tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939528489287886153.post8011816353135304842..comments2024-03-24T19:02:41.190+00:00Comments on Martin's Moths: Hanky rescueMartinWainwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08383027708524885786noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939528489287886153.post-63468768027279092842010-05-19T07:42:52.523+01:002010-05-19T07:42:52.523+01:00Thanks very much both! I'm sure your seeds wi...Thanks very much both! I'm sure your seeds will germinate, Phil, though I think ours took two years, possibly three. The tree itself has had something like 15 years without flowering, so it's a job for the patient (like the restoration of Grass Wood which I've just mentioned in today's post). that's a good approach to the natural world isn't it? I've always felt a fondness for our ancestors who planted saplings which we enjoy as mighty trees.<br />The Smokies, Sarah! What a lovely name. I shall Google them. Please send me photos of Smoky moths. Actually, if you Google sufficiently thoroughly (no need to, mind), you will find my tiny contribution to the moth recording system of the US - a couple of insects P and I met in New Mexico last year. Si monumentum requiris...<br /><br />xx<br /><br />MMartinWainwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383027708524885786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939528489287886153.post-34464919498078519972010-05-18T14:02:51.298+01:002010-05-18T14:02:51.298+01:00Happy Birthday, Martin! It sounds like you are of...Happy Birthday, Martin! It sounds like you are off to a good start today and I hope the rest of the day (and year) goes well, too! I have never seen a handkerchief tree. It looks rather more tropical than we get around these parts - but G, T and I are driving down to North Carolina for a week in the Smokies, so maybe we will get lucky in the warmer climate down there! For sure there will be moths, by now (as well as bears, we hear).<br />So happy day to you! love to Penny as well. xxssarah meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12442276754468996416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939528489287886153.post-25020496319030019562010-05-18T08:01:03.803+01:002010-05-18T08:01:03.803+01:00Birthday greetings Martin! I picked up some hanker...Birthday greetings Martin! I picked up some hankerchief tree seeds from the garden at Newby Hall and potted them up last year. Nothing yet but you've raised my expectations .......Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.com