Dave's Garden Newsletter for September 14, 2009

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Ripley D. Saunders)

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PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description natas Comment Beefsteak Plant, Shiso, Red Perilla 'Akashiso' Perilla frutescens Joan Comment Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Dianes Gold' Solenostemon scutellarioides natas Comment Perilla, Shiso, Beefsteak Plant 'Hojiso' Perilla frutescens var. japonica Joan Comment Coleus, Painted Nettle, Flame Nettle 'Nugget' Solenostemon scutellarioides Joan Comment Coleus, Painted Nettle, Flame Nettle 'Trailing Queen' Solenostemon scutellarioides Joan Comment Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Goldfinger' Solenostemon scutellarioides plantladylin Comment White-Edged Swedish Ivy, Tropical Mint, Candlestick Vine, Ornamental Coleus 'Marginatus' Plectranthus coleoides Joan Comment Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Solar Shadow' Solenostemon scutellarioides Joan Comment Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Saturn's Rings' Solenostemon scutellarioides Joan Comment Euphorbia Euphorbia seguieriana subsp. niciciana Marilynbeth Comment Orange Hummingbird Mint, Jewel of the Sierra Madre, Hyssop 'Shades of Orange' Agastache aurantiaca Kell Comment Grevillea 'Honey Gem' Grevillea green76thumb Comment Pepper Basil Ocimum selloi Baileydog6 Comment Spotted Jewel Weed, Touch-Me-Not Impatiens capensis DonShirer Comment Cuphea Cuphea pinetorum maggiecowgirl Comment Cigar Plant, Cigar Bush 'Starfire' Cuphea lanceolata ahaddock Comment Cantaloupe 'Pike' Cucumis melo kellyspiegel Comment Smooth Hydrangea, Wild Hydrangea, Sevenbark 'Dardom' Hydrangea arborescens Joan Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Snowbrook' Iris paizley Comment Snowcup, Spurred Anoda, Wild Cotton Anoda cristata peggy_sue Comment Smooth Hydrangea, Wild Hydrangea, Sevenbark 'Annabelle' Hydrangea arborescens BajaBlue Comment Tree Yucca, St. Peter's Palm, Palma China, Izote Yucca filifera sandnsea2 Comment Mexican Bush Sage Salvia leucantha BajaBlue Comment Giant Spanish Dagger Yucca treculeana var. canaliculata BajaBlue Comment Gulf Coast Yucca, Grass Yucca, Louisiana Yucca Yucca louisianensis Joan Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Come To Me' Iris max12 Comment Desert Lantana, Hierba Negra, Mexican Marjoram, Veinyleaf Lantana, Mejorana Lantana achyranthifolia bootandall Image Hybrid Camellia 'Night Rider' (Camellia ) Sunblest5 Image Scabious, Pincushion Flower 'Beaujolais Bonnets' (Scabiosa ) Sunblest5 Image Scabious, Pincushion Flower 'Beaujolais Bonnets' (Scabiosa ) momcat Image Japanese Morning Glory Kannami 'Kannami' (Ipomoea nil) momcat Image Japanese Morning Glory Kannami 'Kannami' (Ipomoea nil) mittsy Image Blackberry Lily, Leopard Lily 'Freckle Face' (Belamcanda chinensis) Debsroots Image Leadwort, Hardy Blue Plumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides) wiggiej Image Mammillaria 'Un Pico' (Mammillaria spinosissima) grrrlgeek Image Ornamental Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine 'Sweet Caroline Purple' (Ipomoea batatas) grrrlgeek Image Ornamental Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine 'Tricolor' (Ipomoea batatas) grrrlgeek Image Coleus, Painted Nettle, Flame Nettle 'Splash' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) grrrlgeek Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Solar Shadow' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) grrrlgeek Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Saturn's Rings' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) grrrlgeek Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Butter Kutter' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) grrrlgeek Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Tobasco' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) grrrlgeek Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Dianes Gold' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) grrrlgeek Image Coleus, Painted Nettle, Flame Nettle 'Nugget' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) grrrlgeek Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Trailing Red' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Abundant Ruffles' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Adorable Tiger' (Hemerocallis ) grrrlgeek Image Coleus, Painted Nettle, Flame Nettle 'Trailing Queen' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) grrrlgeek Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Goldfinger' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) grrrlgeek Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Brooklyn