Posted on 07/16/2008 8:55:46 PM PDT by martin_fierro
OK, you FReeper arborists helped identify the strange pod-bearing tree in my front yard (it's a Magnolia).
Now I need help figuring out what kind of plant this is.
It's a hardy ground cover that grows crazy fast.
Bees seem to dig it, although it's not Bees' Bliss.
I've seen something similar to it referred to as an icewine plant, but that's the only real reference to that name that I can find.
Nothing wrong with that. Foraging honey bees rarely ever sting. They have other things on their mind, and no reason at all, to sting.
Near a colony, if one gets in the flight path, then it is possible to get stung. But I'm talking right in front of the entrance. for the most part.
I'm under the impression that those stings come as much from irritation, as anything else. Like when one gets tangled up in my beard, or even nappy clothing.
Otherwise, the bees or mostly all beneficial. Having them visit means there is a colony not too far away. Likely within a mile or so. Either feral, or more likely, someone's backyard bees, unless one lives close enough to crop which need pollination.
It’s...green.
Er, could it be Robert Plant?
What I'm more curious about, is what sort of bee is that? Italian, or Italian X (crossed with)?
Looks a "little" dark, but some strains of Italian bees run that way.
As a general rule, darker, larger honey bees are found native to, and working best, in Northern & higher altitude climes. More Southern, and hotter climates have lighter colored, and a bit smaller bees. The more yellow bees generally come on faster, too. Which is part of why they were such a mainstay in U.S. beekeeping, for so long. Particularly when a beekeeper needs to *wake up* hundreds of colonies, and get the queens to start laying again, in time to bring a viable work force into the almonds, mid-Feb. to March.
How to wake them up? Bring them to warmer weather, and start feeding. Don't forget the pollen. Protein substitutes can help, but there is nothing better than them having their own. Plan ahead...if one can.
I didn’t know this thread was about Angelina Jolie...
APTENIA CORDIFOLIA was first planted in America on a freeway overpass embankment in San Clemente. It covered the hillside exit that leads to what was once called the Western White House Casa Pacifica. This was because Pat liked red flowers. It was found to helpful in stopping runaway semi trucks as is most forms of ice plant. This caused it and many similar varieties to be used on many California freeways enbankments. It was first cultivated in it’s native South Africa as a buffer zone along elephant trails to slow down and stop them when they stampeded. The only plant that can out grow it in SoCal is a tomato vine.
Hmmm, well, if you can’t screw it or eat it, KILL IT!
No, Jolie has a crab trap, not a fly trap. See Butters @,
Butters and Jolie
I agree, it does look a lot like a sedum of some sort. The mystery has already been solved, apparently, but the foliage just doesn’t look like iceplant to me. The foliage looks more like some type of sedum, since iceplant foliage is usually finger-like. It’s in a different hemisphere, so what do I know? :)
“A weed is a plant growing where it oughtn’t.” Charlie Dimmock
I second that: Iceplant
[cringes]
Come on. Look at that garden sculpture. That's West Virginia all the way.
uh oh! someone said kudzoo....
Lessee, it covers the entire ground, grows uncontrollably, attracts pests from outside the area, and assumes the outline of the State of New York.... makes sense to me.
It wasn’t me — I swear!!!!!!!!!
HaHa. Either way she needs to be hosed down with some commercial pest killer. I could be wrong though. Maybe that vial of Billy Bob Thorton blood around her neck magically protected her.
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