Dave's Garden Newsletter for January 17, 2009

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Geoff Hamilton, British writer, television gardener)

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New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description htop Comment Watson's False Clapdaisy Pseudoclappia watsonii pgt Comment Himalayan Geranium, Lilac Cranesbill 'Johnson's Blue' Geranium htop Comment Tropical Threefold Trixis inula htop Comment Mexican Arrowwood Viburnum australe frausnow Comment Yellow Scabiose, Yellow Cephalaria Cephalaria alpina htop Comment Necklace Pod Sophora tomentosa var. occidentalis htop Comment Coastal Seepweed Suaeda tampicensis ncowan2005 Comment Tomato 'Costoluto Genovese' Lycopersicon lycopersicum ncowan2005 Comment Tomato 'Tropic' Lycopersicon lycopersicum frausnow Comment Lily Turf, Lilyturf, Monkey Grass Liriope muscari htop Comment Trans-Pecos False Clapdaisy, Trans-Pecos False Clappia, Transpecos False Clapdaisy Pseudoclappia arenaria htop Comment Chinese Sweetplum Sageretia thea htop Comment Andean Senna Senna monozyx catcollins Comment Golden Creeping Jenny, Gold Moneywort 'Aurea' Lysimachia nummularia ncowan2005 Comment Tomato 'Principe Borghese' Lycopersicon lycopersicum ncowan2005 Comment Charentais Melon 'Noir des Carmes' Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis Farmerdill Comment Spinach 'Grandi' Spinacia oleracea Farmerdill Comment Leek 'Miracle' Allium porrum Farmerdill Comment Leek 'Previta' Spinacia oleracea Farmerdill Comment Lettuce, Romaine 'Mickey' Lactuca sativa wreinha Comment Pony Tail Palm, Bottle Palm, Monja, Palma culona Beaucarnea recurvata ncowan2005 Comment Beefsteak Plant, Shiso, Red Perilla 'Akashiso' Perilla frutescens Farmerdill Comment Lettuce, Butterhead 'Clemenza' Lactuca sativa Joan Comment Raspberry 'Redwing' Rubus idaeus Farmerdill Comment Spinach 'Bonbini' Spinacia oleracea Farmerdill Comment Spinach 'Yabi' Spinacia oleracea pixie62560 Image Daylily 'Twilight Illusion' (Hemerocallis ) echoes Image Daylily 'Dragon Fire Breath' (Hemerocallis ) echoes Image Daylily 'Arriba' (Hemerocallis ) echoes Image Daylily 'Alabaster Moon' (Hemerocallis ) angele Image Prairie Zinnia, Little Golden Zinnia, Rocky Mountain Zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora) turektaylor Image False Spirea, Thunberg's Astilbe 'Ostrich Plume' (Astilbe thunbergii) KSBaptisia Image Border Bearded Iris 'Blackbeard' (Iris ) turektaylor Image False Spirea, Thunberg's Astilbe 'Ostrich Plume' (Astilbe thunbergii) KSBaptisia Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Proud Tradition' (Iris ) turektaylor Image False Spirea, Thunberg's Astilbe 'Ostrich Plume' (Astilbe thunbergii) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Mack the Knife' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Mack the Knife' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Mack the Knife' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Mack the Knife' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Mack the Knife' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Manhattan' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Manhattan' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Manhattan' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Manhattan' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Marilyn' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Manhattan' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Manhattan' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Marilyn Monroe' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Maui Buttercups' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Maui Buttercups' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Maui Buttercups' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'May' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'May' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'May' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'May' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Maya Swingtime' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Maya Swingtime' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Metallic Sheen' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Metallic Sheen' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Middle Ridge' (Hosta ) onalee Image Kahili Ginger 'Kahili Fiesta' (Hedychium gardnerianum) onalee Image Kahili Ginger 'Kahili Fiesta' (Hedychium gardnerianum) onalee Image Kahili Ginger 'Kahili Fiesta' (Hedychium gardnerianum) onalee Image Kahili Ginger 'Kahili Fiesta' (Hedychium gardnerianum) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Middle Ridge' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Midwest Magic' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Midwest Magic' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Midwest Magic' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Midwest Magic' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Midwest Magic' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Millie's Memoirs' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Millie's Memoirs' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Ming Jade' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Ming Jade' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Ming Jade' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Ming Jade' (Hosta ) mgarr Image Daylily 'Tuxedo' (Hemerocallis ) mgarr Image Heartleaf Hornbeam (Carpinus cordata) mgarr Image Heartleaf Hornbeam (Carpinus cordata) mgarr Image American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) Kelli Image Mammillaria 'Un Pico' (Mammillaria spinosissima) Kelli Image Mammillaria 'Un Pico' (Mammillaria spinosissima) Bookerc1 Image Coleus, Painted Nettle, Flame Nettle 'Chocolate Mint' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) Bookerc1 Image Sweet William 'Sooty' (Dianthus barbatus var. nigrescens) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Mister Watson' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Moonlight' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Moonlight' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Moonlight' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Moonstruck' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Moonstruck' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Moonlight' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Morning Light' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Morning Light' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Mountain Snow' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Mountain Snow' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Macrophylla' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Macrophylla' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Macrophylla' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Macrophylla' (Hosta ) Mctavish Image Hosta 'Macrophylla' (Hosta ) fburg696 Image Beefsteak Begonia 'Erythrophylla' (Begonia ) bloomoon Image Chiapas Shell-flower (Tigridia chiapensis) bloomoon Image Chiapas Shell-flower (Tigridia chiapensis) artcons Image Low Rattlebox (Crotalaria pumila) frausnow Image Yellow Scabiose, Yellow Cephalaria (Cephalaria alpina) frausnow Image Yellow Scabiose, Yellow Cephalaria (Cephalaria alpina) artcons Image Blackbead (Pithecellobium keyense) Kell Image Giant Fishtail Palm (Caryota gigas) Kell Image Giant Fishtail Palm (Caryota gigas) Kell Image Giant Fishtail Palm (Caryota gigas) Kell Image Giant Fishtail Palm (Caryota gigas) Kell Image Giant Fishtail Palm (Caryota gigas) pgt Image Himalayan Geranium, Lilac Cranesbill 'Johnson's Blue' (Geranium ) vossner Image Asplenium (Asplenium fimbriata) vossner Image Asplenium (Asplenium fimbriata) frausnow Image Yellow Scabiose, Yellow Cephalaria (Cephalaria alpina)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description TheRoseGirl Positive Nearly Native Nursery (formerly Green Plant Market Inc.) connoisseur Positive John Scheepers, Inc. connoisseur Positive Colorblends (Schipper & Co. USA) zone3isabummer Positive Wild Garden Seed (Shoulder to Shoulder Farm) zone3isabummer Negative Reimer Seeds Lilygardens Positive Real Palm Trees (RealPalmTrees.com) zone3isabummer Positive Native Seeds/SEARCH devodare Positive EarthBox PlantGirl1982 Positive Earl May Seed & Nursery somesara Positive Wildseed Farms Inc. imagal49 Positive Heirloom Tomatoes (formerly Chuck Wyatt's Heirloom Tomatoes) BGEfan Positive Nearly Native Nursery (formerly Green Plant Market Inc.) melody Positive Milov's Miracle Fruit Hut rotflmike Negative Bay Laurel Nursery rotflmike Positive Annie's Annuals sutallee101 Positive AnythingGreen.com Gerri_B Negative Ad Hoc Plants

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... January 17, 2009