Dave's Garden Newsletter for August 27, 2008

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New Botanary Words

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PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description KSBaptisia Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Dream Lord' Iris jhuot Comment Tomato 'Jet Star' Lycopersicon lycopersicum anglnwhite Comment Smoke Tree 'Purpureus' Cotinus coggygria CactusJordi Comment Madagascar Ocotillo, Madagascan Ocotillo, African Ocotillo Alluaudia procera CactusJordi Comment Pelargonium Pelargonium radicatum CactusJordi Comment Pelargonium Pelargonium luteolum CactusJordi Comment Othonna Othonna cakilifolia Little_things Comment Spiny Aloe, Uitenhage Aloe Aloe africana Little_things Comment Graskop Aloe Aloe alooides Little_things Comment Clanwilliam Aloe Aloe comosa Hemophobic Comment Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Blaumiese' Hydrangea macrophylla grannymarsh Comment Formal Decorative Dahlia 'Maltby Pearl' Dahlia grannymarsh Comment Semi-Cactus Dahlia 'Ivory Palaces' Dahlia philotea Comment Vietnamese Coriander Persicaria odorata joycehome Comment Peach-Leaf Bellflower, Peach-Leaved Bellflower 'La Belle' Campanula persicifolia philotea Comment Spotted Lady's Thumb, Red Shank, Crab's Claw, Lady's Pinch, Redleg, Peachwort, Kiss Me Over The Gard Persicaria maculosa philotea Comment Purple Velvet Plant, Purple Passion Vine Gynura sarmentosa AnalogDog Comment Crocosmia 'Lucifer' Crocosmia AnalogDog Comment Christmas Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Zygocactus Schlumbergera x buckleyi CurtisJones Comment Bread Wheat, Hard Red Winter Wheat, Wheatgrass Triticum aestivum CurtisJones Comment Amaranth, Grain 'Burgundy' Amaranthus hypochondriacus AnalogDog Comment String of Beads, String of Pearls Senecio herreianus beautifulchaos Comment Japanese Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycas, Sago Palm Cycas revoluta zone10 Comment Bush Morning Glory, Morning Glory Tree, Badoh Negro, Borrachero, Matacabra Ipomoea carnea Kalpavriksha Comment Milk Bush, Pencil Euphorbia, Rubber Hedge Euphorbia Euphorbia tirucalli Jan_Calif Comment Daylily 'Seance' Hemerocallis figaro52 Comment Daylily 'Rosy Returns' Hemerocallis CactusJordi Comment Cyphostemma Cyphostemma oleraceum JulieQ Comment Devil's Grandmother Elephantopus tomentosus CactusJordi Comment Cistanthe Cistanthe guadalupensis Sandcruiser Comment Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida littledogsmama Comment Flowering Maple, Chinese Bell Flower, Chinese Lantern 'Savitzii' Abutilon C_Pedrick Comment Hardy Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica C_Pedrick Comment Fuchsia 'Preston Guild' Fuchsia C_Pedrick Comment Fuchsia 'Quasar' Fuchsia turektaylor Image Daylily 'Age Of Miracles' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Age Of Miracles' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Age Of Miracles' (Hemerocallis ) passiflora_pink Image Devil's Grandmother (Elephantopus tomentosus) passiflora_pink Image Devil's Grandmother (Elephantopus tomentosus) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Bradley Bernard' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Barbara Mitchell' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Barbara Mitchell' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Fire And Fog' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Big Time Happy' (Hemerocallis ) echoes Image Daylily 'Pink Beacon' (Hemerocallis ) echoes Image Asiatic Lily 'Angela North' (Lilium ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Alabama Jubilee' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Alabama Jubilee' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Only Believe' (Hemerocallis ) urgrace Image Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Orange-eye Butterfly Bush 'Nanho Purple' (Buddleja davidii var. nanhoensis) urgrace Image Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Orange-eye