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Member Addition Description JoanJ Comment Hosta 'Magic Fire' Hosta JoanJ Comment Delphinium 'Delft Blue' Delphinium mamajack Comment Brazos Penstemon, Gulf Coast Penstemon Penstemon tenuis JoanJ Comment Larkspur, Delphinium 'Starmaker' Delphinium JoanJ Comment Coneflower 'Jade' Echinacea purpurea JoanJ Comment Coneflower 'Razzmatazz' Echinacea JoanJ Comment Coneflower 'Vintage Wine' Echinacea plantarella Comment Purple Crest Aeonium 'Schwarzkopf' Aeonium arboreum var. atropurpureum f. nigrum Hanoian Comment Pulai tree Alstonia angustiloba TBGDN Comment Oriental Lily 'Journey's End' Lilium Oriental Hybrid Farmerdill Comment Tomato, Greenhouse 'Aromata' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Carotina' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Delicate' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Budai Torpe' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Buissonante' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Olirose' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Queen of Saint Marthe' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Royale des Guineaux' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Tornado' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Clementine' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Lily of the Valley' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Lylia Cerisette' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Mexican Honey' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Orange Bourgoin' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Zuckertraube' Lycopersicon lycopersicum digging_dirt Comment Hollyhock 'Nigra' Alcea rosea flowerfrenzy Comment Sargent's Crabapple 'Tina' Malus sargentii MotherNature4 Comment 'Marie Valentina' Hohenbergia stellata DanaDW Comment Fivestamen Tamarisk, Salt Cedar Tamarix chinensis jungleboy_fl Comment Peach Palm Bactris gasipaes Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Colleen' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Duke of York' Solanum tuberosum wallaby1 Comment Camellia pitardii Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Epicure' Solanum tuberosum soilsandup Comment Mexican Fuchsia Sage Salvia iodantha Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Maris Bard' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Orla' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Premiere' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Red Duke of York' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Catriona' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Edzell Blue' Solanum tuberosum Gabrielle Comment Climbing Rose 'Crimson Pillar' Rosa Farmerdill Comment Potato 'British Queen' Solanum tuberosum Gabrielle Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Amalia' Rosa Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Cosmos' Solanum tuberosum Allie88 Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Barbara Bush' Rosa Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Ambo' Solanum tuberosum Gabrielle Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Gina Lollobrigida' Rosa Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Desiree' Solanum tuberosum Gabrielle Comment Grandiflora Rose 'Love's Promise' Rosa Gabrielle Comment Floribunda Rose 'Modern Magic' Rosa Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Lady Balfour' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Milva' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Remarka' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Robinta' Solanum tuberosum raisedbedbob Comment Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Wapato Sagittaria latifolia raisedbedbob Comment Virginia Pepperweed, Pepper Grass, Poor Man's Pepper Lepidium virginicum raisedbedbob Comment Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Sante' Solanum tuberosum raisedbedbob Comment Dentaria glandulosa Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Valor' Solanum tuberosum raisedbedbob Comment Eastern Redbud, Canadian Redbud, Judas Tree Cercis canadensis raisedbedbob Comment Asiatic Dayflower, Blue Dayflower Commelina communis TBGDN Comment Trumpet Lily 'Gebera' Lilium Dutch longiflorum Hybrid Xenomorf Image Angora Bunny-Ears, Angels Wings 'Albata' (Opuntia microdasys) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Rhine Maiden' (Hemerocallis ) Wandasflowers Image Daylily 'Enduring Love' (Hemerocallis ) Wandasflowers