The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of March 21, 2006, on which 236 members joined. 		PF Logo

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul. "

(Luther Burbank, American horticulturist)

The PlantFiles Photo of the Day

White Velvet, White Gossamer Plant, Hairy Wandering Jew
Tradescantia sillamontana
By palmbob

PF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

47 new plants were added to the database.
60 new descriptions were added.
51 new images were added.
828 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
conifers Positive CommentMountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'Sherwood Compact'
(Pinus mugo)
conifers Neutral CommentMountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'Slow Mound'
(Pinus mugo)
TBGDN Positive CommentYew 'Densiformis'
(Taxus cuspidata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentFingerling Potato 'Princesse'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Primura'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Producent'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Poorlander'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Primavera'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Fjord'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'McKellar's Grove'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Trans-Orange'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Heartbreak Hotel'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Wings of Peace'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Different Flavors'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Rush Creek'
(Iris )
JoanJ Neutral CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Vegas Weekend'
(Iris )
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Rush Creek'
(Iris )
prometeo21 Positive CommentOrange Bergamot Mint
(Mentha citrata)
Suze_ Positive CommentTomato 'Taxi'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
saya Neutral CommentBear's Breeches, Oyster Plant 'Lady Moore'
(Acanthus spinosus)
saya Neutral CommentRufa Vine
(Actinidia rufa)
suvlvr Positive CommentPlumbago, Cape Leadwort
(Plumbago auriculata)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Pollux'
(Solanum tuberosum)
MotherNature4 Positive Comment 'Black Raspberry'
(Begonia )
conifers Neutral CommentMountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'Mitsch Mini'
(Pinus mugo)
RonniePitman Positive CommentMexican Sage 'Lollie Jackson'
(Salvia mexicana)
conifers Positive CommentMountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'Prostrata'
(Pinus mugo)
suel Positive CommentDaylily 'Cabbage Flower'
(Hemerocallis )
crowellli Positive CommentRose of Sharon, Althea
(Hibiscus syriacus)
conifers Negative CommentMountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'Spaan'
(Pinus mugo)
Margiempv Positive CommentTall Bearded Iris 'Decker'
(Iris )
conifers Positive CommentMountain Pine, Mugo Pine 'White Bud'
(Pinus mugo)
conifers Positive CommentEuropean Black Pine, Black Pine, Austrian Pine 'Helga'
(Pinus nigra)
conifers Positive CommentAustrian Pine 'Hornibrookiana'
(Pinus nigra)
conifers Positive CommentJapanese White Pine 'Adcock's Dwarf'
(Pinus parviflora)
Gustichock Neutral CommentMolina
(Acacia caven)
conifers Neutral CommentJapanese White Pine 'Cleary'
(Pinus parviflora)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Pomeroy'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Populair'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Pomfine'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Pompadour'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Ponto'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Potomac'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Prelanda'
(Solanum tuberosum)
conifers Neutral CommentJapanese White Pine 'Emperor'
(Pinus parviflora)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Prestile'
(Solanum tuberosum)
conifers Neutral CommentJapanese White Pine 'Fuku-zu-mi'
(Pinus parviflora)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Prof Broekema'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Prof Gerlach'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Prof Wohltmann'
(Solanum tuberosum)
desert_witch Positive CommentDesert Mallow, Orange Mallow
(Sphaeralcea ambigua)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Prospect'
(Solanum tuberosum)
desert_witch Neutral CommentBladderpod
(Isomeris arborea)
kennedyh Positive CommentGunyang
(Solanum vescum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Provento'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Positive CommentPotato 'Pungo'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Farmerdill Neutral CommentPotato 'Purple Peruvian'
(Solanum tuberosum)
Gustichock Positive CommentEspina de bañado, Blanco grande, Tarumá
(Citharexylum montevidense)
conifers Positive CommentJapanese White Pine 'Peterson'
(Pinus parviflora)
Buttoneer Positive CommentScarborough Lily
(Cyrtanthus elatus)

