The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of December 20, 2005, on which 68 members joined.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"When dogs leap onto your bed, it's because they adore being with you. When cats leap onto your bed, it's because they adore your bed."

(Alisha Everett)

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

Pink Mimosa, Fragrant Mimosa, Catclaw Mimosa, Sensitive Mimosa
Mimosa borealis
By SShurgot

PF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

119 new plants were added to the database.
57 new descriptions were added.
40 new images were added.
1517 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
Weezingreens Neutral CommentPoinsettia 'Puebla'
(Euphorbia pulcherrima)
JoanJ Neutral CommentStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Snugglebug'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Starbaby'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Stitch Witch'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Trajectory'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Truly'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Tweety Bird'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Vavoom'
(Iris )
winter_unfazed Negative CommentPoison Ivy, Eastern Poison Ivy
(Toxicodendron radicans)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBeet 'Rote Kugel'
(Beta vulgaris)
JoanJ Neutral CommentStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Webmaster'
(Iris )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBeet 'Monokel'
(Beta vulgaris)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBeet 'Solist'
(Beta vulgaris)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBeet 'Yellow Mangel'
(Beta vulgaris)
JoanJ Neutral CommentStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Well Suited'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'What Again'
(Iris )
Louannie Negative CommentSilk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris
(Albizia julibrissin)
JoanJ Neutral CommentStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Yo-Yo'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentMiniature Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Zipper'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentIntermediate Bearded Iris 'Apollo's Touch'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentIntermediate Bearded Iris 'Ask Alma'
(Iris )
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentLate, Small-flowered, Texensis-Viorna Clematis 'Buckland Beauty'
(Clematis )
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentLate, Small-flowered, Texensis-Viorna Clematis 'Burford Bell'
(Clematis )
Paulwhwest Neutral CommentLate, Small-flowered, Tangutica Clematis 'Burford Variety'
(Clematis )
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBroccoli Raab 'Quarantina'
(Brassica ruvo)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBroccoli Raab 'Novantia'
(Brassica ruvo)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBroccoli 'Purple Sprouting'
(Brassica oleracea)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBroccoli 'Red Arrow'
(Brassica oleracea)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBroccoli Raab 'Toscana'
(Brassica ruvo)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBroccoli Raab 'Centoventina'
(Brassica ruvo)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBroccoli Raab 'Trasimeno'
(Brassica ruvo)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBrussels Sprouts 'Half Dwarf'
(Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBrussels Sprouts 'Hild's Ideal'
(Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera)
jallaway Positive CommentTomato 'Goliath Hybrid'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentBrussels Sprouts 'Red Rubin'
(Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCabbage, Red 'Red Cabeza'
(Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCabbage 'Quintale of Alsazia'
(Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCabbage 'Wisconsin Hollander'
(Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCabbage 'Offenham Spring'
(Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCabbage, Red 'Red Fuego'
(Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCabbage 'Barabas'
(Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCabbage 'Early Dutch Brunswick'
(Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarrot 'Jaune du Doubs'
(Daucus carota)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarrot 'Nantes Chioggia'
(Daucus carota)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarrot 'James Scarlet'
(Daucus carota)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarrot 'Amsterdam'
(Daucus carota)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarrot 'Tellus'
(Daucus carota)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCarrot 'Rothild'
(Daucus carota)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCauliflower, Romanesco 'Romanesco Guiseppi'
(Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCauliflower 'Early Tuscan'
(Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCauliflower, Romanesco 'Romanesco Ottobrino'
(Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCauliflower 'Napoletano Marzatico'
(Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCauliflower 'Sicilian Violet'
(Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCauliflower 'Early Jesi'
(Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCauliflower 'Macareta'
(Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCauliflower, Romanesco 'Natalino'
(Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentCauliflower 'Verona di Precoce'
(Brassica oleracea var. capitata)

Images

Member Addition Description
kennedyhImageWinter Squash 'Turk's Turban'
(Cucurbita maxima)
mghImageBorder Bearded Iris 'Faux Pas'
(Iris )
kennedyhImageAustralian Bindweed, Pink Bindweed
(Convolvulus erubescens)
lauriefImageStandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Fortune Seeker'
(Iris )
CastIronPlant22ImageCast Iron Plant
(Aspidistra elatior)
mghImagePeony 'Nice Gal'
(Paeonia lactiflora)
jnanaImageTropical Rose Hydrangea
(Dombeya x seminole)
jnanaImageLily Thorn
(Catesbaea spinosa)
kniphofiaImagePoinsettia 'Lemon Snow'
(Euphorbia pulcherrima)
timrannImageMajesty Palm
(Ravenea rivularis)
JoanJImageTall Bearded Iris 'Magical Moonlight'
(Iris )
lauriefImageMiniature Tall Bearded Iris 'Tyke'
(Iris )
Sugarbean1ImageTall Bearded Iris 'Cahokia'
(Iris )
JoanJImageTall Bearded Iris 'Purple Serenade'
(Iris )
Clare_CAImagePlumeria 'Jean Moragne'
(Plumeria rubra)
Clare_CAImagePlumeria 'Kauka Wilder'
(Plumeria rubra)
bootandallImageBigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Mophead 'Adria'
(Hydrangea macrophylla)
Sugarbean1ImageTall Bearded Iris 'Blue Moonlight'
(Iris )
CastIronPlant22ImageWater Aspidistra
(Anubias lanceolata)
bootandallImageBigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Mophead 'Altona'
(Hydrangea macrophylla)
ocimum_nateImageCayenne Pepper 'Wild Malaysian Cayenne'
(Capsicum frutescens)
wallaby1ImageCrimson Flag, Cape Lily, River Lily 'Major'
(Hesperantha coccinea)
XenomorfImageBrewer's Saltbrush
(Atriplex lentiformis subsp. breweri)
XenomorfImageBrewer's Saltbrush
(Atriplex lentiformis subsp. breweri)
EricInSFImageKorean Bellflower
(Campanula takesimana)
EricInSFImageBanksia
(Banksia ericifolia var. macrantha)
kniphofiaImageElephant's Ear, Variegated African Mask 'Polly'
(Alocasia x amazonica)
WindchymeImageVariegated Tomato 'Splash of Cream'
(Lycopersicon esculentum)
SarahskeeperImageTomato 'Fourth of July'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
BoyedImageSingle Late Tulip 'Temple of Beauty'
(Tulipa )
FarmerdillImageTurnip ' Amber Globe'
(Brassica rapa)
KimGaitherImageBellflower 'Blue Wonder'
(Campanula )
KimGaitherImageBellflower 'Blue Wonder'
(Campanula )
aries44ImageWax Bean 'Brittle Wax'
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Todd_BolandImageRobertsoniana Saxifrage 'Elliot's Variety'
(Saxifraga x urbium var. primuloides)
Todd_BolandImageEncrusted Saxifrage, Silver Saxifrage 'Southside Seedling'
(Saxifraga cotyledon)
wallaby1ImageAustralian Mirror Bush 'Evening Glow'
(Coprosma )
SarahskeeperImageBroccoli 'Green Goliath'
(Brassica oleracea)
MonocromaticoImageOrchid Tree, Bauhinia
(Bauhinia forficata)
MonocromaticoImageBalsam, Touch-Me-Not
(Impatiens balsamina)

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

 

And that's the way it was... December 20, 2005