Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of June 13, 2004 ... in which ... 227 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.22% yesterday. 1,149 posts were made. 92 plants were added to the Plants Database. 98 comments were added to the Plants Database. 760 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 53 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 0 entries were added to Botanary. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 13 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

( -- William Blake, English poet)

Forum Photo of the Day  Subject: My Backyard. By rootdoctor

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm Trachycarpus fortunei By palmbob

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Brugmansias and Friends 171 posts Day Lilies 116 posts PDB Pictures 84 posts Tropicals 80 posts Vines and Climbers 70 posts General Discussion 52 posts Identification 52 posts Photos 47 posts Plant Trading 41 posts Perennials 39 posts Dirt Cheap 25 posts Hostas 24 posts Seed Trading 23 posts Pets 21 posts Parking Lot 21 posts Wild Life 20 posts Roundup 17 posts Prayer Requests 16 posts Water Gardens 15 posts Dave's Garden 13 posts Jokes and Chat 13 posts Roses 13 posts Irises 12 posts Co-Op 11 posts Welcome Mat 10 posts Butterflies and Hummers 10 posts Roundup Pictures 9 posts Recipes 8 posts Pollbooth 8 posts Vegetable Gardening 8 posts Propagation 8 posts Canadian Trading 8 posts Bulbs 7 posts The Tool Shed 6 posts Garden Talk 6 posts Disabled Gardeners 5 posts House Plants 5 posts Computer Talk 5 posts Shady Gardens 4 posts Home and Crafts 4 posts Saving Seeds 4 posts Round Robin Trading 3 posts Tomatoes 3 posts Herbs 3 posts Dave's Garden FAQ 3 posts Greenhouse 2 posts Farm Life 2 posts Cactus and Succulents 2 posts Orchids 2 posts Mail Call! 2 posts Landscaping 2 posts Xeriscaping 2 posts Container Gardening 2 posts Annuals 2 posts Handyman 1 post Stay at Home Moms 1 post Market Growers 1 post Trees & Shrubs 1 post European 1 post Soil 1 post Wild Plants 1 post Hoyas 1 post

