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Member Addition Description conifers Comment Mountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'Sherwood Compact' Pinus mugo conifers Comment Mountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'Slow Mound' Pinus mugo TBGDN Comment Yew 'Densiformis' Taxus cuspidata Farmerdill Comment Fingerling Potato 'Princesse' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Primura' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Producent' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Poorlander' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Primavera' Solanum tuberosum Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Fjord' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'McKellar's Grove' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Trans-Orange' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Heartbreak Hotel' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Wings of Peace' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Different Flavors' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Rush Creek' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Vegas Weekend' Iris Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Rush Creek' Iris prometeo21 Comment Orange Bergamot Mint Mentha citrata Suze_ Comment Tomato 'Taxi' Lycopersicon lycopersicum saya Comment Bear's Breeches, Oyster Plant 'Lady Moore' Acanthus spinosus saya Comment Rufa Vine Actinidia rufa suvlvr Comment Plumbago, Cape Leadwort Plumbago auriculata Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pollux' Solanum tuberosum MotherNature4 Comment 'Black Raspberry' Begonia conifers Comment Mountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'Mitsch Mini' Pinus mugo RonniePitman Comment Mexican Sage 'Lollie Jackson' Salvia mexicana conifers Comment Mountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'Prostrata' Pinus mugo suel Comment Daylily 'Cabbage Flower' Hemerocallis crowellli Comment Rose of Sharon, Althea Hibiscus syriacus conifers Comment Mountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'Spaan' Pinus mugo Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Decker' Iris conifers Comment Mountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'White Bud' Pinus mugo conifers Comment European Black Pine, Black Pine, Austrian Pine 'Helga' Pinus nigra conifers Comment Austrian Pine 'Hornibrookiana' Pinus nigra conifers Comment Japanese White Pine 'Adcock's Dwarf' Pinus parviflora Gustichock Comment Molina Acacia caven conifers Comment Japanese White Pine 'Cleary' Pinus parviflora Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pomeroy' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Populair' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pomfine' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pompadour' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Ponto' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Potomac' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Prelanda' Solanum tuberosum conifers Comment Japanese White Pine 'Emperor' Pinus parviflora Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Prestile' Solanum tuberosum conifers Comment Japanese White Pine 'Fuku-zu-mi' Pinus parviflora Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Prof Broekema' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Prof Gerlach' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Prof Wohltmann' Solanum tuberosum desert_witch Comment Desert Mallow, Orange Mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Prospect' Solanum tuberosum desert_witch Comment Bladderpod Isomeris arborea kennedyh Comment Gunyang Solanum vescum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Provento' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Pungo' Solanum tuberosum Farmerdill Comment Potato 'Purple Peruvian' Solanum tuberosum Gustichock Comment Espina de bañado, Blanco grande, Tarumá Citharexylum montevidense conifers Comment Japanese White Pine 'Peterson' Pinus parviflora Buttoneer Comment Scarborough Lily Cyrtanthus elatus Big_Red Image Tomato 'Mexico' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) Big_Red Image Tomato 'Soldacki' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) Magpye Image Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla' (Rhododendron ) Magpye Image Flowering Quince 'Cameo' (Chaenomeles ) Farmerdill Image Potato 'Dakota Rose' (Solanum tuberosum) Ursula Image Lirio del Monte (Mountain Lily) (Alstroemeria exserens) Ursula Image Salcilla (Bomarea salsilla) Margiempv Image Louisiana Iris 'Red Echo' (Iris ) jnana Image Weeping Blue Ginger, Blue Pendant (Dichorisandra pendula) ilima Image Blood Banana (Heliconia indica) htop Image Woolly Stemodia, Wooly Stemodia, Gray Woolly Twintip, Silverleaf Stemodia, Creeping Silver Cenizo (Stemodia tomentosa) ilima Image False Oregano (Lippia micromera) TBGDN Image Norway Spruce (Picea abies) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Eggplant Escapade' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Fat Man' (Hemerocallis ) htop Image Banana Yucca, Fleshy-Fruited Yucca, Datil Yucca (Yucca baccata var. baccata) kell Image Acorn Banksia, Hooker's Banksia (Banksia hookeriana) kell Image Acorn Banksia, Hooker's Banksia (Banksia hookeriana) saya Image Windflower (Anemone leveillei) RonniePitman Image Sundrops, Texas Primrose, Berlandier's Sundrops (Calylophus berlandieri) RonniePitman Image Purple Threeawn, Red Threeawn, Wiregrass, Democrat Grass (Aristida purpurea) TBGDN Image Black Hills Spruce 'Densata' (Picea glauca) Todd_Boland Image (Cyclamen libanoticum) Todd_Boland Image 'Pewter Group' (Cyclamen coum) Xenomorf Image Pecan (Carya illinoiensis) Xenomorf Image Pecan (Carya illinoiensis) bootandall Image 'Victoriae - Reginae' (Dendrobium ) Clare_CA Image Plumeria 'Aztec Gold' (Plumeria rubra) Gustichock Image Orchid Tree, Bauhinia (Bauhinia forficata) Clare_CA Image Plumeria 'Duke' (Plumeria rubra) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Expose' (Iris ) Suze_ Image Tomato 'Kimberly' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) Suze_ Image Tomato 'Taxi' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) glowmunkee Image Weeping Pussy Willow 'Kilmarnock' (Salix caprea) bootandall Image Whakataka (Corokia macrocarpa) franj Image Button Cactus (Epithelantha micromeris) franj Image Echeveria 'Blue Curls' (Echeveria ) conifers Image Japanese White Pine 'Adcock's Dwarf' (Pinus parviflora) conifers Image Japanese White Pine 'Cleary' (Pinus parviflora) kennedyh Image Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) flowerfrenzy Image Double Narcissus, Double Daffodil 'Rip van Winkle' (Narcissus ) kennedyh Image Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) flowerfrenzy Image Jonquilla Narcissus, Apodanthus Daffodil 'Suzy' (Narcissus ) aries44 Image Snap Bean or Dry Bean 'Blue Ribbon' (Phaseolus vulgaris) RWhiz Image (Pilosocereus alensis) RWhiz Image (Pilosocereus alensis) duester45 Image (Sarcocaulon herrei) duester45 Image (Sarcocaulon herrei) Wandasflowers Image Daylily 'Purple Arachne' (Hemerocallis ) Gustichock Image Pecan (Carya illinoiensis) jnana Image Doritaenopsis 'Formosa Rose' (Doritaenopsis )

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Member Addition Description dshattie Positive Gilbert H. Wild and Son twiggybuds Positive Farmhouse Daylily Gardens torisebastian Positive Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants torisebastian Positive Hirt's Greenhouse & Flowers kendraplatko Positive Touch of Nature, Inc. Ken_In_Dallas Positive Mid-America Garden tombaak Positive John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds vossner Positive Brent & Becky's Bulbs USCstudent Positive Growquest (also dba California Plant & Floral Wholesale) sedum37 Positive Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) Reagansheart Positive Touch of Nature, Inc. lillyo Negative Wayside Gardens

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description Revnrose Positive The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest Revnrose Positive Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens Revnrose Positive Native Plants of the Northeast: A Guide for Gardening & Conservation MitchF Positive Here's How! To Garden In the Dallas-Ft Worth Area

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... March 21, 2006