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Covering the events of November 6, 2006
... in which ...
3,143 posts were made.
59 plants were added to PlantFiles.
38 comments were added to PlantFiles.
405 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
103 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
15 entries were added to Botanary.
1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog.
14 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
0 books were added to the Garden Bookworm.
0 ratings were added to the Garden Bookworm.
"For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth
forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God..."
Gardening Quote of the Day
"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."( -- Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President)
| PlantFiles Photo of the Day |
Yellow Onion, Golden Garlic, Liliy leek
Allium moly
By mygardens
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Forum Activity
A grand total of 3,143 posts were made yesterday.
| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| cassioides |
kass-ee-OY-deez |
Resembles Cassia (genus name, from the Greek name Kasia used by Dioscorides) |
| tragiifolia |
trag-ee-ih-FOH-lee-a |
Having leaves like Tragia (genus name honoring 15th century herbalist Hieronymus Bock) |
| Sesuvium |
ses-OO-vee-um |
From the area inhabited by the Sesuvii, a Gallic tribe mentioned by Caesar; the application to this plant is obscure) |
| leucopila |
loo-koh-PY-la |
From the Greek leukos (white) and pilos (ball) |
| coniflora |
ko-NIH-flor-a |
Conical flowers |
| coniflorus |
ko-NIH-flor-us |
Conical flowers |
| Mortonia |
mor-TON-ee-a |
Named for Samuel George Morton, 19th century American physician and naturalist |
| Lycurus |
ly-KUR-us |
From the Greek lykos (wolf) and oura (tail), referring to the spiky inflorescences |
| reticularis |
re-tik-yoo-LAY-riss |
Netted |
| macro- |
MAK-roh |
Suffix meaning large or big |
| Pseudognaphalium |
soo-doh-naf-FAY-lee-um |
False Gnaphalium (genus name from the Greek gnaphalion, a plant whose soft white leaves are used as cushion stuffing) |
| Oncosiphon |
on-koh-SY-fon |
From the Greek onkos (bulb, swollen mass) and siphon (tube) |
| Laennecia |
lay-en-NEK-ee-a |
Named for Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec, 19th century French physician |
| Quercifilix |
kwer-kee-FY-liks |
Oak-fern |
| victoriae |
vik-tor-ee-AY |
Named for Queen Victoria, 19th century monarch of Great Britain |
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59 new plants.
38 new descriptions were added.
103 new images were added.
405 new content were checked off.
| Member |
Addition |
Description |
| artorima |
Comment |
Spear Lily
Doryanthes palmeri |
| pattipl |
Comment |
Night Blooming Jasmine, Night Scented Jessamine, Queen of the Night
Cestrum nocturnum |
| baolvera |
Comment |
'Emergency'
Saintpaulia |
| Old_Farmer |
Comment |
Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Lipstick'
Sempervivum |
| Old_Farmer |
Comment |
Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Magnificum'
Sempervivum |
| Old_Farmer |
Comment |
Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Maigret'
Sempervivum |
| Old_Farmer |
Comment |
Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Metalicum'
Sempervivum |
| Old_Farmer |
Comment |
Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Monfort'
Sempervivum |
| palmbob |
Comment |
Argyroderma
Argyroderma subalbum |
| Old_Farmer |
Comment |
Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Mystic'
Sempervivum |
| vossner |
Comment |
Floribunda Rose, Grandiflora Rose 'Queen Elizabeth'
Rosa |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Cabbage, Savoy 'Di Asti San Martino'
Brassica oleracea var. capitata |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Cabbage, Savoy 'Mantovano'
Brassica oleracea var. capitata |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Cabbage, Savoy 'San Giovanni'
Brassica oleracea var. capitata |
| galdenrover |
Comment |
Jack Bean
Canavalia ensiformis |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Cabbage, Savoy 'Vorbote 3'
Brassica oleracea var. capitata |
| seacure |
Comment |
Variegated Chinese Privet 'Variegata'
Ligustrum sinense |
| WilliamB1026 |
Comment |
Pineapple Sage
Salvia elegans |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Cardoon 'Pieno Inerme'
Cynara cardunculus |
| frostweed |
Comment |
Buckley's Yucca, White-Rim Yucca
Yucca constricta |
| frostweed |
Comment |
San Angelo Yucca
Yucca reverchonii |
| frostweed |
Comment |
Whiterim Yucca
Yucca tenuistyla |
