Got a name for the mysterious bush
By rebelann1949
@rebelann (112254)
El Paso, Texas
October 22, 2023 3:31pm CST
Thanks to @GardenGerty for asking what kind of plant it is so that I finally decided to try to find out what kind of bush I have and low and behold I found it. It is the Baccharis salicina plant which I am going to try to propagate from cuttings, I want the bees and butterflies to have a good food source.
All summer I prayed I'd see some bees around here but it must have been too hot and dry or else they don't like wasps. Anyway, the blooms on this plant are s...
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@MarshaMusselman (38752)
• Midland, Michigan
8 Nov
It's an interesting looking plant. So your have them growing around you?
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@MarshaMusselman (38752)
• Midland, Michigan
9 Nov
@rebelann well good luck on propagating it.
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@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
22 Oct
I am not familiar with this at all. Let us know how it turns out. I may have to do some research to know more about it.
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@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
29 Oct
@rebelann Yep. And I should be able to grow it here as well.
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
23 Oct
I love the bush and the video. The landscapers planted two butterfly bushes in front of our windows; so I'm hoping bees and hummingbirds will frequent them. Have a good week.
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
23 Oct
@rebelann Thanks! I love hummingbirds.
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@allknowing (132209)
• India
22 Oct
It may have a common name too The flowers look so pretty.
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@crossbones27 (49050)
• Mojave, California
22 Oct
That looks like whats growing here. Those plants everywhere in the empty field I take the dogs and hard to walk them because path so narrow. Kai comes back with those flower seeds all over her.
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@rebelann (112254)
• El Paso, Texas
23 Oct
I haven't seen any seeds as yet. I hope I get a few of those seeds so I can grow more of them.
@RebeccasFarm (88351)
• Arvada, Colorado
23 Oct
I had never seen this kind of bush.
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@RasmaSandra (77609)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Oct
That is a very pretty bush I like the little white blossoms,
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