Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of December 11 ... in which ... 49 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.07% yesterday. 691 posts were made. 1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog. 5 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 8 plants were added to the Plants Database. 10 comments were added to the Plants Database. 38 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 26 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 14 entries were added to Botanary. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Booker T. Washington, American author, educator (born 4/5/1856))

Forum Photo of the Day

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Brugmansias and Friends 138 posts. Prayer Requests 71 posts. General Discussion 63 posts. PDB Pictures 61 posts. Parking Lot 39 posts. Photos 38 posts. Seed Trading 34 posts. Pets 29 posts. European 23 posts. Dave's Garden 20 posts. Trees & Shrubs 17 posts. Bulbs 16 posts. Recipes 13 posts. Jokes and Chat 12 posts. Mail Call! 12 posts. Greenhouse 11 posts. Roundup 8 posts. Tomatoes 7 posts. Perennials 7 posts. Health, Dieting and Beauty 7 posts. Market Growers 7 posts. Tropicals 6 posts. Identification 5 posts. Orchids 5 posts. Roundup Pictures 4 posts. Saving Seeds 4 posts. Heirlooms 4 posts. Day Lilies 3 posts. Propagation 3 posts. Organic Gardening 3 posts. Dirt Cheap 2 posts. Vegetable Gardening 2 posts. Co-Op 2 posts. Hydroponics 2 posts. Canadian Trading 2 posts. Computer Talk 2 posts. Farm Life 1 post. Home and Crafts 1 post. Home Decorating 1 post. Herbs 1 post. Vines and Climbers 1 post. Pollbooth 1 post. Disabled Gardeners 1 post. Hostas 1 post. Plant Trading 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning nilsonii   nil-SON-ee-eye   Named for Ari Delmo Nilson   oligacanthus   ol-lig-uh-KAN-thus   Few spines   knippelianus   ni-pel-ee-AY-nus   NNamed for Karl Knippel   gravior   GRAV-ee-or   From the Latin, meaning heavy or weighty; a reference to its relatively greater size   atropunicea   at-roh-pun-IK-ee-uh   Dark purple-red   bodinieri   boh-din-ee-ER-ee   Named for Emile Marie Bodinieri, 19th century French missionary in China who collected plants   brewerianum   broo-er-ee-AY-num   Named for William Henry Brewer, 19th century American botanist   rubrostilla   roo-broh-STIL-uh   With a red stem   taedigera   tay-DEE-ger-uh   Torch-bearing   Ptychosperma   tik-oh-SPER-muh   From the Greek ptyche (fold) and sperma (seed)   farinifera   far-ih-NIF-er-uh   Flour-bearing   subciliata   sub-sil-ee-AY-tuh   Somewhat hairy   subciliatum   sub-sil-ee-AY-tum   Somewhat hairy   Raphia   RAF-ee-uh   From the Greek raphia (needle), referring to the sharp fruit

Journal Activity

5 new items.
5 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

Member Addition Description dogbane Comment Water Oak Quercus nigra dogbane Comment Rocket Larkspur Consolida ajacis dogbane Comment Edging Lobelia, Annual Lobelia Lobelia erinus dogbane Comment Sweetgum, Red Gum Liquidambar styraciflua palmbob Comment Empress Tree Paulownia tomentosa Baa Comment Fu-ran, Fuki-ran Neofinetia falcata suncatcheracres Comment Southern Swamp Lily, American Crinum Crinum americanum Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Snowball' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Snow Crown (hybrid)' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis contesa Comment Empress Tree Paulownia tomentosa Clare_CA Image Blue Hibiscus, Lilac Hibiscus, Purple Hibiscus, California Hibiscus (Alyogyne huegelii) Clare_CA Image Hardy Water Lily, Waterlily 'Attraction' (Nymphaea ) Clare_CA Image Orange Clockvine, Orange Trumpet Vine (Thunbergia gregorii) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe elgonica) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe elgonica) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe flexifolia) carolann Image Daylily 'Trade-Last' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'High Energy (Dunn, 1995)' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Sly Fox (Wood, 1996)' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Smiling Faces (Keppel, 1998)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Pink Swan (Gibson, 1983)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Gypsy Woman (Schreiner's, 1985)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Different Design (Sutton, 1997)' (Iris ) kennedyh Image Shaving Brush Palm, Nikau Palm (Rhopalostylis sapida) kennedyh Image Shaving Brush Palm, Nikau Palm (Rhopalostylis sapida) kennedyh Image Bronze Caladenia (Caladenia iridescens) carolann Image Daylily 'Acapulco Gold' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Image Daylily 'Admiral's Magic' (Hemerocallis ) Baa Image Anemone obtusiloba (Anemone obtusiloba) Baa Image Medlar Tree, Nispolero (Mespilus germanica) Baa Image Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis equestris) broots Image Common Cosmos, Mexican Aster 'Sonata White' (Cosmos bipinnatus) Thaumaturgist Image Mango 'Kent' (Mangifera indica) Thaumaturgist Image Mango 'Kent' (Mangifera indica) BuriedTreasures Image Buddha Belly Plant, Bottleplant Shrub (Jatropha podagrica) Thaumaturgist Image Mango 'Kent' (Mangifera indica)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description ScottDurand Positive Stokes Tropicals spinach Positive Sexy Bloomers (also dba South Creek Nursery of Palmyra) peony65 Positive Sexy Bloomers (also dba South Creek Nursery of Palmyra) ScottDurand Positive Gingerwood Nusery dave Neutral White Oak Nursery (Strasburg, PA)

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... December 11, 2003