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Covering the events of December 31
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55 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.07% yesterday.
755 posts were made.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
10 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
16 plants were added to the Plants Database.
23 comments were added to the Plants Database.
188 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
43 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.
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Gardening Quote of the Day
"The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
"( -- Henry Ward (Harry) Beecher, American clergyman) Forum Photo of the DaySubject: Snowbank Sport #2
By Abutilon
Plants Database Photo of the DayPurple Velvet Plant, Purple Passion Vine, Purple Nettle
Gynura aurantiaca
By Wingnut
Forum Activity
A grand total of 755 posts were made yesterday.
| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| eremiticus | er-em-IT-ih-kus | From the desert | | chrysocomus | kris-oh-KOH-mus | From the Greek chrysos (gold) and kome (hair) | | conjugatum | kon-juh-GAY-tum | Joined in pairs; wedded | | cephalora | sef-uh-LOR-uh | Head-bearing | | cephalophorus | sef-uh-LOR-us | Head-bearing | | chrysocoma | kris-oh-KOH-muh | From the Greek chrysos (gold) and kome (hair) | | clavarioides | klav-ar-ee-OY-deez | Resemblign a club shape | | tenuispina | ten-yoo-ih-SPIN-uh | Slender spines | | tenuispinus | ten-yoo-ih-SPIN-us | Slender spines | | Crataegomespilus | krah-tee-goh-MES-pe-lus | Graft hybrid of Crataegus (Hawthorn) and Mespilus (Medlar) | | encephalartoides | en-sef-uh-lar-TOY-deez | Resembles Encephalartos (genus name meaning bread in the head) | | Phyllocladus | fil-oh-KLAD-us | From the Greek phyllon (leaf) and klados (branch) referring to the leaf-like branchlets | | Simmondsia | sim-MONDS-ee-uh | Named for Thomas William Simmonds, 18th century English botanist who died while exploring Trinidad | | clava-herculis | KLAV-uh HER-kew-lis | Club of Hercules, a specific epithet of Zanthoxylum |
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25 new items.
16 new entries.
16 new plants.
23 new descriptions were added.
43 new images were added.
188 new content were checked off.
| Member |
Addition |
Description |
| KDePetrillo | Comment | Magic Flower, Sacred Flower of the Incas
Cantua buxifolia | | KDePetrillo | Comment | Pink Storksbill 'Bishop's Form'
Erodium variabile | | KDePetrillo | Comment | Lewisia
Lewisia cotyledon | | Flit | Comment | Cleveland Blue Sage, Fragrant Sage
Salvia clevelandii | | Flit | Comment | Rose Campion, Bloody Mary, Bloody William
Lychnis coronaria | | Flit | Comment | Spring Beauty, Miner's Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata | | Flit | Comment | Labrador Violet
Viola labradorica | | chris_peeters | Comment | Lenten Rose
Helleborus orientalis | | Flit | Comment | Tuscan Blue Rosemary ''Tuscan Blue''
Rosmarinus officinalis | | Colorado_Roseman | Comment | Rio Samba
Rosa Hybrid Tea | | docaly | Comment | Lady Banks Rose 'Lutea'
Rosa banksiae | | Colorado_Roseman | Comment | Hybrid Tea Rose 'Chicago Peace'
Rosa hybrid | | Colorado_Roseman | Comment | Hybrid Tea Rose 'Veteran's Honor (aka City of Newcastle, Five Roses, Lady in Red, JACopper)'
Rosa | | palmbob | Comment |
Aloe reitzii | | calibash | Comment | Stevia, Sweet Herb of Paraguay
Stevia rebaudiana | | calibash | Comment | Tomato 'Window Box Roma'
Lycopersicon lycopersicum | | mrsmitty | Comment | Oleander
Nerium oleander | | sidchu | Comment | Tomato 'Tumbler'
Lycopersicon lycopersicum | | Margiempv | Comment | Tall Bearded Iris 'Polar Seas (Keppel, 1986)'
