Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Your neck of the Woods part 3, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Karen--

Two days ago-- I counted 20 developing caterpillars (Instars) on one of my parsley
patches. Today--they are triple the size--and there is almost NO parsley left.
What will they eat then????

The other parsley patch, just 3' away, has none on it. I bet they will find it!
Hope it stays that way! I DO need fresh parsley now and then...
Will go back to growing it in a pot next year.

I am surprised how so many can be "hatching" this late in the season.

I stopped by the "MD Flower and Foliage" place today to buy 3- 8" mums ( 3/$10).
Had a long talk with the owner. I told him how beautiful all the Acalyphas
have grown. He said he also liked them, but that someone else had bought
the distribution place and now, he thinks, they will claim patent rights to it
and it will cost more next year to buy it--as he will have to pay royalties to sell it.
He has been getting them from S. Africa--I think....

I also asked him if he would be interested in my HIGE pot of "Inky Fingers
Coleus" for cuttings. He had never heard of it--and was worried if it may be
patented. Between coleup and myself--we could find NO records of it
being patented--so he can grow and sell these next year. Whoopie!

I named some of the others I have, and he thought that, maybe, some of the
older varieties are being re-introduced to gardeners in the last few years.

I may take the whole pot to him tomorrow or Friday. PHEW!!!
Another concern avoided---me having to let this huge pot freeze
and go bye-bye....That would kill me!!!!

I still have a bunch of the rooted cuttings to make a HB for taking indoors
and some more to share at work. Hope it will survive! Seems a pretty robust grower...

How is August enjoying school/Kindergarten? Gita

--The original, big pot today--Crazy big plant--2 cuttings!
--Close-up of the foliage