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PlantFiles Photo of the Day   Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica By MG

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Member Addition Description spookoze Comment Money Tree, Malabar Chestnut, Guyana (Guiana) Chestnut, Provision Tree, French Peanut Pachira aquatica berrygirl Comment Watermelon 'Chelsea' Citrullus lanatus berrygirl Comment Watermelon 'Chris-Cross' Citrullus lanatus berrygirl Comment Citron Watermelon 'Red Seeded Citron' Citrullus lanatus Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Degas II' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Watermelon 'Cream of Saskatchewan' Citrullus lanatus Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara EverLove' Saintpaulia ionantha berrygirl Comment Watermelon 'Golden Midget' Citrullus lanatus berrygirl Comment Watermelon 'Melitopolski' Citrullus lanatus berrygirl Comment Watermelon 'Mountain Sweet Yellow Flesh' Citrullus lanatus berrygirl Comment Watermelon 'Orangeglo' Citrullus lanatus berrygirl Comment Watermelon 'Picnic' Citrullus lanatus berrygirl Comment Watermelon 'Small Shining Light' Citrullus lanatus berrygirl Comment Watermelon 'Sweet Siberian' Citrullus lanatus Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara EverPraise' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Fiji' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Flamenco' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Anise Pimpinella anisum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Florida' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Lemon Basil 'Mrs. Burns' Ocimum basilicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Florida II' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Basil 'Thai' Ocimum basilicum Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Friendship' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Lemon Mint, Lemon Balm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Bee Balm, Beebalm Monarda citriodora Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Gemini' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Helsinki' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Houston' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Hula Hula' Saintpaulia berrygirl Comment Dill 'Grandma Einck's' Anethum graveolens Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Idaho II' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Jitterbug' Saintpaulia JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Spellbreaker' Iris Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Kansas II' Saintpaulia JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Saturday Night Live' Iris JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Stardust Memories' Iris Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Lambada' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Da Vinci' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Leonardo DaVinci' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Amethyst' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Apatite' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Arapahoe' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Azurite' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Cheyenne' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Chickasaw' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Comanche' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Creek' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Crow' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Diamond' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Hopi II' Saintpaulia Plantcrazii Comment African Violet 'Optimara Little Inca' Saintpaulia hdiodati Comment Cardboard Palm Zamia furfuracea dale_a_gardener Comment Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Stella Red' Solenostemon scutellarioides Lily_love Comment Yellow Trumpet Vine, Yellow Trumpet Creeper 'Flava' Campsis radicans Lily_love Comment Giant Rhubarb, Giant Gunnera, Dinosaur Food Gunnera manicata BayAreaTropics Comment Cardboard Palm Zamia furfuracea MungieCat Comment Cardboard Palm Zamia furfuracea berrygirl Comment Bronze Fennel 'Smokey' Foeniculum vulgare berrygirl Comment Golden Marguerite, Dyer's Chamomile 'Kelwayi' Anthemis tinctoria berrygirl Comment Lovage 'Magnus' Levisticum officinale berrygirl Comment Giant Italian Parsley, Flat-Leaf Parsley 'Prezzemolo Gigante d'Italia' Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum Lily_love Comment Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin Caesalpinia pulcherrima berrygirl Comment Parsley 'Triple Curled' Petroselinum hortensis berrygirl Comment Hollyhock 'Nigra' Alcea rosea berrygirl Comment Hollyhock Alcea rosea var. nigra berrygirl Comment Hollyhock 'Black Knight' Alcea rosea var. nigra berrygirl Comment Hollyhock 'The Watchman' Alcea rosea var. nigra berrygirl Comment Hollyhock 'Nigrita' Alcea rosea RHSJONES Comment Diascia, Twinspur 'Pink Adobe' Diascia integerrima shive Comment Daylily 'Seti' Hemerocallis berrygirl Comment Hollyhock 'Outhouse' Alcea rosea berrygirl Comment Amaranth, Amaranthus 'Molten Fire' Amaranthus gangeticus berrygirl Comment Pot Marigold, English Marigold 'Indian Prince' Calendula officinalis berrygirl Comment China Aster 'Matsumoto Mix' Callistephus chinensis berrygirl Comment Bachelor's Button, Cornflower 'Blue Boy' Centaurea cyanus berrygirl Comment