Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of March 31 ... in which ... 169 new members joined. 810 posts were made. 1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog. 5 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 18 plants were added to the Plants Database. 13 comments were added to the Plants Database. 219 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 38 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 38 entries were added to Botanary. happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

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( -- Humbert Wolfe, British poet, satirist)

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New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning rugelii roo-GEL-ee-eye Named for Ferdinand Rugel, 19th century American botanist in the southeastern U.S. sulcatus sul-KAY-tus Furrowed sulcatum sul-KAY-tum Furrowed sulcata sul-KAY-tuh Furrowed flexipedes fleks-ih-PEE-dees Bent stem flexipes FLEKS-ih-pees Bent stemp triglochidiatus try-glo-ky-dee-AY-tus From the Greek tri (three) and glochis (a point), referring to the fruit of some species pseudocolumnaris soo-doh-kol-lum-NAR-iss False column muscarimi muss-kar-e-me From the Greek word - moschos which means a musk scent lycioides ly-see-OY-deez Resembles Lycium (from the Greek name of a medicinal tree from Lycia in Asia Minor) Encephalocarpus en-sef-uh-loh-KAR-pus From the Greek encepahlos (brain, head) and karpos (fruit), referring to the shape of the fruit urbicus UR-bee-kus Urban (belonging to cities or towns) urbicum UR-bee-kum Urban (belonging to cities or towns) urbica UR-bee-kuh Urban (belonging to cities or towns) albomaculatus al-boh-mak-yoo-LAY-tus White spotted albomaculatum al-boh-mak-yoo-LAY-tum White spotted albomaculata al-boh-mak-yoo-LAY-tuh White spotted lupinoides loo-py-NOY-deez Resembles Lupin (From the word for wolf as it was believed they robbed the soil of nutrients) lavateroides lav-uh-ter-OY-deez Resembles Lavatera (named for Johann Kaspar Lavater, 18th century Swiss physician and naturalist) nigropunctatus ny-gro-punk-TAY-tus Black-spotted nigropunctatum ny-gro-punk-TAY-tum Black-spotted nigropunctata ny-groh-punk-TAY-tuh Black-spotted gymnocephalus jim-no-KEF-uh-lus From the Greek gymnos (naked) and kephale (head) gymnocephalum jim-no-KEF-uh-lum From the Greek gymnos (naked) and kephale (head) gymnocephala jim-no-KEF-uh-luh From the Greek gymnos (naked) and kephale (head) semilobatus sem-ee-loh-BAY-tus Half-lobed, referring to shapes like the ear lobe semilobata sem-ee-loh-BAY-tuh Half-lobed, referring to shapes like the ear lobe blitoides bly-TOY-deez Resembling Blitum (an old name for strawberry-blite, used to describe a bland vegetable) bliti BLY-tee An old name for strawberry-blite, used to describe a bland vegetable Blitum BLY-tum An old name for strawberry-blite, used to describe a bland vegetable Franseria frans-SER-ee-uh Named for Antonio Franseri, 18th-century Spanish botanist Doxantha doks-ANTH-uh From the Latin doxa (glory) and anthos (flower) Actinea ak-TIN-ee-uh From the Greek aktis (ray) Rotantha roh-TAN-tha From the Latin rota (wheel, coiled) and anthos (flower) kentukea ken-TUK-ee-uh Of or from Kentucky (U.S.) decandrus dek-AN-drus Having ten stamens decandrum dek-AN-drum Having ten stamens decandra dek-AN-druh Having ten stamens

Journal Activity

28 new items.
27 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

Member Addition Description Dinu Comment Rose apple 'Alston' (Syzygium jambos) Kelli Comment Flannel bush (Fremontodendron californicum) iriscat Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Evergreen Hideaway' (Iris ) iriscat Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Planned Treasure' (Iris ) iriscat Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Wild Sharon' (Iris ) saya Comment Foxtail Lily (Eremurus bungei) aahauge Comment Winged Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes alata) Bug_Girl Comment Single Tulip 'Olympic Flame' (Tulipa Darwin Hybrid) hostafishing Comment Hosta 'Mike Shadrack' (Hosta ) hostafishing Comment Hosta 'Bigga Luigi' (Hosta ) hostafishing Comment Hosta 'Lucille' (Hosta ) Lavanda Comment Hybrid Hummingbird Mint 'Desert Sunrise' (Agastache hybrid) Lavanda Comment Weber Blue Agave, Agave Azul (Agave tequilana) Baa Image Common Dog Violet, Wood Violet (Viola riviniana) tommcf Image Agave, Century Plant, American Aloe, Maguey (Agave americana) tommcf Image Jade Plant (Crassula ovata) Mitjo Image Madagascar rubbervine (Cryptostegia madagascariensis) Mitjo Image Tarda Tulip (Tulipa tarda) Mitjo Image Butterfly Pea, Blue Pea Vine (Clitoria ternatea) Mitjo Image Butterfly Pea, Blue Pea Vine (Clitoria ternatea) Mitjo Image Moses-in-a-Basket, Boatlily, Oyster Plant (Rhoeo spathacea) Mitjo Image Fuchsia (Fuchsia spp.) Bug_Girl Image Cootamundra Wattle, Purple Fern Leaf Acacia, Bailey's Purple Acacia 'Purpurea' (Acacia baileyana) Baa Image Grape Hyacinth (Muscari muscarimi) Bug_Girl Image Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum) SShurgot Image Claret Cup Cactus, Strawberry Cactus, Crimson Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) SShurgot Image Claret Cup Cactus, Strawberry Cactus, Crimson Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) jules_jewel Image Creeping Phlox (Phlox subulata) jules_jewel Image Large-flowered Climber 'Blaze (intr. 1932)' (Rosa ) Kelli Image Tropical Day-Blooming Water Lily 'Blue Beauty (Pennsylvania)' (Nymphaea ) Kelli Image Hardy Water Lily (Nymphaea hybrid) Kelli Image Pacific Coast Iris (Iris douglasiana) Kelli Image Flannel bush (Fremontodendron californicum) Kelli Image Torch Aloe, Tree Aloe (Aloe arborescens) Bug_Girl Image Tulip, Darwin hybrids (Tulipa hybrids) Kelli Image Lavender Scallops, Kalanchoe Stonecrop (Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi) dave Image Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) dave Image Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) dave Image Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) Terry Image Toadshade (Trillium sessile) Terry Image Toadshade (Trillium sessile) Terry Image Toadshade (Trillium sessile) kennedyh Image Feathertop Fountain Grass (Pennisetum villosum) jules_jewel Image Greater Periwinkle 'Variegata' (Vinca major) kennedyh Image Voodoo Lily, Green Dragon (Pinellia tripartita) kennedyh Image Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) kennedyh Image Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) kennedyh Image Scots Pine, European Redwood (Pinus sylvestris) kennedyh Image Common Polypody (Polypodium vulgare) Bug_Girl Image Single Tulip 'Olympic Flame' (Tulipa Darwin Hybrid) Terry Image Daphne 'Carol Mackie' (Daphne x burkwoodii)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description irisfinatic Positive Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden irisfinatic Positive Schreiner's Iris Gardens irisfinatic Neutral Riverview Iris Gardens dzg006 Negative Plantron Inc. yancy Positive Burgess Seed

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... March 31, 2003