Dave's Garden Newsletter for August 19: covering the events of yesterday.

http://davesgarden.com

Table of contents:
1.  Gardening Quote of the Day
2.  Summary
3.  Detailed News
4.  Final Notes

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Section 1: Gardening Quote of the Day:

"Fast, cheap, accurate: choose two." -- Lisa A. Bloch

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Section 2: News Summary:

2a. Traffic Activity:
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24 member signups.

2b. Forum activity:
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http://davesgarden.com/forums/

The Photos forum had 84 posts.
The Plant Trading forum had 36 posts.
The General Discussion forum had 34 posts.
The Brugs and Friends forum had 34 posts.
The Seed Trading forum had 29 posts.
The Identification forum had 29 posts.
The Brug and Datura Contest forum had 27 posts.
The Garden Talk forum had 20 posts.
The Dave's Garden forum had 19 posts.
The Water Gardens forum had 14 posts.
The Succulents forum had 11 posts.
The Co-Op forum had 11 posts.
The Tropicals forum had 10 posts.
The Wild Plants forum had 8 posts.
The Perennials forum had 8 posts.
The Welcome Mat forum had 7 posts.
The Wild Life forum had 6 posts.
The Roses forum had 6 posts.
The Propagation forum had 6 posts.
The Farm Life forum had 6 posts.
The Trees & Shrubs forum had 5 posts.
The Mail Call! forum had 5 posts.
The Book Worms forum had 5 posts.
The Tomatoes forum had 4 posts.
The Recipes forum had 3 posts.
The House Plants forum had 3 posts.
The Herbs forum had 3 posts.
The Vines and Climbers forum had 2 posts.
The Organic Gardening forum had 2 posts.
The Orchids forum had 2 posts.
The Market Growers forum had 2 posts.
The Heirlooms forum had 2 posts.
The Dirt Cheap forum had 2 posts.
The Hydrangeas forum had 1 post.
The Bulbs forum had 1 post.

2c. Journal Activity:
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http://davesgarden.com/gj/

8 new items.
45 new entries.
8 new images.

2d. Plants Database activity:
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http://davesgarden.com/plants/

69 additions to the master plants database
22 descriptions were added.

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Section 3: Detailed News:

3a. Plants Database Changes or Additions:
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http://davesgarden.com/plants/

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Annual Phlox / Drummond's Phlox
Genus: Phlox
Species: drummondii
Category: Annuals
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1094.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Purple Prairie Clover
Genus: Petalostemum
Species: purpureum
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1095.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Missouri Evening Primrose / Ozark Sundrop
Genus: Oenothera
Species: missouriensis
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1096.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Wild Bergamot
Genus: Monarda
Species: fistulosa
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1097.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Prairie Blazing Star / Tall Blazing Star
Genus: Liatris
Species: pycnostachya
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1098.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Tidy Tips
Genus: Layia
Species: platyglossa
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1099.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Closed Gentian, Bottle Gentian
Genus: Gentian
Species: andrewsii
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1100.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Wintergreen / Teaberry / Checkerberry
Genus: Gaultheria
Species: procumbens
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1101.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Dutchman's Breeches
Genus: Dicentra
Species: cucullaria
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1102.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Bunchberry
Genus: Cornus
Species: canadensis
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1103.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Yellow Clintonia / Bluebead lily
Genus: Clintonia
Species: borealis
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1104.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Spring Beauty
Genus: Claytonia
Species: virginica
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1105.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Canada Anemone
Genus: Anemone
Species: canadensis
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1106.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Doll's Eyes / White Baneberry
Genus: Actaea
Species: pachypoda
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1107.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Wakerobin / Stinking Benjamin
Genus: Trillium
Species: erectum
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1108.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Shinleaf
Genus: Pyrola
Species: elliptica
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1109.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Partridgeberry / Twinberry
Genus: Mitchella
Species: repens
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1110.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Blazing Star / Evening Star
Genus: Mentzelia
Species: Lindleyi
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1111.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Wood Lily
Genus: Lilium
Species: philadelphicum
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1112.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Bluets / Quaker ladies
Genus: Houstonia
Species: caerulea
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1113.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Sharp-lobed Hepatica
Genus: Hepatica
Species: acutiloba
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1114.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Hop
Genus: Humulus
Species: lupulus
Category: Vines and Climbers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1115.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Horehound
Genus: Marrubium
Species: vulgare
Category: Herbs
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1116.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Coltsfoot
Genus: Tussilago
Species: farfara
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1117.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Boneset
Genus: Eupatorium
Species: perfoliatum
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1118.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Betony / Wood Betony
Genus: Stachys
Species: officinalis
Category: Herbs
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1119.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Agrimony
Genus: Agrimony
Species: eupatoria
Category: Herbs
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1120.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Orris Root
Genus: Iris
Species: x germanica var. florentina
Category: Herbs
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1121.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Snowdrop Anemone
Genus: Anemone
Species: sylvestris
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1122.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Giant Onion / Giant Allium
Genus: Allium
Species: giganteum
Category: Bulbs
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1123.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Yellow Archangel
Genus: Lamiastrum
Species: galeobdolon
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1124.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Arkwright's Campion
Genus: Lychnis
Species: x arkwritii
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1125.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Yellow Loosestrife
Genus: Lysimachia
Species: punctata
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1126.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Common Sundrops
Genus: Oenothera
Species: tetragona
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1127.html

