Dave's Garden Newsletter for December 22, 2008

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Henry Mitchell, American gardener)

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New Botanary Words

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PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description goofybulb Comment Laeliocattleya Tainan City 'General' Laeliocattleya hespiris Comment Species X Iris 'Belle Promise' Iris gteditor Comment Soft Rush Juncus effusus pirl Comment Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Crested Surf' Iris ensata Malus2006 Comment Rhubarb, Pieplant, Da Huang Rheum rhabarbarum Malus2006 Comment Six-sided Stonecrop, Watch-chain Sedum Sedum sexangulare pirl Comment Daylily 'Enon' Hemerocallis curzio Comment Russet Potato 'Lemhi Russet' Solanum tuberosum BayAreaTropics Comment Golden Shrimp Plant, Lollipop Plant Pachystachys lutea curzio Comment Potato 'Lenape' Solanum tuberosum curzio Comment Potato 'Lumpers' Solanum tuberosum curzio Comment Potato 'Maroon Bells' Solanum tuberosum curzio Comment Potato 'Mountain Rose' Solanum tuberosum curzio Comment Potato 'Vitelotte Noire' Solanum tuberosum hespiris Comment Species X Iris 'Candid Paragon' Iris hespiris Comment Species X Iris 'Enfant Prodige' Iris htop Comment Anacua, Sandpaper Tree, Knockaway, Sugarberry Knockaway Ehretia anacua mannydas Comment Chinese Grapefruit, Pomelo, Pummelo, Pumello, Pamplemousse, Shaddock Citrus maxima Terry Comment Sebastiana, Mexican Jumping Bean Sebastiana pavoniana sanannie Comment Hosta 'Lakeside Coal Miner' Hosta cdrbuz Comment Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum turektaylor Comment Absinthe, Absinth, Wormwood, Mugwort Artemisia absinthium pirl Image Daylily 'Charming Charlie' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Charming Charlie' (Hemerocallis ) MOBigAl Image Blackberry Lily (Belamcanda flabellata) nipasyque Image Giant Rhubarb, Giant Gunnera, Dinosaur Food (Gunnera manicata) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Mean Mister Mustard' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Mean Mister Mustard' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Western Mugwort (Artemisia ludoviciana var. albula) turektaylor Image Western Mugwort (Artemisia ludoviciana var. albula) huha17 Image Pennywort Begonia, Miniature Pond Lily (Begonia hydrocotylifolia) huha17 Image Pennywort Begonia, Miniature Pond Lily (Begonia hydrocotylifolia) Malus2006 Image Large Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) Malus2006 Image American Wood Anemone, Nightcaps, Windflower (Anemone quinquefolia) pirl Image Daylily 'Awesome Candy' (Hemerocallis ) plantattraction Image Moses-in-a-Basket, Boatlily, Oyster Plant (Tradescantia spathacea) pirl Image Daylily 'Azure Violets' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Becky Lynn' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Brand New Beauty' (Hemerocallis ) Malus2006 Image American Mayapple, Mandrake Root (Podophyllum peltatum) turektaylor Image Nippon Lily, Sacred Lily (Rohdea japonica) Malus2006 Image Louisiana Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox, Wild Sweet William, Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) turektaylor Image Nippon Lily, Sacred Lily (Rohdea japonica) Syrumani Image Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant, Candletree, Candelabra Bush, Ringworm Tree (Senna alata) gtr1017 Image Peyote, Mescal Button, Dumpling Cactus (Lophophora williamsii) Malus2006 Image Marsh Marigold, Kingcup (Caltha palustris) pirl Image Daylily 'Cherry Valentine' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Gillian' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Dancing Shiva' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Dancing Shiva' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Dena Marie's Sister' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Dena Marie's Sister' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Creative Art' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Hot Toddy' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Lady Fingers' (Hemerocallis ) ViburnumValley Image Flowering Crabapple 'Lullaby' (Malus ) Terri1948 Image Fetterbush, Drooping Leucothoe 'Curly Red' (Leucothoe walteri) Terri1948 Image Drooping Leucothoe, Fetterbush, Dog Hobble 'Rainbow' (Leucothoe fontanesiana) Joan Image Potato 'Granola' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Great Northern' (Solanum tuberosum) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Crested Surf' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Crested Surf' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Crested Surf' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Crested Surf' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Crested Surf' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Crested Surf' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Crested Surf' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Crested Surf' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Crested Surf' (Iris ensata) Joan Image Potato 'Green Mountain' (Solanum tuberosum) pirl Image Daylily 'Double Purple Thrill' (Hemerocallis ) Malus2006 Image Rhubarb, Pieplant, Da Huang (Rheum rhabarbarum) pirl Image Daylily 'El Desperado' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'El Desperado' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'El Desperado' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Enon' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Enon' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Enon' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Enon' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Enon' (Hemerocallis ) evr Image Guava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba (Psidium guajava) evr Image Guava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba (Psidium guajava) LazLo Image Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Black Currant Swirl' (Datura metel) LazLo Image Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Black Currant Swirl' (Datura metel) LazLo Image Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Black Currant Swirl' (Datura metel) LazLo Image Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Black Currant Swirl' (Datura metel) LazLo Image Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Black Currant Swirl' (Datura metel) Joan Image Potato 'Gurney's Everbearing' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Haida' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Hambone' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Hampton' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Hankkijan Tuomas' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Heidzel Blue' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Hindenburg' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Houma' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Hudson' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Huinku' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Hunky' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Hunter' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Ilona' (Solanum