Iris | | palmbob | Comment | Tower Tree
Schizolobium parahyba | | palmbob | Comment | Japanese Umbrella Pine
Sciadopitys verticillata | | palmbob | Comment | Butcher's Broom
Ruscus hypoglossum | | palmbob | Comment | Celery Pine, New Zealand Celery Pine
Phyllocladus trichomanoides | | tamayok | Image
 | White Lantana, Wild Sage
(Lantana involucrata) | | monterey | Image
 | Cape Fuchsia 'New Sensation'
(Phygelius x rectus) | | zippyanna | Image
 | Christmas Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Zygocactus
(Schlumbergera x buckleyi) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Tufted Centrolepis
(Centrolepis fascicularis) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Slaty Helmet Orchid
(Corybas incurvus) | | kennedyh | Image
 | Butterfly Flag
(Diplarrena moraea) | | carolann | Image
 | Daylily 'Country Pride'
(Hemerocallis ) | | carolann | Image
 | Daylily 'Explicit Pleasure'
(Hemerocallis ) | | carolann | Image
 | Daylily 'Kecia'
(Hemerocallis ) | | palmbob | Image
 | Lydenburg Cycad
(Encephalartos inopinus) | | palmbob | Image
 | Lydenburg Cycad
(Encephalartos inopinus) | | palmbob | Image
 | Lydenburg Cycad
(Encephalartos inopinus) | | smashedcricket | Image
 | Sago Palm
(Cycas revoluta) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Ocelot (Ghio, 1997)'
(Iris ) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Out of Control (Maryott, 1994)'
(Iris ) | | keno | Image
 | Chrysanthemum 'Tolima'
(Chrysanthemum x morifolium) | | keno | Image
 | Zonal Geranium 'Mrs Pollock'
(Pelargonium hortorum) | | Flit | Image
 | Maidenhair Tree
(Ginkgo biloba) | | Flit | Image
 | Maidenhair Tree
(Ginkgo biloba) | | keno | Image
 | Rocky Mountain Juniper 'Moonglow'
(Juniperus scopulorum) | | Flit | Image
 | California Wild Grape
(Vitis californica) | | kiseki2u | Image
 | Daylily 'Gentle Rose'
(Hemerocallis ) | | kiseki2u | Image
 | Daylily 'Huapango'
(Hemerocallis ) | | kiseki2u | Image
 | Daylily 'Siloam Doodle Bug'
(Hemerocallis ) | | shoptalk | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Dawning (Ghio, 1994)'
(Iris ) | | shoptalk | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Dynamite (Schreiner, 1997)'
(Iris ) | | shoptalk | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Tropical Magic (Shoop, 1994)'
(Iris ) | | chris_peeters | Image
 | Hosta 'Halcyon'
(Hosta ) | | chris_peeters | Image
 | Hosta 'Emerald Tiara'
(Hosta ) | | chris_peeters | Image
 | Hosta 'Frances Williams'
(Hosta ) | | htop | Image
 | Chrysanthemum
(Dendranthema x grandiflora) | | Colorado_Roseman | Image
 | Rose 'Mary Rose (1983; aka AUSmary)'
(Rosa English Rose (Shrub)) | | ErinAnne | Image
 | Mexican sage
(Salvia mexicana) | | Colorado_Roseman | Image
 | Rose 'Sexy Rexy'
(Rosa Floribunda) | | Growitgreen | Image
 | Hosta 'A Many-Splendored Thing'
(Hosta ) | | Growitgreen | Image
 | Hosta 'Nifty Fifty'
(Hosta ) | | Growitgreen | Image
 | Hosta 'Illicit Affair'
(Hosta ) | | calibash | Image
 | Tomato 'Window Box Roma'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum) | | Margiempv | Image
 | Tall Bearded Iris 'Pearls and Gold (Brown, 1984)'
(Iris ) | | ideboda | Image
 | Asiatic Dayflower, Blue Dayflower
(Commelina communis) | | Monocromatico | Image
 | Chinese Fan Palm
(Livistona chinensis) | | ideboda | Image
 | Aconite, Monkshood, Monk's Coule, Helmet Flower, Cat's Tail 'Anglicum Group'
(Aconitum napellus subsp. napellus) | | mingsmimi | Image
 | Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Mophead 'All Summer Beauty'
(Hydrangea macrophylla) | |
No new companies were added to the database.
10 new ratings/comments were added to the database.
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And that's the way it was... December 31, 2003 |
