Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of May 1, 2004 ... in which ... 237 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.25% yesterday. 960 posts were made. 56 plants were added to the Plants Database. 122 comments were added to the Plants Database. 806 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 76 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 1 entry was added to Botanary. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 31 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 0 books were added to the Garden Bookworm. 0 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

( -- George Washington, 1st US President (born 2/22/1732))

Forum Photo of the Day  Subject: L'Amour....Holding my breathe... By Brinda

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine Trachelospermum jasminoides By htop

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Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description crazyplantman42 Comment Spanish Lavender Lavandula stoechas hangfire Comment Southern Catalpa, Catawba, Indian Bean Tree, Fish-Bait Tree Catalpa bignonioides desertboot Comment Bonfire Tree Sterculia colorata MotherRose Comment Night Blooming Jasmine, Night Scented Jessamine, Queen of the Night Cestrum nocturnum htop Comment Alstroemeria, Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas 'Sweet Laura' Alstroemeria hybrid htop Comment Alstroemeria, Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas 'Florist's Champagne' Alstroemeria hybrid htop Comment Alstroemeria, Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas 'Red Sensation' Alstroemeria hybrid htop Comment Alstroemeria, Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas Alstroemeria hybrid htop Comment Alstroemeria, Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas 'Princess Series' Alstroemeria hybrid htop Comment Alstroemeria, Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas 'Julietta Zaprijul' Alstroemeria hybrid htop Comment Alstroemeria, Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas 'Cherry Wonder' Alstroemeria hybrid Nina_Lou Comment Yellow Archangel Lamium galeobdolon palmbob Comment Sinaloan Hesper Palm Brahea aculeata palmbob Comment Rock Palm, Desert Palm, Sombrero Palm Brahea dulcis ctausz Comment Hosta 'Sum & Substance' Hosta Farmerdill Comment onion 'Sweet Dixie' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Dessex' Allium cepa L. frostweed Comment Carolina Cherry Laurel Prunus caroliniana Abutilon Comment Canna Lily 'Pacific Beauty (Semaphore)' Canna x generalis Farmerdill Comment onion 'Rio Ringo' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Southern Belle' Allium cepa L. Abutilon Comment Canna Lily 'Mystique' Canna x generalis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nacogdoches Sherbet (Barnhart, 1985)' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nacogdoches Sunshine (Barnhart, 1995)' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nacogdoches Super Miss (Dove, 1987)' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nacogdoches Sweetie (Barnhart, 1986)' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nacogdoches Toot Toot (Barnhart, 1986)' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nacogdoches Tot (Williamson, 1986)' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nacogdoches Treasure (Barnhart, 1992)' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nacogdoches Who (Barnhart, 1988)' Hemerocallis Farmerdill Comment onion 'Bella Donna' Allium cepa L. Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nadaras Choice (Albers, 1999)' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nadine (Croker, 1989)' Hemerocallis Farmerdill Comment onion 'Diamonte' Allium cepa L. Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nadir (Grooms, 1968)' Hemerocallis Farmerdill Comment onion 'Don Victor' Allium cepa L. Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nafadda (Cutlip-McRae, 2002)' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nafseka (Lake, 1966)' Hemerocallis Farmerdill Comment onion 'Early Supreme' Allium cepa L. trois Comment Chinese Tallow Tree, Candleberry Tree Sapium sebiferum Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nagano (Durio, 1998)' Hemerocallis gman500 Comment Tomato 'Fourth of July' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment onion 'Excaliber' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Gold Rush' Allium cepa L. Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nairobi (Durio, 1977)' Hemerocallis sweezel Comment Bigflower Coreopsis, Largeflowered Tickseed, Tickseed Coreopsis Coreopsis grandiflora gman500 Comment Tomato 'Jelly Bean' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment onion 'Krystal' Allium cepa L. gman500 Comment Tomato 'Jubilee' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment onion 'Mata Hari' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Natasha' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Nikita' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Nirvana' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Prowler' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Red Creole' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Rio Bravo' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Rojo' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Rosada