| Decumbent |
Comment |
Ivy-Leaf Maple
Acer cissifolium |
| frostweed |
Comment |
Don Quixote's Lace
Yucca treculeana var. succulenta |
| frostweed |
Comment |
Tickletongue
Zanthoxylum parvum |
| pheitmeyer |
Comment |
Canna Lily 'Cleopatra'
Canna x generalis |
| Decumbent |
Comment |
Henry's Maple
Acer henryi |
| Decumbent |
Comment |
Full Moon Maple, Japanese Maple 'Attaryi'
Acer japonicum |
| Kachena |
Comment |
African Milk Tree
Euphorbia trigona f. rubra |
| growth_is_good |
Comment |
Wood Sorrel, False Shamrock
Oxalis regnellii |
| Shirley1md |
Comment |
Prairie Clematis 'Chinook'
Clematis |
| Sugarbean1 |
Comment |
Tall Bearded Iris 'Easter Bonnet'
Iris |
| frostweed |
Comment |
Ironweed
Vernonia guadalupensis |
| frostweed |
Comment |
Larsen's Ironweed
Vernonia larsenii |
| frostweed |
Comment |
Ironweed
Vernonia vulturina |
| bekados |
Comment |
Mexican Sunflower
Tithonia diversifolia |
| Artdeco |
Comment |
Purple Beautyberry 'Early Amethyst'
Callicarpa dichotoma |
| Redkarnelian |
Comment |
Hyacinth 'Red Diamond'
Hyacinthus orientalis |
| Tntigger |
Image
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Iris 'Helga Maria'
(Iris TB) |
| jamie68 |
Image
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Groundcover Rose 'Roseberry Blanket'
(Rosa ) |
| Kell |
Image
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Variegated Bower Vine, Jasmine 'Charisma'
(Pandorea jasminoides) |
| Kell |
Image
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Pink Bower Vine, Jasmine 'Rosea'
(Pandorea jasminoides) |
| Ursula |
Image
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Floribunda Rose, Romantica Rose 'Leonardo da Vinci'
(Rosa ) |
| Ursula |
Image
 |
(Oxalis squamata) |
| Snowrose |
Image
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African Violet 'Willodene'
(Saintpaulia ) |
| franj |
Image
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Turbinicarpus
(Turbinicarpus jauernigii) |
| rootsnrhizomes |
Image
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Tall Bearded Iris 'Sea Swells'
(Iris ) |
| Snowrose |
Image
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Flame Violet 'Unpredictable Valley'
(Episcia ) |
| kniphofia |
Image
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Bowie Woodsorrel
(Oxalis bowiei) |
| kniphofia |
Image
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Trailing Abutilon, Chinese Lanterns
(Abutilon megapotamicum) |
| GardenGuyKin |
Image
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Montbretia, Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
(Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) |
| GardenGuyKin |
Image
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Montbretia, Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
(Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) |
| GardenGuyKin |
Image
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Creeping Bellflower, Rampion Bellflower, June Bell
(Campanula rapunculoides) |
| Kell |
Image
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Orange Clockvine, Orange Trumpet Vine
(Thunbergia gregorii) |
| kniphofia |
Image
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Baby's Toes
(Fenestraria rhopalophylla) |
| Decumbent |
Image
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Hardy Abelia
(Abelia mosanensis) |
| Clare_CA |
Image
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Improved Banana Shrub
(Michelia skinneriana) |
| Clare_CA |
Image
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Improved Banana Shrub
(Michelia skinneriana) |
| Clare_CA |
Image
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Banana Shrub, Port Wine Magnolia 'Port Wine'
(Michelia figo) |
| htop |
Image
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Damianita daisy
(Chrysactinia mexicana) |
| Snowrose |
Image
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African Violet 'Alan's Fallen Angel'
(Saintpaulia ) |
| otatea |
Image
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New Zealand Flax Hybrid ''Tony Tiger''
(Phormium tenax) |
| EmmaGrace |
Image
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Butter Daisy, Melampodium, Gold Medallion Flower, Star Daisy 'Million Gold'
(Melampodium paludosum) |
| EmmaGrace |
Image
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Butter Daisy, Melampodium, Gold Medallion Flower, Star Daisy 'Million Gold'
(Melampodium paludosum) |
| bootandall |
Image
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Hybrid Musk Rose 'Danaë'
(Rosa ) |
| bootandall |
Image
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China Rose 'Papillon'
