This is my first flower that I've grown. The only other flowering brom I've had was already flowered when purchased and was kept inside. My brom is outside during the summer. Today while I was admiring the gorgeous pink flower, I noticed there were ants crawling up and down the stem as well as on the flower. Having read about scales and such, I looked closly to see if there were any other pests that may have attracted the ants, but didn't see anything. I noticed a few of the little purple buds looked like they were drying up, brownish looking at their base. Since this is my first flower, I wasn't sure if this was normal or not. Do I need to get rid of the ants or are they actually doing the right thing, like with peonys?
Thank you!
Anni
