Dave's Garden Newsletter for February 22, 2009

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Anais Nin, French-born American writer, (born 2/21/1903))

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Games 227 posts Daylilies 208 posts Northeast Gardening 207 posts PlantFiles Pictures 176 posts Poultry and Livestock 176 posts Bird Watching 113 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 100 posts Self-contained Box Gardens 96 posts Pets 93 posts Plant and Tree Identification 86 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 61 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 61 posts Southwest Gardening 60 posts Sewing and Quilting 60 posts Photos 60 posts Recipes 56 posts Texas Gardening 54 posts Australian Gardening 54 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 53 posts California Gardening 50 posts Orchid Cactus 48 posts Garden Talk 48 posts Morning Glories 47 posts Seed Germination 45 posts Cacti and Succulents 44 posts Florida Gardening 41 posts Winter Sowing 41 posts Equine Forum 39 posts Vegetable Gardening 38 posts Clematis 37 posts Irises 35 posts Water Gardens 35 posts BirdFiles Pictures 34 posts Orchids 33 posts Strawbale Gardening 32 posts Hostas 29 posts Rocky Mountain Gardening 27 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 26 posts Tropical Plants 26 posts Cottage Gardening 25 posts Mid-South Gardening 25 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 24 posts Vines and Climbers 24 posts Weather 23 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 22 posts Michigan Gardening 21 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 20 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 20 posts Beginner Houseplants 19 posts Organic Gardening 18 posts Wildlife 18 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 17 posts Computer Talk 17 posts Clean and Clutter-free 17 posts Farm Life 16 posts Tomatoes 16 posts Beginner Vegetables 15 posts Peppers 15 posts Cool Climate Gardening 14 posts Brugmansias 13 posts Peonies 13 posts Market Growers 13 posts Propagation 13 posts Roses 13 posts Lilies 13 posts Hoyas 12 posts Trash to Treasure 12 posts Container Gardening 12 posts Indoor Gardening and Houseplants 12 posts Crafts and Decorating 12 posts Bulbs 11 posts Happy Birthday 11 posts Sustainable Alternatives 11 posts Greenhouse 11 posts Carolina Gardening 9 posts Seed Trading 9 posts Insect and Spider Identification 9 posts Voting Booth 9 posts Healthy Living 8 posts Cannas 8 posts Home Repairs and Maintenance 8 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 7 posts Herbs 7 posts Homesteading 7 posts Aroids 7 posts Japanese Maples 7 posts Canadian Gardening 6 posts Garden Art 6 posts Tiny Gardens 6 posts Hybridizers 5 posts Georgia Gardening 5 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 5 posts Plumbing 5 posts Cut Flowers and Floral Design 5 posts Fruits and Nuts 4 posts Amaryllis and Hippeastrums 4 posts Cooking 4 posts Plumerias 4 posts Annuals 4 posts Ornamental Gourds 4 posts Central Midwest Gardening 4 posts Bromeliads 4 posts Dahlias 4 posts Coneflowers 4 posts Garden Products 4 posts Bird Identification 4 posts Plant Trading 3 posts Bloom.com Photos 3 posts Hydroponic Gardening 3 posts Caregivers 3 posts Hibiscus 3 posts Coleus 3 posts BugFiles Pictures 3 posts Shady Gardens 3 posts Fragrant Gardening 2 posts Beginner Landscaping 2 posts Landscaping Database 2 posts Violas and Violettas 2 posts Rhododendrons and Relatives 2 posts Soil and Composting 2 posts Daturas 2 posts PlantFiles How-to's 2 posts Passifloras 1 post Jokes & Humor 1 post Canning, Freezing and Drying 1 post Retirees 1 post Bonsai 1 post Needle Arts 1 post Tropical Fruits 1 post Appliances 1 post Agastaches and Salvias 1 post Vermicomposting 1 post Hypertufa and Concrete 1 post Heirloom Vegetables 1 post Carnivorous Plants 1 post Vacations and Travel 1 post Home Decorating 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description BLOSSOMBUDDY Comment Partridge Pea, Sleeping Plant, Beach Sensitive Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata sanannie Comment Hosta 'Titanic' Hosta sanannie Comment Hosta 'Paradise Joyce' Hosta sanannie Comment Hosta 'Paradise Power' Hosta sanannie Comment Hosta 'Tattoo' Hosta sanannie Comment Hosta 'Aristocrat' Hosta Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Pineapple Sundae' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Pink Delicious' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Plum Crazy' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Pocahantas' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Pomp and Circumstance' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Porcelain Doll' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Presidential Affair' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Pretty in Pink' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Quantum Leap' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Rainbow Sherbet' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Rebel Rouser' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Renaissance Blue' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Rocket's Red Glare' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Rodeo Drive' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Saffron' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Shadow Dance' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Simple Pleasures' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Single Again' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Sleeping Beauty' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Soft Spot' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Solar Eclipse' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Some Like it Hot' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Snowstorm' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Space Oddity' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis htop Comment Manfreda 'Suavo-Bravo' Manfreda htop Comment Longflower tuberose Manfreda longiflora katsu Comment Canada Thistle, Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense scirpidiella Comment Wonderberry, Sunberry Solanum x burbankii 1violetheart Comment Daylily 'Fuchsia Dream' Hemerocallis LeBug Comment Centaurea, Yellow