go_vols added the following plant:
Common name: Long-leafed Lungwort
Genus: Pulmonaria
Species: longifolia
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1128.html

mystic added the following plant:
Common name: Glaucidium
Genus: Glaucidium
Species: palmatum
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1129.html

windsurffer added the following plant:
Common name: Daylily 'Paprika Velvet'
Genus: Hemerocallis
Species: cv 'Paprika Velvet'
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1130.html

windsurffer added the following plant:
Common name: Rose 'Iceberg'
Genus: Rosa
Species: floribunda
Category: Roses
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1131.html

go_vols added the following plant:
Common name: Red Lungwort
Genus: Pulmonaria
Species: rubra
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1132.html

go_vols added the following plant:
Common name: Lungwort, Jerusalem Cowslip
Genus: Pulmonaria
Species: officinalis
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1133.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Knotweed / Fleece Flower / Tovaria
Genus: Persicaria
Species: microcephala
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1134.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Arrowhead / Duck Potato
Genus: Sagittaria
Species: latifolia
Category: Ponds and Aquatics
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1135.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Water Poppy
Genus: Hydrocleys
Species: nymphoides
Category: Ponds and Aquatics
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1136.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Violet-flowered Petunia
Genus: Petunia
Species: integrifolia
Category: Annuals
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1137.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Phlomis
Genus: Phlomis
Species: tuberosa
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1138.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Southernwood / Lad's Love
Genus: Artemisia
Species: abrotanum
Category: Herbs
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1139.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Sweet Annie / Sweet Wormwood
Genus: Artemisia
Species: annua
Category: Herbs
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1140.html

mystic added the following plant:
Common name: Giant Hogweed
Genus: Heracleum
Species: mantegazzianum
Category: Biennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1141.html

farmgirl21 added the following plant:
Common name: Frangipani, Plumeria
Genus: plumeria
Species: rubra
Category: Tropicals
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1142.html

go_vols added the following plant:
Common name: Dwarf Smilax, Wild Sarsparilla
Genus: Smilax
Species: pumila
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1143.html

mystic added the following plant:
Common name: Variegated  Periwinkle
Genus: Vinca
Species: major 'Variegata'
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1144.html

go_vols added the following plant:
Common name: Allegheny Spurge
Genus: Pachysandra
Species: procumbens
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1145.html

go_vols added the following plant:
Common name: Japanese Spurge, Pachysandra
Genus: Pachysandra
Species: terminalis
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1146.html

mystic added the following plant:
Common name: Cattail
Genus:  Typha
Species: latifolia
Category: Ponds and Aquatics
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1147.html

herbin added the following plant:
Common name: Basil, African Blue
Genus: Ocimum
Species: basilicum
Category: Herbs
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1148.html

herbin added the following plant:
Common name: Basil, Variegated African Blue
Genus: Ocimum
Species: basilicum
Category: Herbs
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1149.html

louisa added the following plant:
Common name: Ghislaine de Feligonde
Genus: Rosa
Species: Musk Rambler
Category: Roses
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1150.html