Milenio' Allium cepa L. Farmerdill Comment onion 'Safari' Allium cepa L. gman500 Comment Tomato 'Kootenai' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Charleen43 Comment Purple Velvet Plant, Purple Passion Vine Gynura sarmentosa gardenwife Comment Dame's Rocket, Sweet Rocket Hesperis matronalis aking1a Comment Dense-Flowered Loosestrife Lysimachia congestiflora gardenfiend2 Comment Californian tree poppy Romneya coulteri palmbob Comment Dypsis bejofo palmbob Comment Iguanura elegans CaptMicha Comment Showy Orchis Orchis spectabilis martina Comment Red Powder Puff Calliandra haematocephala palmbob Comment Juania australis palmbob Comment Kentiopsis magnifica eberney Comment Creeping Charlie, Gill-over-Ground, Ground Ivy, Hedgemaids, Alehoof Glechoma hederacea raisedbedbob Comment Glacier Azalea 'Glacier' Azalea palmbob Comment Livistona endauensis Monocromatico Comment Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Mophead 'Gentian Dome (Enziandom)' Hydrangea macrophylla palmbob Comment Chamaedorea brachypoda Hudson10 Comment Surinam Cherry Eugenia uniflora 22skadoo Comment Godetia, Atlasflower Clarkia amoena wnstarr Comment Trillium, Wake Robin Trillium grandiflorum bayouposte Comment Mountain Hydrangea 'Blue Bird (Bluebird)' Hydrangea serrata rylaff Comment Yerba Mansa, Lizard Tail Anemopsis californica sundry Comment Daylily 'Kaleidoscope Fantasy' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nairobi Dawn (Guidry, 1992)' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nairobi Night (Munson, 1983)' Hemerocallis palmbob Comment Chuniophoenix nana sundry Comment Daylily 'Kabuki (Munson, 1974)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kabuki Ballet' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kabuki Dancer' Hemerocallis palmbob Comment Clinostigma samoense Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Naivette (Schroeder 1948)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kabuki Plus' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kachina Dancer' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kaete Waechter' Hemerocallis Shelly221 Comment Daylily 'Nambour Artistry (Watt, 1996)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kakadu (Smith, 1988)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kaki (Tankesley-Clarke, 1996)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kala (Rexroad, 1987)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kalahari (Munson, 1991)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kalahari Safari (Weston, 1988)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kaleidomania (Yonski, 1988)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kaleidoscope Dreams (Pickles, 1996)' Hemerocallis palmbob Comment Silver Thatch Palm, Silver Palm Coccothrinax argentata sundry Comment Daylily 'Kalgoorlie (Smith, 1975)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kali (Munson, 1977)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kalina (Franczak, 1993)' Hemerocallis palmbob Comment Coccothrinax miraguama sundry Comment Daylily 'Kalita (Brown, 1988)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kalon (Martin, 1960)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kalorama (Smith, 1981)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kalutara (Hite, 1986)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kamikaze (Moldovan, 1994)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kanani (Whatley, 1976)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kane Everet (Spalding, 1990)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kangaroo Joe (Bennett, 1970)' Hemerocallis palmbob Comment Corypha lecomtei branka Comment Dwarf Alberta Spruce 'Albertiana Conica' Picea glauca sundry Comment Daylily 'Kangaroo Pouch (Hanson, 1992)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kaningo (Ahern, 1991)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kansan (Hill, 1947)' Hemerocallis sundry Comment Daylily 'Kansas City Hail (Krekler, 1987)' Hemerocallis palmbob Comment Drymophleus subdistichus clantonnaomi Comment Spiraea 'Anthony Waterer' Spiraea x bumalda KDePetrillo Comment Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy Gerbera jamesonii palmbob Image Palm (Lytocaryum weddellianum) palmbob Image Palm (Lytocaryum weddellianum) PotEmUp Image Blue Flag (Iris versicolor) puttytat Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Silver Ghost' (Iris ) puttytat Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Smart' (Iris ) Monocromatico Image Orchid 'Pokai Tangerine' (xBrassolaeliocattleya ) Monocromatico Image Calathea (Calathea lancifolia) Lophophora Image Flaming Sword (Vriesea splendens) Lophophora Image Flaming Sword (Vriesea splendens) kennedyh Image Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea) Paulwhwest Image Leatherleaf Mahonia (Mahonia bealei) Paulwhwest Image Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) htop Image Hogplum, Texas Snakewood (Colubrina texensis) kennedyh Image Black Hawthorn, Black Haw, Western Thornapple, Douglas Thorntree (Crataegus douglasii) htop Image Bluebonnet 'Texas Maroon (Alamo Fire)' (Lupinus texensis) stevenova Image Trillium, Wake Robin (Trillium grandiflorum) stevenova Image Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum) Toxicodendron Image Leatherwood (Dirca palustris) Toxicodendron Image