October 15, 2010New Dan Hinkley introduction…
Mine is still in its pot because I can’t decide where to plant it. What it likes best so far, though, is partial shade tucked under a drippy hose pipe. Dan Hinkley brought Chinese Fairy Bells back from the Sichuan Province and now it is available wherever Monrovia plants are sold.
Love, love, love the bamboo-ish leaves in summer- shrub-like, but Monrovia calls it a perennial. The new burgundy growth is other-wordly and weird, topped with creamy flowers in spring. Can’t wait.
I know! Plant it under the hose pipe. Duh!
whatever
CNN.com—CNN busts the New York Times for not checking for “conflict of interests” of bee scientists in a major “breakthrough” on Colony Collapse Disorder. Seems lead apiarist Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk has a cozy relationship with Bayer Crop Science.
