Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of February 10, 2004 ... in which ... 109 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.14% yesterday. 869 posts were made. 15 plants were added to the Plants Database. 18 comments were added to the Plants Database. 625 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 54 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 9 entries were added to Botanary. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 12 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 40 books were added to the Garden Bookworm. 11 ratings were added to the Garden Bookworm. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German playwright)

Forum Photo of the Day  Subject: My Neck of the Woods By delecie

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Night Blooming Cereus, Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe Cactus Epiphyllum oxypetalum By cgkathy

Forum Activity

Forum Posts General Discussion 83 posts PDB Pictures 82 posts Photos 60 posts Brugmansias and Friends 53 posts Seed Trading 42 posts Dave's Garden 42 posts Computer Talk 39 posts Vines and Climbers 36 posts Day Lilies 32 posts Recipes 32 posts Identification 30 posts Plant Trading 30 posts Roundup 28 posts Propagation 18 posts Bulbs 16 posts Garden Talk 16 posts European 15 posts Pets 14 posts Perennials 14 posts Prayer Requests 13 posts Saving Seeds 12 posts Tropicals 12 posts Cactus and Succulents 12 posts Roses 11 posts Co-Op 11 posts Dirt Cheap 11 posts Jokes and Chat 9 posts Farm Life 8 posts Parking Lot 7 posts Garden Foes 7 posts Greenhouse 7 posts Tomatoes 6 posts Annuals 6 posts Hostas 5 posts Gourds and Melons 5 posts Landscaping 4 posts Wild Life 4 posts Health, Dieting and Beauty 4 posts Master Gardeners 4 posts Organic Gardening 4 posts Canadian Trading 4 posts Welcome Mat 3 posts Water Gardens 3 posts Home and Crafts 3 posts Vegetable Gardening 2 posts Geraniaceae 2 posts Pollbooth 2 posts Mail Call! 2 posts Orchids 1 post Wild Plants 1 post Fruit Trees 1 post Herbs 1 post

New Botanary Words

Plants Database Activity:

Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Venture' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Ventura' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Vendor' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Vegas' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Vega' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Veeroma' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Veepro' Lycopersicon lycopersicum orchid_lady Comment Night Blooming Cereus, Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe Cactus Epiphyllum oxypetalum palmbob Comment Cycad Encephalartos cupidus Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Viceroy' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Vetomold' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Veronica' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Venus' Lycopersicon lycopersicum ritasgarden Comment Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet Brugmansia hybrid Floridian Comment Scrub Pine, Sand Pine Pinus clausa orchid_lady Comment Black Walnut Juglans nigra Terry Comment Noisette Rose 'Manetti (1835)' Rosa palmbob Comment Encephalartos dolomiticus htop Image Key Lime, Mexican Lime (Citrus aurantifolia) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe khamiesensis) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe khamiesensis) palmbob Image Whitelock's Cycad (Encephalartos whitelockii) palmbob Image Whitelock's Cycad (Encephalartos whitelockii) palmbob Image Cycad (Encephalartos turneri) palmbob Image Silver Dollar Plant (Xerosicyos danguyi) Jeff_Beck Image Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) Jeff_Beck Image Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) Jeff_Beck Image Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) Jeff_Beck Image River Birch (Betula nigra) Jeff_Beck Image River Birch (Betula nigra) Jeff_Beck Image Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica) Thaumaturgist Image Grapefruit 'Pink' (Citrus x paradisi) Thaumaturgist Image Grapefruit 'Pink' (Citrus x paradisi) Thaumaturgist Image Grapefruit 'Pink' (Citrus x paradisi) Thaumaturgist Image Grapefruit 'White' (Citrus x paradisi) Thaumaturgist Image Grapefruit 'Pink' (Citrus x paradisi) Thaumaturgist Image Tangelo Tree 'Minneola' (Citrus x tangelo) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Patriotic Banner (Fort, 1998)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Robe Of Royalty (Hedgecock, 1991)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mohawk Brave (Hedgecock, 1991)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Bewitched (Tucker, 1966)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Chocolate Marmalade (Fort, 1989)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Island Fiesta (Plough, 1978)' (Iris ) kennedyh Image Rosy Baeckea, Rosy Heath-myrtle (Baeckea ramosissima) kennedyh Image Rosy Baeckea, Rosy Heath-myrtle (Baeckea ramosissima) monterey Image Tea Bush, Tea Tree, Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) monterey Image Tea Bush, Tea Tree, Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) monterey Image Glory Flower, Princess Flower (Tibouchina urvilleana) monterey Image Spanish Lavender (Lavandula stoechas) monterey Image Cape Mallow 'Tara's Pink' (Anisodontea hybrid) monterey Image Calla Lily 'Sunshine' (Zantedeschia x hybrid) Floridian Image Innocence, Fairy Footprints, Roundleaf Bluet, (Houstonia procumbens) gel70 Image Staghorn Fern, Elkhorn Fern, Antelope Ears (Platycerium bifurcatum) kennedyh Image Spear Lily (Doryanthes palmeri) htop Image Chinese Witch Hazel, Chinese Fringe Flower 'Hines Purpleleaf (aka Plum Delight™)' (Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum) kennedyh Image Gymaea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa) kennedyh Image Gymaea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa) kennedyh Image Jasmine Morinda, Sweet Morinda (Morinda jasminoides) bootandall Image Renga-Renga Lily, Reinga Lily, New Zealand Rock Lily (Arthropodium cirratum) bootandall Image Renga-Renga Lily, Reinga Lily, New Zealand Rock Lily (Arthropodium cirratum) htop Image Lily Turf, Big Blue Lily Turf, Monkey Grass (Liriope muscari) Flicker Image Winter Honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima) bootandall Image Flowering Tobacco, Nicotiana (Nicotiana langsdorfii) bootandall Image Marlborough Rock Daisy (Pachystegia insignis) htop Image Fire Power Nandina, Dwarf Nandina Fire Power, Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo 'Fire Power' (Nandina domestica) icangrowit Image Peony Poppy, Opium Poppy, Paeony Flowered Poppy 'Flemish Antique' (Papaver somniferum) Kelli Image Aloe (Aloe ferox) Floridian Image Lawn Orchid, Soldier's Orchid (Zeuxine strateumatica) Floridian Image Scrub Pine, Sand Pine (Pinus clausa) easter794 Image Good Luck Plant, Shamrock (Oxalis tetraphylla) easter794 Image Good Luck Plant, Shamrock (Oxalis tetraphylla) texas007tornado Image Orchid Cactus 'Pegasus' (x Disophyllum )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description sealyman Positive Ty Ty Nursery JenniferRuth Positive Seed Savers Exchange yardener Positive Burpee, W. Atlee & Co. Jugdish Negative Ty Ty Nursery Huberal Negative Tidewater Workshop Classic Outdoor Furnishings purplesoma Positive Heirloom Acres Seeds cweed Positive Willow Bend Farm palma Positive Burpee, W. Atlee & Co. cweed Positive R.F. Orchids palma Positive Thompson and Morgan (US) moutonda Positive Peaceful Valley Farm Supply Reversemidas Positive Seed Savers Exchange

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description art_n_garden Positive The Complete Garden Flower Book Terry Positive Creating Water Gardens Terry Positive The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture Happenstance Positive The Ultimate Garden Designer paulgrow Positive Making More Plants: The Science, Art, and Joy of Propagation paulgrow Positive Jeff Ball's 60-Minute Vegetable Garden paulgrow Positive Pruning Made Easy: A Gardener's Visual Guide to When and How to Prune Everything, from Flowers to Trees paulgrow Positive Diseases of Trees and Shrubs paulgrow Positive The New Seed Starter's Handbook paulgrow Positive The Ultimate Rose Book Terry Positive The Ultimate Rose Book

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... February 10, 2004