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( -- Gertrude Jekyll , English gardener, artist, writer)

Forum Photo of the Day   In reply to: The benefits of top dressing By palmbob

PlantFiles Photo of the Day   Bottlebrush Tree Callistemon rigidus By Chamma

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Member Addition Description Farmerdill Comment Cabbage 'O. S. Cross' Brassica oleracea var. capitata SW_gardener Comment Creeping Jenny, Moneywort Lysimachia nummularia JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Black Butte' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Dark Passion' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Pheasant Feathers' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Winning Ticket' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Canary Delight' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Exclusivity' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Her Pinkness' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'China Moon' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded 'Confederate Royalty' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Keiko's World' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Snowed In' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Soul Sister' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Ididit' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Beginner's Luck' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Becky's Bonnet' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Blind Faith' Iris jdiaz Comment Chayote, Chayote Squash, Vegetable Pear, Choko, Chaco, Choco, Madeira Marrow 'Spiny-fruited' Sechium edule Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Blushing Clouds' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Bold Vision' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Boy Next Door' Iris JamesCO Comment Spring Starflower 'Rolf Fiedler' Ipheion uniflorum NatureWalker Comment Strawberry 'Quinalt Everbearer' Fragaria x ananassa Larry1940 Comment Creeping Jenny, Moneywort Lysimachia nummularia Larry1940 Comment English Ivy, Common Ivy Hedera helix Farmerdill Comment Broccoli 'Galleon' Brassica oleracea sterhill Comment Japanese Pieris 'Valley Rose' Pieris japonica TBGDN Comment Japanese Pussy Willow, Giant Pussywillow Salix chaenomeloides johnrobbins Comment Species Narcissus, Wild Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. moschatus WUVIE Comment Velvet leaf, Butter print, China jute Abutilon theophrasti WUVIE Comment Malabar Spinach, Red Vine Spinach, Creeping Spinach, Climbing Spinach Basella rubra WUVIE Comment Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum cgarvin Comment Tri-colored European Beech 'Roseomarginata' Fagus sylvatica Margiempv Comment Arilbred 'Big Black Bumblebee' Iris timrann Comment Soanierane Palm Dypsis Soanieranae Margiempv Comment Arilbred 'Bronze Age' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Bronze Peacock' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Buisson De Roses' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Burst' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Kitty Dyer' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded 'Bursting Bubbles' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Rare Quality' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Recurring Delight' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Virginia Rudkin' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Lois Parrish' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Mandela' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Violet Shimmer' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Buffer Zone' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Dream Express' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Kiwi Cheesecake' Iris RonniePitman Comment Purple Threeawn, Red Threeawn, Wiregrass, Democrat Grass 'Nutt.' Aristida purpurea Margiempv Comment Arilbred 'Butterfly Wings' Iris TBGDN Comment Black Hills Spruce 'Densata' Picea glauca RonniePitman Comment Korean Lawngrass, Zoysia Zoysia japonica jesse333 Comment Fukien Tea Ehretia buxifolia Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Candlegleam' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Celebration Song' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Celestial Explosion' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Chase The Dream' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Cherokee Heritage' Iris Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pacific Russet' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pamela' Solanum tuberosum Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Cherokee Nation' Iris Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pamina' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Paramount' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Patrones' Solanum tuberosum Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Circus Circus' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Classical Music' Iris Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Peanut' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pearl' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Penelope' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Penta' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pentland Ace' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pentland Dell' Solanum tuberosum SW_gardener Comment Saltillo Evening Primrose Oenothera stubbei SW_gardener Comment Tomato 'Bonny Best' Lycopersicon lycopersicum SW_gardener Comment Oxalis, Wood Sorrel Oxalis depressa Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pentland Squire' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Peribonka' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Phoebus' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Picasso' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pimpernel' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Piroschka' Solanum tuberosum WUVIE Comment Para Cress, Toothache Plant, Eyeball Plant Spilanthes oleracea Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Platina' Solanum tuberosum WUVIE Comment Zucchini, Courgette, Summer Squash 'Eight Ball' Cucurbita pepo JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Kelly