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Forum Photo of the Day   Subject: Size of Brugmansias in 90l (25.5 Gallons) pots By monika

PlantFiles Photo of the Day   Corkscrew Hazel, Contorted Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick 'Contorta' Corylus avellana By hczone6

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Member Addition Description Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Saint Fiacre giallo' Phaseolus vulgaris Permaculturist Comment Water Hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes mickgene Comment Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Palace Purple' Heuchera micrantha Magwar Comment Creeping Lily Turf, Lilyturf, Monkey Grass Liriope spicata scutler Comment Dutch Iris 'Purple Sensation' Iris x hollandica royal_coppelia Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Amaroo Pink' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Coco blanc à rames' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment French Filet 'Diamant' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Fiamma' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap Bean 'Garrafal Encarnada' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Garrafal Oro' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment French Filet 'Helda' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Jimenez' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Wax Bean 'Kentucky Wonder Wax' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment French Filet 'Mantra' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Mechelse Tros' Phaseolus vulgaris BUFFY690 Comment Two-row Stonecrop 'Voodoo' Sedum spurium palmbob Comment Pulque Agave Agave tecta smiln32 Comment Creeping Phlox 'Blue Ridge' Phlox stolonifera smiln32 Comment Lungwort, Bethelehem Sage, Jerusalem Sage Pulmonaria saccharata smiln32 Comment Gas Plant, Burning Bush 'Purpureus' Dictamnus albus Xenomorf Comment Compass Barrel Ferocactus cylindraceus subsp. cylindraceus Xenomorf Comment Fire Barrel, Compass Barrel Ferocactus cylindraceus ssp. tortulispinus Xenomorf Comment Le Conte Barrel Cactus, California Barrel Cactus Ferocactus cylindraceus subsp. lecontei Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Meisterstück' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Merveille de Venise' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Mombacher Speck' Phaseolus vulgaris Xenomorf Comment Barrel Cactus, Biznaga Ferocactus diguetii Xenomorf Comment Ferocactus diguetii var. carmenensis Xenomorf Comment Ferocactus diguetii var. diguetii Farmerdill Comment Wax Bean 'Neckargold' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Neckarköningin' Phaseolus vulgaris Xenomorf Comment Cliff Barrel Ferocactus eastwoodiae Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Pardola' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Phenomeen' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Princess à rames type perle' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Rentegevers' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Soissons gros blanc à rames' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Dry Bean 'Supermarconi' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Terts' Phaseolus vulgaris 4xthefun Comment Moss Rose, Purslane Portulaca grandiflora Farmerdill Comment Pole Bean, Snap bean 'Westlandse' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment French Filet 'Anellino di Brescia' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Bahalores' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment French Filet 'Balong' Phaseolus vulgaris fosty Comment Gooseneck Loosestrife Lysimachia clethroides Farmerdill Comment French Filet 'Baslim' Phaseolus vulgaris paani Comment Star of Bethlehem, Nap at Noon, Snowdrop, Eleven-o'clock Lady Ornithogalum umbellatum cuzzinchris Comment Iceland poppy, Arctic poppy Papaver nudicaule skytt Comment Euphorbia Ruby Euphorbia trigona v. nevadagdn Comment Iceland poppy, Arctic poppy Papaver nudicaule Dogzilla Comment Heliotrope Heliotropium arborescens palmbob Comment Sansevieria pinguicula palmbob Comment Dyckia fosteriana X platyphylla palmbob Comment 'Silver Moon' Dyckia Kameha Comment Malabar Plum, Rose Apple, Plum Rose, Pomarosa, Wax Apple Syzygium jambos palmbob Comment 'Erwin' Dyckia Kameha Comment Sweet Acacia, Huisache Acacia farnesiana palmbob Comment Dyckia choristaminea Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'BB 2148' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'BB 2151' Phaseolus vulgaris palmbob Comment 'Amethyst' Dyckia Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'BB 2158' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap Bean (Green, String or French Bean) 'Bobis d'Albenga' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment French Filet 'Cascade' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Concerto' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Contender 'Convares'' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Cropper Teepee' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Demeter' Phaseolus vulgaris palmbob Comment 'Golden Glow' Dyckia brevifoliaX Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Dubble Witte z.dr.' