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READER PHOTO! Busy bee

Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor

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Photo: Courtesy of Philip Leveridge

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Today we have another photo from East Side Patch, the garden of Philip Leveridge in Austin, Texas. He says, "I have a bunch of mist flowers in the Patch and when they bloom they are magnets for all manner of insects. I photograph a lot of insects so plant attractors like mist flowers, celosia and Fatsia japonica are coveted. This is a leaf cutter bee, a solitary creature (meaning that each mother takes care of her own brood). A few will form small colonies, but they are not truly social, they merely share the entrance to their nests. They nest in a variety of cavities in rotten wood or hollow stems. I like the monochromatic nature of the shot and how the antennae reference the bloom shapes...this was one busy little bee." Thanks again, Philip, for sharing! We'll feature one more photo from Philip's Garden tomorrow. Stay tuned! In the meantime, you can visit Philip's blog here.

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Comments (5)

LYNNBOLYARD writes: WHAT A GREAT PHOTO. CONGRATULATIONS. Posted: 12:07 pm on January 17th

ESPatch writes: Hi all.

It is indeed Eupatorium havanense. You can see some more in-situation shots of this plant in this post:

http://www.eastsidepatch.com/2009/11/cut/

Hope this helps. I have had these three "fragrant" (a relative term) mist flowers for some years now (zone 8b).

Posted: 1:57 pm on January 11th

bamboomary writes: Nice bee photo and interesting info. I too would like to have seen how this 'mist flower' relates to it's surroundings. I tried to find info on white Mist Flowers and came up with Eupatorium havanense. Not real hardy but it self seeds according to folks on Daves Garden. Posted: 12:34 pm on January 11th

ncgardener writes: I wish there was another shot so that we could see the flower in the garden bed to give some perspective. Nice info on the bees. Posted: 7:50 am on January 11th

ger13 writes: What are 'mist flowers', please? Posted: 5:36 am on January 11th

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