Lynne' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Widdershins' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Just for Sophie' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Mallory Kay' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Mother Marshmallow' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Again and Again' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Alien Mist' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded iris 'Congo Sunset' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Cantrell's Raiders' Iris zville123 Comment Sacred Jasmine, Pikake, Asiatic Jasmine 'Maid of Orleans' Jasminum sambac Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Continuity' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Erotic Touch' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Idol' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Boudoir' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Iditarod' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall bearded Iris 'Lonely Hearts' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Zaton' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Happenstance' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Starring' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Dancing On Air' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Danielle's Love' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Golden Panther' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Designer Label' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Keeping Up Appearances' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Devil's Riot' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Orange Blossom Special' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Diva Do' Iris Barbc Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Chicago Peace' Rosa Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Destry Rides Again' Iris Margiempv Comment Arilbred 'Emerald Fantasy' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Ziggy' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Every Which Way' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'In Your Dreams' Iris Wifeygirl Comment Madagascar Jasmine Stephanotis floribunda Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Everything Plus' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Next Millennium' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Expose' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Awesome Blossom' Iris austex_tripper Comment Sweet Lavender Lavandula heterophylla JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Chariots of Fire' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Fashion Designer' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Devonshire Cream' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Society Page' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Fashion Statement' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Amplified' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Return Address' Iris Magpye Image Flowering Quince 'Cameo' (Chaenomeles ) cgarvin Image Tri-colored European Beech 'Roseomarginata' (Fagus sylvatica) Farmerdill Image Cabbage 'O. S. Cross' (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) Magpye Image Flowering Quince 'Cameo' (Chaenomeles ) Todd_Boland Image Tropical Lady's-Slipper (Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum) Ursula Image Capachito (Calceolaria thyrsiflora) Gustichock Image Sweetgum, Red Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) palmbob Image Opuntia (Opuntia pycnantha) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Peacock Maiden' (Hemerocallis ) RWhiz Image Passion Flower, Passionflower 'Purple Haze' (Passiflora ) conifers Image Mountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'Rock Island Compact' (Pinus mugo) PanamonCreel Image Stapelia (Stapelia engleriana) TomH3787 Image Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Accent' (Narcissus ) Ursula Image Ñuño (Sisyrinchium arenarium) saya Image Climbing Rose 'Goldfinch' (Rosa ) saya Image Atlantic Poppy, Double Atlas Poppy, Moroccan Poppy, Spanish Poppy (Papaver atlanticum) Kelli Image African violet 'Rob's Boolaroo' (Saintpaulia ) kniphofia Image Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium geayi) kennedyh Image Pastel Flower (Pseuderanthemum variabile) Gustichock Image Hardy Tapioca (Manihot grahamii) jnana Image Cane Begonia 'Orange Rubra' (Begonia ) jnana Image Floribunda Rose 'Iceberg' (Rosa ) htop Image Woolly Stemodia, Wooly Stemodia, Gray Woolly Twintip, Silverleaf Stemodia, Creeping Silver Cenizo (Stemodia tomentosa) ilima Image False Oregano (Lippia micromera) RonniePitman Image Lily Grass, Weeping Anthericum (Anthericum saundersiae) kell Image Showy Banksia (Banksia speciosa) ilima Image Ilima (Sida fallax) kennedyh Image Sturt's Nightshade (Solanum sturtianum) TBGDN Image Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Four-Play' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Golden Finale' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Battle Royal' (Iris ) htop Image Banana Yucca, Fleshy-Fruited Yucca, Datil Yucca (Yucca baccata var. baccata) kell Image Pincushion Flower Leucospermum 'Tango' (Leucospermum ) mickgene Image Daylily 'Ruffled Ruby' (Hemerocallis ) Farmerdill Image Broccoli 'Galleon' (Brassica oleracea) TBGDN Image Japanese Pussy Willow, Giant Pussywillow (Salix chaenomeloides) Margiempv Image Arilbred 'Bronze Age' (Iris ) giancarlo Image (Philodendron tuxla) RonniePitman Image Sundrops, Texas Primrose, Berlandier's Sundrops 'Spach' (Calylophus berlandieri) Todd_Boland Image 'Pewter Group' (Cyclamen coum) wallaby1 Image Clematis 'Niobe' (Clematis ) wallaby1 Image Golden Clematis, Old Man's Beard, Russian Virgin's Bower 'Golden Tiara' (Clematis tangutica) Xenomorf Image Pecan (Carya illinoiensis) Xenomorf Image Pecan (Carya illinoiensis) Clare_CA Image Plumeria 'Aztec Gold' (Plumeria rubra) bootandall Image (Eucryphia moorei) bootandall Image Chocolate Vine, Five-Leaf Akebia, Raisin Vine (Akebia quinata) Clare_CA Image Plumeria 'Duke' (Plumeria rubra) duester45 Image Slough Thistle (Cirsium crassicaule)

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... March 20, 2006