What you need is pieces of pipe painted green that stick up about an inch above the mown height of the grass as plant markers. I used old jackhammer bits to mark some things near the edge of my property after informing the neighbors lawn service that he had run over my horse radish, bee balm, and blueberries. The second time he ran over my stuff ate an 18 hp mower , there has been no third time. Wire coat hangers are an interesting thing too. How about live 220 lines *very* shallowly buried? |
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This is very sad. Almost like the time I came home to find that one of my
sister's friends, thinking that she was helping me, had carefully weeded out of my garden EVERY single oriental poppy - on the premise that she thought they were dandelions. One consolation is that many wildlowers are tough *******s, and will back up after a mowing. They will bloom in August now, instead of at the end of June, but oh well, sometimes there's not much color in the garden at that time anyway. And yes, a few strategic "impediments" to the mower will work wonders........ ""Fragile Warrior" Volfie" wrote in message ... ""Fragile Warrior" Volfie" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... It self sows nicely, feeds bumblebees and skipper butterflies, makes a nice addition to iced tea. Supposed to be a good honeybee plant but mine tend to ignore it, might be something better blooming at the same time. Great. I need indestructable plants. So far only my mints are thriving nicely. Everything else seems to be a struggle here. (Central Indiana in mostly clay soil that tends to either be bone dry or have a water table that's 1/8" below the surface.) I can't wait to see it bloom now. Giselle Well, here's a sad follow-up: my niece's husband mowed down all my wildflowers yesterday. The ones I started from seed by hauling buckets of water up from the pond to keep them moist while they were germinating. The ones that were just getting buds on them. And the ones I bought from the greenhouse that we've been discussing. Apparently, being a lover of annuals bought at Walmart, if he doesn't see petunias and impatients, he just mows it all down. Oh, yeah, he even zig-zagged over and got my rhubarb. AND he threw some rocks (that were marking the wildflower boundries) over into the established garden and crushed my iris' that haven't bloomed yet. Giselle (I guess I must have ****ed Mr. Passive-Aggresive off about something ) |
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Giselle,
Where in Central Indiana are you? I also live in "Central Indiana", about 25 mile NW of Indy and I have a few small "Butterfly Bush" Budleia plants I started from cuttings last fall. I really do not have a place to put them all and you are welcome to a few of them. I have, simply put, dark purple, pink and pale lavender rooted cuttings. If you're interested, email me at Hemma PS Ever notice how quickly the "water table" drops after a day of no rain or water! |
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