Dave's Garden Newsletter for July 19, 2008

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- "Kermit the Frog" - a muppet created by the late Jim Henson)

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Games 786 posts Northeast Gardening 413 posts Daylilies 242 posts Pets 224 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 169 posts Plant and Tree Identification 142 posts Bird Watching 132 posts PlantFiles Pictures 113 posts Hostas 110 posts Roses 101 posts Florida Gardening 96 posts Southwest Gardening 94 posts Poultry and Livestock 93 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 83 posts Photos 70 posts Wildlife 68 posts Cacti and Succulents 67 posts Brugmansias 66 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 57 posts Coleus 54 posts Mid-South Gardening 54 posts Lilies 52 posts Heucheras and Friends 52 posts Water Gardens 49 posts Canadian Gardening 47 posts Texas Gardening 45 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 40 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 34 posts Cottage Gardening 32 posts Tropical Plants 31 posts Perennials 30 posts Bug and Insect Identification 29 posts Clematis 28 posts Vegetable Gardening 27 posts Happy Birthday 26 posts Trash to Treasure 26 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 26 posts Morning Glories 26 posts Tomatoes 24 posts Hibiscus 22 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 22 posts Coneflowers 22 posts Beginner Vegetables 21 posts Hoyas 21 posts Shady Gardens 20 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 20 posts Herbs 19 posts Frugal Living 18 posts Equine Forum 18 posts Vines and Climbers 18 posts Rocky Mountain Gardening 17 posts Container Gardening 17 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 16 posts Michigan Gardening 16 posts Canning and Freezing 16 posts Garden Design 15 posts Peppers 15 posts Hydrangeas 15 posts Tiny Gardens 15 posts Voting Booth 15 posts Orchids 14 posts Beginner Landscaping 13 posts Recipes 12 posts Plant Trading 11 posts Fragrant Gardening 11 posts Irises 11 posts Antiques and Collectibles 11 posts Rock and Alpine Gardening 10 posts Australian Gardening 10 posts Terrarium Gardening 10 posts Palms and Cycads 10 posts Georgia Gardening 10 posts Seed Trading 9 posts Welcome Mat 9 posts Agastaches and Salvias 9 posts Passifloras 9 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 9 posts Daturas 8 posts Accessible Gardening 8 posts Dahlias 8 posts Farm Life 8 posts Healthy Living 8 posts Vermicomposting 7 posts Plumerias 7 posts DG Marketplace 7 posts Grass and Bamboo 7 posts Hypertufa and Concrete 7 posts Seed Germination 6 posts Fruits and Nuts 6 posts Beginner Houseplants 6 posts Weather 6 posts Sustainable Alternatives 6 posts Aroids 6 posts Caudiciforms 6 posts Cut Flowers and Floral Design 6 posts Annuals 6 posts Ornamental Gourds 5 posts Heirloom Vegetables 5 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 5 posts Heating and Cooling Systems 5 posts Central Midwest Gardening 5 posts Propagation 5 posts Gingers 5 posts Bloom.com Photos 5 posts Bulbs 4 posts European Gardening 3 posts Strawbale Gardening 3 posts Sewing and Quilting 3 posts Beginner Flowers 3 posts Outdoor Grilling and Cooking 3 posts BugFiles How-to's 3 posts BugFiles Pictures 3 posts Rhododendrons and Relatives 2 posts Orchid Cactus 2 posts Bird Identification 2 posts Test 2 posts Carnivorous Plants 2 posts Soil and Composting 2 posts Artisans 2 posts Crafts and Decorating 2 posts Clean and Clutter-free 2 posts Bonsai 2 posts Books, Movies, and TV 2 posts Cameras and Photography 1 post Peonies 1 post Hydroponic Gardening 1 post Garden Art 1 post Computer Talk 1 post Home Budgets and Finances 1 post Floors and Coverings 1 post Carolina Gardening 1 post Saving Seeds 1 post Indoor Gardening and Houseplants 1 post Invasive Plants 1 post Ferns, Fungi and Mosses 1 post Soap and Candle-making 1 post Camping, Hiking and Boating 1 post Plumbing 1 post Winter Sowing 1 post Electrical and Lighting 1 post Amaryllis and Hippeastrums 1 post Foliage Plants 1 post Parenting 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description EstelleMirage Comment Daylily 'Banning' Hemerocallis SLO_Garden Comment Tomato 'Carbon' Lycopersicon lycopersicum mspollyester Comment Purple Velvet Plant, Purple Passion Vine, Purple Nettle Gynura aurantiaca