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Member Addition Description berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Beam's Yellow' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'S. intermedia' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'S. rupicola' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'S. velutina' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Suncoast Fiesta' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Suncoast Orchid Gold' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Acadian Odyssey' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Affection' Saintpaulia JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Cannington Bluebird' Iris Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Africa' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Ai-Yoki' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Alamo Prince' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Alan's Baby Bonnet' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Alan's Valley Girl' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Albertine' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'All That Jazz' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Allegro Careless Love' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Allegro Winesap' Saintpaulia angelam Comment Avocado, Alligator Pear Persea americana Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Allen Anthony' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Alma Laviolette' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Almost Paradise' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Aly's Peppermint Baby' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'American Frills' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Amethyst' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Amethyst Confetti' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Amoeba' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Amy's Pink Delight' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Anticipation' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Apache Face' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Apache Treasure' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Apache Warpath' Saintpaulia colmenar Comment Corn Plant 'Massangeana' Dracaena fragrans jpjoe Comment Jade Climber, Jade Vine, Emerald Creeper, Flor-de-Jade Strongylodon macrobotrys passiflora_pink Comment Snow Wreath Neviusia alabamensis berrygirl Comment Winter Squash 'Guatemalan Blue' Cucurbita maxima Xenomorf Comment Purple Pincushion, Common Ball Cactus, Beehive Cactus Escobaria vivipara berrygirl Comment Winter Squash 'Long Island Cheese' Cucurbita moschata berrygirl Comment Pumpkin, Winter Squash 'Marina di Chioggia' Cucurbita maxima JoyceDee Comment Hardy Gloxinia 'Bolivian Sunset' Gloxinia sylvatica chrisw99 Comment Dutch Hyacinth 'Bismarck' Hyacinthus orientalis RHSJONES Comment Silky Thread Grass, Mexican Feather Grass, Mexican Needle Grass, Pony Tails Stipa tenuissima berrygirl Comment Summer Squash 'Pattisons Panache Jaune Et Vert' Cucurbita pepo berrygirl Comment Pumpkin, Winter Squash 'Queensland Blue' Cucurbita maxima berrygirl Comment Pumpkin 'Rouge Vif d'Etampes' Cucurbita maxima berrygirl Comment Pumpkin, Winter Squash 'Sibley' Cucurbita maxima berrygirl Comment Yellow Summer or Crookneck Squash 'Summer Crookneck' Cucurbita pepo berrygirl Comment Winter Squash, Acorn Squash 'Table Queen' Cucurbita pepo berrygirl Comment Winter Squash, Cushaw Pumpkin 'Tennessee Sweet Potato' Cucurbita mixta berrygirl Comment Pumpkin, Winter Squash 'Triamble' Cucurbita maxima berrygirl Comment Winter Squash 'Turk's Turban' Cucurbita maxima berrygirl Comment Winter Squash, Butternut Squash 'Waltham' Cucurbita moschata berrygirl Comment Pumpkin, Winter Squash 'Yugoslavian Finger Fruit' Cucurbita pepo berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Amish Paste' Lycopersicon lycopersicum digging_dirt Comment Sweet-William Catchfly, None-So-Pretty Silene armeria berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Aunt Ruby's German Green' Lycopersicon lycopersicum RHSJONES Comment Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket 'Yellow Queen' Gaillardia x grandiflora berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Basinga' Lycopersicon lycopersicum ViburnumValley Comment Flowering crabapple 'Kirk' Malus berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Black from Tula' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Black Krim' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Black Plum' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Black Sea Man' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Blondkopfchen' Lycopersicon lycopersicum ViburnumValley Comment Flowering crabapple 'Leprechaun' Malus ViburnumValley Comment Flowering crabapple 'Little Troll' Malus berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Brandywine (Sudduth Strain)' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Broad Ripple Currant' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Brown Berry' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Cherry Roma' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Cream Sausage' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Crnkovic Yugoslavian' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Currant Tomato 'Gold Rush Currant' Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Czech's Bush' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Czech Excellent Yellow' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Dr. Wyche's Yellow' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Druzba' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Earliana' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Federle' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Balchug Poljot' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Old German Pink' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Giant Syrian' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Bill Foster' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Gold Medal' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Golden Sunray' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Golden Gourmet Filler' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Green Grape' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Bustled Bedazzle' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Green Sausage' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Dan' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Fantasy Flash' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Hillbilly Potato Leaf' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Lisa Logan' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Marie's Bodega Sands' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Hungarian Heart' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Affection' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Auckland' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Italian Heirloom' lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Berlin' Saintpaulia weatherguesser Comment Red Grass Palm, Red Cabbage Palm 'Red Star' Cordyline australis ForrestGump Comment Strangler Fig Ficus aurea berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Isis