(Rosa ) |
| bootandall |
Image
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Noisette Rose 'Reve d'Or'
(Rosa ) |
| bootandall |
Image
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Bourbon Rose 'Louise Odier'
(Rosa ) |
| bootandall |
Image
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Hybrid Musk Rose 'Nymphenburg'
(Rosa ) |
| bootandall |
Image
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Rugosa Rose 'Marie Bugnet'
(Rosa ) |
| bootandall |
Image
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Antique, Hybrid Perpetual, Old Garden Rose 'Éclair'
(Rosa ) |
| bootandall |
Image
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Hybrid Tea Rose 'Elfe'
(Rosa ) |
| bootandall |
Image
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Tea Rose 'Adam'
(Rosa ) |
| bootandall |
Image
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Noisette Rose 'Alister Stella Gray'
(Rosa ) |
| otatea |
Image
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New Zealand Flax 'Sea Jade'
(Phormium ) |
| bootandall |
Image
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Deutzia 'Joconde'
(Deutzia ) |
| bootandall |
Image
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Mountain Laurel 'Pristine'
(Kalmia latifolia) |
| bootandall |
Image
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'Rainbow Cerise'
(Dianthus ) |
| Todd_Boland |
Image
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(Cochleanthes amazonica) |
| Tntigger |
Image
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Tall Bearded Iris 'Invitation Only'
(Iris ) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Gymnocalycium
(Gymnocalycium delaetii) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Lemon Mint, Lemon Balm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Bee Balm, Beebalm
(Monarda citriodora) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Lemon Mint, Lemon Balm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Bee Balm, Beebalm
(Monarda citriodora) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Lemon Mint, Lemon Balm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Bee Balm, Beebalm
(Monarda citriodora) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Viznaga de Dulce
(Melocactus curvispinus subsp. dawsonii) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Opuntia
(Opuntia engelmannii var. subarmata) |
| Tntigger |
Image
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Tall Bearded Iris 'Strike A Pose'
(Iris ) |
| htop |
Image
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Purslane, Pigweed, Wild Portulaca, Little Hogweed, Pusley, Verdolaga
(Portulaca oleracea) |
| joeysplanting |
Image
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Porcupine Tomato, Solanum
(Solanum pyracanthum) |
| baolvera |
Image
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'Emergency'
(Saintpaulia ) |
| baolvera |
Image
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'Emergency'
(Saintpaulia ) |
| Old_Farmer |
Image
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Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Magnificum'
(Sempervivum ) |
| Old_Farmer |
Image
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Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Maigret'
(Sempervivum ) |
| Old_Farmer |
Image
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Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Metalicum'
(Sempervivum ) |
| palmbob |
Image
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Aloe
(Aloe compressa var. rugosquarrosa) |
| palmbob |
Image
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Argyroderma
(Argyroderma subalbum) |
| palmbob |
Image
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Argyroderma
(Argyroderma subalbum) |
| palmbob |
Image
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Desert Cabbage, Paddle Plant, Flapjack Plant, Ice Sculpture Kalanchoe
(Kalanchoe thyrsiflora) |
| palmbob |
Image
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Maguey Chato
(Agave guadalajarana) |
| htop |
Image
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Mandevilla, Pink Allamanda 'Alice Dupont'
(Mandevilla x amoena) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Mary’s Flower, White Marianth
(Rhytidosporum procumbens) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Mary’s Flower, White Marianth
(Rhytidosporum procumbens) |
| palmbob |
Image
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(Aloe imalotensis) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Purple Fan-flower, Hairy Fan-flower
(Scaevola ramosissima) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Mountain Velleia
