Plant of the Week – July 26
Zelkova serrata ‘Goshiki’ photo credit: J. Coceano
Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Lord Baltimore’ photo credit: J. Coceano
Cunninghamia lanceolata ‘Glauca’ photo credit: J. Coceano
Adina rubella photo credit: J. Coceano
Plant of the Week – July 26
Aubree Cherie
Posted at 18:34h, 26 JulyOoo, I love the photo of Zelkova serrata ‘Goshiki’! I’ve never seen it before but it’s pretty stunning.
~Aubree Cherie
Nancy Yergin
Posted at 08:42h, 27 JulyLord Baltimore isn’t blooming yet in my zone 5 NW PA garden in Forest County. This is an August bloomer for me.
This is the first year that I’ve seen barely a handful of Japanese Beetles enjoying this showy hibiscus buds and leaves (or other garden favorites) instead of the usual ravenous horde. Anyone else seeing fewer J. beetles this summer?
Bill Costello
Posted at 10:21h, 27 JulyThe Japanese beetles have been few and far between here at the Scott Arboretum this year. My thought is that the extremely hot dry spells this spring and early summer disrupted the late stage larval development, pupation and adult emergence, either by dessication or by making the soil extremely hard to move through.
Fewer adults in the previous year could also be a cause for smaller populations this year. Last year the extremely wet soils probably drown most of the developing beetles.