Horror' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) plutodrive Image Eve's Needle, Faxon Dagger, Giant Spanish Dagger, Spanish Bayonet, Carneros Yucca, Palma Samandoca (Yucca faxoniana) plutodrive Image Eve's Needle, Faxon Dagger, Giant Spanish Dagger, Spanish Bayonet, Carneros Yucca, Palma Samandoca (Yucca faxoniana) plutodrive Image New Mexico False Yucca, Giant Hesperaloe, Samandoque (Hesperaloe funifera) plutodrive Image New Mexico False Yucca, Giant Hesperaloe, Samandoque (Hesperaloe funifera) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Ashwood Dark Side' (Hemerocallis ) plutodrive Image Beaked Yucca, Big Bend Yucca (Yucca rostrata) plutodrive Image Beaked Yucca, Big Bend Yucca (Yucca rostrata) plutodrive Image Crocosmia 'Emberglow' (Crocosmia ) plutodrive Image Switch Grass, Wand Panic Grass 'Shenandoah' (Panicum virgatum) plutodrive Image Switch Grass, Wand Panic Grass 'Shenandoah' (Panicum virgatum) plutodrive Image Switch Grass, Wand Panic Grass 'Shenandoah' (Panicum virgatum) plutodrive Image Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) plutodrive Image Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Big Apple' (Hemerocallis ) plutodrive Image Sideoats Grama 'Trailway' (Bouteloua curtipendula) plutodrive Image Sideoats Grama 'Trailway' (Bouteloua curtipendula) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Bodacious Beau' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Bold Encounter' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Border Blessed' (Hemerocallis ) mslehv Image Bolton's Aster, White Doll's Daisy, False Aster, False Chamomile, Thousand Flower 'Snowbank' (Boltonia asteroides) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Brown Eyed Girl' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Cajun Gambler' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Caribbean Reggae Moon' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Cinderella Sue' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Carnation Pink' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Create Your Dream' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Dan's Tea Party' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Dan's Tea Party' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Designer Delight' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Double Donnie' (Hemerocallis ) plutodrive Image Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema consanguineum) plutodrive Image Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema consanguineum) plutodrive Image Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema consanguineum) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Double Royal Purple' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Enchanting Blessing' (Hemerocallis ) plutodrive Image Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema consanguineum) plutodrive Image Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema consanguineum) plutodrive Image Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli) plutodrive Image Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli) plutodrive Image Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli) DaveH Image Gilberto's Masdevallia (Masdevallia gilbertoi) plutodrive Image Orange Cape Fuchsia (Phygelius capensis) plutodrive Image Scarlet Monkey Flower (Mimulus cardinalis) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Honey Crunch Cupcake' (Hemerocallis ) plantladylin Image Philodendron 'Rojo Congo' (Philodendron ) plutodrive Image South African Foxglove, Wild Foxglove (Ceratotheca triloba) plutodrive Image Swan Plant, Balloon Plant, Cotton-bush, Oscar, Hairy Balls, Giant Swan Milkweed (Asclepias physocarpa) plutodrive Image Scarlet Monkey Flower (Mimulus cardinalis) plutodrive Image Scarlet Monkey Flower (Mimulus cardinalis) saya Image Kobus Magnolia (Magnolia kobus) plutodrive Image Japanese Maple 'Red Emperor' (Acer palmatum) plutodrive Image Turpentine Bush, Aguirre, Larchleaf Goldenweed (Ericameria laricifolia) plutodrive Image Turpentine Bush, Aguirre, Larchleaf Goldenweed (Ericameria laricifolia) plutodrive Image Turpentine Bush, Aguirre, Larchleaf Goldenweed (Ericameria laricifolia) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Funny Cide' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Getting Airborne' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Godiva Jam' (Hemerocallis ) ardesia Image African Aloe, Soap Aloe (Aloe maculata) plutodrive Image Geranium, Pelargonium (Pelargonium suburbanum) ardesia Image African Aloe, Soap Aloe (Aloe