Spinosa Epithet meaning with spines, prickles or thorns.
Spinose/spinosissima With many spines.
Spittle bug Frog hoppers that suck sap from plant stems and produce saliva.
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References
Kitchen Garden Help.com: Cleome, Spider Flower
Old Fashioned Living: Growing the Spider Flower, Cleome
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Caper
Capparis spinosa var. inermis
Each morning the caper bush produces lovely white flowers which lapse with the heat of the day. They do develop an elongated fruit but it's the unopened flower buds that are the capers sought after by gourmets.
A spray that contains spinosad (Conserve) is a biologically, safe organic insect killer which you can apply directly on the flowers and leaf buds. It works by contact and by injestion and will not harm most beneficial insects or predatory mites.
The second section has fact sheets about specific sprays to be used, such as spinosad, neem, and copper.
You can treat them organically by applying spinosad, which is made from a soil bacterium, Saccharopolyspora spinosa. It's sold as Success, Entrust, and Monterey Garden Insect Spray, and is widely available at nurseries.
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Physically removing the insects/tents or spraying with Bacillus thuringiensis, spinosad, pyrethrins, or carbaryl can control tent caterpillars.
Colorado Potato Beetle larvae: Easy to pick off of plants (either crush or drown them after removing them). Can be controlled organically with spinosaid, bacteria that attacks them.
Viburnum opulus guelder rose
Ilex aquifolium holly
Euonymus europaeus spindle tree
Corylus avellana hazel
Sambucus nigra elder
Cornus sanguinea common dogwood
Prunus spinosa blackthorn
Viburnum lantana wayfaring tree ...
You'll have to address individual ant hills with mound-treatment products instead. Look for any of these ingredients in your choice of fire ant insecticides: bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, d-limonene, deltamethrin, spinosad, carbaryl, pyrethrins, acephate, ...
bluebell in Scotland is usually called a harebell in England. Other plants have numerous common names, Pulmonaria is commonly known as Jerusalem Primrose, Jack and Jill and Soldiers and Sailors. Sloe and blackthorn are the same plant (Prunus spinosa).
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