Dave's Garden Newsletter for November 13, 2008

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Eleanor Perenyi, American author)

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New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description gothqueen Comment Philodendron 'Fantasy' Philodendron Burle Marx gothqueen Comment Dendrobium Orchid Dendrobium bullenianum PeeperKeeper Comment Variegated Creeping Charlie, Variegated Gill-Over-the-Ground 'Variegata' Glechoma hederacea Joan Comment Shrub Rose, English Musk Rose 'Claire Austin' Rosa MotherNature4 Comment Cutleaf Groundcherry Physalis angustifolia ginger749 Comment Ghost Gum Corymbia papuana kimmy222 Comment Violet Sage, Ornamental Meadow Sage, Balkan Clary, Perennial Woodland Sage 'Blue Hill' Salvia nemorosa youngd24 Comment Ornamental Pepper 'Peppa Blanca' Capsicum annuum SingingWolf Comment Tecoma Stans 'Tangerine' Tecoma Suze_ Comment Softneck Creole Garlic 'Pescadero Red' Allium sativum Suze_ Comment Softneck Creole Garlic 'Labera Purple' Allium sativum Menk Comment Eastern Prickly Pear, Devil's Tongue, Low Prickly Pear Opuntia humifusa newhobby Comment Lily Turf, Lilyturf, Monkey Grass 'Big Blue' Liriope muscari goatens Comment Croton Codiaeum variegatum hespiris Comment Shoofly Plant, Apple of Peru 'Violacea' Nicandra physalodes rplingaltx Comment Red-leaf Giant Crinum, Poison Bulb, Giant Crinum Lily, Grand Crinum Lily, Spider Lily Crinum asiaticum var. procerum Joan Comment Miniature Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Strawberry Cream' Iris Tntigger Comment Arilbred Iris 'Big Daddy' Iris begoniacrazii Comment Tuberous Begonia 'Bertini' Begonia boliviensis turektaylor Image Daylily 'Chamonix' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Art Gallery Fringe' (Hemerocallis ) karams Image Boxelder, Box Elder Maple, Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo) jmlynn Image Orchid Tree (Bauhinia ramosissima) victorgardener Image Golden Dawn Redwood 'Goldrush' (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose, Cluster-flowered Rose 'Stretch Johnson' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose, Cluster-flowered Rose 'Stretch Johnson' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose 'Kiss of Fire' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose 'Kiss of Fire' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Seiko' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Polyantha Rose 'Frau Hedwig Koschel' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Polyantha Rose 'Frau Hedwig Koschel' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Polyantha Rose 'Frau Hedwig Koschel' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'My Sunshine' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'My Sunshine' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'My Sunshine' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Tea Rose 'Lady Hillingdon' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Apricot Twist' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Apricot Twist' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Gingerbread Man' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Gingerbread Man' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Gingerbread Man' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Gingerbread Man' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Incognito' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Incognito' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Incognito' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Incognito' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Sweet Revenge' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Sweet Revenge' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Sweet Revenge' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Sweet Revenge' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Sweet Revenge' (Rosa ) TUTMOS Image Swamp Sea Lavender (Limonium meyeri) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Southern Delight' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Southern Delight' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Southern Delight' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Copper Sunset' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Copper Sunset' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Copper Sunset' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Copper