Knapweed Centaurea orientalis imapigeon Comment Chickweed, Starweed, Star Chickweed, Passerina Stellaria media BayAreaTropics Comment Candelabra Tree, Naboom 'Monstrosa' Euphorbia ingens Farmerdill Comment Turnip 'White Bead' Brassica rapa Farmerdill Comment Onion 'Two-K' Allium cepa Farmerdill Comment Onion 'Sun-K SR' Allium cepa mrs_colla Comment Midland Hawthorn, English Hawthorn, Smooth Hawthorn 'Paul's Scarlet' Crataegus laevigata Joan Comment Butterfly Ginger 'Kane's Pink' Hedychium BeckyMcPherson Comment Prairie Smoke, 3-Flower Avens, Purple Avens, Old Man's Beard Geum triflorum DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Siloam Peony Display' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Siloam Peony Display' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Royal Butterfly' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Royal Celebration' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Royal Harmony' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Royal Renaissance' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Ruffled Dude' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Ruffled Pinafore' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Ruffled Royalty' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Ruffles In Lavender' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Rumba Rhythm' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sabie' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sagarmatha' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sahara Sand Storm' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Saint Fiacre' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Salmon Sheen' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sambo Wilder' (Hemerocallis ) MikenMyrtle Image Daylily 'Moonlit Masquerade' (Hemerocallis ) MikenMyrtle Image Daylily 'Elizabeth Salter' (Hemerocallis ) MikenMyrtle Image Daylily 'Kwanza Gold' (Hemerocallis ) scirpidiella Image Cushaw 'Mayo Arrota' (Cucurbita argyrosperma) MikenMyrtle Image Daylily 'Lori Goldston' (Hemerocallis ) scirpidiella Image Cushaw 'Mayo Arrota' (Cucurbita argyrosperma) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Pineapple Sundae' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Pink Delicious' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Mainer Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Summer Moon' (Iris ensata) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Plum Crazy' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Plum Crazy' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Pocahantas' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Pocahantas' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) rshadlow Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Masterwork' (Iris ) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Pomp and Circumstance' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Porcelain Doll' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Porcelain Doll' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Porcelain Doll' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Presidential Affair' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Presidential Affair' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Pretty in Pink' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Pretty in Pink' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Quantum Leap' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Rainbow Sherbet' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Rainbow Sherbet' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Rebel Rouser' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Rebel Rouser' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Renaissance Blue' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) patience888 Image Daylily 'San Antonio Thunderstorm' (Hemerocallis ) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Renaissance Blue' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Renaissance Blue' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) patience888 Image Daylily 'San Diego' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'San Luis Halloween' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'San Luis Regal' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'San Luis Vogue' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sandy Denny' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sanford Eyecatcher' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sanford Troubadour' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sangre De Cristo' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Santa Fe Spark' (Hemerocallis ) ArizonaDee Image Split Rock Plant, Liver Plant, Stone Plant 'Royal Flush' (Pleiospilos nelii) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sarah Christine' (Hemerocallis ) ArizonaDee Image Splitrock, Cleft Stone, Mimicry Plant (Pleiospilos nelii) patience888 Image Daylily 'Satanic Majesty' (Hemerocallis ) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Rocket's Red Glare' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) patience888 Image Daylily 'Savannah's Edge' (Hemerocallis ) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Rocket's Red Glare' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) patience888 Image Daylily 'Save Our Souls' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Scarlet Sunrise' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Schoolgirl Figure' (Hemerocallis ) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Rodeo Drive' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) patience888 Image Daylily 'Scott Bennett' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Screensaver Truffle' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sculptured Corduroy' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sea Hunt' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sea Of Love' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Secret Delight' (Hemerocallis ) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Saffron' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Saffron' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) patience888 Image Daylily 'Seduced' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Seductor' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Serene