Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of January 3

... in which ...

73 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.1% yesterday.
816 posts were made.
2 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
7 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
236 plants were added to the Plants Database.
29 comments were added to the Plants Database.
140 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
40 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

"But each spring...a gardening instinct, sore as the sap rising in the trees, stirs within us. We look about and decide to tame another little bit of ground ."

( -- Lewis Gannitt)

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: My strange looking elephant ear
By weeds

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower
Centaurea montana
By Timmyj

Forum Activity

A grand total of 816 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Brugmansias and Friends 143 posts.

Photos 94 posts.

PDB Pictures 88 posts.

Vines and Climbers 57 posts.

Prayer Requests 41 posts.

General Discussion 37 posts.

Jokes and Chat 25 posts.

Seed Trading 25 posts.

Garden Talk 25 posts.

Health, Dieting and Beauty 25 posts.

Water Gardens 22 posts.

Recipes 21 posts.

Tropicals 20 posts.

Welcome Mat 18 posts.

Roundup 17 posts.

Pets 16 posts.

Canadian Trading 16 posts.

Tomatoes 14 posts.

Roses 13 posts.

Bulbs 10 posts.

Greenhouse 9 posts.

Identification 9 posts.

Farm Life 7 posts.

Herbs 6 posts.

Hostas 6 posts.

Day Lilies 5 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 4 posts.

European 4 posts.

Irises 4 posts.

Home Decorating 4 posts.

Media 4 posts.

Disabled Gardeners 3 posts.

Dirt Cheap 3 posts.

Co-Op 2 posts.

House Plants 2 posts.

Saving Seeds 2 posts.

Propagation 1 post.

Plant Trading 1 post.

Pollbooth 1 post.

Organic Gardening 1 post.

Grass and Bamboo 1 post.

Mail Call! 1 post.

Wild Life 1 post.

Parking Lot 1 post.

Computer Talk 1 post.

Camera Talk 1 post.

Heirlooms 1 post.

Butterflies and Hummers 1 post.

Garden Foes 1 post.

Master Gardeners 1 post.

Trees & Shrubs 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

pachyrrhiza pak-ee-RY-zuh Alternate spelling of pachyrhiza, from the Greek meaning thick-footed
Tylophora ty-loh-FOR-uh From the Greek tylo (knob) and phora (bearing), referring to the floral structure
torulosum tor-oo-LOH-sum Cyclindrical, and marked with swellings
torulosus tor-oo-LOH-sus Cyclindrical, and marked with swellings
torulosa tor-oo-LOH-suh Cyclindrical, and marked with swellings
gariepensis gar-ee-ep-EN-sis Of or from the Gariep River, South Africa
schizophylla skits-oh-FIL-uh Divided or cleft leaf
schizophyllum skits-oh-FIL-um Divided or cleft leaf
dolomiticum doh-loh-MY-tih-kum From the Latin, meaning of dolomite (soil)
dolomiticus doh-loh-MY-tih-kus From the Latin, meaning of dolomite (soil)
pachyrrhizus pak-ee-RY-zus Alternate spelling of pachyrhizus, from the Greek meaning thick-footed
Petopentia pet-oh-PEN-tee-uh An anagram of Pentopetia, into which Petopentia natalensis was originally and erroneously placed
Pectinaria pek-tin-AY-ree-uh From the Latin pectinarius (comb), referring to the comb-like corona
Philibertia fil-ih-BER-tee-uh Possibly named for Philibert Commerson, 18th century French botanist, doctor, and explorer

Journal Activity

30 new items.
5 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

236 new plants.
29 new descriptions were added.
40 new images were added.
140 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

2 new companies were added to the database.
7 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description
Sedition Neutral Park Seed Company
Johnboy99 Positive Mail-Order Natives
MadameBolduc Positive We're In The Hayfield Now Daylily Gardens
revclaus Positive Fragrant Garden Nursery
LILI61 Positive Natives of Texas
cinderrsouth Positive Just Joey's Roses

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... January 3, 2003