Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of June 23, 2004 ... in which ... 203 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.19% yesterday. 1,469 posts were made. 83 plants were added to the Plants Database. 105 comments were added to the Plants Database. 1,754 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 46 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 0 entries were added to Botanary. 1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog. 10 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.

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( -- Thomas Hill, 16th century English writer)

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New Botanary Words

Plants Database Activity:

Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description jhyshark Comment Greyleaf Geranium, Grayleaf Geranium Geranium cinereum jhyshark Comment Corn Leaf Iris Iris bucharica jhyshark Comment Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Jewel Baby' Iris jhyshark Comment Feather Muscari, Feather Hyacinth 'Plumosum' Muscari comosum TodPA Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans LouisianaSweetPea Comment Yellow Geiger, Muyuyo Cordia lutea TREEHUGR Comment Red Cedar Juniper, Eastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana LouisianaSweetPea Comment Golden Penda Xanthostemon chrysanthus jody Comment Hosta 'Filagree Necklace' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Fire and Brimstone' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Fire Opal' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'First Mate' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'First Strike' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Flickering Flames' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Floppy Disk' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Fort Salonga' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Fountain of Youth' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Foxfire Bamm Bamm' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Foxfire Irish Moon' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Foxfire Rose Red' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Foxfire Snake Eyes' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Foxfire Zulu' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Frozen Margarita' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Fulda' Hosta NatureWalker Comment Apple Mint, Woolly Mint Mentha suaveolens jhyshark Comment Fritillary, Fox's Grape Fritillaria uva-vulpis jhyshark Comment Pasqueflower 'Papageno' Pulsatilla vulgaris jody Comment Hosta 'A B-1 Bomber' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Academy Flaxen Spades' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Alice Blue Gown' Hosta jhyshark Comment Heartleaf Bergenia, Pigsqueak 'Eroica' Bergenia cordifolia jody Comment Hosta 'American Sweetheart' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'American Tish Breeder' Hosta Ninepatch Comment Hens and Chicks 'Saturn' Sempervivum tectorum jody Comment Hosta 'Arctic Circle' Hosta jhyshark Comment Cyclamineus Narcissus, Cyclamen Daffodil 'Kaydee' Narcissus jody Comment Hosta 'Awsome Illusion' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Azure Cherub' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Baby Boomer' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Barbara Elizabeth Hoover' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Barbarosa' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Beat This Blue' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Beckoning' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Big Zach' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Bill Modrak' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Blooming Fool' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Blue Dragon Wings' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Blue Spanish Eyes' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Blueberry Pancakes' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Bold and Beautiful' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Bows and Arrows' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Brandi Nicole' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Brigham Blue' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Brother Bunyan' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Bruce' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Bryce' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Cameo' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Canadian Foreign Affairs' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Canterbury Tales' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Cathedral' Hosta knibblet Comment Bamboo Orchid Arundina graminifolia knibblet Comment Tropical Hibiscus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joyous Comment Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Ruby Veil' Heuchera americana Paulwhwest Comment Shrub Rose 'Mountain Music (Buck, 1984)' Rosa desertboot Comment Black Mulberry, Toot Tree Morus nigra Paulwhwest Comment Miniature Rose 'Mr. Bluebird (Moore, 1960)' Rosa jody Comment Hosta 'Cheieres Green Christmas' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Cheieres Jasmin's Hope' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Cheieres Mountain Lights' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Cheieres September Frost' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Christmas Candy' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Chutzpah' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Condor' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Cookie Crumbs' Hosta Happenstance Comment Double Purple Coneflower 'Doppelgänger' Echinacea purpurea jody Comment Hosta 'Cracker Crumbs' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Craig's