Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of March 9, 2004 ... in which ... 176 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.21% yesterday. 1,083 posts were made. 27 plants were added to the Plants Database. 44 comments were added to the Plants Database. 391 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 42 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 11 entries were added to Botanary. 3 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 16 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 1 book was added to the Garden Bookworm. 1 rating was added to the Garden Bookworm. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- F. Frankfort Moore)

Forum Photo of the Day  Subject: I Was Just Too Fat! ..LOL By Abutilon

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Autumn Sage 'Teresa' Salvia greggii By dave

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Brugmansias and Friends 220 posts General Discussion 77 posts Garden Talk 69 posts PDB Pictures 65 posts Co-Op 49 posts Seed Trading 42 posts Pets 39 posts Roundup 38 posts Tropicals 33 posts Butterflies and Hummers 31 posts Day Lilies 29 posts Prayer Requests 28 posts Jokes and Chat 27 posts Vines and Climbers 25 posts Photos 25 posts Plant Trading 24 posts Health, Dieting and Beauty 24 posts Computer Talk 18 posts Propagation 18 posts Identification 16 posts Peonies 16 posts Cactus and Succulents 13 posts Farm Life 12 posts Recipes 12 posts Bulbs 10 posts Perennials 10 posts Herbs 9 posts Home and Crafts 9 posts Wild Life 8 posts Welcome Mat 8 posts Roses 8 posts Hostas 7 posts Greenhouse 7 posts House Plants 6 posts Round Robin Trading 6 posts Vegetable Gardening 5 posts The Tool Shed 5 posts Parking Lot 5 posts Dave's Garden 4 posts Media 4 posts Container Gardening 4 posts Tomatoes 3 posts Saving Seeds 2 posts Frequently Asked Questions 2 posts Pollbooth 2 posts Trees & Shrubs 2 posts Irises 2 posts Hoyas 2 posts Mail Call! 1 post Landscaping 1 post Test 1 post

New Botanary Words

Plants Database Activity:

Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description Happenstance Comment Aeonium 'Cyclops' Aeonium hybrid ctowles Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Rio Samba (1991; aka JACrite)' Rosa palmbob Comment Velvet Opuntia, Wooly Joint Prickly Pear Opuntia tomentosa palmbob Comment Opuntia phaecantha palmbob Comment Oroya Oroya peruviana ryanpolly Comment Burro's Tail, Donkey's Tail Sedum morganianum Pua Comment Texas Mountain Laurel, Mescal Bean Sophora secundiflora palmbob Comment Silver Dollar Prickly Pear Opuntia robusta palmbob Comment California Juniper Juniperus californica palmbob Comment Sugar Bush, Chapparal Sumac Rhus ovata palmbob Comment Mexican Cypress, Montezuma Cypress Taxodium mucronatum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Morden Yellow' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Morden BB3' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Morden' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Gray Pine, Foothills Pine Pinus sabiniana Terry Comment Gray Pine, Foothills Pine Pinus sabiniana palmbob Comment Blue China Fir Cunninghamia lanceolata glauca palmbob Comment Owl's Eyes Mammillaria parkinsonii Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Moran Perfected' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Moran 3053' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Pencil Tree, Milkbush, Finger Tree 'Rosea (aka Firesticks)' Euphorbia tirucalli Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Montello' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Monte Verde PVP' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Monte Carlo' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Peruvian Old Man Cactus Espostoa lanatus Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Monroe' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Monica' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Giant Barrel Cactus, Biznaga Gigante Echinocactus platyacanthus irishdlady Comment Giant Rhubarb, Giant Gunnera Gunnera manicata Todd_Boland Comment Pink Lady's-slipper, Mocassin Flower ''Albaflorum'' Cypripedium acaule Todd_Boland Comment Showy Lady's Slipper orchid 'Albolabium' Cypripedium reginae Todd_Boland Comment Large Purple Fringed Orchid Platanthera grandiflora palmbob Comment Aloe comosa palmbob Comment Aloe saponaria var latifolia soilsandup Comment Philippine Lily Lilium formosanum var. philippensis debi_z Comment Strawberry Foxglove, Merton's Foxglove Digitalis x mertonensis palmbob Comment Encephalartos nubimontanus palmbob Comment Old Man of the Andes Oreocereus magnificus palmbob Comment Agave Agave lechuguilla debi_z Comment Oriental Lily 'Muscadet' Lilium ctowles Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Black Magic (1997; aka TANkalcig)' Rosa aj129 Comment Hawaiian Snowbush, Redleaf Breynia, Snow-on-the-Mountain 'Roseo-picta' Breynia nivosa palmbob Comment Tropical Asian Pitcher Plant Nepenthes sanguinea sweezel Comment Peace Lily, Closet Plant Spathiphyllum spp. Happenstance Image Aeonium 'Cyclops' (Aeonium hybrid) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe microstigma) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe microstigma) palmbob Image Golden Rat Tail (Borzicactus aureispinus) palmbob Image Lobivia (Lobivia wrightiana) palmbob Image Fan Palm (Chuniophoenix hainanensis) palmbob Image Fan Palm (Chuniophoenix hainanensis) Todd_Boland Image Pussy-toes (Antennaria rosea) Todd_Boland Image Iron Cross Begonia 'Iron Cross' (Begonia masoniana) Todd_Boland Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Evelyn (1992; aka Apricot Parfait, AUSsaucer)' (Rosa ) Todd_Boland Image Colorado Gold Winter Hardy Gazania 'Colorado Gold' (Gazania linearis) Todd_Boland Image Tellmann's Honeysuckle (Lonicera x tellmanniana) Jeff_Beck Image Chickweed, Starweed, Star Chickweed, Passerina (Stellaria media) Todd_Boland Image Colorado Spruce 'St. Mary's Broom' (Picea pungens) Happenstance Image Variegated Siberian Bugloss, False Forget-Me-Not 'Jack Frost' (Brunnera macrophylla) Happenstance Image Honey Bush (Melianthus major) Happenstance Image Honey Bush (Melianthus major) Happenstance Image Ginger (Asarum maximum) Happenstance Image Graptopetalum 'Point Dexter's' (Graptopetalum hybrid) Jeff_Beck Image Spring Beauty, Good Morning Spring (Claytonia virginica) Jeff_Beck Image Spring Beauty, Good Morning Spring (Claytonia virginica) Jeff_Beck Image Spring Beauty, Good Morning Spring (Claytonia virginica) Jeff_Beck Image Ten-Petal Anemone, Tenpetal Thimbleweed (Anemone berlandieri) Jeff_Beck Image Ten-Petal Anemone, Tenpetal Thimbleweed (Anemone berlandieri) kennedyh Image Pricklefoot (Eryngium vesiculosum) kennedyh Image Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo biloba) kennedyh Image Huon Pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii) thymekiller Image Basket Plant (Callisia fragrans) keely Image Lady Banks Yellow Rose 'Yellow Banksia (1825; Yellow Banksia Climber, Yellow Banksia)' (Rosa banksia lutea) keely Image Lady Banks Yellow Rose 'Yellow Banksia (1825; Yellow Banksia Climber, Yellow Banksia)' (Rosa banksia lutea) keely Image Lady Banks Yellow Rose 'Yellow Banksia (1825; Yellow Banksia Climber, Yellow Banksia)' (Rosa banksia lutea) htop Image False Freesia (Anomatheca laxa) htop Image Butterfly Clerodendrum; Blue Glory Bower (Clerodendrum ugandense) arielamazir Image Wild Iris, Blue Flag (Iris setosa) Kelli Image Marnier's Kalanchoe (Bryophyllum marnierianum) lewtheprof Image French Filet Bean 'La France' (Phaseolus vulgaris) htop Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Carolina Breeze' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) kennedyh Image Screwpine, Pandanus (Pandanus tectorius) kennedyh Image Screwpine, Pandanus (Pandanus tectorius) debi_z Image Oriental lily 'Aubade' (Lilium ) bereznai Image Pansy Orchid (Miltoniopsis ) debi_z Image Oriental Lily 'Starfighter' (Lilium )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description daifu Positive Burnt Ridge Nursery daifu Negative Ty Ty Nursery daifu Neutral Autumn Ridge Nursery daifu Negative Burgess Seed daifu Positive Camellia Forest Nursery sekhmetsat Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. sekhmetsat Positive Gardens Alive! revclaus Positive Gardener's Supply Company fboyd Positive Paradise Garden june02bug Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. Terry Positive Iowa Daylily Patch FlowerKing Negative Gilbert H. Wild & Son FlowerKing Positive Schreiner's Iris Gardens FlowerKing Negative Richard Owen Nurseries, Inc. olddog Positive Mountain Crest Garden Gifts olddog Negative Henry Field Seed & Nursery

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description Happenstance Positive Creating and Planting Garden Troughs

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... March 9, 2004