Plant of the Week – July 26

Plant of the Week – July 26

Zelkova serrata 'Goshiki' photo credit: J. CoceanoZelkova serrata ‘Goshiki’ photo credit: J. Coceano

Hibiscus moscheutos 'Lord Baltimore' photo credit: J. Coceano

Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Lord Baltimore’ photo credit: J. Coceano

Cunninghamia lanceolata 'Glauca' photo credit: J. Coceano

Cunninghamia lanceolata ‘Glauca’ photo credit: J. Coceano

Adina rubella  photo credit: J. Coceano

Adina rubella photo credit: J. Coceano

Josh Coceano
jcocean1@swarthmore.edu
3 Comments
  • Aubree Cherie
    Posted at 18:34h, 26 July Reply

    Ooo, 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 July Reply

    Lord 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 July Reply

    The 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.

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