HoniBee added the following plant:
Common name: Okra, Ladies' Fingers
Genus: Hibiscus
Species: esculentus (syn. Abelmoschus esculentus)
Category: Annuals
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1151.html

herbin added the following plant:
Common name: Bog Sage
Genus: Salvia
Species: uliginosa
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1152.html

herbin added the following plant:
Common name: Golden Hops
Genus: Humulus
Species: lupulus 'Aureus'
Category: Vines and Climbers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1153.html

poppysue added the following plant:
Common name: Canada Goldenrod
Genus: Solidago
Species: canadensis
Category: Wildflowers
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1154.html

go_vols added the following plant:
Common name: Fan Clubmoss, Southern Gound Pine, Southern Running Cedar
Genus: Lycopodium
Species: digitatum
Category: Ferns
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1155.html

go_vols added the following plant:
Common name: Texas Bluestar
Genus: Amsonia
Species: ciliata
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1156.html

go_vols added the following plant:
Common name: Small's Penstemon, Pink Beardtongue
Genus: Penstemon
Species: smallii
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1157.html

mystic added the following plant:
Common name: Paper Bush
Genus: Edgeworthia
Species: chrysantha
Category: Shrubs
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1158.html

louisa added the following plant:
Common name: Rose
Genus: Rosa
Species: Aimee Vibert (Noisette)
Category: Roses
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1159.html

smiln32 added the following plant:
Common name: Purple heart
Genus: Tradescantia
Species: pallida
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1160.html

mystic added the following plant:
Common name: Cream Bush ,Oceanspray
Genus: Holodiscus
Species: discolor
Category: Shrubs
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1161.html

smiln32 added the following plant:
Common name: Golden spiderwort
Genus: Tradescantia
Species: crassula
Category: Perennials
URL: http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1162.html

go_vols added: "General Description" to the 
Long-leafed Lungwort (Pulmonaria longifolia):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1128.html

go_vols added: "General Description" to the 
Lungwort, Bethelehem Sage, Jerusalem Sage (Pulmonaria saccharata):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/387.html

mystic added: "General Description" to the 
Glaucidium (Glaucidium palmatum):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1129.html

mystic added: "How to germinate from seed" to the 
Glaucidium (Glaucidium palmatum):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1129.html

mystic added: "Alternative Propogation Methods" to the 
Glaucidium (Glaucidium palmatum):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1129.html

mystic added: "Cultivar/Variety Name and Description" to the 
Glaucidium (Glaucidium palmatum):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1129.html

windsurffer added: "General Description" to the 
Daylily 'Paprika Velvet' (Hemerocallis cv 'Paprika Velvet'):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1130.html

go_vols added: "General Description" to the 
Red Lungwort (Pulmonaria rubra):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1132.html

mystic added: "General Description" to the 
Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/331.html

mystic added: "General Description" to the 
Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1141.html

farmgirl21 added: "General Description" to the 
Frangipani, Plumeria (plumeria rubra):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1142.html

mystic added: "General Description" to the 
Variegated  Periwinkle (Vinca major 'Variegata'):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1144.html

mystic added: "General Description" to the 
Cattail ( Typha latifolia):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1147.html

mystic added: "Alternative Propogation Methods" to the 
Cattail ( Typha latifolia):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1147.html

herbin added: "General Description" to the 
Basil, African Blue (Ocimum basilicum):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1148.html

herbin added: "General Description" to the 
Basil, Variegated African Blue (Ocimum basilicum):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1149.html

herbin added: "General Description" to the 
Golden Hops (Humulus lupulus 'Aureus'):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1153.html

louisa added: "General Description" to the 
Ghislaine de Feligonde (Rosa Musk Rambler):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1150.html

go_vols added: "General Description" to the 
Texas Bluestar (Amsonia ciliata):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1156.html

mystic added: "General Description" to the 
Paper Bush (Edgeworthia chrysantha):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1158.html

louisa added: "General Description" to the 
Rose (Rosa Aimee Vibert (Noisette)):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1159.html

mystic added: "General Description" to the 
Cream Bush ,Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor):
http://davesgarden.com/plants/go/1161.html




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Section 4: Final Notes:

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Dave
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Dave Whitinger
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And that's the way it was...  August 18, 2001