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Old 04-23-2012, 04:32 PM   #1706 (permalink)
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Default Re: What is blooming in your garden today (other plants)?

This is my first year of growing cape gooseberry, Physallis peruviana. I've had a tough time with a potato beetle attacking them even though I've never noticed this pest previously. It seems to be a magnet for the insect. This is not my photo but I believe it's the same insect: Three-Lined Potato Beetle, Lema daturaphila 2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Pyrethrin kills them but more come after those are gone.

Today I noticed a my first flowers opening on two of my 16 plants:

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