Painted Daisy, Tricolor Chrysanthemum 'Court Jester Mix' Ismelia carinata berrygirl Comment Dwarf Red Plains Coreopsis, Calliopsis 'Mahogany Midget' Coreopsis tinctoria berrygirl Comment Burridges Greenthread, Burridge's Green-thread 'Brunette' Thelesperma burridgeanum berrygirl Comment Common Cosmos, Mexican Aster 'Sensation Mix' Cosmos bipinnatus berrygirl Comment Common Cosmos, Mexican Aster 'Seashells' Cosmos bipinnatus berrygirl Comment Cosmos 'Diablo' Cosmos sulphureus berrygirl Comment Drumsticks, Billy Buttons Craspedia globosa berrygirl Comment Chinese Forget-Me-Not 'Firmament' Cynoglossum amabile berrygirl Comment Sweet William 'Wee Willie' Dianthus JoanJ Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Firebreather' Iris berrygirl Comment Superb Pink 'Rainbow Loveliness' Dianthus superbus ccjacko1910 Comment Moonflower, Moon Vine Ipomoea alba saskboy Comment Plume Poppy, Bocconia Macleaya cordata Plantcrazii Image African Violet 'Elevien' (Saintpaulia ) Plantcrazii Image African Violet 'Rhapsodie Susi' (Saintpaulia ) Plantcrazii Image African Violet 'Kosmicheskaia Legenda 2' (Saintpaulia ionantha) Badseed Image Daylily 'Forsyth Flaming Snow' (Hemerocallis ) ALTER_EGO Image Blue Columnar Cactus, Facheiro, Facheiro Azul, Mandacarú de Facho (Pilosocereus pachycladus) ALTER_EGO Image Aloe (Aloe sinkatana) delvalcarol Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Dance With Me' (Iris ) delvalcarol Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Northward Ho' (Iris ) Cretaceous Image Japanese Holly Fern 'Rochfordianum' (Cyrtomium falcatum) Cretaceous Image Leatherleaf Fern, Leathery Shield-fern, Shield Hare's Foot (Rumohra adiantiformis) princessyfs Image European Columbine, European Crowfoot, Granny's Bonnet 'Blue Star' (Aquilegia vulgaris) princessyfs Image Yellow Jessamine, Carolina Yellow Jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) delvalcarol Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Ballet Royale' (Iris ) Texas_Doodlebug Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Jurassic Park' (Iris ) ALTER_EGO Image Noble Aloe, Zimbabwe Aloe (Aloe excelsa) einaudi Image Popenoe begonia (Begonia popenoei) einaudi Image White Elephant Palm, King Thai Palm (Kerriodoxa elegans) Cretaceous Image Western Bracken Fern, Brake, Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) dale_a_gardener Image Saw Palmetto, Scrub Palmetto, Silver Saw Palmetto 'Cinerea' (Serenoa repens) dale_a_gardener Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Stella Red' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) cactus_lover Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) cactus_lover Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) cactus_lover Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) cactus_lover Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) Xenomorf Image Milk Bush, Pencil Euphorbia, Rubber Hedge Euphorbia (Euphorbia tirucalli) Xenomorf Image Milk Bush, Pencil Euphorbia, Rubber Hedge Euphorbia (Euphorbia tirucalli) Xenomorf Image Milk Bush, Pencil Euphorbia, Rubber Hedge Euphorbia (Euphorbia tirucalli) Xenomorf Image Ocotillo (Fouquieria burragei) Xenomorf Image Bushman Candle, Groot Kersbos (Sarcocaulon crassicaule) Xenomorf Image Bushman Candle, Groot Kersbos (Sarcocaulon crassicaule) sammigirl Image Daylily 'Silken Touch' (Hemerocallis ) sammigirl Image Daylily 'Chorus Line' (Hemerocallis ) sammigirl Image Daylily 'Mariska' (Hemerocallis ) aztropic Image Cherry Palm, Wine Palm (Pseudophoenix vinifera) aztropic Image Cherry Palm, Wine Palm (Pseudophoenix vinifera) aztropic Image Dominican Cherry Palm, Cacheo de Oviedo (Pseudophoenix ekmanii) giancarlo Image 'Santa Leopoldina ll' (Philodendron ) giancarlo Image Bromeliad 'Sunshine' (Neoregelia ) giancarlo Image Begonia 'Paul Hernandez' (Begonia ) 0112 Image Fragrant Ixora (Ixora odorata) ladygardener1 Image Lantana (Lantana camara) cactus_lover Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) cactus_lover Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) cactus_lover Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) cactus_lover Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) cactus_lover Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) cactus_lover Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) blacktippedsoul Image African Milk Tree (Euphorbia trigona) kennedyh Image Shrub Rose 'Squatter's Dream' (Rosa ) kennedyh Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'St.Brigid’s Rose' (Rosa ) kennedyh Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'St.Brigid’s Rose' (Rosa ) kennedyh Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Stephanie Jo' (Rosa ) kennedyh Image Polyantha Rose 'Suitor' (Rosa ) ladygardener1 Image Silver Sage (Salvia argentea) shive Image Daylily 'Seti' (Hemerocallis ) dale_a_gardener Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Purple Emperor' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) Sheila_FW Image Rose of Sharon, Althea (Hibiscus syriacus) pflug Image Kordesii Rose, Shrub Rose 'Dortmund' (Rosa ) pflug Image Hybrid Multiflora 'Ghislaine de Feligonde' (Rosa ) pflug Image Hybrid Musk Rose 'Ballerina' (Rosa )

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Member Addition Description bethie7 Positive Exotic Herbs: A compendium of exceptional culinary herbs Bellisgirl Positive The Abundant Garden

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 4, 2007