The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of February 26, 2005, on which 224 members joined. 		PF Logo

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do - or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so. "

(Stanley Crawford)

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

Banyan Tree, Ban Yan
Ficus benghalensis
By palmbob

PF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

97 new plants were added to the database.
107 new descriptions were added.
43 new images were added.
3468 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
tfandrews Neutral CommentFairy Fans
(Clarkia breweri)
GardenGuyKin Neutral CommentGiant Japanese Butterbur, Sweet Coltsfoot, Fuki
(Petasites japonicus var. giganteus)
tfandrews Neutral Commentred ribbons
(Clarkia concinna)
tfandrews Neutral CommentClematis 'Hania'
(Clematis )
htop Neutral CommentZarzabacoa Dulce, Tick Trefoil
(Desmodium glabrum)
htop Neutral CommentGraham's Tick Trefoil
(Desmodium grahamii)
htop Neutral CommentTelegraph plant
(Desmodium gyrans)
garygardener Positive CommentBlue Anise Sage, Brazilian Sage 'Argentine Skies'
(Salvia guaranitica)
garygardener Positive CommentSage 'Marine Blue'
(Salvia )
htop Neutral CommentEastern Trailing Tickt Trefoil, Spreading Tick Clover
(Desmodium humifusum)
Todd_Boland Neutral CommentAlpine Bilberry, Ground Hurts
(Vaccinium uliginosum)
htop Neutral CommentGreen-leaf Tick Trefoil
(Desmodium intortum)
Todd_Boland Neutral CommentTall Meadowrue
(Thalictrum dioicum)
htop Neutral CommentSimpleleaf TickTrefoil
(Desmodium psilophyllum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Merrimack Sweetheart'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Miles'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Mirage'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Missouri Queen'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Sun, Moon and Stars'
(Citrullus lanatus)
RDT Neutral CommentDaylily 'Gatorbait'
(Hemerocallis )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Northern Sweet'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Orton'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Park's Seedless Sweety'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Park's Whopper'
(Citrullus lanatus)
htop Neutral CommentLindheimer's Tick Trefoil
(Desmodium lindheimeri)
Liila Positive CommentRooiwortel
(Bulbine latifolia)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Perola'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Petite Sweet'
(Citrullus lanatus)
RDT Neutral CommentDaylily 'Mary Poppins'
(Hemerocallis )
Liila Positive CommentChristmas Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Zygocactus
(Schlumbergera x buckleyi)
htop Neutral CommentSand Tick Trefoil
(Desmodium lineatum)
JaxFlaGardener Positive CommentGlory Flower, Princess Flower
(Tibouchina urvilleana)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Premiere'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Prince Charles'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Equilibrium Positive CommentFelt Plant, Felt Bush, Velvet Leaf Kalanchoe
(Kalanchoe beharensis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Purdue Hawkesbury'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Rebel Queen'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Red Charm'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Red Heart'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'RED-N-SWEET'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Equilibrium Positive CommentHairpin Banksia
(Banksia spinulosa var. collina)
htop Neutral CommentNew Mexico Tick Trefoil
(Desmodium neomexicanum)
Equilibrium Positive CommentMenzies' Banksia
(Banksia menziesii)
IslandJim Positive Comment
(Mammellaria grahamii)
scutler Positive CommentFlowering Quince 'Jet Trail'
(Chaenomeles x superba)
htop Neutral CommentStiff Tick Trefoil
(Desmodium obtusum)
htop Neutral CommentCream Tick Trefoil
(Desmodium ochroleucum)
udigg Positive CommentSpiny Fiddlewood
(Citharexylum spinosum)
foodiesleuth Neutral CommentCuban Tick Trefoil
(Desmodium cubense)
salvia_lover Neutral CommentLuculia
(Luculia gratissima)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Rhode Island Red'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Equilibrium Positive CommentWallum Banksia Tree
(Banksia aemula)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Riviera'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Royal Charleston'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Royal Red'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Sabrina'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Samba'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Samos'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Santa Amalia'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Scarlet Klondike'
(Citrullus lanatus)
salvia_lover Neutral CommentEphedra
(Ephedra aphylla)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Schochler'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Shipper'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Small Seeded Dixielee'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Smokylee'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Southern Belle'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Spalding'
(Citrullus lanatus)
smiln32 Neutral CommentFilbert, Hazelnut 'Nooksack'
(Corylus avellana)
smiln32 Neutral CommentEuropean Filbert, Hazelnut 'White Aveline'
(Corylus avellana)
Todd_Boland Positive CommentJapanese Maple 'Yubae'
(Acer palmatum)
Equilibrium Positive CommentAhinahina, Haleakala Silversword
(Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum)
Todd_Boland Positive CommentJapanese Maple 'Red Autumn Lace'
(Acer palmatum)
Todd_Boland Positive CommentJapanese Maple 'Red Elf'
(Acer palmatum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Sugarama'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Todd_Boland Positive CommentCutleaf Japanese Maple, Threadleaf Japanese Maple 'Red Filigree Lace'
(Acer palmatum var. dissectum)
bertsbeanie Positive CommentLantana 'Pot O' Gold'
(Lantana montevidensis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Summer Festival'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Summerfield'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Todd_Boland Positive CommentJapanese Maple 'Red Flash'
(Acer palmatum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Summit'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Todd_Boland Positive CommentJapanese Maple 'Rubrum'
(Acer palmatum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Sun Gold'
(Citrullus lanatus)
woodspirit1 Positive CommentCreeping Phlox
(Phlox subulata)
Todd_Boland Positive CommentJapanese Maple 'Ryuzu'
(Acer palmatum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Sundance'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentWatermelon 'Sunshade'
(Citrullus lanatus)
Equilibrium Negative CommentQueen Sago Palm
(Cycas cirinalis)
htop Neutral CommentTick Trefoil
(Desmodium sericophyllum)
Love2Troll Positive CommentMexican Red
(Capsicum pubescens)
vossner Positive CommentBromeliad 'Burgundy'
(Aechmea )
Love2Troll Positive Comment 'PI 593621'
(Capsicum pubescens)
Equilibrium Negative CommentSquirrel's tail
(Justicia betonica)
duke3522 Positive CommentTomato 'Oregon Spring'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
htop Neutral CommentPine-barren Tick Trefoil
(Desmodium strictum)
Love2Troll Positive Comment 'PI 593616'
(Capsicum pubescens)
Equilibrium Negative CommentDwarf Sugar Palm, Formosa Palm
(Arenga engleri)
Love2Troll Positive Comment 'PI 593617'
(Capsicum pubescens)
htop Neutral CommentTweedy's Tick Trefoil
(Desmodium tweedyi)
Equilibrium Neutral CommentJoey Palm
(Johannesteijsmannia altifrons)
Equilibrium Neutral CommentIvory Cane Palm
(Pinanga coronata)
onalee Positive CommentHooded Dwarf Elephant Ear,Chinese Taro
(Alocasia cucullata)
Equilibrium Neutral CommentDwarf Sagisi Palm
(Heterospathe minor)
Equilibrium Neutral Comment
(Livistona drudei)
Equilibrium Neutral CommentMontgomery Palm
(Veitchia arecina)
Equilibrium Neutral CommentGiant Windowpane Palm
(Beccariophoenix madagascariensis)
NativePlantFan9 Negative CommentWedelia
(Wedelia paludosa)
DawnRain Positive CommentManilla Tamarind, Madras Thorn
(Pithecellobium dulce)