(Velleia montana) |
| palmbob |
Image
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Graptoveria 'Fred Ives'
(X Graptoveria ) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Mountain Velleia
(Velleia montana) |
| palmbob |
Image
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Graptoveria 'Fred Ives'
(X Graptoveria ) |
| palmbob |
Image
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Aloe
(Aloe secundiflora) |
| palmbob |
Image
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Taylor's Parches
(Crassula lactea) |
| aprilwillis |
Image
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Rangoon Creeper, Drunken Sailor
(Quisqualis indica) |
| htop |
Image
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Damianita daisy
(Chrysactinia mexicana) |
| pirl |
Image
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Daylily 'Brand New Beauty'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| frostweed |
Image
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Bladderpod, Bagpod
(Sesbania vesicaria) |
| frostweed |
Image
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Cowpen Daisy, Golden Crownbeard
(Verbesina encelioides) |
| frostweed |
Image
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Showy Menodora
(Menodora longiflora) |
| Todd_Boland |
Image
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(Bulbophyllum delitescens) |
| Todd_Boland |
Image
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Dendrobium
(Dendrobium C. K. Ai) |
| Todd_Boland |
Image
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Guzmania 'Remembrance'
(Guzmania ) |
| Todd_Boland |
Image
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Orchid, Miltonia
(Miltonia regnellii) |
| htop |
Image
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Variegated Double Impatiens 'Peppermint'
(Impatiens ) |
| Todd_Boland |
Image
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Scarlet Skullcap, Costa Rican Skullcap
(Scutellaria costaricana) |
| begoniacrazii |
Image
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Trailing Oxalis
(Oxalis hirta) |
| begoniacrazii |
Image
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Trailing Oxalis
(Oxalis hirta) |
| thistlesifter |
Image
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Aloe
(Aloe broomii) |
| Decumbent |
Image
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Henry's Maple
(Acer henryi) |
| Decumbent |
Image
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Chalk Maple, Whitebark Maple
(Acer leucoderme) |
| begoniacrazii |
Image
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Hardy Begonia 'Torsa'
(Begonia ) |
| growth_is_good |
Image
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Wood Sorrel, False Shamrock
(Oxalis regnellii) |
| growth_is_good |
Image
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Wood Sorrel, False Shamrock
(Oxalis regnellii) |
| Iceman2458 |
Image
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Maximillian Sunflower, Prairie Sunflower 'Santa Fe'
(Helianthus maximilianii) |
| Iceman2458 |
Image
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Maximillian Sunflower, Prairie Sunflower 'Santa Fe'
(Helianthus maximilianii) |
| palmbob |
Image
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European Fan Palm, Mediterranean Fan Palm
(Chamaerops humilis) |
| MikenMyrtle |
Image
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Hybrid Tea Rose 'Double Delight'
(Rosa ) |
| boojum |
Image
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Fringed Gentian
(Gentiana detonsa) |
| boojum |
Image
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Fringed Gentian
(Gentiana detonsa) |
| boojum |
Image
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Japanese Windflower, Japanese Anemone, Japanese Thimbleflower 'Rosenschale'
(Anemone ) |
| jhayes5032 |
Image
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Weeping Willow Japanese Maple 'Omurayama'
(Acer palmatum) |
| bekados |
Image
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Mexican Sunflower
(Tithonia diversifolia) |
| jhayes5032 |
Image
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Japanese Maple 'Nicholsonii'
(Acer palmatum) |
| jhayes5032 |
Image
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Coral Bark Japanese Maple 'Kurabu yama'
(Acer palmatum) |
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14 new ratings/comments were added to the database.
No new books were added to the database.
No new ratings/comments were added to the database.
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