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Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description palmbob Comment Daemonorops longipes palmbob Comment Desmoncus giganteus palmbob Comment Desmoncus orthocanthos palmbob Comment Dypsis hovomantsina palmbob Comment Dypsis integra palmbob Comment Dypsis lantzeana palmbob Comment Dypsis moorei palmbob Comment Dypsis prestoniana palmbob Comment Dypsis sp. 'White Stem' Pikake55 Comment Angelwing Jasmine, Shining Jasmine, Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine Jasminum nitidum kooger Comment Deadnettle, Yellow Archangel 'Hermann's Pride' Lamium galeobdolon yabedog Comment Devil's Tongue, Snake Plant, Konjac, Konnyaku Potato Amorphophallus konjac TamiMcNally Comment Gumbo Limbo, Tourist Tree, Torchwood, Dysentery Bark Bursera simaruba Lophophora Comment Sego Lily, Nuttall's Mariposa Calochortus nuttalli MotherNature4 Comment Coleus 'Amora' Coleus x Hybrida MotherNature4 Comment Eastern Redbud, Canadian Redbud, Judas Tree 'Forest Pansy' Cercis canadensis Ina_Nutshell Comment Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva Syagrus romanzoffiana LouAnn707 Comment Tropical Day-Blooming Water Lily, Waterlily 'Black Prince' Nymphaea melody Comment Virginia Pepperweed, Pepper Grass, Poor Man's Pepper Lepidium virginicum LouAnn707 Comment Tropical Night-Blooming Water Lily, Waterlily 'Red Flare' Nymphaea foodiesleuth Comment Yellow Buttercups, Yellow Alder, Sage Rose Turnera ulmifolia raven1 Comment Red Maple, Scarlet Maple Acer rubrum var. rubrum melody Comment Tall Redtop Triodia flava melody Comment Broomsedge Andropogon virginicus WillowWasp Comment Hot Pepper 'Tam Jalapeno' Capsicum WillowWasp Comment Morning Glory 'Chocolate' Ipomoea nil WillowWasp Comment Morning Glory, Grannyvine 'Flying Saucers' Ipomoea tricolor Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Fresco' Brassica oleracea var. capitata Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Hercules' Brassica oleracea var. capitata Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Perpetual Rose 'Géant des Batailles (Nerard, 1846) aka Giant of Battles' Rosa Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Golden Dynasty' Brassica oleracea var. capitata Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Rocket' Brassica oleracea var. capitata Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Cavalier' Brassica oleracea var. capitata Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Solid Red # 831' Brassica oleracea var. capitata Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Solid Blue #780' Brassica oleracea var. capitata Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Savoy Express' Brassica oleracea var. capitata melody Comment Goosegrass Eleusine indica Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'Savoy King' Brassica oleracea var. capitata melody Comment Johnsongrass Sorghum halepense TamiMcNally Comment Pineland Butterfly Pea, Sand Butterfly Pea Centrosema floridanum melody Comment Wild Onion Allium vineale Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Perpetual Rose 'Gloire Lyonnaise (Guillot, 1885)' Rosa melody Comment hop clover trifolium procumbens Paulwhwest Comment Climbing Miniature Rose 'Golden Century (Moore, 1978)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Large-flowered Climber 'Golden Glow (Brownell, 1937)' Rosa melody Comment sweet clover melilotus alba Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Golden Ophelia (Cant, 1924)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Polyantha Rose 'Golden Salmon (DeRuiter, 1926)' Rosa melody Comment prostrate spurge euphorbia supina dadunn Comment Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin Paulwhwest Comment Shrub Rose 'Golden Unicorn (Buck, 1985)' Rosa melody Comment Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot Daucus carota var. sativus Chinook84 Comment Spearmint Mentha spicata TamiMcNally Comment Non-crested Eulophia, Giant Orchid Pteroglossaspis ecristata Paulwhwest Comment Floribunda Rose 'Goldmoss (Moore, 1972)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Helmut Schmidt (Kordes, 1979) aka Goldsmith, Simba, KORbelma' Rosa melody Comment Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Paulwhwest Comment Miniature Rose 'Hoot Owl (Moore, 1990) aka MORhoot' Rosa Monocromatico Comment Monk Orchid Oeceoclades maculata Paulwhwest Comment Miniature Rose 'Hot Tamale (Zary, 1993) aka Sunbird, JACpoy' Rosa TamiMcNally Comment Godfrey's Swampprivet, Godfrey's Privet Forestiera godfreyi Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Ingrid Bergman (Poulsen, 1984) aka POUIman' Rosa SAGO1492 Comment tomato 'Amelia VR' Lycopersicon lycopersicum seabean Comment Sea Bean, Beach Bean Mucuna urens deehrler Comment Giant Timber Bamboo, Oldham's Bamboo Bambusa oldhamii TamiMcNally Comment Hartwrightia Hartwrightia floridana TamiMcNally Comment West's Flax Linum westii TamiMcNally Comment Apalachicola Aster, Pinewoods Aster Eurybia spinulosa TamiMcNally Comment White Birds-in-a-Nest Macbridea alba TamiMcNally Comment Flameflower, Hummingbird Flower Macranthera flammea TamiMcNally Comment PAPER NAILWORT; PAPERY WHITLOW-WORT Paronychia chartacea dshore95 Comment Hawaiian Snowbush, Snow-on-the-Mountain Breynia nivosa bill_casey Comment Tomato 'Parks Whopper' Lycopersicon lycopersicum bill_casey Comment Tomato 'Parks Early Challenge' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Wingnut Comment Dwarf Banana 'Super Dwarf Cavendish' Musa acuminata LouAnn707 Comment Tropical Night-Blooming Water Lily, Waterlily 'Mrs George C. Hitchcock' Nymphaea LouAnn707 Comment Tropical Day-Blooming Water Lily, Waterlily 'Albert Greenberg' Nymphaea LouAnn707 Comment Tropical Day-Blooming Water Lily, Waterlily 'Green Smoke' Nymphaea jeanne50 Comment Congo Cockatoo, Parrot Plant Impatiens niamniamensis topdamit Comment Soda Apple