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New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning roseopictum ro-see-oh-PIK-tum Rose painted eyriesii eye-REE-see-eye Named for A. Eyries, 19th century cactus collector, who brought this species to Le Havre roseopicta ro-see-oh-PIK-tuh Rose painted Dovyalis doh-vee-AY-liss Derivation is obscure Gnaphalium naf-FAY-lee-um From the Greek gnaphalion, a plant whose soft white leaves are used as cushion stuffing Antiariopsis resembles Antiaris (Latinized form of the Javanese name for the plants poisonous juice which is used as an arrow poison) coronopifolia koh-ron-oh-pih-FOH-lee-uh Having leaves like Coronopus (from the Greek korone, crown; and pous, foot, referring to the cleft leaves) coronopifolium koh-ron-oh-pih-FOH-lee-um Having leaves like Coronopus (from the Greek korone, crown; and pous, foot, referring to the cleft leaves) coronopifolius koh-ron-oh-pih-FOH-lee-us Having leaves like Coronopus (from the Greek korone, crown; and pous, foot, referring to the cleft leaves) Helxine hel-ZY-nee Classical name formerly applied to a related plant Sigesbeckia sig-es-BEK-ee-uh Named for Johann Georg Siegesbeck, 18th century bitter rival of Linnaeus (the plant is arguably small-flowered, unpleasant-smelling, weedy, and grows in mud) acclinis ak-LIN-iss Leaning on sagittifer saj-ih-TAY-tif-er Bearing arrows sagittifera saj-ih-tay-TIF-er-uh Bearing arrows sagittiferum saj-ih-tay-TIF-er-um Bearing arrows cotinoides kot-in-OY-deez Resembles Smokebush (the genus name Cotinus is from the Greek word for another tree)

Journal Activity

6 new items.
37 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

Member Addition Description carolann Comment Reblooming Tall Bearded Iris 'Champagne Elegance' (Iris ) Bungarian Comment Tomato 'Juliet' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) Alicebrydon Comment Angel's Trumpet 'Snowhermit' (Brugmansia ) hczone6 Image Colorado spruce, Blue spruce (Picea pungens) Ulrich Image Pink Easter Lily Cactus (Echinopsis eyriesii) Ulrich Image Pink Easter Lily Cactus (Echinopsis eyriesii) swtpea1943 Image Apple Cactus, Peruvian Apple (Cereus peruvianus) Eliza Image African Violet (Saintpaulia ionantha) habitat Image Trillium, Wake Robin (Trillium grandiflorum) Ulrich Image Glory Flower, Princess Flower (Tibouchina urvilleana) Kelli Image Glory-of-the-Sun (Leucocoryne ) Kelli Image Glory-of-the-Sun (Leucocoryne ) hczone6 Image Speedwell 'Sunnyborder Blue' (Veronica austriaca) hczone6 Image Mt. Atlas Daisy (Anacyclus pyrethrum) carolann Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Sky Rays' (Iris ) hczone6 Image Sunrose, Rock Rose (Helianthemum nummularium) hczone6 Image Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria) hczone6 Image Rhododendron 'Hotspur Red' (Rhododendron ) hczone6 Image Silver Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch, Irish Beith (Betula pendula) carolann Image Blue Passion Flower, Hardy Passion flower (Passiflora caerulea) hczone6 Image Clematis 'Nelly Moser' (Clematis ) hczone6 Image Red Barked Dogwood, Tatarian Dogwood (Cornus alba) hczone6 Image Yellow Twig Dogwood 'Flaviramea' (Cornus sericea) hczone6 Image Melic Grass 'Red Spires' (Melica transsilvanica) hczone6 Image Yellow False Acacia, Black Locust, Yellow Locust 'Frisia' (Robinia pseudoacacia) hczone6 Image Yellow False Acacia, Black Locust, Yellow Locust 'Frisia' (Robinia pseudoacacia) hczone6 Image Yellow False Acacia, Black Locust, Yellow Locust 'Frisia' (Robinia pseudoacacia) hczone6 Image Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) hczone6 Image Iron Cross Oxalis, Good Luck Plant (Oxalis tetraphylla) hczone6 Image Firethorn 'Mohave' (Pyracantha coccinea x koidzumii) hczone6 Image Firethorn 'Mohave' (Pyracantha coccinea x koidzumii) mystic Image Giant Onion , Giant Allium 'Globemaster' (Allium giganteum) mystic Image Giant Onion , Giant Allium 'Globemaster' (Allium giganteum) mystic Image Fountain Grass 'Hameln' (Pennisetum alopecuroides) mystic Image Strawberry Foxglove, Merton's Foxglove (Digitalis x mertonensis) ign Image Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) carolann Image Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) carolann Image Poet's Narcissus (Narcissus poeticus hybrids (Division IX)) carolann Image Daylily 'Star Of Africa' (Hemerocallis ) ign Image L.A. Hybrid Lily 'Desert Song' (Lilium ) Bug_Girl Image Coleus 'Merlot' (Coleus hybrid) ign Image L.A. Hybrid Lily 'Camelot' (Lilium ) ign Image Daylily 'Stella d'Oro' (Hemerocallis hybrid)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description rjgmg Positive Big Dipper Farm rjgmg Negative Avant Gardens rjgmg Negative Forestfarm perrisquirrel Positive Jackson and Perkins tmo56 Negative Rogers & Webster Miracle Bush Tomato (also dba PublishersChoice.com) jadams Negative Rogers & Webster Miracle Bush Tomato (also dba PublishersChoice.com) dvorhis Company Message Muscle and Arm Farm jennc Positive Pinetree Garden Seeds BHorton Negative Richard Owen Nurseries, Inc. naturelover Negative Bluestone Perennials helixmochi Negative Smith & Hawken gardenfool55 Positive Bluestone Perennials dave Positive The Bulk Herb Store cintie Positive Cross Country Nurseries susan58 Negative Rogers & Webster Miracle Bush Tomato (also dba PublishersChoice.com) stellamae Positive Miller, J.E. Nurseries redmaple Negative Ty Ty Nursery John_Edwards Positive Banana Garden.com LAT Positive Paradise Garden saami32 Positive Cross Country Nurseries saami32 Negative Territorial Seed Company Valerian Positive Renaissance Acres Organic Herb Farm

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... May 20, 2003