Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of December 26 ... in which ... 58 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.08% yesterday. 489 posts were made. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 3 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 6 plants were added to the Plants Database. 7 comments were added to the Plants Database. 43 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 31 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 13 entries were added to Botanary. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher (born 10/22/1772))

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Forum Activity

Forum Posts Brugmansias and Friends 108 posts. General Discussion 80 posts. PDB Pictures 54 posts. Pets 34 posts. Photos 24 posts. Dave's Garden 22 posts. Prayer Requests 18 posts. Parking Lot 17 posts. Farm Life 15 posts. Identification 14 posts. Seed Trading 13 posts. Recipes 12 posts. Computer Talk 9 posts. Vegetable Gardening 9 posts. Welcome Mat 6 posts. Vines and Climbers 5 posts. Home and Crafts 5 posts. Health, Dieting and Beauty 5 posts. Bulbs 4 posts. Canadian Trading 4 posts. Co-Op 3 posts. Handyman 3 posts. Day Lilies 3 posts. Pollbooth 3 posts. Mail Call! 2 posts. Cactus and Succulents 2 posts. Irises 2 posts. Hoyas 2 posts. Tomatoes 2 posts. Propagation 2 posts. Legumes 1 post. Frequently Asked Questions 1 post. Jokes and Chat 1 post. Butterflies and Hummers 1 post. Orchids 1 post. Garden Foes 1 post. Dirt Cheap 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning aureoreticulata   ar-ee-oh-ret-ik-yoo-LAY-tuh   Gold-veined   caperata   kap-er-AY-tuh   Wrinkled   caperatum   kap-er-AY-tum   Wrinkled   caperatus   kap-er-AY-tus   Wrinkled   brachybotryum   brak-ee-BOT-ree-um   From the Greek brachys (short) and botrys (grape cluster); referring to the short inflorescences   pauciareolata   paw-ke-ar-ee-oh-LAY-tuh   Few areoles   paucicostata   paw-ke-ko-STAY-tuh   Few ribs   oligacantha   ol-lig-uh-KAN-tha   Few spines   pectinifera   pek-tin-EE-fer-uh   Comb-bearing   haseltoniana   haz-el-ton-ee-AY-nuh   Named for Scott E. Haselton, first editor of the Cactus and Succulent Journal (from 1929 to 1965)   graciliflora   grass-il-ih-FLOR-uh   Having graceful, slender flowers   graciliflorum   grass-il-ih-FLOR-um   Having graceful, slender flowers   graciliflorus   grass-il-ih-FLOR-us   Having graceful, slender flowers

Journal Activity

No new items.
41 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

Member Addition Description bagpypr Comment Stevia Stevia rebaudiana great2Bme Comment Stevia, Sweet Herb of Paraguay Stevia rebaudiana monterey Comment Flowering Maple 'Luteus' Abutilon x hybridum monterey Comment Flowering Maple 'Pablo's Tangelo' Abutilon x hybridum monterey Comment Flowering Maple 'Raspberry Parfait' Abutilon x hybridum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Ozark Pink' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Clare_CA Comment Rosary Pea, Crab's Eye, Precatory Bean, Jequeriti, olho-de-cabra, Abrus precatorius palmbob Image Elephant Bush (Portulacaria afra) palmbob Image Silver Thicket (Euphorbia stenoclada) palmbob Image Silver Thicket (Euphorbia stenoclada) palmbob Image (Euphorbia kamponii) palmbob Image Coral Aloe, Hardy Aloe (Aloe striatula) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe harlana) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe excelsa) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe greenii) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe greenii) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe greenii) palmbob Image (Aloe hildebrandii) palmbob Image (Aloe hildebrandii) palmbob Image Polypodium (Polypodium subauriculatum var. knightii) palmbob Image Soft Shield Fern (Polystichum setiferum) palmbob Image Soft Shield Fern (Polystichum setiferum) palmbob Image Silver Brake (Pteris argyraea) carolann Image Daylily 'Dragon King' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Image Daylily 'Council Fire' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Image Daylily 'Eye On America' (Hemerocallis ) monterey Image Flowering Maple 'Raspberry Parfait' (Abutilon x hybridum) PanamonCreel Image Hoya (Hoya calycina) kennedyh Image Rosary Pea, Crab's Eye, Precatory Bean, Jequeriti, olho-de-cabra, (Abrus precatorius) kennedyh Image Agrimony, Cocklebur (Agrimonia eupatoria) kennedyh Image Slaty She-oak (Allocasuarina muellerina) kennedyh Image Torch Aloe, Tree Aloe (Aloe arborescens) kennedyh Image Field Parsley Piert, Parsley Breakstone, Parsley Piercestone, Field Lady's Mantle (Aphanes arvensis) htop Image Bush Morning Glory, Morning Glory Tree, Badoh Negro, Borrachero, Matacabra (Ipomoea carnea) htop Image Bush Morning Glory, Morning Glory Tree, Badoh Negro, Borrachero, Matacabra (Ipomoea carnea) carolann Image Daylily 'Twin Dragons' (Hemerocallis ) Evert Image Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa) lovelyjane73 Image Milk Bush, Pencil Euphorbia (Euphorbia tirucalli)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Browndog Positive Wilkerson Mill Gardens (also dba Hydrangea.com) Homer_Zn5 Positive Hoosier Orchid Company youiswhatyouis Positive Golden Harvest Organics

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... December 26, 2003