Adder's-tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum) WillowWasp Image Four O'Clock, Marvel of Peru 'Broken Colors (Broken Colours)' (Mirabilis jalapa) WillowWasp Image Hollyhock (Alcea rosea) DiOhio Image Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells (Disporum lanuginosum) DiOhio Image Hosta 'Savannah Supreme' (Hosta ) DanaFL78 Image Salvia 'Snow Nymph' 'Snow Nymph' (Salvia coccinea) Happenstance Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Evelyn (1992; aka Apricot Parfait, AUSsaucer)' (Rosa ) Happenstance Image Stellar Zonal Pelargonium 'Vancouver Centennial' (Pelargonium hortorum) tigerlily Image Pacific Bleeding Heart, Western Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa) Jeff_Beck Image Wild Garlic, Drummond's Onion, Drummond Wild Onion, Prairie Onion (Allium drummondii) Jeff_Beck Image Foxglove (Penstemon cobaea) sweezel Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Larenim Queen' (Heuchera ) sweezel Image Italian Arum, Large Cuckoo Pint, Lord and Ladies (Arum italicum) Abutilon Image Canna Lily 'Mystique' (Canna x generalis) gardenwife Image Forsythia (Forsythia hybrid) gardenwife Image Giant Reed (Arundo donax) poppysue Image Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale) poppysue Image Tarda Tulip (Tulipa tarda) patnjbob Image Tall Bearded Iris 'McKellar's Grove' (Iris ) patnjbob Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Genuflect' (Iris ) Thaumaturgist Image Sour Orange 'Chinotto' (Citrus aurantium var. myrtifolia) Thaumaturgist Image Guava 'Ruby Red Supreme' (Psidium guajava) rylaff Image Yerba Mansa, Lizard Tail (Anemopsis californica) anix Image Hybrid Musk Rose 'Daybreak (1918; aka Day Break)' (Rosa ) anix Image Large-flowered Climber 'Blaze (intr. 1932)' (Rosa ) trois Image Marguerite Daisy, Summer Daisy, Cobbity Daisy, Paris Daisy 'Ruby Slippers' (Argyranthemum frutescens) keely Image Moss Rose, Purslane (Portulaca grandiflora) frogsrus Image Bugle Lily (Watsonia pillansii) frogsrus Image Bugle Lily (Watsonia pillansii) WalterT Image Tecate Cypress (Cupressus forbesii) AngelinaB Image Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis russeliana) AngelinaB Image Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis russeliana) keely Image Ice Plant, Carpet Weed (Trichodiadema mirabile) OhioBreezy Image Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) OhioBreezy Image Northern Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum subsp. stewardsonii) radu Image Larkspur, Candle Delphinium (Delphinium elatum) Dravencat Image Daylily 'Prize Picotee Splendor (Klehm, 1991)' (Hemerocallis ) tcfromky Image Hosta 'Golden Tiara' (Hosta ) tcfromky Image Hosta 'True Blue' (Hosta ) dianaschnuth Image Rose of Sharon, Althea (Hibiscus syriacus) dianaschnuth Image Forsythia (Forsythia hybrid) PotEmUp Image Watsonia (Watsonia borbonica) KactusKathi Image Pickerel Weed Pickerel Rush (Pontederia cordata) monterey Image Passion Flower 'Coral Seas' (Passiflora jamesonii) moonlighting Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Joseph's Coat (1969)' (Rosa ) saya Image Double White Lilac 'Madame Lemoine' (Syringa vulgaris) Shelly221 Image Blue Flax (Linum perenne) aking1a Image Dense-Flowered Loosestrife (Lysimachia congestiflora) danak Image Purple Crest Sedum 'Schwarzkopf' (Aeonium arboreum var. atropurpureum fa. nigrum) raisedbedbob Image Azalea 'Gibraltar' (Rhododendron ) martina Image Red Powder Puff (Calliandra haematocephala) tuttnbecky Image Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Clare_CA Image Love-in-a-Mist 'Persian Jewels' (Nigella damascena) dottierose_3 Image Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Brunfelsia pauciflora) CaptMicha Image Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis) branka Image Dwarf Alberta Spruce 'Albertiana Conica' (Picea glauca) GrannyLois Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Joyce Terry (Muhlestein, 1974)' (Iris ) PotEmUp Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Orange Pop' (Iris )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description embalmer Positive The Chef's Garden dinaciccone Positive Four Seasons Nursery hrhs523 Negative Michigan Bulb hrhs523 Positive Spring Hill Nurseries Coni Positive Digging Dog Nursery patruka Neutral Bluestone Perennials jc0727 Positive Wilkerson Mill Gardens (also dba Hydrangea.com) EileenAZ Neutral Gurney's Seed & Nursery kzozkum Neutral Heronswood Nursery Philly Negative Van Bourgondien Dutch Bulbs kzozkum Positive Plant Delights Nursery kzozkum Positive Digging Dog Nursery kzozkum Negative White Flower Farm frecklesC Positive Cold Stream Farm TXSWETIE Positive eFlowerGarden cathyb53 Positive The Lily Garden cathyb53 Positive Lee Valley Tools, Ltd. cinnerz Positive Forestfarm cinnerz Positive Raintree Nursery cinnerz Positive Burnt Ridge Nursery cinnerz Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery Tristan Positive Toadshade Wildflower Farm flowerchild39 Positive Singing Springs Nursery purpleice Neutral Buried Treasures 76summerwind Positive Plant Ranch SteveBello Neutral Royal Dutch Garden scootersbear Positive Bob Scott's Nursery sanitycheck Negative Wayside Gardens SteveFtWorth Positive Wayside Gardens Mamas_Spirit Negative Spring Hill Nurseries Windhaven Negative Dutch Gardens Holland Bulbs

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... May 1, 2004