Butterfly Bush 'Nanho Purple' (Buddleja davidii var. nanhoensis) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Grand Old Flag' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Desperado Love' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Desperado Love' (Hemerocallis ) echoes Image Daylily 'Free Spirit' (Hemerocallis ) echoes Image Daylily 'Double Gardenia' (Hemerocallis ) urgrace Image Oleander (Nerium oleander) echoes Image Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Hunter' (Rosa ) CactusJordi Image Bushman Candle, Groot Kersbos (Sarcocaulon crassicaule) CactusJordi Image Bushman Candle, Groot Kersbos (Sarcocaulon crassicaule) cedarnest Image Cape Primrose 'Bristol's Smelly Cat' (Streptocarpus ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Dragon King' (Hemerocallis ) C_Pedrick Image Fuchsia 'Waltz Gigolo' (Fuchsia ) C_Pedrick Image Fuchsia 'Chaquitta Maria' (Fuchsia ) C_Pedrick Image Fuchsia 'Lycioides' (Fuchsia ) pbyrley Image Swamp Milkweed, Rose Milkweed, Red Milkweed, Swamp Silkweed, White Indian Hemp (Asclepias incarnata) echoes Image Shrub Rose 'Yellow Submarine' (Rosa ) KSBaptisia Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Dream Lord' (Iris ) CactusJordi Image Decaryia (Decarya madagascariensis) CactusJordi Image Decaryia (Decarya madagascariensis) CactusJordi Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia spinea) CactusJordi Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia spinea) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Bristol Fashion' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Bristol Fashion' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Brookwood Lee Causey' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Brookwood Lee Causey' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Butter Dish' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Buttered Popcorn' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Butterfly Encounter' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Canadian Border Patrol' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Carrot Crest' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Catherine Woodbery' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Easter Sunday' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Dancing On Air' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Decatur Dictator' (Hemerocallis ) pford1854 Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis calochlora) pford1854 Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis calochlora) pford1854 Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis calochlora) Riverland Image Daylily 'King Of Glory' (Hemerocallis ) echoes Image Asiatic Lily 'Katinka' (Lilium ) echoes Image Camassia 'Blue Danube' (Camassia leichtlinii) LindaTX8 Image American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) anglnwhite Image Floribunda, Cluster Flowered Rose 'Vavoom' (Rosa ) CactusJordi Image Alluaudia (Alluaudia humbertii) CactusJordi Image Alluaudia (Alluaudia humbertii) CactusJordi Image Madagascar Ocotillo, Madagascan Ocotillo, African Ocotillo (Alluaudia procera) CactusJordi Image Pelargonium (Pelargonium radicatum) CactusJordi Image Pelargonium (Pelargonium radicatum) echoes Image Asiatic Lily 'Gold Dwarf' (Lilium ) CactusJordi Image Pelargonium (Pelargonium crassipes) CactusJordi Image Pelargonium (Pelargonium luteolum) CactusJordi Image Cactus Geranium, Sweetheart Geranium, Prickly Stemmed Pelargonium (Pelargonium echinatum) CactusJordi Image Alluaudiopsis (Alluaudiopsis fiherenensis) CactusJordi Image Alluaudiopsis (Alluaudiopsis fiherenensis) CactusJordi Image Pelargonium (Pelargonium appendiculatum) CactusJordi Image Pelargonium (Pelargonium appendiculatum) altagardener Image Longtube Ipomopsis (Ipomopsis macrosiphon) altagardener Image Longtube Ipomopsis (Ipomopsis macrosiphon) CactusJordi Image Othonna (Othonna cakilifolia) CactusJordi Image Othonna (Othonna cakilifolia) CactusJordi