Posts Tagged: artichoke
Purple Reign
Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. Sometimes you can't see the trees for the...
A honey bee visiting a flowering artichoke. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Packing white pollen, a honey bee makes a return visit to the flowering artichoke while she cleans her proboscis (tongue). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two honey bees are dusted with pollen from the flowering artichoke. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee-ware! A honey bee touches down--nearly on a tiny crab spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Perennial Vegetables and Herbs.
By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County One of the reasons I really...
Artichoke. (shelley-pauls-unsplash)
Asparagus. (indiagardening.com)
Bunching/Green onions. (asia.seeds.com)
Cardoon. Artichoke-like growth, but with cardoon, it's the stem that's harvested. (ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com)
Cardoon stems. (yourfoodchoices.com)
Tree collards. (laurabruno.wordpress.com)
Nopales/Prickly pear. (raychel-sanner-unsplash)
Nopales, without the prickles. (andrew-coop-unsplash)
Jerusalem artichoke/Sunchoke. Looks like ginger--doesn't taste like ginger! (duckandroses.com)
Arugula. (johnnyseeds.com)
Miner's lettuce. (laspilitas.com)
Garlic blossoming at the French Laundry garden. (crushedgrapechronicles.com)
Sunchoke blossom. Looks like a sunflower--it's in the same family. (uswildflowers.
Weeds take nutrients and water from the plants you want! (extension.msstate.edu)
Sorrel. (cvog.blogspot.com)
Lovage. Some cooks make pesto with it. (italiancooks.wordpress.com)
Black salsify. (specialtyproduce.com)
Plant perennial vegetables and herbs! (pinterest.com)
Purple In My Garden!
By Denise Levine, UC Master Gardener of Napa CountyPurple plants do well in my garden. Animals seem...
A Pest on Chokes
Help and Advice from the Help Desk of the Master Gardeners of Contra Costa
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The odd-looking insect in your photo is an artichoke plume moth (Platyptilia carduidactyla). I've noticed these on my screen doors and house walls occasionally this summer myself. The moth is about 1" wing span while the larvae (caterpillar) is about 1/2" long. An interesting short UC blog on the moth can be found at //ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=14257
Are you or your neighbors growing artichokes or cardoon (related to artichoke, but you eat the stems)? Or are you near an open space with an infestation of imported cardoon weed?
So, not really a good bug, except that it is food for birds, and other insects and spiders.
For even more information about this insect and its control, University of California has published a Pest Note (free) specifically on the artichoke plume moth at http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/GARDEN/VEGES/PESTS/plumemth.html
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/span>The Artichoke in Bloom: Bee Food
Bee food. That's what the globe artichoke is. Bee food. Many of us let our artichokes flower, not...
Honey bees flying in formation toward an artichoke in bloom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Carrying heavy loads of pollen, bees look for more. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A hot spot! Honey bees engage in a little pushing and shoving. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)