Dave's Garden Newsletter for October 2, 2008

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Hugh Johnson)

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Games 248 posts Poultry and Livestock 219 posts Brugmansias 199 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 181 posts Mid-South Gardening 154 posts Northeast Gardening 103 posts Plant and Tree Identification 99 posts Florida Gardening 78 posts Texas Gardening 77 posts Roses 76 posts PlantFiles Pictures 72 posts Southwest Gardening 72 posts Daylilies 69 posts Pets 66 posts Bird Watching 62 posts Sustainable Alternatives 55 posts Irises 52 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 50 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 49 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 46 posts Australian Gardening 45 posts Happy Birthday 43 posts Wildlife 40 posts Morning Glories 39 posts Tropical Plants 37 posts Canadian Gardening 37 posts Photos 36 posts Cacti and Succulents 32 posts Plant Trading 25 posts Recipes 24 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 23 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 23 posts Rocky Mountain Gardening 23 posts Orchids 22 posts Saving Seeds 22 posts Self-contained Box Gardens 21 posts Cut Flowers and Floral Design 21 posts Propagation 21 posts Beginner Houseplants 21 posts Weather 20 posts Perennials 19 posts Insect and Spider Identification 18 posts Healthy Living 17 posts California Gardening 17 posts Antiques and Collectibles 17 posts Hoyas 17 posts Vines and Climbers 16 posts Bulbs 16 posts Carolina Gardening 15 posts Equine Forum 15 posts Hibiscus 14 posts Cottage Gardening 14 posts Sewing and Quilting 14 posts Cooking 14 posts Bird Identification 12 posts Trash to Treasure 11 posts Michigan Gardening 11 posts Tomatoes 11 posts Fragrant Gardening 10 posts Organic Gardening 10 posts Seed Trading 10 posts Coleus 9 posts Soil and Composting 9 posts Vegetable Gardening 9 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 9 posts Books, Movies, and TV 8 posts Dahlias 8 posts Herbs 8 posts Indoor Gardening and Houseplants 8 posts Orchid Cactus 8 posts Cameras and Photography 8 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 7 posts Heucheras and Friends 7 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 6 posts Shady Gardens 6 posts Georgia Gardening 6 posts Caudiciforms 6 posts Voting Booth 5 posts Strawbale Gardening 5 posts Beginner Vegetables 5 posts Passifloras 5 posts Palms and Cycads 5 posts Canning, Freezing and Drying 5 posts DG Journals and Diaries 5 posts Aroids 5 posts Jokes & Humor 5 posts Hostas 5 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 4 posts Gingers 4 posts Central Midwest Gardening 4 posts Beginner Flowers 4 posts Home Decorating 4 posts Seed Germination 4 posts Coneflowers 4 posts Peppers 3 posts Water Gardens 3 posts BugFiles Pictures 3 posts Clematis 3 posts Container Gardening 3 posts Amaryllis and Hippeastrums 3 posts Fruits and Nuts 3 posts Roundup Pictures 3 posts Ferns, Fungi and Mosses 2 posts Woodworking 2 posts Garden Talk 2 posts Test 2 posts Bromeliads 2 posts Plumerias 2 posts Mosaics and Stained Glass 2 posts Caregivers 2 posts Daturas 1 post Home Repairs and Maintenance 1 post Upper Midwest Gardening 1 post Gladiolas 1 post DG Marketplace 1 post Cannas 1 post Master Gardeners 1 post Garden Products 1 post Begonias 1 post Market Growers 1 post Walls and Trim: paints, stains and faux finishes 1 post Lilies 1 post Hydrangeas 1 post Japanese Maples 1 post Needle Arts 1 post BugFiles How-to's 1 post Annuals 1 post Terrarium Gardening 1 post Bloom.com Photos 1 post Gardening by the Moon 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description curzio Comment Potato 'Achirana' Solanum tuberosum curzio Comment Fingerling Potato 'Lady Finger' Solanum tuberosum certified Comment False Indigo, Wild Indigo 'Solar Flare Prairieblues' Baptisia pajaritomt Comment Sticky Aster, Purple Tansy Aster, Bigelow's Tansy Aster Machaeranthera bigelovii Alfredpt Comment Daylily 'Tante Ju' Hemerocallis curzio Comment Potato 'Adirondack Blue' Solanum tuberosum Pamgarden Comment Tea Plant 'Rosea' Camellia sinensis curzio Comment Potato 'Alaska Red Eye' Solanum tuberosum Strazil Comment Chinese Wisteria Wisteria sinensis Iris_California Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Hawaiian Rain' Iris bootandall Comment Clematis paniculata Clematis paniculata LoboLoco Comment Silver Dollar Prickly Pear, Dinner Plate Cactus Opuntia robusta atrotasha Comment Columnea Columnea erythrophaea SueME Comment Asiatic Lily 'Belo Horizonte' Lilium robcorreia Comment Night Blooming Jasmine, Night Scented Jessamine, Queen of the Night Cestrum nocturnum curzio Comment Fingerling Potato 'Rose Finn Apple' Solanum tuberosum pajaritomt Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Double Your Fun' (Iris ) angele Image Sonoran Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena sonorae) joeswife Image Common Ivy, English Ivy 'Thorndale' (Hedera helix) Gustichock Image False Beech, Coigue (Nothofagus dombeyi) Krisko101 Image Star Grass, Star Rush, White Topped Sedge (Dichromena colorata) ginger749 Image Round-leaved Phebalium (Phebalium rotundifolium) Gustichock Image False Beech, Coigue (Nothofagus dombeyi) wormfood Image Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) ByndeweedBeth Image