Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of July 29, 2004 ... in which ... 137 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.12% yesterday. 1,965 posts were made. 56 plants were added to the Plants Database. 57 comments were added to the Plants Database. 495 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 63 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 0 entries were added to Botanary. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 17 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 0 books were added to the Garden Bookworm. 0 ratings were added to the Garden Bookworm. "For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God..."

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Ogden Nash, "Song of the Open Road," (1933))

Forum Photo of the Day  Subject: Kickin on the deck. By rootdoctor

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Swamp Hibiscus, Scarlet Rose Mallow, Texas Star, Scarlet Hibiscus Hibiscus coccineus By Terry

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Brugmansias and Friends 415 posts Daylilies 136 posts General Discussion 100 posts Photos 99 posts PDB Pictures 98 posts Identification 89 posts Tropicals 84 posts Perennials 76 posts Pets 70 posts Co-Op 70 posts Vines and Climbers 65 posts Wild Life 63 posts Plant Trading 49 posts Cool climates 28 posts Cactus and Succulents 28 posts Prayer Requests 27 posts Butterflies and Hummers 25 posts Seed Trading 24 posts Canning and Freezing 24 posts Lilies 23 posts Jokes and Chat 21 posts Water Gardens 18 posts Welcome Mat 18 posts Computer Talk 18 posts Recipes 14 posts Hostas 14 posts Garden Talk 13 posts Health, Dieting and Beauty 13 posts Dave's Garden 13 posts Canadian Trading 13 posts Tomatoes 13 posts Foliage 12 posts Bulbs 12 posts Roses 12 posts Parking Lot 12 posts Vegetable Gardening 11 posts Container Gardening 11 posts European 11 posts Garden Foes 10 posts Market Growers 8 posts Roundup 6 posts Hoyas 6 posts Grass and Bamboo 6 posts Farm Life 6 posts Orchids 6 posts Disabled Gardeners 5 posts Trees & Shrubs 5 posts Home Decorating 5 posts Propagation 5 posts Bonsai 4 posts Wild Plants 4 posts Soil 4 posts Pollbooth 4 posts Peonies 4 posts Gourds and Melons 4 posts Mail Call! 3 posts House Plants 3 posts Dirt Cheap 3 posts Handyman 3 posts Heirlooms 2 posts Media 2 posts Home and Crafts 2 posts Shady Gardens 2 posts Saving Seeds 2 posts Irises 2 posts The Tool Shed 2 posts Geraniaceae 2 posts Camera Talk 1 post Landscaping 1 post Test 1 post

New Botanary Words

Plants Database Activity:

Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description rccola Comment Silver Maple, Soft Maple, River Maple, Silverleaf Maple, White Maple Acer saccharinum palmbob Comment Aloe elegans palmbob Comment Red Bauhinia Bauhinia punctata kadawn74 Comment Potato 'Yukon Gold' Solanum tuberosum kadawn74 Comment Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Kentucky Wonder Pole, Brown' Phaseolus vulgaris kadawn74 Comment Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Blue Lake Bush' Phaseolus vulgaris kadawn74 Comment Chives Allium schoenoprasum kadawn74 Comment Japanese Bunching Onion, Welsh Onion, Multiplier Onion, Scallion, Green Onion Allium fistulosum kadawn74 Comment Globe Radish 'Cherry Belle' Raphanus sativus kadawn74 Comment Tomato 'Supersweet 100' Lycopersicon lycopersicum handhelpers Comment Hosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd' Hosta Xenomorf Comment Grizzly Bear Cactus Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea adinamiti Comment Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple Datura metel cindy63 Comment Indian Pipe, Indianpipe, Corpse Plant, Ice Plant, Death Plant, Bird's Nest Monotropa uniflora MotherNature4 Comment Coleus 'Alabama Sunset' Solenostemon Scutellarioides MotherNature4 Comment Gumbo Limbo, Tourist Tree, Torchwood, Dysentery Bark Bursera simaruba gregfaithemily Comment Daylily 'Ruffled Apricot (Baker, 1972)' Hemerocallis foodiesleuth Comment Siam Tulip, Jewel of Thailand Curcuma cordata rutholive Comment Cucumber 'Orient Express' Cucumis sativus Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Belle Époque (Fryer, 1994) aka FRYaboo' Rosa DaveH Comment Passionflower Passiflora membranacea fuquaygarden Comment Pineapple Flower, Pineapple Lily, Wine Eucomis Eucomis punctata Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Cheshire Life (Fryer, 1972)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Congratulations (Kordes, 1979) aka KORlift, Kordes' Rose Sylvia, KO 69451' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Dawn Chorus (Dickson, 1994) aka DICquasar' Rosa Howard_C Comment Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium latifolium gardengirl57200 Comment Variegated Ginger Mint 'Variegata (aka Aurea)' Mentha x gracilis Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Pyralis' Cucumis sativus Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Cardita' Cucumis sativus Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Torreon' Cucumis sativus Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Phoenix' Cucumis sativus Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Auxerre' Cucumis sativus Farmerdill Comment Cuumber 'Tyria' Cucumis sativus TREEHUGR Comment Bermudagrass, Bahamas Grass, Devil's Grass, African Couch, Star Grass Cynodon dactylon onalee Comment Dog Fennel Eupatorium capillifolium Baa Comment Rose of Sharon 'Woodbridge' Hibiscus syriacus Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Azabache' cucumis sativus Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Lusaka' Cucumis sativus gonedutch Comment Cutleaf Coneflower 'Herbstsonne' Rudbeckia laciniata Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Borja' Cucumis sativus Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Kalunga' Cucumis sativus Marshmellow Comment Tall Morning Glory 'Kniola's Black' Ipomoea purpurea Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Beluga' Cucumis sativus Xenomorf Comment Silver Torch Cleistocactus hyalacanthus NativePlantFan9 Comment Quill-leaf, Cardinal Air Plant, Wild Pineapple, Clustered Wild Pine Tillandsia fasciculata daryl Comment Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Kingswood Torch' Coleus solenostemon treelover Comment Daylily 'Cranberry Baby (Croker, 1984)' Hemerocallis kadawn74 Comment Jack O' Lantern 'Cucurbita pepo' Cucurbita pepo golfrobin Comment Italian Arum, Large Cuckoo Pint, Lord and Ladies Arum italicum BlngsBell Comment Jacob's Ladder 'Brise d'Anjou' Polemonium caeruleum Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Juliandra' Cucumis sativus Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Defense' Cucumis sativus daryl Comment Rose Fountain Grass, Purple Fountain Grass 'Rubrum' Pennisetum setaceum Farmerdill Comment Spanish Needle Bidens pilosa shortcm Comment Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin pilmuir Comment Colewort, Flowering Kale, Giant Kale, Giant Gypsophila Crambe cordifolia moongate9 Comment Moonflower, Moon Vine Ipomoea alba KMAC Image Madeiran Cranesbill (Geranium maderense) Xenomorf Image Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Melissa_Ohio Image Daylily 'Zona Rosa (Santa Lucia, 1995)' (Hemerocallis ) Weezingreens Image Broad-leaved Willowherb (Epilobium latifolium) carolann Image Daylily 'Royal Occasion (Apps, 1990)' (Hemerocallis ) palmbob Image (Vriesia platynema var platynema) kennedyh Image Golden Conostylis (Conostylis robusta) laurief Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Cute or What (Niswonger, 1996)' (Iris ) Farmerdill Image Watermelon 'Orangeglo' (Citrullus lanatus) Happenstance Image Appleblossom Grass (Gaura lindheimeri) Wandasflowers Image Daylily 'Arts And Ruffles (Baker, 1971)' (Hemerocallis ) Terry Image Muscadine, Southern Fox Grape, Scuppernong, Bullace (Vitis rotundifolia) Lanan Image Daylily 'Jamaican Music (Trimmer, 2002)' (Hemerocallis ) Monocromatico Image (Anthurium clavigerum) Paulwhwest Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Gertrude Jekyll (1986; aka AUSbord)' (Rosa ) NativePlantFan9 Image South Florida Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa) MaryinLa Image Angel's Trumpet 'Serendipity' (Brugmansia multi-hybrid) ruby42 Image Daylily 'Orchids And Diamonds (Kirchhoff, 1995)' (Hemerocallis ) Scarlete Image Golden Barrel Cactus (Echinocactus grusonii) MotherNature4 Image Lanceleaf Violet (Viola lanceolata) sanannie Image Daylily 'Wayside King Royale (Klehm, 1987)' (Hemerocallis ) mystic Image Tomato 'Fourth of July' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) WalterT Image Ti Plant, Good Luck Tree (Cordyline terminalis) Todd_Boland Image Cascade Penstemon (Penstemon serrulatus) Tree_Climber Image Rat Tail Radish 'Rat Tail' (Raphanus sativus) John_Benoot Image Daylily 'All American Baby (Stamile, 1994)' (Hemerocallis ) lhughes Image Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium) shazbot3 Image Black-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy, Yellow Ox-eye Daisy (Rudbeckia hirta) Emaewest Image Batavia Lettuce 'Sierra' (Lactuca sativa) CaptMicha Image African Violet 'Buckeye Butterflies' (Saintpaulia ionantha) tyke Image Canna Lily 'Rosemond Coles (aka Rosamond Coles, Rosemond Cole)' (Canna x generalis) Indigoez Image Passion Flower (Passiflora perusii) Jeff_Beck Image Pickerel Weed Pickerel Rush (Pontederia cordata) Baa Image Purple Tansy, Fiddleneck (Phacelia tanacetifolia) tcfromky Image Jackman Clematis (Clematis x jackmanii) htop Image Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Basham's Party Pink' (Lagerstroemia hybrid) ttfl Image Cane Begonia, Angel Wing Begonia (Begonia coccinea) ginbyers Image Daylily 'Bittersweet Holiday (Kirchhoff, 1981)' (Hemerocallis ) PotEmUp Image Philodendron (Philodendron speciosum) Ulrich Image Laurel Sumac (Malosma laurina) craftyrn Image Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Spacecoast Easy Rider (Kinnebrew, 2001)' (Hemerocallis ) Ninepatch Image Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Toxicodendron Image Maiden Grass 'Cabaret' (Miscanthus sinensis) revclaus Image Coleus 'Alabama Sunset' (Solenostemon Scutellarioides) thatredhead Image Violet-Stemmed Taro, Black Taro, Black Stem Elephant Ear 'Fontanesii' (Colocasia esculenta) Da_Imp Image Dragonfruit, Pitajaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) darius Image Tomato 'Brandywine Sudduth's Strain (aka Quisenberry Strain)' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) becky3086 Image Climbing Zucchini, Zucchetta Rampicante, Italian Trombone Squash (Cucurbita moschata) mmsland Image Cry Baby, Cockspur, Fireman's Cap Tree, Brazillian Coral Tree (Erythrina crista-galli) tsuki Image Moss Rose, Purslane 'Yubi Yellow' (Portulaca grandiflora) greeneyed_doll Image White Chilean Jasmine 'Alba' (Mandevilla sanderei) daryl Image Stemless Gentian, Trumpet Gentian, Blauer Enzian (Gentiana acaulis) aya_tokyo Image Morning Glory, Grannyvine 'Blue Star' (Ipomoea tricolor) henryr10 Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Redcoat' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) dwaynet Image Lady of the Night (Brunfelsia americana) DrTravis Image New Zealand Bignonia (Tecomanthe speciosa) babou123 Image Lanceleaf Nightshade (Solanum lanceolatum) Big_Red Image Tomato 'Big Red Tomato' (lycopersicon lycopersicum) gman500 Image Tomato 'Caspian Pink' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) JJsgarden Image Sacred Water Lily, Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) handhelpers Image Hosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd' (Hosta ) dave Image Mealy Cup Sage (Salvia farinacea)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description rleltzroth Negative Autumn Ridge Nursery revclaus Positive John Scheepers, Inc. fpgill Positive T's Flowers & Things jbsilverado03 Positive Top Tropicals LLC shash Negative Growquest planter2 Positive Burgess Seed ksellers Positive Paradise Garden sialia Negative Cottage Farms Nan Positive The Palm Shop Nan Positive Secret Garden Rare Plants gizzmo93 Positive Oakes Daylilies Nan Positive Black Jungle Terrarium Supply Nan Positive Aloha Hoyas sedum Negative Breck's Bulbs sialia Positive Pine Island Nursery GARDENPOOTER Negative Michigan Bulb

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... July 29, 2004