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( -- Louise Beebe Wilder, American gardener, writer)

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Plants Database Photo of the Day   Rex Begonia, Painted Begonia 'Escargot' Begonia rex By Toxicodendron

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Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description smiln32 Comment Pomegranate 'Judai Zakuro' Punica granatum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'Moctezuma 83' Capsicum annuum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Airyleaf' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Todd_Boland Comment Japanese Maple 'Kagiri nishiki' Acer palmatum Todd_Boland Comment Japanese Maple 'Kamagata' Acer palmatum Todd_Boland Comment Japanese Maple 'Kandy Kitchen' Acer palmatum Todd_Boland Comment Japanese Maple 'Kara ori nishiki' Acer palmatum Todd_Boland Comment Japanese Maple 'Karasu gawa' Acer palmatum MotherNature4 Comment Manchineel, Poison Guava Hippomane mancinella MotherNature4 Comment Rusty Lyonia, Crookedwood, Staggerbush, Lyonia ferruginea Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper ' USDA #260559 (Type 1)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260560' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260561' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260562 (Type 1)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260562 (Type 2)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260562 (Type 3)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum winter_unfazed Comment Andean coca Erythroxylon coca Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260562 (Type 5)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260563' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260564' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260565' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260566 (Type 1)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260566 (Type 2)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260567 (Type 1)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260567 (Type 2)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260569' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260570' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260571' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260574' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260580' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260581' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #260587' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #263258' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #281306 (Type 1)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #281306 (Type 2)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #281306 (Type 3)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum blair23 Comment Congo Cockatoo, Parrot Plant Impatiens niamniamensis Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #281307 (Type 1)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum winter_unfazed Comment Tomato 'Matt's Wild Cherry' Lycopersicon lycopersicum WUVIE Comment Wild Onion Allium vineale WUVIE Comment Daylily 'My Ways' Hemerocallis WUVIE Comment Daylily 'Hyperion' Hemerocallis WUVIE Comment Daylily 'Ice Carnival' Hemerocallis Todd_Boland Comment Japanese Maple 'Kasagi yama' Acer palmatum Todd_Boland Comment Japanese Maple 'Kasen nishiki' Acer palmatum Todd_Boland Comment Japanese Maple 'Kashima' Acer palmatum Todd_Boland Comment Japanese Maple 'Katsura' Acer palmatum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #281307 (Type 2)' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #281313' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #281321' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #281406' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #281414' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Pink Ping Pong' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #281436' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Peche Juane' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Red Calabash' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #337523' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Red Fig' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #370010' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Rideau Sweet' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #439365' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Salisaw Cafe' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #439373' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Spoon' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'USDA #439381' Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Sun Drop' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Tommy Toe Yellow' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Yellow Cherry' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Whipper Snapper' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'White Rabbit' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Black Cherry' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Bell Pepper 'Excursion II' Capsicum annuum Big_Red Comment Tomato 'Basinga' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'Telica' Capsicum annuum Farmerdill Comment Sweet Pepper 'Greygo' Capsicum annuum Farmerdill Comment Hot Pepper 'Tiamex 81' Capsicum annuum smiln32 Comment Pomegranate 'Ato Shibori' Punica granatum smiln32 Comment Pomegranate 'Hiza Kuro' Punica granatum TREEHUGR Image Alligator Flag, Fire Flag, Red Stemmed Thalia (Thalia geniculata) ocimum_nate Image Holy Basil 'Red and Green' (Ocimum sanctum) Xenomorf Image (Opuntia undulata) palmbob Image (Cleistocactus buchtienii) Todd_Boland Image Whitebeam (Sorbus aria) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Gracchus' (Iris ) Ursula Image Milk Thistle, Mary's Thistle (Silybum marianum) John_Benoot Image Rambler Rose 'Seagull' (Rosa ) htop Image Dwarf Ylang-Ylang Tree (Cananga odorata var. fruticosa) gretaduck Image Hosta 'Radiant Edger' (Hosta ) chardon Image Garden Phlox 'Blue Paradise' (Phlox paniculata) bootandall Image 'Montgomery' (Hydrangea macrophylla) Shadyfolks Image Hosta 'Sum & Substance' (Hosta ) Kruch72 Image Corkscrew Hazel, Contorted Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick 'Contorta' (Corylus avellana) rcn48 Image Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) hanna1 Image Yarrow 'Moonshine' (Achillea ) kniphofia Image Amaryllis 'Charisma' (Hippeastrum hybrid) mgarr Image Climbing Pandanus (Freycinetia multiflora) Toxicodendron Image Rose Pine, South African Acanthus (Porphyrocoma pohliana) Patrick_F Image Garden Loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) BuriedTreasures Image Thai Hybrid Caladium 'Lamphun Princess' (Caladium bicolor) tinora_art Image Daylily 'Baltimore Oriole' (Hemerocallis ) Sugarbean1 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Bengal Tiger' (Iris ) Equilibrium Image Lime Tree (Tilia platyphylla) Floridian Image Sky-blue Lupine (Lupinus diffusus) victorgardener Image Columbine 'Blazing Star' ''Blazing Star'' (Aquilegia ) Clare_CA Image Australian Sarsparilla, False Sarsaparilla, Happy Wanderer, Coral Pea, Lilac Vine (Hardenbergia violacea) Kylecawaza Image (Raphia australis) stamen Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Hollywood Star' (Rosa ) PanamonCreel Image Queen of the Night (Selenicereus grandiflorus) henryr10 Image Yellow Grove Bamboo (Phyllostachys aureosulcata) rshadlow Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Lady Essex' (Iris ) NativePlantFan9 Image Wild Coffee (Psychotria nervosa) chellf Image Hardy Water Lily, Waterlily 'Colorado' (Nymphaea ) Kelli Image Tangerine 'Dancy' (Citrus reticulata) Nancymo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Centrefold' (Iris ) RWhiz Image Aloe (Aloe gracilis) petevllx Image Big Berry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca) scooterbug Image Poinsettia, Flor de Nochebuena (Christmas Eve Flower) (Euphorbia pulcherrima) kimmei Image Japanese Fiber Banana, Japanese Hardy Banana (Musa basjoo) onalee Image Florida Cranberry, Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa var rubra) Dobe Image Italian Cypress, Funeral Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) vavsie Image Garden Loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) meena Image Bleeding Heart Vine, Glory Bower (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) riversandbar Image White Mulberry Tree (Morus alba) Farmerdill Image Hot Pepper 'USDA #260574' (Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum) giancarlo Image Beefsteak Plant, Bloodleaf (Iresine herbstii) Denis_BC Image Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) sinkeat Image Hairy Lychee, Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description charlie_p Positive ECOLAGE Gemguy72 Positive Rainbow Mealworms Meredith22 Negative Breck's Bulbs eogeo Positive Long Island Seed Co. pitiminchicago Positive John Scheepers, Inc.

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description rebecca101 Positive How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine rebecca101 Positive The Edible Asian Garden (Edible Garden Series) rebecca101 Positive The Edible French Garden (Edible Garden Series) rebecca101 Positive The Edible Italian Garden (Edible Garden Series) PotEmUp Positive Pluk je eigen Geluk (Pick Your Own Luck) PotEmUp Neutral Popular Errors About Plants PotEmUp Positive The Complete Garden Flower Book PotEmUp Positive Perennials for American Gardens PotEmUp Positive Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... December 27, 2004