Solanum capsicoides Xenomorf Comment Horse Crippler, Devil's Head, Candy Cactus, Devil's Pincushion, Manacaballo, Monco Caballo, Viznaga Echinocactus texensis frogsrus Comment Summer squash 'Papaya Pear (hybrid)' Cucurbita pepo TamiMcNally Comment White Meadowbeauty, Apalachicola Meadowbeauty Rhexia parviflora TamiMcNally Comment Panhandle Meadowbeauty Rhexia salicifolia TamiMcNally Comment Mock Pennyroyal Hedeoma graveolens Paulwhwest Comment Miniature Rose 'Jean Kenneally (Bennett, 1984) aka TINeally' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Jens Munk (Svejda, 1974)' Rosa Osteole Comment Hardy Carnation deltoides 'Frost Fire' palmbob Comment Gronophyllum cariosum BUFFY690 Comment ''Black and Blue'' periennal BUFFY690 Comment Tomato 'Bush Goliath' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Gulubia microcarpa palmbob Comment Heterospathe sibuyanensis Bonniesue Comment Southern Swamp Lily, American Crinum Crinum americanum palmbob Comment Heterospathe woodfordiana palmbob Comment Iguanura bicornis palmbob Comment Iguanura polymorpha palmbob Comment Iguanura speciosa RoyRogers Image Bamboo 'Silverstripe (aka Silver Stripe)' (Bambusa dolichomerithalla) keno Image Carnation 'Mountain Mist' (Dianthus gratianopolitanus) palmbob Image (Chamaedorea pochutlensis) langbr Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Kiwi Fern' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) Wandasflowers Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Wedding Candles (Schreiner, 1982)' (Iris ) puttytat Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Open Arms (Byers, 1988)' (Iris ) htop Image Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Modesto Ash, Desert Ash, Leatherleaf Ash, Smooth Ash, Toumey Ash, Fresno As (Fraxinus velutina) Jeff_Beck Image Prairie Larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum) TamsTrees Image Blood Orange, Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) stevenova Image Podocarpus 'Blaze' (Podocarpus x) mystic Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Pat Martin' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) Xenomorf Image Dakota Mock Vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifida) Monocromatico Image Capororoca (Myrsine parvifolia) Thaumaturgist Image Common Periwinkle, Myrtle, Flower-of-Death 'Alba' (Vinca minor) goldenfish Image Mizuchidori (Platanthera hologlottis) athene1 Image Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) Paulwhwest Image Weeping blue atlas cedar 'Glauca Pendula' (Cedrus ) laurief Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Wizard of Id (Dyer, 1980)' (Iris ) Terry Image Switch Grass 'Shenandoah' (Panicum virgatum) kennedyh Image Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) BUFFY690 Image Devil's Trumpet (Datura tatula) strever Image Hybrid Mayapple, Asian Mayapple 'Kaleidoscope' (Podophyllum ) mhelm Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Thin Blue Line (Sutton, 1998)' (Iris ) aewatson74 Image Asiatic Lily, Hardy Asiatic Lily 'Yellow Pixie' 'Yellow Pixie' (Lilium x hybrid) TamiMcNally Image Impatiens 'Fiesta Sparkler Rose' (Impatiens hybrid) leahsgran Image Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale) PotEmUp Image Asian Corn Poppy, Spotted Asian Poppy, Roemer Poppy, Horned Poppy (Roemeria refracta) Farmerdill Image Sweet Corn 'Silver Princess' (Zea mays var. rugosa) patp Image Hercules' Club, Devil's Walking Stick, Angelica Tree (Aralia spinosa) monterey Image Confederate Rose Mallow 'Rubrus' (Hibiscus mutabilis) carolann Image Daylily 'Chicago Princess (Marsh, 1976)' (Hemerocallis ) ladyrowan Image Superbells™ 'Blue' (Calibrachoa x hybridus) CrashJr Image Daylily 'Scaramouche' (Hemerocallis ) KactusKathi Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) LouAnn707 Image Tropical Day-Blooming Water Lily, Waterlily 'Green Smoke' (Nymphaea ) van_in_nyc Image Large-Flowered Climbing Rose 'Fourth of July (1999; aka Crazy for You, WEKroalt)' (Rosa ) CaptMicha Image White-Veined Arrowhead Vine, Nephthytis (Syngonium podophyllum) RoyRogers Image Mexican Weeping Bamboo (Otatea acuminata ssp. aztecorum) vredfish Image Golden dewdrop 'Sapphire Showers' (Duranta Repens) trois Image Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados, Peacock Flower, flamboyam-de-jardim, flor- (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) bill_casey Image Morning Glory 'Tie Dye' (Ipomoea nil) Dravencat Image Daylily 'Custard Candy (Stamile, 1989)' (Hemerocallis ) frogsrus Image Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' (Plectranthus ) Lophophora Image Desert's Blooming Jewel (Echinopsis huascha) goldenfish Image Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia) CARRIGAN Image Ming Aralia (Polyscias fruticosa) dwaynet Image Musical Note Plant; Morning Kiss (Clerodendrum incisum) dave Image Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) dave Image Agave (Agave schidigera) dave Image Egyptian Tree Onion, Walking Onion, Topset Onion (Allium cepa var. proliferum) Big_Red Image Beet 'Detroit' (Beta vulgaris) WillowWasp Image Oleander (Nerium oleander) triplej Image Tree Philodendron, Cut-leaf Philodendron, Selloum (Philodendron bipinnatifidum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description richlanephd Negative Goodwin Creek Gardens oliver906 Negative Tidewater Workshop Classic Outdoor Furnishings lilymummert Negative Eastern Plant Specialties lilymummert Positive Edible Landscaping chuckinkc Positive Pine Ridge Gardens gardener413 Positive White Oak Farm TXsunshine Positive Old House Gardens - Heirloom Bulbs TXsunshine Positive Antique Rose Emporium davef11789 Positive Wayside Gardens anther Positive Cistus Nursery sbgeddes Positive Direct Source Hostas vossner Positive Digging Dog Nursery wildrose10101 Positive Logee's Greenhouses, Ltd.

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... June 13, 2004