Sunset' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Copper Sunset' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Carmina Kordana' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Carmina Kordana' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Carmina Kordana' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Lipstick 'n' Lace' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Lipstick 'n' Lace' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Lipstick 'n' Lace' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Hoot Owl' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Hoot Owl' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Top Gun' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Top Gun' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose 'Topkapi Palace' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose 'Topkapi Palace' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose 'Topkapi Palace' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose 'Topkapi Palace' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Mother's Love' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Miniature Rose 'Mother's Love' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Lucy Cramphorn' (Rosa ) Suze_ Image Soft Neck Creole Garlic 'Ajo Rojo' (Allium sativum) Suze_ Image Soft Neck Creole Garlic 'Cuban Purple' (Allium sativum) Suze_ Image Softneck Creole Garlic 'Pescadero Red' (Allium sativum) Suze_ Image Softneck Creole Garlic 'Labera Purple' (Allium sativum) beckygardener Image Morning Glory, Grannyvine 'Blue Star' (Ipomoea tricolor) beckygardener Image Morning Glory, Grannyvine 'Blue Star' (Ipomoea tricolor) goatens Image Banana Croton 'Banana' (Codiaeum variegatum) pilotplants Image Hybrid Musk Rose 'Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler' (Rosa ) PeeperKeeper Image Variegated Creeping Charlie, Variegated Gill-Over-the-Ground 'Variegata' (Glechoma hederacea) booplants Image Tall Morning Glory 'Grandpa Ott's' (Ipomoea purpurea) PeeperKeeper Image Variegated Creeping Charlie, Variegated Gill-Over-the-Ground 'Variegata' (Glechoma hederacea) amaranto Image Jupiter's Beard, Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis barba-jovis) hespiris Image Shoofly Plant, Apple of Peru 'Violacea' (Nicandra physalodes) Kell Image Canary Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) Kell Image Canary Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) Kell Image Canary Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) Kell Image Canary Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) Kell Image Blue Echeveria (Echeveria glauca) palmbob Image Saucer Plant (Aeonium urbicum) ginger749 Image Snowy Mint Bush (Prostanthera nivea) ginger749 Image Snowy Mint Bush (Prostanthera nivea) ginger749 Image Snowy Mint Bush (Prostanthera nivea) ginger749 Image Snowy Mint Bush (Prostanthera nivea) Kell Image Echeveria (Echeveria ramilette) Tntigger Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Check It Out' (Iris ) Tntigger Image Tall bearded Iris 'Cheerful One' (Iris ) TUTMOS Image Swamp Sea Lavender (Limonium meyeri) palmbob Image Aechmea, Bromeliad (Aechmea mariae-reginae) palmbob Image Aechmea, Bromeliad (Aechmea mariae-reginae) palmbob Image Saucer Plant (Aeonium urbicum) palmbob Image Agave 'Blue Flame' (Agave ) palmbob Image Agave 'Blue Flame' (Agave ) palmbob Image Agave 'Blue Glow' (Agave ) palmbob Image Cow's Horn Agave, Lechuguilla Verde (Agave bovicornuta) palmbob Image Cow's Horn Agave, Lechuguilla Verde (Agave bovicornuta) palmbob Image Agave (Agave chazaroi) palmbob Image Agave (Agave chiapensis) palmbob Image Agave (Agave chiapensis) palmbob Image Agave (Agave dasylirioides) palmbob Image Agave 'Mediopicta' (Agave desmettiana) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Ada May Musick' (Hemerocallis ) palmbob Image Agave (Agave flexispina) palmbob Image Agave (Agave ghiesbreghtii) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Ada May Musick' (Hemerocallis ) palmbob Image Agave (Agave gigantensis) palmbob Image Agave (Agave guiengola) palmbob Image Agave (Agave impressa) palmbob Image Agave 'Green Steel' (Agave victoriae-reginae x macroacantha) palmbob Image Agave (Agave marmorata) palmbob Image Agave (Agave marmorata) palmbob Image Agave (Agave nizandensis) palmbob Image Agave (Agave titanota) palmbob Image Agave (Agave parryi var. truncata) palmbob Image Agave (Agave titanota) palmbob Image Agave 'Kichiokan Variegata' (Agave potatorum) BLOSSOMBUDDY