Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of May 28, 2004 ... in which ... 169 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.17% yesterday. 1,305 posts were made. 54 plants were added to the Plants Database. 63 comments were added to the Plants Database. 595 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 45 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 1 entry was added to Botanary. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 25 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

( -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, philosopher)

Forum Photo of the Day  Subject: Am I doing this right? By Melissa_Ohio

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Dr. Seuss' Brugmansia hybrid By WillowWasp

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Brugmansias and Friends 252 posts Day Lilies 92 posts PDB Pictures 82 posts Photos 81 posts Irises 61 posts Vines and Climbers 59 posts Hostas 50 posts General Discussion 42 posts Perennials 38 posts Water Gardens 34 posts Tropicals 33 posts Prayer Requests 33 posts Identification 29 posts Roses 26 posts Seed Trading 26 posts Plant Trading 21 posts Tomatoes 21 posts Jokes and Chat 19 posts Farm Life 17 posts Hoyas 17 posts Welcome Mat 16 posts Garden Talk 14 posts Cactus and Succulents 14 posts Vegetable Gardening 14 posts Container Gardening 14 posts Parking Lot 13 posts Greenhouse 13 posts Pets 12 posts Roundup Pictures 12 posts Co-Op 10 posts Bulbs 10 posts Home and Crafts 10 posts Dave's Garden 9 posts Dave's Garden FAQ 8 posts Recipes 8 posts Legumes 8 posts Peonies 8 posts Pollbooth 8 posts Media 6 posts Trees & Shrubs 6 posts Disabled Gardeners 6 posts Fruits & Nuts 5 posts Propagation 4 posts Round Robin Trading 4 posts Master Gardeners 4 posts Computer Talk 3 posts Geraniaceae 3 posts Roundup 3 posts European 3 posts Mail Call! 3 posts Wild Life 3 posts Landscaping 3 posts Dirt Cheap 2 posts Butterflies and Hummers 2 posts Grass and Bamboo 2 posts Hydroponics 2 posts Camera Talk 1 post Organic Gardening 1 post Frequently Asked Questions 1 post Herbs 1 post Wild Plants 1 post Health, Dieting and Beauty 1 post House Plants 1 post

New Botanary Words

Plants Database Activity:

Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description foodiesleuth Comment Jade Climber, Jade Vine, Emerald Creeper, Flor-de-Jade Strongylodon macrobotrys Melissa_Ohio Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Right Already' Iris Melissa_Ohio Comment Creeping Baby's Breath 'Rosea' Gypsophila repens vanity1220 Comment Cherokee Rose, Rosier Blanc de Neige, Snow-White Rose Rosa laevigata jjergins Comment Appleblossom Grass 'Siskiyou Pink' Gaura lindheimeri ladyrowan Comment Double Daffodil (Division IV) 'Unique' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Double Daffodil 'Obdam' Narcissus hybrids (division IV) ladyrowan Comment Double Daffodil 'Calgary' Narcissus hybrids (division IV) ladyrowan Comment Trumpet Daffodil (Division I) 'Unsurpassable' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Double Daffodil, Jonquil 'Sir Winston Churchill' Narcissus hybrids (division IV) ladyrowan Comment Trumpet Daffodil (Division I) 'Marieke' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Trumpet Daffodil (Division I) 'Lorikeet' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Large-cupped Daffodil (Division II) 'Chromacolor' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Double Daffodil 'Manly' Narcissus hybrids (division IV) ladyrowan Comment Trumpet Daffodil (Division I) 'Dutch Master' Narcissus livermore Comment Monkey Puzzle Tree Araucaria araucana ladyrowan Comment Trumpet Daffodil (Division I) 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Trumpet Daffodil (Division I) 'Lemon Glow' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Large-cupped Daffodil (Division II) 'Fragrant Breeze' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Large-cupped Daffodil (Division II) 'Misty Glen' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Large-cupped Daffodil (Division II) 'Stainless' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Large-cupped Daffodil (Division II) 'Fragrant Rose' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Large-cupped Daffodil (Division II) 'Ceylon' Narcissus Toxicodendron Comment Foxglove Penstemon Penstemon digitalis palmbob Comment Lang Kap Arenga obtusifolia palmbob Comment Calappa Palm Arenga porphyrocarpa Larabee Comment Wandering Jew, Inch Plant Tradescantia zebrina palmbob Comment Westerhout's Sugar Palm Arenga westerhoutii k8heller Comment Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead Physostegia virginiana ukcanadaman Comment Tomato 'Moneymaker' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Melissa_Ohio Comment Daylily 'John Peat' Hemerocallis Monocromatico Comment Wax Flower Orchid Scuticaria hadwenii frostweed Comment Devil's Trumpet, Jimsonweed, Common Thorn-apple Datura stramonium palmbob Comment Attalea butryacea cghoover8 Comment Autumn Sage Salvia greggii texasyardman Comment Goldenball Leadtree Leucaena retusa palmbob Comment Chamaedorea tepejilote Melissa_Ohio Comment Daylily 'American Belle' Hemerocallis Paulwhwest Comment Texas Pioneer Rose 'Caroline Hairston (Shoup, 1990)' Rosa palmbob Comment Yellow Flame Thrower Palm Chambeyronia macrocarpa var hookeri Paulwhwest Comment Texas Pioneer Rose 'Star of the Republic (Shoup, 2002)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Texas Pioneer Rose 'Jane Bullock (Shoup, 2002)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Texas Pioneer Rose 'Landmark Rose (Shoup, 1995)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Texas Pioneer Rose 'Pioneer Spirit (Shoup, 1998)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Texas Pioneer Rose 'Republic of Texas (Shoup, 2002)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Texas Pioneer Rose 'Sam Houston (Shoup, 1994)' Rosa bcterp2 Comment Calamint 'Variegata' Calamintha grandiflora palmbob Comment Round Leaf Palm Chelyocarpus chuco Paulwhwest Comment Texas Pioneer Rose 'Thomas Affleck (Shoup, 1998)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Rugosa 'Calocarpa (Bruant, 1891) aka André' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Purple Wintercreeper 'Coloratus' Euonymus fortunei Jamespayne Comment Camphor Tree, Camphor Laurel Cinnamomum camphora Monocromatico Comment Orchid, Pabstia Pabstia jugosa NatureWalker Comment Stevia, Sweet Herb of Paraguay Stevia rebaudiana Monocromatico Comment Wild Guaraná Paullinia weinmannifolia angelap Comment Asparagus Fern, Sprenger Asparagus 'Sprengeri' Asparagus densiflorus angelap Comment Japanese Painted Fern Athyrium niponicum var. pictum angelap Comment Foxtail Fern 'Meyeri' Asparagus densiflorus Monocromatico Comment Guaraná Paullinia cupana braz911 Comment Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Orange-eye Butterfly