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Aug 3, 2014 8:12 AM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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Catmint, I think it's wonderful that you are putting these comments/info. in the db! And I thank you. I hope you will continue to fill out the db with this kind of info. when you are done with the plants in your own yard. I know it makes a difference to me to be able to find the info. right there along with the rest of the db entry for a plant.

It can be extremely difficult to track down info. on plants or the insects that visit them. I have been going through the db for a particular genus or species of plant & trying to fill in the data on ones that are incomplete or missing all together. When I finish one, I will "adopt" another one & go through all the plants belonging to that one. In the process of this, I have found directly conflicting info. numerous times. What happens a lot on the internet is someone writes something somewhere & then that gets copied somewhere else & so on & so forth until it's all over the internet as gospel. Last night I found one in particular where everything I found said the plant had maroon blooms EXCEPT one reference which said the blooms on that particular cultivar are GREEN. There are no photos anywhere for anyone to check so who's to know? Well, that one reference is THE one that is a scientific paper & held to be extremely reliable. So I changed the bloom color from maroon to green.
Just an example of how tricky it can be & sometimes we have to make judgement calls.
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

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