maculata) mscaney Image Red Spider Lily, Surprise Lily (Lycoris radiata) plantladylin Image Episcia, Flame Violet 'Strawberry Patch' (Episcia ) plutodrive Image Ice Plant 'Mesa Verde' (Delosperma cooperi) plutodrive Image Feathertop Fountain Grass (Pennisetum villosum) plutodrive Image Annual Lion's Ear, Devil's Pincushion (Leonotis nepetifolia) plutodrive Image Ice Plant (Delosperma dyeri) plutodrive Image Ice Plant (Delosperma dyeri) plutodrive Image Bushy Bulbine (Bulbine abyssinica) plutodrive Image Feathertop Fountain Grass (Pennisetum villosum) curzio Image Potato 'Blue Goose' (Solanum tuberosum) plutodrive Image Yellow Bulbine, Orange Bulbine 'Tiny Tangerine' (Bulbine frutescens) plutodrive Image Yellow Bulbine, Orange Bulbine 'Tiny Tangerine' (Bulbine frutescens) DaveH Image Long Tail Masdevallia (Masdevallia macrura) DaveH Image Long Tail Masdevallia (Masdevallia macrura) plutodrive Image Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Good Morning America' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Guadalajara' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Helen Demopoulus' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Here My Love' (Hemerocallis ) bisa80 Image Daylily 'Lacy Valentine' (Hemerocallis ) bootandall Image Quince, Fruiting Quince (Cydonia oblonga) bootandall Image Quince, Fruiting Quince (Cydonia oblonga) bootandall Image Sweet Violet, English Violet, Garden Violet (Viola odorata) mittsy Image Blackberry Lily, Leopard Lily 'Freckle Face' (Belamcanda chinensis) cactus_lover Image New Mexico Century Plant, Mescal (Agave neomexicana) Kylie2x Image Texas Mountain Laurel, Mescal Bean (Sophora secundiflora) slippedhalo Image Evergreen Wisteria (Millettia reticulata) slippedhalo Image Evergreen Wisteria (Millettia reticulata) slippedhalo Image Evergreen Wisteria (Millettia reticulata) Phaltyme Image Daylily 'Canadian Blues' (Hemerocallis ) Kell Image Cleistocactus (Cleistocactus strausii var. fricii) Kell Image Cleistocactus (Cleistocactus strausii var. fricii) Kell Image Cleistocactus (Cleistocactus strausii var. fricii) Kell Image Cleistocactus (Cleistocactus strausii var. fricii) saya Image Korean Fir 'Horstmann's Silberlocke' (Abies koreana) saya Image Korean Fir 'Horstmann's Silberlocke' (Abies koreana) saya Image Pine (Pinus x schwerinii) saya Image Pine (Pinus x schwerinii) kennedyh Image Common Emu Bush, Fuchsia Bush (Eremophila glabra) kennedyh Image Common Emu Bush, Fuchsia Bush (Eremophila glabra) kennedyh Image Common Emu Bush, Fuchsia Bush (Eremophila glabra) kennedyh Image Common Emu Bush, Fuchsia Bush (Eremophila glabra) kennedyh Image Common Emu Bush, Fuchsia Bush (Eremophila glabra) Azorina Image Fuchsia 'Hawkshead' (Fuchsia ) plutodrive Image Drummond's Milkvetch (Astragalus drummondii) plutodrive Image Drummond's Milkvetch (Astragalus drummondii) plutodrive Image Drummond's Milkvetch (Astragalus drummondii) plutodrive Image Drummond's Milkvetch (Astragalus drummondii) plutodrive Image Drummond's Milkvetch (Astragalus drummondii) plutodrive Image Indian Jointfir, Pakistani Ephedra (Ephedra gerardiana) plantladylin Image Rabbit's Paw, Creeping Daisy, Water Zinnia (Sphagneticola trilobata) plutodrive Image Catchfly, Alpine Campion (Silene schafta) plutodrive Image Catchfly, Alpine Campion (Silene schafta) saya Image Goldilocks Aster (Aster linosyris ) saya Image Goldilocks Aster (Aster linosyris ) plutodrive Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia seguieriana subsp. niciciana) plutodrive Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia seguieriana subsp. niciciana) saya Image Goldilocks Aster (Aster linosyris ) saya Image Perennial Honesty (Lunaria rediviva) plutodrive Image Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) plutodrive Image Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) plutodrive Image Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) plutodrive Image Hairy Hawkweed, Wooly Hawkweed (Hieracium lanatum) plutodrive Image Hairy Hawkweed, Wooly Hawkweed (Hieracium lanatum) plutodrive Image Hairy Hawkweed, Wooly Hawkweed (Hieracium lanatum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description DianaL2 Positive SRQHoyas vstock Positive Victoriana Nursery Gardens reeve1 Positive Santa Rosa Gardens WildFlower_Girl Positive Outsidepride.com jpoll Positive Sooner Plant Farm (home of Imagine Backyard Trees®) dispatcher1 Positive Cedar Creek Violets debtfree Positive Garden Harvest Supply BlissfulGarden Positive Amity Rose & Garden Nursery (Amity Heritage Roses) Yukon1 Negative Farmer Seed and Nursery

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... September 14, 2009