On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:06:31 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 9/16/2013 8:33 PM, JBurns wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:33:48 -0400, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:57:28 +0800, JBurns >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:22:45 -0400, Brooklyn1
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 07:04:27 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "jmcquown" wrote:
>>>>>>>> Out beyond my property line, in the middle of dry, dusty sand, a bird
>>>>>>>> dropped a seed. And here is the hardy creeping phlox:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/ji...94167.jpg.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Pretty If they creep they will give good ground cover.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sadly, my old software didn't allow me to see that picture.
>>>>>
>>>>> For me I need to copy and paste photobucket links into my browser..
>>>>> just double clicking on that link doesn't work. Tinylink.com works
>>>>> better.
>>>>
>>>> Nice picture, however it does not look like phlox to me. It is a
>>>> vinca. Can be invasive and displace native species.
>>>
>>> Were you so sure you'd not have deleted my photo link and left Jill's.
>>
>> Check again, I did not delete anything. I was commenting on the link
>> above, which is not phlox.
>>
>>>
>>> Vinca is common periwinkle, a very different plant.
>>> http://www.ngb.org/year_of/index.cfm?YOID=7
>>> My phlox looks exactly like those in this picture, click on the
>>> picture to enlarge, check the leaves too:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlox
>>> Mine is fenced, if not it would be deer fodder... it could never be
>>> invasive where I live... I tried planting it unfenced LOL-LOL.
>>> Mine with more detail... this proves it's phlox and not vinca:
>>> http://i44.tinypic.com/2liiik7.jpg
>>
>> I saw your pictures of phlox earlier in this thread. I specifically
>> commented on the link above, which is entitled "Lonely Phlox". Phlox
>> it is not.
>>
>> JB
>>
>Tell it to the neighbors who are always planting flowers. They're the
>ones who told me it's a creeping phlox. I'm not a gardener. I don't
>plant stuff. I don't fertilize/add plant food to the existing plants,
>either. The azaleas (and camelias) do just fine without any help from
>me, aside from cutting them back after they are done blooming.

I love to garden. If your neighbours call it phlox that's OK, because
it really doesn't matter. I just like to get my names right because
then evyone nows exactly what they are speaking of.

Having said that, fish is a nightmare for me. What we call one thing
here is a completely different fish on the other side of the country.
>
>Regardless of whether it's a creeping phlox or a vinca, I didn't plant
>that lone plant, a bird did.

They are the best sort of acquisitions, free and a surprise.

JB

>
>Jill