tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post7588902907112672311..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Some Day....Benjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-10867084454863652892016-04-15T11:47:23.660-05:002016-04-15T11:47:23.660-05:00Oh yeah, saw it a while back. :) Oh yeah, saw it a while back. :) Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-63244419579953907242016-04-15T11:38:47.863-05:002016-04-15T11:38:47.863-05:00If you haven't seen it already, you might be i...If you haven't seen it already, you might be interested in this research project (https://pollinatorgardens.org/2013/02/08/my-research/) by a grad student at the University of Vermont comparing attractiveness to pollinators of native species and their cultivars. It hasn't been published yet, but the preliminary results show that cultivars are usually less attractive than the species. The Brian Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560741754020000075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-24729357308259771492016-04-15T10:31:39.365-05:002016-04-15T10:31:39.365-05:00For years those Echinacea introductions and I have...For years those Echinacea introductions and I have had a family feud. Plus, I so often hear of their poor performance -- not withstanding we don't know their value to the ecology (beyond adult pollinators) in the landscape. Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-3847847037942818302016-04-13T12:28:40.999-05:002016-04-13T12:28:40.999-05:00What you're talking about, Benjamin, isn't...What you're talking about, Benjamin, isn't hippy-dippy. Maybe the preoccupation with frilly, clownish plant forms (like top-heavy peonies, pom pom-like sunflowers, and green Echinacea) has turned away a lot of potential gardeners who would welcome the opportunity to add the cultivation of exquisitely evolved natives to their repertoire.Brian Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560741754020000075noreply@blogger.com