Thursday, June 11, 2009

setting up shop...

An advance squadron of black aphids were discovered by chance today laying the groundwork for a full-on assault in the courtyard. The few pictured above are only a small sampling of the numbers who were setting up shop on our privit foliage. A blast from the hose was sufficient to send them away.

3 comments:

sanjay said...

which plant is this?

Mark said...

I called it a privit, but I don't really know. I'll look into it and get back to you on that.

Mark said...

Pittosporum tobira 'Variegata '
http://ivey-ridge.com/ir_arc/Images/Pittosporum_tobira_variegata_b.jpg