Temptation' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Crystal Moon' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Cyberstar' Hosta jody Comment Hosta 'Cyclone' Hosta foodiesleuth Comment Cannon Ball Tree Couroupita guianensis foodiesleuth Comment Golden Trumpet, Yellow Allamanda Allamanda cathartica Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Kosmos' Brassica oleracea FullertonCA Comment Appleblossom Grass 'Siskiyou Pink' Gaura lindheimeri Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Perpetual Rose 'Mr. John Laing (Bennett, 1887)' Rosa palmbob Comment Syagrus coronata duliticola Comment Streptolirion volubile palmbob Comment Syagrus botryophora palmbob Comment Syagrus pseudococos palmbob Comment South American Foxtail Palm Syagrus sancona Fran99 Comment Chaffseed Schwalbea americana Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Bracteata Rose 'Muriel (Moore, 1989) aka MORmuri' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Shrub Rose 'Muriel Humenick (Moore, 2002) aka MORnick' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Miniature Rose 'Near You (McCann, 1990) aka SEAnear' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Wichurana Rose 'Newport Fairy (Gardner, 1908) aka Newport Rambler' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Floribunda Rose 'Nicole (Kordes, 1985) aka KORicole' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Climbing Miniature Rose 'Nozomi (Onodera, 1968) aka Heideroslein' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Olympiad (McGredy1982) aka Olympiode, MACauck' Rosa ariodlove Comment Jack in the Pulpit, Devil's Nip Arisaema triphyllum smiln32 Comment Hosta 'Aspen Gold' Hosta smiln32 Comment Hosta 'Antioch' Hosta KDePetrillo Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Anna Belle Babson (Hager, 1984)' Iris smiln32 Comment Hosta 'Azure Snow' Hosta smiln32 Comment Hosta 'Beatrice' Hosta jesseela Comment Dragon Flower, Dragon Arum, Voodoo Lily Dracunculus vulgaris htop Image Texas Vervain (Verbena halei) carolann Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Sweeter than Wine (Schreiner, 1988)' (Iris ) rshadlow Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Marie-Jose Nat (Cayeux, 2001)' (Iris ) Paulwhwest Image Floss Flower, Ageratum 'White' (Ageratum houstonianum) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Oasis Red (Chadwick, 2001)' (Iris ) Farmerdill Image Cucumber 'Straight Nine' (Cucumis sativus) Melissa_Ohio Image Daylily 'Into The Mystic (Morss, 1990)' (Hemerocallis ) KMAC Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Best Bet (Schreiner, 1988)' (Iris ) tcfromky Image Coralbells, Alumroot, Alum Root 'Velvet Night (Velvet Knight)' (Heuchera americana) jhyshark Image Two-row Stonecrop 'Blaze of Fulda' (Sedum spurium) CaptMicha Image Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) langbr Image Zinnia 'California Giant' (Zinnia hybrid) Baa Image Sunrose, Rock Rose (Helianthemum nummularium) poppysue Image Siberian Iris 'Blue Burgee (McEwen, 1971)' (Iris sibirica) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Chorus Line (Kirchhoff, 1981)' (Hemerocallis ) jody Image Hosta 'Audra Wilson' (Hosta ) ladyannne Image Snail Vine (Phaseolus caracalla) Happenstance Image White Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica alba) Xenomorf Image Winter Squash 'Gold Nuggett' (Cucurbita maxima) Kachinagirl Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Purple Petticoats' (Heuchera ) Farmerdill Image Peach 'Red Skin' (Prunus persica) WillowWasp Image Persian Shield (Strobilanthes dyerianus) kennedyh Image Himalayan Honeysuckle, Elisha's Tears (Leycesteria formosa) laketahoe Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Rock Star (Byers, 1990)' (Iris ) keno Image Carnation 'Mountain Mist' (Dianthus gratianopolitanus) monterey Image Passion Flower 'Purple Gem' (Passiflora hybrid) Weezingreens Image French Marigold 'Honeycomb' (Tagetes patula) Andrew60 Image Mile A Minute Vine, Messina Creeper, Ivy-leaved Morning Glory (Ipomoea cairica) Toxicodendron Image Fancy-leafed Caladium, Angel Wings, Heart of Jesus 'Fire Chief' (Caladium bicolor) sinny Image Huernia (Huernia plowesii) palmbob Image California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) mebacat Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Krinkled White' (Paeonia lactiflora) efila Image Reblooming Tall Bearded Iris 'Hindenburg (Hindenberg)' (Iris ) Lophophora Image Beavertail Grass, Lavender Star-tulip (Calochortus coeruleus var. coeruleus) Kelli Image False Banana, Red Abyssinian Banana, Wild Banana (Ensete ventricosum) Rarri Image Swamp Milkweed 'Ice Ballet' (Asclepias incarnata) Paulwhwest Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Lilian Austin (1973; aka AUSli)' (Rosa ) udigg Image Selleria (Selliera radicans) trois Image Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus) canna2grow Image Canna Lily 'China Doll' (Canna x generalis) TamiMcNally Image Bleeding Heart Vine (Dicentra scandens) puttytat Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Gypsy Mystic (Tompkins, 1993)' (Iris ) PotEmUp Image Flowering Maple 'Little Imp' (Abutilon megapotamicum) Keyring Image (Masdevallia zahlbruckneri) Big_Red Image Cucumber 'Straight 8' (Cucumis sativus) LouisianaSweetPea Image Yellow Geiger, Muyuyo (Cordia lutea)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description usmmom Positive Bluestone Perennials briggsc72 Negative Green Mountain Transplants, Inc. bearthompson Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery blueyonc Negative Spring River Nurseries Inc Sequee Positive EarthBox sgmann Positive Renee's Garden Seeds cricketbel Positive Seed Savers Exchange statman Positive Peace On Earth Gardens statman Neutral Gilbert H. Wild & Son redwing48910 Positive Arrowhead Alpines

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... June 23, 2004