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Early Sunray' Phaseolus vulgaris Zarebeth Comment Angelonia, Summer Snapdragon 'AngelMist Purple Stripe' Angelonia angustifolia Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Enfant de Montcalme' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Farcy Sans Fil' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Fin de Bagnols' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment French Filet 'Harvester' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Hinrichs Riesen' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Ideaal' Phaseolus vulgaris CaptMicha Comment Common Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle, Flower-of-Death Vinca minor Farmerdill Comment French Filet 'La Victoire' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Maireau' Phaseolus vulgaris Farmerdill Comment Snap bean, Bush bean 'Merveille de Paris' Phaseolus vulgaris Xenomorf Comment Chenille Prickly Pear Opuntia aciculata jasonc Comment Grape Tomato 'Tami G' Lycopersicon lycopersicum QueenB Comment Old Plainsman, Woolly White Hymenopappus artemisiifolius gacarnegie Comment Catchweed Bedstraw, Sticky Willy, Goose Grass, Cleavers Galium aparine Melissa_Ohio Comment Daylily 'Judge Roy Bean' Hemerocallis QueenB Comment Loose Flowered Penstemon Penstemon laxiflorus jay461 Comment Armenian Cucumber 'Metki Painted Serpent' Cucumis melo var flexuosus doss Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Hemstitched' Iris trois Image Calibrachoa, Million Bells, Petunia (Calibrachoa ) Galanthophile Image (Cyclamen pseudibericum) Xenomorf Image Desert Marigold, Desert Baileya, Wild Marigold, Paper Daisy (Baileya multiradiata) giancarlo Image Anthurium (Anthurium dressleri x radicans) CaptMicha Image Foxtail Lily 'Cleopatra' (Eremurus ) Kelli Image Lewis' Blue Flax, Lewis' Prairie Flax (Linum lewisii) scutler Image Dutch Iris 'Carmen' (Iris x hollandica) van_in_nyc Image Korean Rhododendron 'Cornell Pink' (Rhododendron mucronulatum) Farmerdill Image Carrot 'Baron' (Daucus carota) StvNicksFan Image Painted Daisy, Tricolor Chrysanthemum 'German Flag' (Chrysanthemum carinatum) DaylilySLP Image 'Del Rosa' (Cymbidium ) BUFFY690 Image Spanish Flag, Firecracker Vine, Exotic Love Vine (Ipomoea lobata) KactusKathi Image Floribunda Rose 'Fire 'n' Ice' (Rosa ) philomel Image Quince, Fruiting Quince (Cydonia oblonga) PanamonCreel Image Caralluma (Caralluma speciosa) doss Image Prairie Clematis 'Gazelle™' (Clematis ) kniphofia Image Ox Tongue 'Saverdam' (Gasteria Glomerata) mtilton Image Edging Lobelia, Annual Lobelia, Trailing Lobelia (Lobelia erinus) kennedyh Image Wally's Wattle (Acacia pataczeckii) Melissa_Ohio Image Daylily 'Technical Knockout' (Hemerocallis ) Shirley1md Image Hosta 'Pathfinder' (Hosta ) cjandpj Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Debutante' (Camellia japonica) ladyannne Image Violet Trumpet Vine, Painted Trumpet, Argentine Trumpet Vine (Clytostoma callistegioides) htop Image Mother of Thousands, Mexican Hat Plant (Bryophyllum daigremontianum) Terry Image Witch Alder, Large Fothergilla, Mount Airy Bottlebrush 'Mt. Airy' (Fothergilla ) mgarr Image Euryops, Yellow Bush Daisy (Euryops pectinatus) newatplants Image Bougainvillea 'Barbara Karst' (Bougainvillea ) Happenstance Image Shrub Ice Plant (Lampranthus copiosus) Magnolia3308 Image Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis) Lizza Image Edging Lobelia, Annual Lobelia, Trailing Lobelia 'Sapphire' (Lobelia erinus) BSD Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Life Lime' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) richteaz Image Air Plant (Tillandsia leonamiana) lmelling Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Glennis' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) Floridian Image Giant Air Plant, Giant Wild Pine (Tillandsia utriculata) mystic Image Parrot Lily, Parrot Flower, Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas 'Oxana®' (Alstroemeria ) QueenB Image Double Amaryllis, St. Joseph's Lily (Hippeastrum x johnsonii) violabird Image Florida Azalea, Orange Azalea (Rhododendron austrinum) melody Image Common Ragweed, Annual Ragweed, Annual Bur-Sage (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) bootandall Image Corokia 'Red Wonder' (Corokia x virgata) Toxicodendron Image Rex Begonia (Begonia serratipetala) passarb Image Himalayan Pine, Butan Pine (Pinus wallichiana) Todd_Boland Image Brassocattleya 'Donna Kimura' (Brassocattleya ) drdon Image Sea Thrift, Sea Pink, Common Thrift 'Bloodstone' (Armeria maritima) Ursula Image Cistanthe Amaranthoides (Cistanthe amaranthoides) monterey Image Flowering Maple 'Red' (Abutilon megapotamicum) frostweed Image Damianita daisy (Chrysactinia mexicana) Jeff_Beck Image Empress Tree (Paulownia tomentosa) pete2255 Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Contessa Lavinia Maggi' (Camellia japonica) Elphaba Image Texas Pioneer Rose 'Thomas Affleck' (Rosa ) gardenwife Image Nishiki Willow, Dappled Willow 'Hakuro Nishiki' (Salix integra) ADKSpirit Image Spatterdock, Bull-head Pond Lily, Bull Lily (Nuphar variegatum) KimGaither Image Bugle, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugle 'Bronze Beauty' (Ajuga reptans) tazzy Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'This and That' (Iris ) Big_Red Image Tomato 'Mule Team' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) smiln32 Image African Marigold 'Sweet Cream' (Tagetes erecta) saltcedar Image Mazari Palm (Nannorrhops ritchiana) jnana Image Gold Mound 'Gold Mound, Golden Mound' (Duranta erecta) shimer Image Virginia Bluebells, Virginia Cowslip, Lungwort Oysterleaf (Mertensia virginica) sundry Image Giant Blue Flag Iris (Iris giganticaerulea) palmbob Image Pulque Agave (Agave tecta) Magwar Image Dusty Miller (Centaurea cineraria)

