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( -- Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President)

Forum Photo of the Day   Subject: A day too late By Kell

PlantFiles Photo of the Day   Poinsettia, Flor de Nochebuena (Christmas Eve Flower) Euphorbia pulcherrima By Floridian

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Member Addition Description thistlesifter Comment ''copper'' Sansevieria kirkii v. Pulcherii tagan Comment Sassafras, Saxifras, Tea Tree, Mitten Tree, Cinnamonwood Sassafras albidum Buckthorne Comment Impatiens velvetea frostweed Comment Dotted Duckmeat Landoltia punctata frostweed Comment Water Lettuce Pistia stratiotes frostweed Comment Tree of Heaven, Chinese Sumac, Stink Tree Ailanthus altissima frostweed Comment Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin frostweed Comment Camel Thorn Alhagi maurorum frostweed Comment Yellow Bluestem Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica frostweed Comment Downy Broome, Cheat Grass Bromus tectorum frostweed Comment Paper Mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera frostweed Comment Musk Thistle, Nodding Plumeless Thistle Carduus nutans frostweed Comment Yellow Starthistle, Golden Starthistle, Yellow Cockspur, St. Barnaby's Thistle Centaurea solstitialis frostweed Comment Camphor Tree, Camphor Laurel Cinnamomum camphora frostweed Comment Elephant Ear, Taro, Dasheen, Eddo Colocasia esculenta frostweed Comment Coco Yam Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum frostweed Comment Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis frostweed Comment Crown Vetch Coronilla varia frostweed Comment Cuscuta japonica frostweed Comment Bermudagrass, Bahamas Grass, Devil's Grass, African Couch, Star Grass, Wire Grass Cynodon dactylon frostweed Comment Purple Nutsedge Cyperus rotundus frostweed Comment Air Potato Dioscorea bulbifera frostweed Comment Chinese Wild Yam, Cinnamon Vine Dioscorea oppositifolia frostweed Comment Water Hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes frostweed Comment Lehmann Lovegrass Eragrostis lehmanniana frostweed Comment Hydrilla, Water Thyme Hydrilla verticillata frostweed Comment Cogongrass, Cogon Grass, Satintail, Japanese Blood Grass Imperata cylindrica frostweed Comment Chinese Water Spinach, Swamp Cabbage, Swamp Morning Glory Ipomoea aquatica frostweed Comment African Elodea, Oxygen Weed, Curly Water Thyme, Curly Waterweed Lagarosiphon major Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Long Imperator #58' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Long Red Surrey' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Maxima' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Nairobi' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Nandor' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Nantes Express' Daucus cepa Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Navarre' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'New Red Intermediate' Daucus carota Illoquin Comment Polyanthus ''Dazzler Tagetes' (F1)' Primula elatior Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Newmarket' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Parano' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Pulsor' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Redca' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Samurai Red' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Sempra' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Siroco' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Soprano' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Stella' Daucus cepa Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Topscore' Daucus carota palmbob Comment Aloe Aloe bulbillifera var. paulianae pongsak Comment Mast tree, Asoka Tree, Ashok Tree, Sorrowless Tree Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula tobydmv Comment Black Dalea, Black Prairie Clover Dalea frutescens Kell Image Orange Crownshaft Palm, Pinang Merah (Areca vestiaria) Tntigger Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Night Fires' (Iris ) Tntigger Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Wild Angel' (Iris ) thistlesifter Image (Agave celsii var nova) thistlesifter Image (Aloe superfoliata X mawii) Clare_CA Image Plumeria 'Bali Hai Gold' (Plumeria rubra) Clare_CA Image Plumeria 'Kauka Wilder' (Plumeria rubra) Kell Image Orange Crownshaft Palm, Pinang Merah (Areca vestiaria) CristianaMS Image Canary Creeper (Senecio tamoides) CristianaMS Image Canary Creeper (Senecio tamoides) jawadkundi Image Swamp Lily, açucena-do-brejo (Crinum erubescens) Wandasflowers Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Melissa Sue' (Iris ) Wandasflowers Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mystique' (Iris ) armemo Image Hybrid Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes x coccinea) armemo Image Pitcher Plant 'Miranda' (Nepenthes ) Marilynbeth Image Daylily 'Work With Me Annie' (Hemerocallis ) Marilynbeth Image Daylily 'Frim Fram Sauce' (Hemerocallis ) htop Image Desert Petunia, Florida Bluebells, Mexican Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells 'Colobe Pink' (Ruellia brittoniana) hello85 Image Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) Xenomorf Image Devil's Claw, Unicorn Plant (Proboscidea parviflora) Xenomorf Image Coryphantha (Coryphantha durangensis) Xenomorf Image Coryphantha (Coryphantha durangensis) Xenomorf Image Toothpick Cactus, Argentine Toothpick (Stetsonia coryne) Xenomorf Image Toothpick Cactus, Argentine Toothpick (Stetsonia coryne) Xenomorf Image Dudleya 'Green Form' (Dudleya anthonyi) Xenomorf Image Dudleya 'White Form' (Dudleya anthonyi) Ursula Image Balloon Flower, Chinese Bellflower, Japanese Bellflower 'Double Blue' (Platycodon grandiflorus) tagan Image Blue Passion Flower, Hardy Passionflower 'Clear Sky' (Passiflora caerulea) kennedyh Image Heart Berry (Aristotelia peduncularis) kennedyh Image Heart Berry (Aristotelia peduncularis) kennedyh Image Heart Berry (Aristotelia peduncularis) kennedyh Image Atherton Raspberry (Rubus fraxinifolius) ALTER_EGO Image Aloe (Aloe conifera) Ingurita Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis scopulicola) Ingurita Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis scopulicola) escambiaguy Image Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) escambiaguy Image Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) ALTER_EGO Image Mazari Palm (Nannorrhops ritchiana) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe bulbillifera var. paulianae)

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... December 19, 2006