Tomato 'Japanese Black Trifele' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) Dahlias_4_Me Image Incurving Cactus Dahlia 'Melody Gypsy' (Dahlia ) Dahlias_4_Me Image Incurving Cactus Dahlia 'Melody Gypsy' (Dahlia ) DaylilySLP Image Garden Phlox 'Eva Cullum' (Phlox paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Garden Phlox 'Eva Cullum' (Phlox paniculata) sweetstuff Image Madagascar Ocotillo, Madagascan Ocotillo, African Ocotillo (Alluaudia procera) DaylilySLP Image Garden Phlox 'Laura' (Phlox paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Garden Phlox 'Laura' (Phlox paniculata) Iris_California Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Hawaiian Rain' (Iris ) DaylilySLP Image Wild Sweet William, Meadow Phlox 'Natascha' (Phlox maculata) DaylilySLP Image Wild Sweet William, Meadow Phlox 'Natascha' (Phlox maculata) DaylilySLP Image Garden Phlox 'Pink Flame' (Phlox paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Garden Phlox 'Purple Flame' (Phlox paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Toad Lily 'Tojen' (Tricyrtis ) DaylilySLP Image Toad Lily 'Tojen' (Tricyrtis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Delayed Arrival' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Rainbow Spangles' (Hemerocallis ) pajaritomt Image Sticky Aster, Purple Tansy Aster, Bigelow's Tansy Aster (Machaeranthera bigelovii) pajaritomt Image Sticky Aster, Purple Tansy Aster, Bigelow's Tansy Aster (Machaeranthera bigelovii) bamagirl35973 Image Canna Lily 'Corsica' (Canna x generalis) bamagirl35973 Image Lance-leaf Caladium, Strap-Leaf Caladium 'Pink Symphony' (Caladium ) thomas63 Image Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower 'Meekerii' (Ipomoea alba) thomas63 Image Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower 'Meekerii' (Ipomoea alba) thomas63 Image Moonflower, Moon Vine, Giant White Moonflower 'Meekerii' (Ipomoea alba) sibhskylvr Image Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Day Dreams' (Brugmansia ) sibhskylvr Image Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Day Dreams' (Brugmansia ) ginger749 Image Umbrella Dracaena (Dianella ensifolia) ginger749 Image Umbrella Dracaena (Dianella ensifolia) ginger749 Image Umbrella Dracaena (Dianella ensifolia) ginger749 Image Umbrella Dracaena (Dianella ensifolia) ginger749 Image Umbrella Dracaena (Dianella ensifolia) bootandall Image Clematis paniculata (Clematis paniculata) ginger749 Image Crocosmia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) ginger749 Image Crocosmia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) ginger749 Image Crocosmia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) ginger749 Image Crocosmia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) cactus_lover Image Crape Jasmine, Crepe Jasmine 'variegata' (Tabernaemontana divaricata) cactus_lover Image Crape Jasmine, Crepe Jasmine 'variegata' (Tabernaemontana divaricata) cactus_lover Image Crape Jasmine, Crepe Jasmine 'variegata' (Tabernaemontana divaricata) MySharona Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Painted Lady' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) MySharona Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Painted Lady' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) MySharona Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Painted Lady' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) LiliMerci Image Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe Cactus, Night blooming Cereus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) masang Image Stromanthe 'Tricolor' (Stromanthe sanguinea) GardenGuyKin Image Kale 'Toscano' (Brassica oleracea) Betja Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Hawaiian Rain' (Iris ) LoboLoco Image Silver Dollar Prickly Pear, Dinner Plate Cactus (Opuntia robusta) cactus_lover Image Agave 'Kichiokan Mediopicta' (Agave potatorum) cactus_lover Image Agave 'Minor' (Agave potatorum) cactus_lover Image Queen Victoria Century Plant (Agave victoriae-reginae var.longifolia) Kylie2x Image Angel's Trumpet 'Dola' (Brugmansia ) judywitherrite Image Deodar Cedar 'Karl Fuchs' (Cedrus deodara) kennedyh Image Pink Beard-heath (Leucopogon ericoides) kennedyh Image Pink Beard-heath (Leucopogon ericoides) kennedyh Image Nepenthes (Nepenthes ventricosa) kennedyh Image Slender Rice-flower (Pimelea linifolia) kennedyh Image Slender Rice-flower (Pimelea linifolia) judywitherrite Image Deodar Cedar 'Karl Fuchs' (Cedrus deodara)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description ruthiesly2 Positive Rocky Mountain Austree, Inc. Gardener6302 Positive Pinetree Garden Seeds openspaces Positive Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery daldrich Negative Pernell Gerver nfulton Positive Bouncing Bear Botanicals LaLambchop Positive Daylilies By The Pond luvblueridgemtn Positive Bluebird Greenhouses toddottgardener Positive Cook's Carnivorous Plants gregkc Negative A-Z Tree & Shrub Wholesale Tennessee Nursery lindachip Positive Accents for Home and Garden (Pepper's Greenhouse) emerritt Neutral Nicholson's Woodland Iris Garden obliqua Positive Streambank Gardens ncdirtdigger Positive Homestead Farms

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description slatwood Positive Western Garden Book

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... October 2, 2008