Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of July 21

... in which ...

174 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.29% yesterday.
1,044 posts were made.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
8 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
23 plants were added to the Plants Database.
37 comments were added to the Plants Database.
278 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
96 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
15 entries were added to Botanary.

happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"And when thou art weary, I'll find thee a bed of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head... "

( -- John Keats, English poet)

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: New yellow
By TLynn

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Blue Spur Flower, Speckled Spur Flower, Candlestick Plant
Plectranthus ciliatus
By rigor

Forum Activity

A grand total of 1,044 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Brugmansias and Friends 151 posts.

PDB Pictures 134 posts.

Photos 119 posts.

General Discussion 46 posts.

Tropicals 42 posts.

Identification 39 posts.

Roundup 36 posts.

Garden Talk 34 posts.

Prayer Requests 27 posts.

Perennials 23 posts.

Pets 22 posts.

Parking Lot 22 posts.

Day Lilies 22 posts.

Computer Talk 19 posts.

Hostas 19 posts.

Recipes 17 posts.

Seed Trading 17 posts.

Co-Op 16 posts.

Water Gardens 15 posts.

Garden Foes 15 posts.

Roses 15 posts.

Welcome Mat 15 posts.

Health and Dieting 13 posts.

Dave's Garden 13 posts.

Camera Talk 12 posts.

Pollbooth 10 posts.

Home and Crafts 10 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 10 posts.

Plant Trading 10 posts.

Geraniaceae 9 posts.

Mail Call! 9 posts.

Container Gardening 9 posts.

Farm Life 7 posts.

Frequently Asked Questions 7 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 7 posts.

Trees & Shrubs 6 posts.

Grass and Bamboo 6 posts.

Jokes and Chat 6 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 5 posts.

Gourds and Melons 4 posts.

Market Growers 4 posts.

Propagation 4 posts.

Tomatoes 4 posts.

Saving Seeds 3 posts.

Media 3 posts.

Orchids 2 posts.

Wild Life 2 posts.

European 2 posts.

Vines and Climbers 1 post.

House Plants 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

iberidifolium eye-beer-id-ih-FOH-lee-um Having foliage (leaves) like Iberis (aka Candytuft)
Bardendrum bar-DEN-drum An intergeneric cross between Barkeria (George Baker, 19th century British orchid grower) and Epidendrum (from Greek epi, upon; and dendron, tree)
pernambucense per-nam-boo-KEN-see Of or from Pernambuco, Brazil
Oplopanax oh-PLOH-pan-aks From the Greek hoplon (weapon) and panax (ginseng), referring to its spiny habit
longispina lon-gih-SPY-nuh Long-thorned
longispinum lon-gih-SPY-num Long-thorned
flammula FLA-muh-luh Diminutive of the Latin flamma; a small flame
longispinus lon-gih-SPY-nus Long-thorned
costaricense kos-tah-ree-KEN-see Of or from Costa Rica
caroliniense kair-oh-lin-ee-EN-see Of or from Carolina (U.S.)
costaricensis kos-tah-ree-KEN-sis Of or from Costa Rica
fissile FISS-ill-ee From the Latin, meaning cleft or split
fissilis FISS-ill-iss From the Latin, meaning cleft or split
Pimelea py-mee-lee-a Fat, from the Greek pimele and refers to the seeds
myrtinervius mer-tin-er-vee-us With veining like the genus Myrtus (Myrtle)

Journal Activity

18 new items.
9 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

23 new plants.
37 new descriptions were added.
96 new images were added.
278 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

No new companies were added to the database.
8 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description
imluke54 Positive Holly Lane Gardens
imluke54 Neutral Savory's Gardens Inc
oster Positive Harmony Farm Supply & Nursery
deusse Negative Red Barn Gardens
junkergirl11 Neutral Hirt's Greenhouse & Flowers
jdashburn Positive Territorial Seed Company
oster Positive Golden Harvest Organics
kopetie Positive Hallson Gardens

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... July 21, 2003