Images

Member Addition Description
FarmerdillImageWatermelon 'Triton'
(Citrullus lanatus)
bootandallImageBuchu, Boegoe
(Acmadenia heterophylla)
XenomorfImageDesert Marigold, Desert Baileya, Wild Marigold, Paper Daisy
(Baileya multiradiata)
palmbobImageBryophyllum
(Bryophyllum mortagei)
rshadlowImageTall Bearded Iris 'La Meije'
(Iris )
scutlerImageFlowering Quince 'Jet Trail'
(Chaenomeles x superba)
MargiempvImageTall Bearded iris 'Painter's Frenzy'
(Iris )
Todd_BolandImageCreeping Basket of Gold 'Mountain Gold'
(Alyssum montanum)
kennedyhImageTiny Caladenia
(Caladenia pusilla)
drdonImageSpanish Lavender 'Bella Pink'
(Lavandula stoechas)
KMACImageYarrow, Milfoil, Staunchweed, Sanguinary, Thousandleaf, Soldier's Woundwort 'Feuerland'
(Achillea )
tinora_artImageDaylily 'Sombrero Way'
(Hemerocallis )
Love2TrollImageHot Pepper 'Grif 9345'
(Capsicum pubescens)
MoonglowImageCamellia 'Kumasaka'
(Camellia Japonica)
John_BenootImageMountain Sandwort 'Avalanche'
(Arenaria montana)
mgarrImageCorkscrew Willow, Curly Willow, Pekin Willow, Hankow Willow, Dragon's Claw Willow 'Tortuosa'
(Salix matsudana)
OregonCoastSethImageCoconut Palm
(Cocos nucifera)
butterflybyrobImageAlbuca
(Albuca batteniana)
xyrisImageBanyan Tree, Ban Yan
(Ficus benghalensis)
montereyImageTree Mallow 'Bicolor'
(Lavatera maritima)
FloridianImageHoneycomb Head, Oneflower Honeycomb Head
(Balduina uniflora)
jjforbImageCommon Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Governor Mouton'
(Camellia japonica)
jenbrinkImageSnake Plant, Mother-in-Law's Tongue
(Sansevieria trifasciata)
MotherNature4ImageSoutheastern sneezeweed
(Helenium pinnatifidum)
IslandJimImagePencil Tree, Milkbush, Finger Tree 'Rosea'
(Euphorbia tirucalli)
Melissa_OhioImageDaylily 'Big Doc'
(Hemerocallis )
MissyinbamaImageBuckwheat Tree, Ironwood, Black Titi
(Cliftonia monophylla)
GalanthophileImageEuropean Wood Anemone 'Green Fingers'
(Anemone nemerosa)
garygardenerImageGreek Catmint
(Nepeta parnassica)
kniphofiaImageLavender Scallops, Kalanchoe Stonecrop
(Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi)
giancarloImageGreen Shield Alocasia 'Green Shield'
(Alocasia clypeolata)
kathryn77223ImageCrepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Arapaho'
(Lagerstroemia )
KiepersolImageiKhalana, Xhosa
(Aloe tenuior)
salvia_loverImageHenbit, Deadnettle
(Lamium amplexicaule)
jnnImageCrocus, Snow Crocus, Species Crocus 'Tricolor'
(Crocus sieberi)
udiggImageAcalypha 'Firestorm'
(Acalypha godseffiana)
RWhizImage
(Euphorbia robecchii)
ejeImageCalifornia Pipevine
(Aristolochia californica)
dossImageJapanese Maple 'Bloodgood'
(Acer palmatum)
EquilibriumImageDwarf Sugar Palm, Formosa Palm
(Arenga engleri)
ruby42ImageHosta 'Diva'
(Hosta )
onaleeImageHooded Dwarf Elephant Ear,Chinese Taro
(Alocasia cucullata)
bentleygardensImageEcheveria 'Perle von Nurnberg'
(Echeveria )

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

 

And that's the way it was... February 26, 2005