pennefeather Comment Napiergrass, Elephant Grass 'Princess' Pennisetum purpureum dakotaroser Comment Burgundy Fountain Grass 'Burgundy Giant' Pennisetum macrostachyum dakotaroser Comment Fountain Grass 'Red Head' Pennisetum alopecuroides MiniPonyFarmer Comment Black-Eyed Susan, Orange Coneflower 'Goldsturm' Rudbeckia fulgida matejcurl Comment Oriental Lily 'Cassandra' Lilium Sequee Comment Tomato 'Three Sisters' Lycopersicon lycopersicum loufon Comment Mandevilla, Dipladenia Mandevilla splendens jennysgarden Comment Clematis 'Purpurea Plena Elegans' Clematis viticella adajean Comment Variegated Devil's Backbone, Japanese Poinsettia, Slipper Spurge, Redbird Cactus, Christmas Candle 'Variegatus' Pedilanthus tithymaloides dare2love Comment Daylily 'Final Touch' Hemerocallis dare2love Comment Daylily 'Going Bananas' Hemerocallis CMaverick Comment Daylily 'Camphor Flame' Hemerocallis Candyce Comment Daylily 'Happy Returns' Hemerocallis Candyce Comment Daylily 'Pardon Me' Hemerocallis Candyce Comment Daylily 'Razzmatazz' Hemerocallis Candyce Comment Daylily 'Ruffled Ruby' Hemerocallis Candyce Comment Daylily 'Bright Sunset' Hemerocallis AmandaTaylor7 Comment Chinese Lanterns, Japanese Lanterns, Fringed Rosemallow, Waltzing Ladies Hibiscus schizopetalus victorianblu Image San Francisco Wallflower (Erysimum franciscanum) creekwalker Image Bramble, Wild Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) saya Image Peruvian Zinnia (Zinnia peruviana) plantaholic186 Image Red Lady Fern 'Lady in Red' (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) plantaholic186 Image Red Lady Fern 'Lady in Red' (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) jardinquebecois Image Hollyhock (Alcea kurdica) jardinquebecois Image Hollyhock (Alcea kurdica) plantladylin Image Hoya 'DS-70' (Hoya ) plantladylin Image Hoya 'DS-70' (Hoya ) plantladylin Image Hoya, Wax Plant, Porcelain Flower 'Krinkle 8' (Hoya carnosa) plantladylin Image Hoya (Hoya brevialata) bigcityal Image Pot Marigold, English Marigold 'Kablouna Mix' (Calendula officinalis) colliwobbles Image Showy Stonecrop 'Xenox' (Sedum ) dmj1218 Image Coral Drops (Bessera elegans) bonitin Image Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) bonitin Image Hairy Willow-herb, Great Willowherb, Codlins and Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) bonitin Image Hairy Willow-herb, Great Willowherb, Codlins and Cream (Epilobium hirsutum) nanasharon Image Bloody Mary, Bloody William, Dusty Miller, Lychnis, Mullein Pinks, Rose Campion (Lychnis coronaria) sammigirl Image Carpathian Harebell, Carpathian Bellflower, Tussock Bellflower 'White Clips' (Campanula carpatica) sammigirl Image Carpathian Harebell, Carpathian Bellflower, Tussock Bellflower 'Blue Clips' (Campanula carpatica) JaxFlaGardener Image Root Beer Plant, Hoja Santa (Piper auritum) JaxFlaGardener Image Root Beer Plant, Hoja Santa (Piper auritum) Kylie2x Image Hibiscus 'Celia, Double Red' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) DebinSC Image Bear's Breeches (Acanthus mollis) DebinSC Image Hardy Ginger Lily 'Moy Giant' (Hedychium ) DebinSC Image Hardy Ginger Lily 'Moy Giant' (Hedychium ) stormyla Image Allwood Pinks, Modern Pinks 'Desmond' (Dianthus x allwoodii) stormyla Image Allwood Pinks, Modern Pinks 'Desmond' (Dianthus x allwoodii) jbsobe Image Bauhinia (Bauhinia rufescens) jbsobe Image Bauhinia (Bauhinia rufescens) jbsobe Image Bauhinia (Bauhinia rufescens) jbsobe Image Bauhinia (Bauhinia rufescens) stormyla Image Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle 'Red Rocket' (Lagerstroemia indica) stormyla Image False Sunflower, Rough Heliopsis, Orange Sunflower, Ox-Eye 'Summer Sun' (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) Calif_Sue Image Dwarf Morning Glory 'Royal Ensign' (Convolvulus tricolor) Calif_Sue Image Dwarf Morning Glory 'Royal Ensign' (Convolvulus tricolor) Calif_Sue Image Scarlet Hedge Nettle, Scarlet Hedgenettle, Seven-up Plant, Texas Betony, Texas Woundwort 'Pow Wow' (Stachys coccinea) Calif_Sue Image Snapdragon 'Chantilly Peach' (Antirrhinum majus) Calif_Sue Image Snapdragon 'Chantilly Peach' (Antirrhinum majus) Calif_Sue Image Snapdragon 'Chantilly Peach' (Antirrhinum majus) Calif_Sue Image Fan Flower, Fanflower 'Blue Wonder' (Scaevola aemula) Calif_Sue Image Fan Flower, Fanflower 'Blue Wonder' (Scaevola aemula) Calif_Sue