Bush 'Harlequin' Buddleia davidii Nina_Lou Comment Canna Lily 'Philip' Canna x generalis ladywriter Comment Double Common Snowdrop 'Flore Pleno' Galanthus nivalis hrsy581 Comment Butterfly Vine Peixotoa hispidula trois Image Yellow Water Snowflake (Nymphoides crenata) Big_Red Image Okra 'Clemson Spineless' (Abelmoschus esculentus) dbinnix Image Dendrocalamus, Giant Bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper) Baa Image Arabian Star Flower (Ornithogalum arabicum) Monocromatico Image Erva Baleera (Cordia verbenacea) poppysue Image Verbascum, Mullein 'Pink Petticoats PPAF' (Verbascum ) kennedyh Image Shiny Filmy-fern (Hymenophyllum flabellatum) BUFFY690 Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) cbrandenburg Image Hosta 'Lemon Lime' (Hosta ) Happenstance Image 'Star's Favorite' Cactus Dahlia 'Star's Favorite' (Dahlia ) Xenomorf Image Variegated Agave 'Marginata' (Agave americana) TamiMcNally Image Buttonbush, Honey Bells, Honeyball, Button Willow (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Melissa_Ohio Image Daylily 'Victorian Lady' (Hemerocallis ) htop Image Small-Leaved Sumac, Littleleaf Sumac (Rhus microphylla) reiinhou Image Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans) NatureWalker Image Celandine, Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus) palmbob Image Palm (Basselinia gracilis) WillowWasp Image Morning Glory 'Hatsu Arashi' (Ipomoea nil) Horseshoe Image Oriental persimmon 'Sheng' (Diospyros kaki) JJsgarden Image Sacred Water Lily, Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) Jeff_Beck Image Fringed Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe digitata) Farmerdill Image Yellow Summer Squash 'Horn of Plenty' (Cucurbita pepo) Terry Image American Water Willow (Justicia americana) philo_phriend Image Tree Philodendron, Cut-leaf Philodendron, Selloum (Philodendron bipinnatifidum) dahlia_lover Image Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) Kelli Image 'Jaguar' (Hippeastrum hybrid) Gemila Image Shooting Star Hoya (Hoya multiflora) Windy Image Helichrysum, Licorice Plant 'Limelight' (Helichrysum petiolare) jody Image Hosta 'Fried Green Tomatoes' (Hosta ) Clare_CA Image Brunfelsia (Brunfelsia jamaicensis) nokats Image Parodia (Parodia yamparaezi) angelap Image Amaryllis 'Philadelphia' (Hippeastrum Hybrid) Michaelp Image Yellow Guinea Yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) lilysteel Image Border Bearded Iris 'Batik' (Iris ) Alohahoya2000 Image Spotted Wax Plant (Hoya motoskei) bootandall Image Tree Dahlia (Dahlia imperialis) Tropicman Image Clematis 'Hagley Hybrid' ( ) KactusKathi Image Queen of the Night, Andes Organ Pipe (Cereus hildmannianus) Osteole Image Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) MaryinLa Image Great Coneflower, Cabbage Leaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia maxima) linktrain Image Epigeneium (Epigeneium amplum) ladyrowan Image Trumpet Daffodil (Division I) 'Marieke' (Narcissus ) philomel Image Large-flowered Climber 'Eden Climber (1987; aka Eden 88, Eden Rose 85, Pierre de Ronsard, MEIviolin)' (Rosa ) SandPiper Image Christmas Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Zygocactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) Toxicodendron Image Angle-pod, Oldfield Milkvine (Matelea decipiens)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description hodmom Positive Silly Lily Flower Farm ttresses Positive Brent & Becky's Bulbs rusty2004 Positive Mountain Crest Garden Gifts rusty2004 Positive Bonsai Collectables ccgllc Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery FandW Positive Swallowtail Garden Seeds Herndon Negative Spring Hill Nurseries Herndon Positive Bluestone Perennials SRFandKDG Negative Spring River Nurseries Inc indygardener Neutral Select Plus International Lilac Nursery indygardener Positive Rose Franklin's Perennials & Herbs (Butterfly Bushes.com) cantankerous Negative Mini Crape Myrtles treelover Positive Porterhowse Farms Tdclare Positive Prairie Moon Nursery moyesii Positive The Uncommon Rose jmhewitt Positive Tripple Brook Farm bolio Positive Clifton's Flower & Garden Center jcsgreenthumb Positive Squaw Mountain Gardens bolio Positive Thompson Nursery JohnBoggan Neutral Tripple Brook Farm jesup Positive Rare Find Nursery newtohosta Positive House of Hosta rosefan Positive Betty's Country Garden rosefan Neutral Bluestone Perennials Stan62 Neutral Dutch Gardens Holland Bulbs

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description NatureWalker Positive Stevia: naturally sweet recipes for desserts, drinks and more!

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... May 28, 2004