Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of May 10, 2004 ... in which ... 269 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.28% yesterday. 1,108 posts were made. 34 plants were added to the Plants Database. 35 comments were added to the Plants Database. 484 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 34 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 0 entries were added to Botanary. 1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog. 29 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 9 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

( -- Crowfoot, 19th century Native American, Blackfoot warrior, orator)

Forum Photo of the Day  Subject: Good Morning my friends ............ By scooterbug

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Vitex, Chaste Tree, Lilac Chaste Tree, Monk's Pepper Vitex agnus-castus By Jeff_Beck

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Brugmansias and Friends 200 posts Identification 77 posts PDB Pictures 66 posts Vines and Climbers 61 posts Tropicals 58 posts Photos 57 posts Roundup 47 posts General Discussion 46 posts Dave's Garden 35 posts Jokes and Chat 33 posts Tomatoes 27 posts Perennials 25 posts Co-Op 25 posts Pets 23 posts Roses 20 posts Wild Life 20 posts Cactus and Succulents 19 posts Bulbs 19 posts Hostas 19 posts Soil 17 posts Day Lilies 16 posts Trees & Shrubs 15 posts Prayer Requests 14 posts Irises 13 posts Welcome Mat 12 posts Recipes 12 posts Seed Trading 11 posts Butterflies and Hummers 11 posts Vegetable Gardening 10 posts Canadian Trading 8 posts Pollbooth 8 posts Plant Trading 8 posts Propagation 7 posts Fruits & Nuts 7 posts Round Robin Trading 7 posts Garden Talk 5 posts Orchids 5 posts Computer Talk 5 posts Handyman 5 posts Garden Foes 5 posts Health, Dieting and Beauty 4 posts Dirt Cheap 3 posts Peonies 3 posts Saving Seeds 3 posts Farm Life 3 posts Geraniaceae 2 posts International Trading 2 posts Herbs 2 posts Parking Lot 2 posts Shady Gardens 1 post Bonsai 1 post Market Growers 1 post Camera Talk 1 post Roundup Pictures 1 post Container Gardening 1 post

New Botanary Words

Plants Database Activity:

Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description DonnaB Comment Pink-Veined Milkplant Asclepias humistrata IowaGal2 Comment Money Plant, Honesty, Bolbonac, Moonwort, Silver Dollar Lunaria annua Monocromatico Comment Calabash Nutmeg, Jamaica Nutmeg Monodora myristica PV_Gardner Comment Blue Star Creeper, Swamp Isotome Isotoma fluviatilis Jude_Daquin Comment Loquat, Japanese Plum 'Bradenton' Eriobotrya japonica smiln32 Comment Cape Chestnut Calodendrum capense smiln32 Comment Two Leaf Water Clover Regnellidum diphyllum smiln32 Comment Christmas Cheer Poker Plant 'Christmas Cheer' Kniphofia gardenfeet Comment St. John's Wort 'Hidcote' Hypericum hybrid Monocromatico Comment Cicada Tree, Riang Riang Ploiarium alternifolium Monocromatico Comment Atemoya Annona squamosa x cherimola smiln32 Comment Yellow Ginger Hedychium flavescens ipiranga Comment Peach-Leafed Bellflower Campanula persicifolia Tomyslady Comment Spanish Moss Tillandsia usneoides frostweed Comment Sweet Bay Laurus nobilis Todd_Boland Comment Species Tulip 'Unicum' Tulipa praestans Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'White Cloud' Brassicia oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Absolute' Brassica oleracea var. Botrytis Farmerdill Comment cauliflower 'Alaska' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Apex' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Artica F1' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Snowman' Brassica oleraceae var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Verde F1' Brassica oleracea var. botrytris PATKDS Comment Tomato 'Red Brandywine' Lycopersicon lycopersicum cindilou Comment Plumbago, Cape Leadwort Plumbago auriculata GreenAtHeart Comment Top Onion, Egyptian Onion, Walking Onion Allium cepa var. viviparum smiln32 Comment South African Jasmine Jasminum angulare smiln32 Comment Baboon Flower Babiana stricta smiln32 Comment Sacred Water Lily, Lotus Nelumbo nucifera smiln32 Comment Southern Sword Fern Nephrolepis cordifolia smiln32 Comment Moonstones Pachyphytum oviferum ZaksGarden Comment L.A. Hybrid Lily 'Royal Club' Lilium JillGoodwin Comment Root Beer Plant, Hoja Santa Piper auritum ZaksGarden Comment Asiatic Lily 'Lollypop' Lilium ZaksGarden Comment Oswego Tea, Bee Balm, Beebalm, Bergamot, Firecracker Plant Monarda didyma puttytat Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Eye Wonder' (Iris ) palmbob Image Elephant Tree, Fragrant Bursera (Bursera fagaroides) kennedyh Image Black Huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum) sweezel Image Dianthus 'Vanilla' (Dianthus gratianopolitanus) Happenstance Image Australian Hibiscus (Alyogyne hakeifolia) trois Image American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) Monocromatico Image Orchid 'Star Ruby' (xBrassocattleya ) Toxicodendron Image Kunth's Evening Primrose 'Glowing Magenta' (Oenothera kunthiana) Jeff_Beck Image Carolina Modiola (Modiola caroliniana) Thaumaturgist Image Lemon 'Variegated Pink Eureka' (Citrus limon) htop Image Indian Coral Tree (Erythrina x bidwillii) dbinnix Image Timor Black Bamboo (Bambusa lako) NellPercy Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Lacy Snowflake' (Iris ) dahlia_lover Image Allamanda 'Cherries Jubilee' (Allamanda cathartica) ZaksGarden Image Persian Catmint, Mussin's Catmint (Nepeta mussinii) PotEmUp Image Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) Todd_Boland Image Species Tulip 'Fuselier' (Tulipa praestans) MotherNature4 Image Fetterbush, Shiny Lyonia (Lyonia lucida) _it8meup2 Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Adolf Horstmann (1971; aka Adolph Horstmann)' (Rosa ) hczone6 Image Sweet Iris, Dalmatian Iris 'Variegata (Aurea Variegata)' (Iris pallida) kell Image Lion's Ear (Leonotis leonurus) easter794 Image Red Powderpuff 'Nana' (Calliandra haematocephala) Howard_C Image Snow Crocus 'Lady Killer' (Crocus chrysanthus) Floridian Image Painted Fingernail Bromeliad (Neoregelia spectabilis) carolann Image Reblooming Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Eleanor Roosevelt' (Iris ) Ulrich Image Cretan Oregano, Pot Oregano, Rhigani. Pot Majoram (Origanum onites) tlschaefer Image Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Mophead 'Glowing Embers' (Hydrangea macrophylla) Wandasflowers Image Orris Root 'Florentina' (Iris ) monterey Image Spanish Lavender 'Otto Quast' (Lavandula stoechas) gman500 Image Tomato 'Sungold (Sun Gold)' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) Lanan Image Elephant Ear, Taro, Dasheen, Eddo (Colocasia esculenta) DonnaB Image Pink-Veined Milkplant (Asclepias humistrata) Farmerdill Image Cauliflower 'Majestic (hybrid)' (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) ptyler Image Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description astrodad Positive Paradise Garden astrodad Positive Oakes Daylilies jledvin Positive Gurney's Seed & Nursery willy1035 Positive Mountain Crest Garden Gifts Sewbuggy423 Negative Spring Hill Nurseries jledvin Positive Henry Field Seed & Nursery darius Positive Frostproof Growers caliloo Negative Pickering Nurseries markz Negative Palms & Gardens SherryLike Positive Country Garden jmishuman Positive Graceful Gardens Seto2112 Negative Garden and Landscape Design Book Club nturland Positive Burpee, W. Atlee & Co. sewsgreat Negative Palms & Gardens sewsgreat Negative Banana Garden.com JohnsonI Positive Bamboo Headquarters wiswitch Negative Bloomingbulb.com DonnaMack Negative Garden and Landscape Design Book Club tracipro Negative Roslyn Nursery daisygirl Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery tracipro Positive Forestfarm ameliawr Positive Musser Forests, Inc. ameliawr Positive Bluestone Perennials Stan456 Positive Bloomindale's Daylily Farm jared53402 Positive Jené's Tropicals jared53402 Positive Alberts & Merkel Bros., Inc. jared53402 Positive Aloha Tropicals distinctdesigns Positive Bluestone Perennials beckyjohn Positive Johnson Nursery

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

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