I am planning to sell this Dwarf Ninebark at the next plant sale at the end of this month. They are only in four inch pots, but they look good right now. Who knows what they will look like by the time they are put into gallons? I have been looking for info on the plant, both in books and on the internet, but finding little. I guess that is good in a way. The plant is rare in the trade and maybe some collectors will want it. But on the other hand, I can't even find a picture of the flowers. How do you sell a plant if you don't know what the flowers look like? If any of you out there in cyberspace have a photo you want to donate, please send it my way. We will put it to good use.
As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, I studied Conservation of Natural Resources. I took a couple of entomology classes and became very interested in insects. After I graduated, I held several jobs working with bugs: in the fields of central California, the forests of Connecticut and Idaho, and the labs of Berkeley. Then I went to grad school and studied entomology at UC Riverside and UC Berkeley (back in the olden days when UCB had an entomology department). When my kids were little, I wanted to share my love of insects with them, so I started a butterfly garden before butterfly gardens were popular. Then of course, their teachers asked me to bring caterpillars into the classroom and I started doing classroom presentations. I do presentations in elementary schools, provide teacher trainings, teach adult school classes, and bring live insect specimens to garden fairs. My book is perfect for helping elementary school kids learn about butterflies.
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