Image Daylily 'English Toffee' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Fun in the Sunshine' (Hemerocallis ) mystic Image Daylily 'Blinded By The Light' (Hemerocallis ) mystic Image Daylily 'Seventy Times Seven' (Hemerocallis ) cactus_lover Image Buddha Belly Plant, Bottleplant Shrub (Jatropha podagrica) Shadyfolks Image Tricyrtis 'Tricolor' ''Tricolor'' (Tricyrtis macropoda) monika Image Angel's Trumpet 'Barcarole' (Brugmansia B. x candida flore plena) monika Image Angel's Trumpet 'Rosenwalzer' (Brugmansia B. x candida flore plena) kennedyh Image Australian Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea preissii) Gabrielle Image Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple (Datura metel) Gabrielle Image Gaillardia, Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket 'Portola Giants' (Gaillardia grandiflora) ViburnumValley Image Oneida Viburnum 'Oneida' (Viburnum dilatatum x lobophyllum) Tree_Climber Image Daylily 'Famous Occasion' (Hemerocallis ) Tree_Climber Image Daylily 'Frisky Cissy' (Hemerocallis ) dovey Image Floribunda Rose 'Betty Boop' (Rosa ) dovey Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'The Squire' (Rosa ) Gourd Image (Phymosia umbellata) Gourd Image (Phymosia umbellata) patnjbob Image Tall Bearded 'Sweet and Spacey' (Iris ) palmbob Image Cycad (Encephalartos turneri) kell Image Heath Banksia 'ericifolia compact form' (Banksia ericifolia) kell Image Heath Banksia 'ericifolia compact form' (Banksia ericifolia) ampy Image Violet Sage, Ornamental Meadow Sage, Balkan Clary, Perennial Woodland Sage 'Ostfriesland' (Salvia nemorosa) htop Image Queen's Tears, Friendship Plant (Billbergia nutans var. schimperiana) wallaby1 Image Double Fuchsia 'Snowfire' (Fuchsia ) palmbob Image (Encephalartos senticosus x trispinosus) ViburnumValley Image Pekin Lilac 'China Snow™' (Syringa pekinensis) TBGDN Image Speciosum 'Rubrum' (Lilium ) LazyDebby Image (Teucrium divaricatum) LazyDebby Image Shrubby Germander, Tree Germander 'Azurea' (Teucrium fruticans) htop Image Queen's Tears, Friendship Plant (Billbergia nutans var. schimperiana) kniphofia Image Gymnocalycium (Gymnocalycium pflanzii var. albipulpa) Farmerdill Image Kohlrabi 'Azure Star' (Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes) Farmerdill Image Tomato 'Andes' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) echoes Image Clustered Bellflower 'Crown of Snow' (Campanula glomerata) cactus_lover Image Graptoveria (Echeveria Amethorum) flowerfrenzy Image Sargent's Crabapple 'Tina' (Malus sargentii) flowerfrenzy Image Wintercreeper Euonymus 'Blondy' (Euonymus fortunei) kennedyh Image High-bush Cranberry, Squashberry, Lowbush Cranberry, Mooseberry, Few-Flowered Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum edule) wallaby1 Image (Camellia pitardii) DanaDW Image Austrian Copper 'bicolor' (Rosa foetida) puttytat Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Renewal' (Iris ) puttytat Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Renewal' (Iris ) echoes Image Oriental Lily 'Expression' (Lilium ) Gustichock Image Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Peacock Flower, Gulmohar (Delonix regia) Gustichock Image Chanar, Chilean Palo Verde, Kumbaru (Geoffroea decorticans) Xenomorf Image Living Stones 'salicola reticulata' (Lithops hallii var. hallii) TBGDN Image Trumpet Lily 'Gebera' (Lilium Dutch longiflorum Hybrid) kniphofia Image Amaryllis 'Bianca' (Hippeastrum )

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Member Addition Description Amarionzone Negative Chen Yi Nursery (Kaichen Nursery) towers Positive K & L Cactus Nursery MonticelloGirl Positive Gardenshoponline.com rubyd Neutral Seeds of Change (Formerly Deep Diversity) tombaak Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. grandygarden Positive Earthworks Nursery ownedbycats Positive Snowpeak Iris and Daylilies ownedbycats Positive Seeds of Change (Formerly Deep Diversity) BooLady Positive Logee's Greenhouses, Ltd. ownedbycats Positive Stokes Seeds ownedbycats Positive Select Seeds Antique Flowers dvinemissm Positive Petaluma Rose Co. lovethydog Negative Accents for Home and Garden (Pepper's Greenhouse) lovethydog Negative Glasshouse Works sugarlily Positive Renee's Garden Seeds Melissa_Ohio Positive Novosel Enterprises

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Member Addition Description McGlory Positive The Budget Gardener

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... February 7, 2006