Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of December 10 ... in which ... 70 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.09% yesterday. 795 posts were made. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 4 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 25 plants were added to the Plants Database. 32 comments were added to the Plants Database. 363 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 34 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 10 entries were added to Botanary. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Reginald Farrer, 19th Century British author, gardener)

Forum Photo of the Day

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Brugmansias and Friends 129 posts. PDB Pictures 95 posts. General Discussion 87 posts. Prayer Requests 65 posts. Photos 50 posts. Greenhouse 28 posts. Pets 25 posts. Bulbs 21 posts. Recipes 20 posts. Vegetable Gardening 17 posts. Seed Trading 17 posts. Tropicals 16 posts. Saving Seeds 16 posts. Market Growers 16 posts. Tomatoes 13 posts. Dave's Garden 13 posts. Parking Lot 12 posts. Garden Talk 11 posts. Health, Dieting and Beauty 11 posts. Jokes and Chat 10 posts. Farm Life 10 posts. Computer Talk 9 posts. Roundup 8 posts. European 8 posts. Welcome Mat 8 posts. Vines and Climbers 7 posts. Day Lilies 7 posts. Mail Call! 7 posts. Roundup Pictures 7 posts. Media 6 posts. Plant Trading 5 posts. Home and Crafts 5 posts. Pollbooth 4 posts. Camera Talk 4 posts. Perennials 4 posts. Propagation 4 posts. House Plants 3 posts. Heirlooms 3 posts. Cactus and Succulents 3 posts. Identification 2 posts. Herbs 2 posts. Irises 1 post. Trees & Shrubs 1 post. Co-Op 1 post. Water Gardens 1 post. Test 1 post. Landscaping 1 post. Disabled Gardeners 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning pallidior   pal-LID-ee-or   Pale, pallid   meonacanthus   me-on-uh-KAN-thus   Smaller or weaker spines   leucocarpa   loo-koh-KAR-puh   White fruit   leucocarpum   loo-koh-KAR-pum   White fruit   leucocarpus   loo-koh-KAR-pus   White fruit   horstii   HORST-ee-eye   Named for Leopoldo Horst, 21st century Brazilian plant collector   chabaudii   shaw-BOH-dee-eye   Named for John Chabaud, who had this Aloe flowering in his garden   norstogii   nor-STOG-ee-eye   Named for Knut Norstog, contemporary American botanist specializing in cycads   subcapitatus   sub-kap-ih-TAY-tus   Almost a head; somewhat with heads   subgemmifera   sub-jem-MIF-er-uh   Somewhat bud-bearing

Journal Activity

2 new items.
1 new entry.

Plants Database Activity:

Member Addition Description Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Starring (Ghio, 1999)' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Stolen Dreams (Hager, 1989)' Iris vagardener Comment St. John's Wort 'Hidcote' Hypericum hybrid lophoman Comment Ipomoea Ipomoea holubii palmbob Comment Aloe Aloe excelsa palmbob Comment Aloe Aloe greenii Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Copenhagen Market' Brassica oleracea var. capitata palmbob Comment Ceratozamia Ceratozamia El Mirador palmbob Comment Ceratozamia Ceratozamia mirandae vagardener Comment Oleander Nerium oleander palmbob Comment Ceratozamia Ceratozamia norstogii palmbob Comment Cycad Cycas angulata palmbob Comment Fork-Leafed Cycad Cycas bifida Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Mammoth Red Rock' Brassica oleracea var. capitata Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Early Flat Dutch' Brassica oleracea var. capitata dogbane Comment Southern Swamp Lily, American Crinum Crinum americanum Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Autumn King' Brassica oleracea var. capitata dogbane Comment Crinum Crinum powellii Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'American Savoy' Brassica oleracea var. capitata dogbane Comment Peruvian Daffodil Hymenocallis festalis Farmerdill Comment Cow Pea 'Pinkeye Purple Hull' Vigna unguiculata Farmerdill Comment French Filet 'Provider' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Purple Queen' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Cow Pea 'Queen Anne Blackeye' Vigna unguiculata Baa Comment Moth Orchid Phalaenopsis equestris palmbob Comment Solitaire Palm Ptychosperma elegans palmbob Comment Ptychosperma ledermannianum palmbob Comment Ptychosperma lineare palmbob Comment Raphia farinifera FloraHatch Comment Purple Velvet Plant, Purple Passion Vine, Purple Nettle Gynura aurantiaca palmbob Comment Ravenea madagascariensis Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Social Graces' Iris Clare_CA Image Hebe 'Midsummer Beauty' (Hebe ) Clare_CA Image Arum Lily, Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) Clare_CA Image Arum Lily, Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) Clare_CA Image Blue Hibiscus, Lilac Hibiscus, Purple Hibiscus, California Hibiscus (Alyogyne huegelii) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Rustler (Keppel, 1987)' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Desert Renegade (Ernst, 1993)' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mystique (Ghio, 1969)' (Iris ) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe cryptopoda) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe davyana) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe divaricata) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe divaricata) kennedyh Image Minor Walking-stick Palm (Linospadix minor) kennedyh Image Minor Walking-stick Palm (Linospadix minor) carolann Image Daylily 'Orange Fizz' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Image Daylily 'Orchid Flounce' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Image Daylily 'Origami Angel' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Image Daylily 'Ottis Leonard' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Fragrant Lilac (Hager, 1984)' (Iris ) htop Image Chinese Tallow Tree, Candleberry Tree (Sapium sebiferum) bootandall Image Clary Sage, Muscatel Sage (Salvia sclarea) htop Image Chinese Tallow Tree, Candleberry Tree (Sapium sebiferum) willbike Image Crotolaria, Rattlebox, Rattleweed, Cat's Bell (Crotalaria spectabilis) willbike Image Crotolaria, Rattlebox, Rattleweed, Cat's Bell (Crotalaria spectabilis) Thaumaturgist Image Mango 'Kent' (Mangifera indica) Thaumaturgist Image Mango 'Kent' (Mangifera indica) ocimum_nate Image Christmas Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Zygocactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Aplomb (Ghio, 1991)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Voodoo Child (Schreiner's, 2002)' (Iris ) Thaumaturgist Image Mango 'Kent' (Mangifera indica) kennedyh Image Solitaire Palm (Ptychosperma elegans) kennedyh Image Shaving Brush Palm, Nikau Palm (Rhopalostylis sapida) Baa Image Medlar Tree, Nispolero (Mespilus germanica) broots Image Blue Anise Sage, Brazilian Sage 'Black and Blue' (Salvia guaranitica) htop Image Golden Trumpet, Yellow Allamanda (Allamanda cathartica)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Jodiels Positive Just Fruit & Exotics dranged Positive Steele Plant Company ooojen Positive Tropiflora ooojen Positive Secret Garden Rare Plants

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... December 10, 2003