Candy' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Jaune Flammee' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Bolero' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Large Red Cherry' lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Lemon Drop' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Bora Bora' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato, Long Tom 'Long Tom' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara California II' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Martino's Roma' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Cherry Tomato 'Mexico Midget' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Nebraska Wedding' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Nyagous' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Cezanne' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Opalka' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Orange Banana' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Cha Cha' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Plum Lemon' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Chagall' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Red Ponderosa' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Charleston' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Powers Heirloom' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Purple Russian' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Red Fig' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Riesentraube' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Roman Candle' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Rose' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Siberian' Lycopersicon lycopersicum dmac085 Comment Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Palace Purple' Heuchera micrantha berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Silvery Fir Tree' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Soldacki' Lycopersicon lycopersicum bluespiral Comment Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Speckled Roman' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Spitze' lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Striped Cavern' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Colorado' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Tasty Evergreen' lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Trophy' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Variegated' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Velvet Red' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Dallas' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Wapsipinicon Peach' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Tomato 'Wisconsin 55' Lycopersicon lycopersicum berrygirl Comment Watermelon 'Blacktail Mountain' Citrullus lanatus Badseed Image Daylily 'Anna Rose's Gift' (Hemerocallis ) passiflora_pink Image Snow Wreath (Neviusia alabamensis) Plantcrazii Image African Violet 'Hawaiian Pearl' (Saintpaulia ) Plantcrazii Image African Violet 'Marshlands' (Saintpaulia ) Badseed Image Daylily 'Raspberry Splash' (Hemerocallis ) ALTER_EGO Image Laelia, El Toro (Laelia anceps) mgarr Image Bushman's Tea, Khat, Qat, Cat, Miraa, Jaad (Catha edulis) ByndeweedBeth Image Merremia (Merremia sibirica) trilian15 Image Pond Lily Cactus 'German Empress' (Disocactus phyllanthoides) dale_a_gardener Image Purslane, Pigweed, Wild Portulaca, Little Hogweed, Pusley, Verdolaga (Portulaca oleracea) Xenomorf Image Echinocereus (Echinocereus scheeri subsp. gentryi) Xenomorf Image Furcraea (Furcraea hexapetala var. marginata) Xenomorf Image Thornless Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis) Xenomorf Image Thornless Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis) Xenomorf Image Agave Cactus, Prism Cactus, Cob Cactus (Leuchtenbergia principis) Xenomorf Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria crucigera) chrisw99 Image Dutch Hyacinth 'Bismarck' (Hyacinthus orientalis) delvalcarol Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Here's Heaven' (Iris ) Cretaceous Image Lace Fern (Microlepia strigosa) dale_a_gardener Image Yellow Prickly-Poppy (Argemone mexicana) kennedyh Image Floribunda Rose 'Phoenix First' (Rosa ) kennedyh Image Shrub Rose 'Pride of Mount Barker' (Rosa ) kennedyh Image Shrub Rose 'Pride of Mount Barker' (Rosa ) kennedyh Image Shrub Rose 'Pride of Mount Barker' (Rosa ) kennedyh Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Restless' (Rosa ) Cretaceous Image California Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum jordanii) Lenka_ Image Bloodflower, Swallow-wort, Butterfly Weed, Mexican Milkweed, Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) Lenka_ Image Bloodflower, Swallow-wort, Butterfly Weed, Mexican Milkweed, Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) princessyfs Image European Columbine, European Crowfoot, Granny's Bonnet 'Blue Star' (Aquilegia vulgaris) princessyfs Image European Columbine, European Crowfoot, Granny's Bonnet 'Blue Star' (Aquilegia vulgaris) ahmedegypt Image White Floss Silk Tree (Chorisia insignis) Texas_Doodlebug Image European Columbine, European Crowfoot, Granny's Bonnet 'Winky Red and White Double' (Aquilegia vulgaris) ALTER_EGO Image Kraal Aloe, Jackal's Tail Aloe (Aloe claviflora) Texas_Doodlebug Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Jurassic Park' (Iris ) Kelli Image Goldback Fern (Pityrogramma triangularis) Flicker Image bird's nest snake plant 'jade dwarf marginated' (sansevieria trifasciata hahnii) Flicker Image Devil's Tongue, Snake Plant (Sansevieria subspicata) delvalcarol Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Sunshine and Snow' (Iris ) bootandall Image Eastern Leatherwood, Pinkwood, Plumwood (Eucryphia moorei) bootandall Image Eastern Leatherwood, Pinkwood, Plumwood (Eucryphia moorei) bootandall Image Mason's Nerine (Nerine masoniorum) bootandall Image Mason's Nerine (Nerine masoniorum)

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Member Addition Description lizbeth75 Positive Antique Rose Emporium Joy Positive Garden Store-N-More Paul_PKPS Positive Pagoda Koi and Pond Supply, LLC LouC Positive Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants JewelsIntheKeys Negative Gardener's Choice wanderer2 Positive Michigan Bulb Steve_D Positive Camano Dahlias Steve_D Positive Accent Dahlias Steve_D Positive Alpen Gardens Steve_D Positive Corralitos Gardens DuffyW Positive Roslyn Nursery singfasola Positive Bluestone Perennials Camillia Positive Diane's Flower Seeds onenygardener Positive The Tasteful Garden tortfeasor Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. princessyfs Positive Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants prosodygardener Negative Select Seeds Antique Flowers jcsgreenthumb Positive Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) Arthura Neutral Bradeen Farm (formerly Beltane Gardens) gloryglory Positive Underwood Gardens (Grandma's Garden Catalog) Innisfree1912 Negative House of Masque AliciaDeNood Positive Lingle's Herbs downinmyback Negative Heirloom Acres Seeds

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Member Addition Description growin Positive Hollies for Gardeners

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 3, 2007