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Member Addition Description berrygirl Positive Flower Scent Gardens NellieLemon Positive High Country Gardens NellieLemon Negative Cottage Farms Joeypack Positive B & D Lilies (also dba Snow Creek Daylily Gardens™) floraline Positive Sunlight Gardens joshz8a Positive Singing Springs Nursery bluekat76 Positive Home Harvest Garden Supply, Inc. lisamr Positive Big Dipper Farm splashie Positive Just Joey's Roses Surrealle Positive Aloha Orchid Nursery grass_lover Positive Alligator Alley/Amazing Gardens cceamore Positive Gilbert H. Wild and Son sunbirds Positive Greenwood Nursery crotty Positive Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants chickenman Positive Cold Stream Farm ameliawr Positive A Sandy Rhododendron arachide Positive Spring Valley Roses csmoot Positive Botany Shop Garden Center flowerworker Positive Michigan Bulb calliecam Positive Horn Canna Farm Charly360 Positive Bluestone Perennials dankearth Neutral Edible Landscaping renojean Positive Chalk Hill Clematis renojean Positive Hydrangeas Plus chickenman Positive Gardens Alive! dscrimp Positive Pense Nursery chickenman Positive Henry Field's Seed & Nursery chickenman Positive Michigan Bulb bleuayna Negative Burpee jesup Neutral The Azalea Patch

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description melody Positive 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden (Smith & Hawken) melody Positive Engelstrompeten (Brugmansia) melody Positive Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners melody Positive National Audubon Society Field Guide To North American Wildflowers: Western Region melody Positive National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region StvNicksFan Neutral Container Gardening; Using Containers To Enhance Your Garden

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... April 14, 2005