tuberosum) goofybulb Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Starry Wind' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Potato 'Ilse's Northern German' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Inca Treasure' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Inca Treasure' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Indian Tlingit' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Iopride' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Irish Treasure' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Island Sunshine' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Itasca' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Jamtlands Vit' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Jossing' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'July' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Kandidat' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Karina' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Kasjuri' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Kasota' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'King Edward' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Kufri Jeevan' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Fingerling Potato 'La Ratte' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Laram Ajawiri' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Russet Potato 'Lemhi Russet' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Lenape' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Lumpers' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Maris Piper' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Maroon Bells' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Monona' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Mountain Rose' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Myatt's Ashleaf' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Vitelotte Noire' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Niska' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Norchip' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'O'Higgins Blue' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Oneida' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Ontario' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Fingerling Potato 'Ozette' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Papa Cacho' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Penobscot' (Solanum tuberosum) goofybulb Image Dai Orchid, Fried Egg Orchid (Dendrobium chrysotoxum) goofybulb Image Dai Orchid, Fried Egg Orchid (Dendrobium chrysotoxum) goofybulb Image Dai Orchid, Fried Egg Orchid (Dendrobium chrysotoxum) goofybulb Image Dai Orchid, Fried Egg Orchid (Dendrobium chrysotoxum) goofybulb Image Dai Orchid, Fried Egg Orchid (Dendrobium chrysotoxum) hankeat Image Echeveria 'Black Knight' (Echeveria ) hankeat Image Echeveria 'Black Knight' (Echeveria ) goofybulb Image Laeliocattleya Tainan City 'General' (Laeliocattleya ) goofybulb Image Laeliocattleya Tainan City 'General' (Laeliocattleya ) turektaylor Image Hybrid Gladiola 'Jester' (Gladiolus x hortulanus) turektaylor Image Hybrid Gladiola 'Jester' (Gladiolus x hortulanus) turektaylor Image Hybrid Gladiola 'Blue Beauty' (Gladiolus x hortulanus) shabbyaby Image San Pedro Macho (Echinopsis peruviana) mannydas Image Chinese Grapefruit, Pomelo, Pummelo, Pumello, Pamplemousse, Shaddock (Citrus maxima) htop Image Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana) htop Image Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana) htop Image Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana) htop Image Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Prairie Noble' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Prairie Noble' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Prairie Glory' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Prairie Glory' (Iris ensata) sanannie Image Hosta 'Lakeside Coal Miner' (Hosta ) turektaylor Image Hosta 'Serendipity' (Hosta ) robcorreia Image Giant Leopard Plant 'Gigantea' (Farfugium japonicum) sanannie Image Hosta 'Lakeside Meter Maid' (Hosta ) robcorreia Image Giant Leopard Plant 'Gigantea' (Farfugium japonicum) turektaylor Image Hosta 'Serendipity' (Hosta ) turektaylor Image Absinthe, Absinth, Wormwood, Mugwort (Artemisia absinthium) turektaylor Image Hosta 'Shade Fanfare' (Hosta ) turektaylor Image Absinthe, Absinth, Wormwood, Mugwort (Artemisia absinthium) Kell Image Chilean Jasmine (Mandevilla laxa) Kell Image Chilean Jasmine (Mandevilla laxa) Kell Image Chilean Jasmine (Mandevilla laxa) Kell Image Chilean Jasmine (Mandevilla laxa) Kell Image Chilean Jasmine (Mandevilla laxa) Kell Image Chilean Jasmine (Mandevilla laxa) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Gracieuse' (Iris ensata) pirl Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Gracieuse' (Iris ensata) turektaylor Image Hosta 'Emerald Tiara' (Hosta ) turektaylor Image Hosta 'Emerald Tiara' (Hosta ) sanannie Image Hosta 'Lakeside Surf Rider' (Hosta ) Joan Image Potato 'Purple Peruvian' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Quarantina Bianca' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Rambling Rose' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Ranger Russet' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Raudar Islenskar' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Red Beauty' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Red Cloud' (Solanum tuberosum) Joan Image Potato 'Reddale' (Solanum tuberosum) turektaylor Image Hosta 'Frances Williams' (Hosta ) kennedyh Image Lemon Bottlebrush, Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus) kennedyh Image Lemon Bottlebrush, Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus) kennedyh Image Lemon Bottlebrush, Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus) kennedyh Image Weeping Bottle Brush (Callistemon viminalis) kennedyh Image Weeping Bottle Brush (Callistemon viminalis) pirl Image Daylily 'Japanese Brocade' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Japanese Brocade' (Hemerocallis ) heinie Image Cyrtanthus (Cyrtanthus obliquus) pirl Image Daylily 'Haidee' (Hemerocallis ) DawnLL Image Late, Large-Flowered Clematis 'John Huxtable' (Clematis ) DawnLL Image Late, Large-Flowered Clematis 'John Huxtable' (Clematis ) DawnLL Image Early, Large-flowered Clematis 'Nelly Moser' (Clematis ) turektaylor Image Hosta (Hosta venusta) DawnLL Image Early, Large-flowered Clematis 'Nelly Moser' (Clematis ) DawnLL Image Clematis 'Comtesse De Bouchaud' (Clematis ) DawnLL Image Clematis 'Comtesse De Bouchaud' (Clematis )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description lgault Negative Uncle Jim's Worm Farm lakesidecallas Negative Viola Valley Wildflowers momma24 Negative Specialty Perennials kirstens Negative Growquest, A Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC Company (also dba CA Plant & Floral Wholesale)

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... December 22, 2008