Thoughts' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Shades Of Havana' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Shades Of Summer' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Shaka Zulu' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Shallow Water' (Hemerocallis ) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Shadow Dance' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) patience888 Image Daylily 'Shawnee Moon' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Showmanship' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Siamese Print' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Sidewinder Oh Seven' (Hemerocallis ) Kell Image Pansy 'Radiance Pink' (Viola ) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Simple Pleasures' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Single Again' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Single Again' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Sleeping Beauty' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Sleeping Beauty' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Kell Image Pansy 'Matrix Morpheus' (Viola x wittrockiana) Kell Image Pansy 'Matrix Morpheus' (Viola x wittrockiana) Kell Image Pansy 'Matrix Morpheus' (Viola x wittrockiana) tropicbreeze Image Sand Palm (Livistona humilis) tropicbreeze Image Sand Palm (Livistona humilis) tropicbreeze Image Sand Palm (Livistona humilis) tropicbreeze Image Wispy Fan Palm (Livistona inermis) tropicbreeze Image Typhonodorum (Typhonodorum lindleyanum) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Soft Spot' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Soft Spot' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Solar Eclipse' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Solar Eclipse' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Some Like it Hot' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Some Like it Hot' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Snowstorm' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Snowstorm' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Joan Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Space Oddity' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Kell Image Trailing Abutilon, Chinese Lanterns 'Victory' (Abutilon megapotamicum) Kell Image Trailing Abutilon, Chinese Lanterns 'Victory' (Abutilon megapotamicum) Kell Image Sempervivum (Sempervivum nevadense) tropicbreeze Image Sand Palm (Livistona humilis) kniphofia Image Double Common Snowdrop 'Flore Pleno' (Galanthus nivalis) kniphofia Image Double Common Snowdrop 'Flore Pleno' (Galanthus nivalis) Galanthophile Image Snowdrop 'Virescens' (Galanthus nivalis) Galanthophile Image Snowdrop 'Virescens' (Galanthus nivalis) Galanthophile Image Snowdrop 'Virescens' (Galanthus nivalis) Galanthophile Image Donkey's Ears Snowdrops 'Scharlockii Group' (Galanthus nivalis) Galanthophile Image Donkey's Ears Snowdrops 'Scharlockii Group' (Galanthus nivalis) Galanthophile Image Snowdrop 'Amy Jade' (Galanthus ) greenbrain Image Hybrid Tea Rose, Large-flowered Rose 'Camelot' (Rosa ) bonitin Image Christmas Rose, Black Hellebore 'Ruby Glow' (Helleborus ) bonitin Image Christmas Rose, Black Hellebore 'Ruby Glow' (Helleborus ) bonitin Image Christmas Rose, Black Hellebore 'Ruby Glow' (Helleborus ) bonitin Image Christmas Rose, Black Hellebore 'Ruby Glow' (Helleborus ) bonitin Image Hellebore 'Silver Dollar' (Helleborus ) bonitin Image Hellebore 'Silver Dollar' (Helleborus ) bonitin Image Helleborus (Helleborus lividus) bonitin Image Early Crocus 'De Jager' (Crocus imperati) bonitin Image Early Crocus 'De Jager' (Crocus imperati) bonitin Image Blue Wood Aster, Blue Heart-leaved Aster, Starwort 'Little Carlow' (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) bonitin Image Blue Wood Aster, Blue Heart-leaved Aster, Starwort 'Little Carlow' (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) bonitin Image Blue Wood Aster, Blue Heart-leaved Aster, Starwort 'Little Carlow' (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) bonitin Image Blue Wood Aster, Blue Heart-leaved Aster, Starwort 'Little Carlow' (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) bonitin Image Blue Wood Aster, Blue Heart-leaved Aster, Starwort 'Little Carlow' (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) TickiSox Image Hedychium Hybrid 'Pink Flame' (Hedychium ) TickiSox Image Hedychium Hybrid 'Luna Moth' (Hedychium ) TickiSox Image Hardy Ginger 'Ayo' (Hedychium ) DaveH Image Dendrobium (Dendrobium bellatulum) TickiSox Image Butterfly Ginger 'Kinkaku' (Hedychium ) TickiSox Image Hardy Ginger Lily 'Pradhanii' (Hedychium ) TickiSox Image Flowering Ginger 'Anne S. Bishop' (Hedychium ) TickiSox Image Spiked Ginger Lily (Hedychium spicatum) kennedyh Image Flat-leaf Bush-pea (Pultenaea platyphylla) kennedyh Image Flat-leaf Bush-pea (Pultenaea platyphylla) TickiSox Image Hardy Ginger Lily 'Tangerine' (Hedychium ) kennedyh Image Rough Bush-pea (Pultenaea scabra) plantaholic186 Image White Willow (Salix alba) kennedyh Image Rough Bush-pea (Pultenaea scabra) kennedyh Image Rough Bush-pea (Pultenaea scabra) TickiSox Image Hardy Ginger Lily 'Daniel Weeks' (Hedychium )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description sunnyg Positive Swallowtail Garden Seeds SonjaSkyles Positive Funderburk Daylily Farm Tink2U Positive Jung Seed Tink2U Positive R.H. Shumway Seeds Tink2U Positive Vermont Bean Seed Company Tink2U Negative Willhite Seed Inc. Tink2U Positive Totally Tomatoes BrugDatLvr Positive Country Garden Dooglave Positive Classy Groundcovers ashndavid2001 Positive Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) pappabell Positive Diane's Flower Seeds gardengirl1000 Neutral Gardening How-To (National Home Gardening Club) ford8nray Positive Moyer's Chicks hookjb Positive New Hope Seed Company akawalk1178 Negative Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) memawinKY Positive Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants anhstein Positive Zone 9 Tropicals (Zone9Tropicals.com)

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description wthex Positive The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... February 22, 2009