Image Rough Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Winter Scouring Rush, Common Scouring Rush, Dutch Rush (Equisetum hyemale) palmbob Image Agave 'Mediopicta' (Agave weberi) BLOSSOMBUDDY Image Rough Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Winter Scouring Rush, Common Scouring Rush, Dutch Rush (Equisetum hyemale) palmbob Image Aloe 'Blue Pinwheel' (Aloe ) palmbob Image Aloe 'Blue Pinwheel' (Aloe ) palmbob Image Aloe 'Cynthia Giddy' (Aloe ) palmbob Image Aloe 'Cynthia Giddy' (Aloe ) Calif_Sue Image Plectranthus 'Emerald Lace' (Plectranthus oertendahlii) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe deltoideodonta) Calif_Sue Image Aloe (Aloe juvenna) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe castellorum) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe conifera) Calif_Sue Image Plectranthus 'Emerald Lace' (Plectranthus oertendahlii) Calif_Sue Image Plectranthus 'Emerald Lace' (Plectranthus oertendahlii) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe deserti) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe dhufarensis) palmbob Image Quiver Tree, Kokerboom (Aloe dichotoma) palmbob Image Quiver Tree, Kokerboom (Aloe dichotoma) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe elegans) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe flexilifolia) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe gariepensis) palmbob Image Aloe 'Goliath' (Aloe barberae x vaombe) palmbob Image Aloe 'Goliath' (Aloe barberae x vaombe) palmbob Image Aloe 'Goliath' (Aloe barberae x vaombe) palmbob Image Aloe 'Goliath' (Aloe barberae x vaombe) palmbob Image Aloe 'Hercules' (Aloe barberae x dichotoma) palmbob Image Aloe 'Hercules' (Aloe barberae x dichotoma) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe karasbergensis) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe lineata var. muirii) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe macrosiphon) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe macrosiphon) palmbob Image Large Chimanimani Aloe (Aloe munchii) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe namibensis) palmbob Image Aloe ''Pink Blush'' (Aloe ) palmbob Image Aloe ''Pink Blush'' (Aloe ) Calif_Sue Image Fish Geranium, Horseshoe Geranium, Zonal Geranium 'Vancouver Centennial' (Pelargonium x hortorum) palmbob Image Aloe ''Pink Blush'' (Aloe ) Kell Image Panda Plant, Pussy Ears 'Chocolate Soldier' (Kalanchoe tomentosa) Kell Image Panda Plant, Pussy Ears 'Chocolate Soldier' (Kalanchoe tomentosa) Kell Image Panda Plant, Pussy Ears 'Chocolate Soldier' (Kalanchoe tomentosa) Calif_Sue Image Alocasia 'Brian Williams' (Alocasia ) Calif_Sue Image Castor Bean, Caster Oil Plant 'Red Spire' (Ricinus communis) Calif_Sue Image Castor Bean, Caster Oil Plant 'Red Spire' (Ricinus communis) Calif_Sue Image Castor Bean, Caster Oil Plant 'Red Spire' (Ricinus communis) kennedyh Image Australian Pea Vine, Cape Sweet Pea, Okie Bean (Dipogon lignosus) kennedyh Image Australian Pea Vine, Cape Sweet Pea, Okie Bean (Dipogon lignosus) kennedyh Image Australian Pea Vine, Cape Sweet Pea, Okie Bean (Dipogon lignosus) Calif_Sue Image Castor Bean, Caster Oil Plant 'Red Spire' (Ricinus communis) kennedyh Image White Kunzea, Tick Bush (Kunzea ambigua) kennedyh Image Short Purple-flag (Patersonia fragilis) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Chamonix' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Cotillion Maiden' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Cotillion Maiden' (Hemerocallis ) gothqueen Image Philodendron 'Fantasy' (Philodendron Burle Marx) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Swirling Water' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Swirling Water' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Queen's Cape' (Hemerocallis )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description motorcop Positive Sooner Plant Farm (home of Imagine Backyard Trees®) Kittylover Positive eFlowerGarden charliepridham Neutral Robin Savill Clematis Specialist lsuplido Positive Buried Treasures JWB Positive Singing Oakes Garden joycemdodd Positive Tiny Treasures Nursery hem_iamy Positive Buggy Crazy a_customer Positive The Potting Shed Custom Made Window Boxes

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description ghanima Negative National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects & Spiders

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... November 13, 2008