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Covering the events of November 23
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78 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.11% yesterday.
767 posts were made.
1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog.
0 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
20 plants were added to the Plants Database.
27 comments were added to the Plants Database.
81 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
28 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
14 entries were added to Botanary.
happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
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Gardening Quote of the Day
"To a gardener there is nothing more exasperating than a hose that just isn't long enough."( -- Cecil Roberts (New York Times 5/13/1951)) Forum Photo of the DaySubject: What a guy!!!
By kell
Plants Database Photo of the DayPurple waffle plant
Hemigraphis exotica
By Monocromatico
Forum Activity
A grand total of 767 posts were made yesterday.
| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| piriapolisensis | pir-eye-uh-pol-EN-sis | Comes from Piriapolis, Maldonado, Uruguay | | liliiflora | lil-lee-ih-FLOR-uh | Having flowers like Lilium | | linkianus | link-ee-AY-nus | Named for Dr. Heinrich Friedrich Link, 19th century German physician and botanist | | haselbergii | has-el-BERG-ee-eye | Named for Dr. F. von Haselberg, its discoverer | | Jamesianthus | james-ee-AN-thus | Named for Robert Leslie James, 20th century American teacher, botanist and historian | | Ericaceae | er-ek-AY-see | From the Latin name for Heather | | alboplena | al-boh-PLEN-uh | Double white | | uebelmannianus | yoo-bel-mahn-ee-AY-nus | Named for Werner Uebelman, Swiss grower and collector of cacti in cacti in Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay | | cerris | SAIR-iss | Ancient Latin name for the Turkey or mossy-cup Oak; now the specific epithet | | x euchlora | YOO-klor-uh | Hybrid meaning nice green | | euchlorus | YOO-klor-us | Light green | | x soulangeana | soo-lan-jee-AY-nuh | Variant spelling of soulangiana; named for Etienne Soulange-Bodin, 19th century French cavaly officer and Director of the Royal Institute of Horticulture | | sprucei | SPROOS-ee-eye | Named for Richard Spruce, 19th century English botanist | | wilhelminae-reginae | wil-helm-MEE-nah ree-JIN-ay-ee | Named for Queen Wilhelmina, early 20th century queen of the Netherlands |
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5 new items.
4 new entries.
20 new plants.
27 new descriptions were added.
28 new images were added.
81 new content were checked off.
| Member |
Addition |
Description |
| Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Epicenter'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Ever Anew'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Fanfaron'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Fatal Attraction'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Flights of Fancy'
(Iris ) | | CannaGrwr | Comment | Canna Lily 'Pride of India (Taj Mahal)'
(Canna x generalis) | | duliticola | Comment |
(Strophanthus preussii) | | coochic2000 | Comment | English ivy, Common ivy
(Hedera helix) | | captphill | Comment | Corn Plant 'Massengeana'
(Dracaena fragrans) | | Monocromatico | Comment | Orchid
(Angraecum infundibulare) | | duliticola | Comment | Dwarf Formosa Lily
(Lilium formosanum var. pricei) | | wnstarr | Comment | English ivy, Common ivy
(Hedera helix) | | emfarley | Comment | Chinese Wisteria
(Wisteria sinensis) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Gnu'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Golden Panther'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Green and Gifted'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Comment | Louisiana Iris 'Gulf Shores'
(Iris ) | | dogbane | Comment | Giant blue flag iris
(Iris giganticaerulea) | | dogbane | Comment | Zig-zag iris
(Iris brevicaulis) | | Marn | Comment | Swedish Ivy, Swedish Begonia, Creeping Charlie
(Plectranthus verticillatus) | | dogbane | Comment | Abbeville Swamp Iris
(Iris x nelsonii) | | dogbane | Comment | Yellow Flag
(Iris pseudacorus) | | dogbane | Comment | Trumpets, Watches, Biscuit-Flower, Yellow Pitcher Plant
(Sarracenia flava) | | Thomato | Comment | Tomato 'Brandywine'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum) | | dogbane | Comment | Fig, Higo 'Brown Turkey'
(Ficus carica) | | dogbane | Comment | Copper Iris
(Iris fulva) | | butchpoodle | Comment | Morning Glory 'Scarlett O'Hara'
(Ipomoea nil) | | pigeon1943 | Image
 | Daylily 'Stoplight'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Nancymo | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Bodacious'
(Iris ) | | pigeon1943 | Image
 | Daylily 'Sultans Ruby'
(Hemerocallis ) | | Nancymo | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Brindled Beauty'
(Iris ) | | Nancymo | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Can Can Red'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Debrenee'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Deep Dark Secret'
(Iris ) | | rylaff | Image
 | Blue Passion Flower, Hardy Passion flower
(Passiflora caerulea) | | rylaff | Image
 | Stokes' Aster, Stokes Aster, Cornflower Aster
(Stokesia laevis) | | rylaff | Image
 | Zebra Grass 'Zebrinus'
(Miscanthus sinensis) | | Thaumaturgist | Image
 | Mango 'Keitt'
(Mangifera indica) | | bootandall | Image
 | Peach-Leafed Bellflower
(Campanula persicifolia) | | bootandall | Image
 | Solitary Clematis
(Clematis integrifolia) | | Thaumaturgist | Image
 | Mango 'Keitt'
(Mangifera indica) | | duliticola | Image
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(Echium wildpretii) | | duliticola | Image
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(Echium wildpretii) | | Evert | Image
 | Chinese Lantern Plant, Strawberry Ground Cherry
(Physalis alkekengii) | | Evert | Image
 | Four O'Clock, Marvel of Peru
(Mirabilis jalapa) | | Monocromatico | Image
 | African Milk Tree
(Euphorbia trigona f. Rubra) | | sa_haiad | Image
 | Hong Kong Orchid Tree
(Bauhinia blakeana) | | sa_haiad | Image
 | Hong Kong Orchid Tree
(Bauhinia blakeana) | | Monocromatico | Image
 | Orchid
(Angraecum infundibulare) | | duliticola | Image
 | Dwarf Formosa Lily
(Lilium formosanum var. pricei) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Southern Spider-orchid
(Caladenia australis) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Southern Spider-orchid
(Caladenia australis) | | puttytat | Image
 | Daylily 'Well Of Souls'
(Hemerocallis ) | | carolann | Image
 | Daylily 'Charlotte Russe'
(Hemerocallis ) | | dogbane | Image
 | Yellow Flag
(Iris pseudacorus) | |
1 new company was added to the database.
No new ratings/comments were added to the database.
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