Image Fan Flower, Fanflower 'Blue Wonder' (Scaevola aemula) palmbob Image Chaguar, Chaguaré, Tamomá (Deinacanthon urbanianum) palmbob Image Cassia (Cassia costata) palmbob Image Cassia (Cassia costata) palmbob Image Cassia (Cassia costata) palmbob Image Cerochlamys (Cerochlamys pachyphylla) palmbob Image Sangapilla Palm (Chamaedorea fragrans) palmbob Image (Cheiridopsis umdausensis) palmbob Image Cheiridopsis (Cheiridopsis pillansii) palmbob Image Copiapoa de Philippi (Copiapoa cinerea var. tenebrosa) palmbob Image Copiapoa (Copiapoa tenuissima f. monstrose) palmbob Image Copiapoa (Copiapoa tenuissima f. monstrose) palmbob Image Cotyledon (Cotyledon undulata) palmbob Image Crassula 'Coralita' (Crassula suzannae x falcata) palmbob Image Silver Beads (Crassula deltoides) palmbob Image Crassula (Crassula namaquensis) palmbob Image Crassula (Crassula perfoliata) palmbob Image Crassula (Crassula perfoliata) palmbob Image Crassula (Crassula pseudohemisphaerica) palmbob Image Rootspine Palm, Guáguara Palm, Broom Palm, Silver Star Palm (Cryosophila warscewiczii) palmbob Image Rootspine Palm, Guáguara Palm, Broom Palm, Silver Star Palm (Cryosophila warscewiczii) palmbob Image Rootspine Palm, Guáguara Palm, Broom Palm, Silver Star Palm (Cryosophila warscewiczii) palmbob Image Japanese Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycas, Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta) palmbob Image Japanese Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycas, Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta) palmbob Image California Cholla (Cylindropuntia californica) palmbob Image (Cyrtosperma hambalii) pepsie Image Daylily 'Sixth Sense' (Hemerocallis ) kniphofia Image Yarrow, Milfoil, Staunchweed, Sanguinary, Thousandleaf, Soldier's Woundwort 'Lavender Beauty' (Achillea millefolium) kniphofia Image Yarrow, Milfoil, Staunchweed, Sanguinary, Thousandleaf, Soldier's Woundwort 'Hoffnung' (Achillea ) kniphofia Image Geranium 'Wargrave Pink' (Geranium endressii) kniphofia Image Asiatic Primrose, Capitata Primula (Primula capitata) kniphofia Image Money Plant, Honesty, Bolbonac, Moonwort, Silver Dollar (Lunaria annua) palmbob Image Deuterocohnia, Bromiliad (Deuterocohnia longipetala) palmbob Image (Dyckia floribunda) palmbob Image (Dyckia odorata) palmbob Image Echeveria 'Blondie' (Echeveria ) palmbob Image Hen and Chicks (Echeveria elegans) palmbob Image 'Marjorie Pogue II' (Echeveria ) palmbob Image Echeveria 'Paul Bunyan' (Echeveria ) palmbob Image (Graptopetalum pachyphyllum) kniphofia Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Abbeyfield Rose' (Rosa ) kniphofia Image Yarrow, Milfoil, Staunchweed, Sanguinary, Thousandleaf, Soldier's Woundwort 'Salmon Beauty' (Achillea millefolium) kniphofia Image Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) kniphofia Image Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) kennedyh Image Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Peacock Flower, Gulmohar (Delonix regia) kennedyh Image Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Peacock Flower, Gulmohar (Delonix regia) kennedyh Image Spike Milkwort (Comesperma calymega) kennedyh Image Spike Milkwort (Comesperma calymega) kennedyh Image Spike Milkwort (Comesperma calymega) Xenomorf Image Trailing Milkweed, Rambling Milkweed (Sarcostemma hirtellum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description RedDevil67 Positive Plantation Products, Inc. fc_upland Negative Goodwin Creek Gardens westmeadowwind Neutral Heirloom Roses blktanman22 Negative Welp Hatchery figaro52 Positive Shadowood Iris Garden bropastor Positive DR Trimmer/Mower alan_headrick Positive Seeds, Leaves, and Flowers mcmama96 Positive North Hills Nursery net4tmi Negative Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) dregenspan Negative Neuton Mowers RhondaMue Positive Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants lexiblue Negative Central Florida Farms articlehost Negative Wormman's Worm Farm Loubelle48 Positive Collier's Garden organic_kitten Positive Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) egelhoff Positive Van Engelen, Inc. Jnette Positive Country Garden merpeg Positive Almost Eden Plants sawzallgrass Positive Zoysia Farm Nurseries bluecodycat Positive Willow Brook Acres

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... July 19, 2008