Images

Member Addition Description
Big_RedImageTomato 'Mexico'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Big_RedImageTomato 'Soldacki'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
MagpyeImageRhododendron 'Nova Zembla'
(Rhododendron )
MagpyeImageFlowering Quince 'Cameo'
(Chaenomeles )
FarmerdillImagePotato 'Dakota Rose'
(Solanum tuberosum)
UrsulaImageLirio del Monte (Mountain Lily)
(Alstroemeria exserens)
UrsulaImageSalcilla
(Bomarea salsilla)
MargiempvImageLouisiana Iris 'Red Echo'
(Iris )
jnanaImageWeeping Blue Ginger, Blue Pendant
(Dichorisandra pendula)
ilimaImageBlood Banana
(Heliconia indica)
htopImageWoolly Stemodia, Wooly Stemodia, Gray Woolly Twintip, Silverleaf Stemodia, Creeping Silver Cenizo
(Stemodia tomentosa)
ilimaImageFalse Oregano
(Lippia micromera)
TBGDNImageNorway Spruce
(Picea abies)
DaylilySLPImageDaylily 'Eggplant Escapade'
(Hemerocallis )
DaylilySLPImageDaylily 'Fat Man'
(Hemerocallis )
htopImageBanana Yucca, Fleshy-Fruited Yucca, Datil Yucca
(Yucca baccata var. baccata)
kellImageAcorn Banksia, Hooker's Banksia
(Banksia hookeriana)
kellImageAcorn Banksia, Hooker's Banksia
(Banksia hookeriana)
sayaImageWindflower
(Anemone leveillei)
RonniePitmanImageSundrops, Texas Primrose, Berlandier's Sundrops
(Calylophus berlandieri)
RonniePitmanImagePurple Threeawn, Red Threeawn, Wiregrass, Democrat Grass
(Aristida purpurea)
TBGDNImageBlack Hills Spruce 'Densata'
(Picea glauca)
Todd_BolandImage
(Cyclamen libanoticum)
Todd_BolandImage 'Pewter Group'
(Cyclamen coum)
XenomorfImagePecan
(Carya illinoiensis)
XenomorfImagePecan
(Carya illinoiensis)
bootandallImage 'Victoriae - Reginae'
(Dendrobium )
Clare_CAImagePlumeria 'Aztec Gold'
(Plumeria rubra)
GustichockImageOrchid Tree, Bauhinia
(Bauhinia forficata)
Clare_CAImagePlumeria 'Duke'
(Plumeria rubra)
MargiempvImageTall Bearded Iris 'Expose'
(Iris )
Suze_ImageTomato 'Kimberly'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Suze_ImageTomato 'Taxi'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
glowmunkeeImageWeeping Pussy Willow 'Kilmarnock'
(Salix caprea)
bootandallImageWhakataka
(Corokia macrocarpa)
franjImageButton Cactus
(Epithelantha micromeris)
franjImageEcheveria 'Blue Curls'
(Echeveria )
conifersImageJapanese White Pine 'Adcock's Dwarf'
(Pinus parviflora)
conifersImageJapanese White Pine 'Cleary'
(Pinus parviflora)
kennedyhImageLanceleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis
(Coreopsis lanceolata)
flowerfrenzyImageDouble Narcissus, Double Daffodil 'Rip van Winkle'
(Narcissus )
kennedyhImageLanceleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis
(Coreopsis lanceolata)
flowerfrenzyImageJonquilla Narcissus, Apodanthus Daffodil 'Suzy'
(Narcissus )
aries44ImageSnap Bean or Dry Bean 'Blue Ribbon'
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
RWhizImage
(Pilosocereus alensis)
RWhizImage
(Pilosocereus alensis)
duester45Image
(Sarcocaulon herrei)
duester45Image
(Sarcocaulon herrei)
WandasflowersImageDaylily 'Purple Arachne'
(Hemerocallis )
GustichockImagePecan
(Carya illinoiensis)
jnanaImageDoritaenopsis 'Formosa Rose'
(Doritaenopsis )

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning
etrusca  ee-TRUSS-ka  Of or from Rome, or the surrounding Tuscan region of Italy  
etruscum  ee-TRUSS-kum  Of or from Rome, or the surrounding Tuscan region of Italy  
etruscus  ee-TRUSS-kus  Of or from Rome, or the surrounding Tuscan region of Italy  
napaulense  nap-ahl-EN-see  Of or from Nepal  
solaris  sol-AR-iss  From the Latin, pertaining to the sun  
dombeyana  dom-bee-AH-na  Named for Joseph Dombey, 18th century French botanist  
dombeyanum  dom-bee-AH-num  Named for Joseph Dombey, 18th century French botanist  
dombeyanus  dom-bee-AH-nus  Named for Joseph Dombey, 18th century French botanist  
dombeyi  DOM-bee-eye  Named for Joseph Dombey, 18th century French botanist  
salmiana  salm-ee-AH-na  Named for Prince Joseph Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, 19th century botanist and author of book on succulents  

Final Notes

Thank you for reading the PlantFiles Newsletter. If you ever decide you don't wish to receive these mailings anymore, simply go to your preferences page at PlantFiles and remove the check in the checkbox for this newsletter.

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

 

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