Image Othonna (Othonna cakilifolia) CactusJordi Image Othonna (Othonna cakilifolia) altagardener Image Herbaceous, Integrifolia Clematis 'Pamiat Serdtsa' (Clematis ) robcorreia Image Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Apricot Moonflower' (Brugmansia versicolor) robcorreia Image Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Apricot Moonflower' (Brugmansia versicolor) cactus_lover Image Variegated Flax Lily 'Variegata' (Dianella tasmanica) Lilypon Image Pumpkin/Winter Squash 'Full Moon' (Cucurbita maxima) grannymarsh Image Formal Decorative Dahlia 'Maltby Pearl' (Dahlia ) grannymarsh Image Decorative Dahlia 'Bonaventure' (Dahlia ) grannymarsh Image Semi-Cactus Dahlia 'Ivory Palaces' (Dahlia ) mochimo Image Welwitschia, Wonderplant (Welwitschia mirabilis) ViolaValley Image Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) ViolaValley Image Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) ViolaValley Image Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) ViolaValley Image Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) echoes Image Miniature Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Grandma's Hat' (Iris ) CurtisJones Image Bread Wheat, Hard Red Winter Wheat, Wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum) CurtisJones Image Amaranth, Grain 'Burgundy' (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) AnalogDog Image String of Beads, String of Pearls (Senecio herreianus) zone10 Image Bush Morning Glory, Morning Glory Tree, Badoh Negro, Borrachero, Matacabra (Ipomoea carnea) cactus_lover Image Butterfly Pea, Blue Pea Vine (Clitoria ternatea) CactusJordi Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia handiensis) CactusJordi Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia handiensis) CactusJordi Image Chupe Sangre, Siempre Verde, Yerba del Guanaco (Maihuenia patagonica) CactusJordi Image Alluaudiopsis (Alluaudiopsis fiherenensis) CactusJordi Image Alluaudiopsis (Alluaudiopsis fiherenensis) CactusJordi Image Cyphostemma (Cyphostemma oleraceum) CactusJordi Image Cyphostemma (Cyphostemma oleraceum) CactusJordi Image Cyphostemma (Cyphostemma betiforme) CactusJordi Image Cistanthe (Cistanthe guadalupensis) CactusJordi Image Cistanthe (Cistanthe guadalupensis) CactusJordi Image Cistanthe (Cistanthe guadalupensis) CactusJordi Image Cistanthe (Cistanthe guadalupensis) CactusJordi Image Cistanthe (Cistanthe guadalupensis) CactusJordi Image Adenia (Adenia hastata subsp. glandulifera) CactusJordi Image Adenia (Adenia hastata subsp. glandulifera) Farmerdill Image Bell Pepper 'La Rouge Royale' (Capsicum annuum) Farmerdill Image Bell Pepper 'La Rouge Royale' (Capsicum annuum) kennedyh Image Narrow-leaved Lilly Pilly (Acmena smithii) kennedyh Image Narrow-leaved Lilly Pilly (Acmena smithii) kennedyh Image Narrow-leaved Lilly Pilly (Acmena smithii) kennedyh Image Climbing Corydalis (Corydalis claviculata) kennedyh Image Yellow Corydalis (Corydalis lutea)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description obliqua Positive Northfield Nursery LLC mysterypoodle Positive Oakes Daylilies greenthumb45 Positive Ison's Nursery & Vineyard chutchut Negative Jackson & Perkins mittsy Positive Siberian Iris Gardens CandL Positive Gardens Alive! dgillbee Negative Wormman's Worm Farm DitchLily206 Positive Gemini Garden Marilynbeth Positive Winterberry Gardens Linda_Iowa Positive Easyliving Native Perennial Wildflowers Twonewfs Neutral Gardener's Supply Company roseimp Positive Seeds of Italy (Franchi) iris28 Positive Made in the Shade Gardens julsie Positive New Hope Seed Company barbie10 Positive Vivaces Nordiques enr. roflcopters Neutral Gardens Alive! Cretaceous Positive Ecologel Solutions, LLC runaway956 Positive Flora Exotica ncdirtdigger Positive Diane's Flower Seeds mms_spokane Negative Summerstone Nursery ms_spokane Negative Autumn Ridge Nursery (aka autumnridgenursery.com)

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... August 27, 2008