The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of September 20, 2009, on which 161 members joined.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"Gardening, I told myself, is the most sociable of hobbies. The very nature of one's field of activities demands an audience. No one wants flowers to blush unseen or waste their sweetness."

(Barbara Cheney, Atlantic Monthly (June 1936))

Activity Report:

24 new plants were added to the database.
33 new descriptions were added.
18 new images were added.
425 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
SierraTigerLily Positive CommentKepel 'Blume'
(Stelechocarpus burahol)
LTilton Positive CommentZucchini, Courgette, Summer Squash 'Aristocrat'
(Cucurbita pepo)
LTilton Positive CommentSummer Squash Zucchini 'Butter Stix'
(Cucurbita pepo)
brical1 Positive CommentBougainvillea 'Bambino Majik'
(Bougainvillea )
GardenGuyKin Positive Comment 'Vielliebchen'
(Fuchsia )
GardenGuyKin Positive CommentFuchsia 'Lady Boothby'
(Fuchsia )
skunkbay Positive CommentPomegranate, Granate Apple 'Wonderful'
(Punica granatum)
jrtinker Negative CommentNettle-Leaved Mullein 'Album'
(Verbascum chaixii)
jrtinker Positive CommentTurkish Mullein, Silver Mullein
(Verbascum bombyciferum)
jrtinker Positive CommentVerbascum
(Verbascum epixanthemum)
John_in_Garland Positive CommentVariegated Hidden Ginger, Hidden Lily 'Emperor'
(Curcuma petiolata)
coleridgedane Positive CommentHot Pepper, Hot Cherry Pepper, Cherry Chili Pepper, Pimienta 'Hot Red Cherry'
(Capsicum annuum)
sladeofsky Neutral CommentAzalea 'Golden Lights'
(Rhododendron )
PedricksCorner Positive CommentLeek 'Large Long Summer'
(Allium porrum)
davesnursery Positive CommentJapanese Maple 'Verkade's Jacus Potus'
(Acer palmatum)
grrrlgeek Neutral CommentFaassen's Catmint, Ornamental Catmint 'Kit Kat'
(Nepeta x faassenii)
Psykofax Neutral CommentBlood Orange 'Moro'
(Citrus sinensis)
plutodrive Positive CommentSenecio
(Senecio cylindricus)
steadycam3 Neutral CommentAfrican Marigold, Aztec Marigold, Big Marigold, Crackerjack Marigold
(Tagetes erecta)
Psykofax Positive CommentKey Lime, Mexican Lime
(Citrus aurantifolia)
RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Neutral CommentMorning Glory 'Heavenly Blue (Clarke's Extra Early Strain)'
(Ipomoea tricolor)
Opoetree Positive CommentVariegated Japanese Euonymus 'Aureo-marginatus'
(Euonymus japonicus)
shelly87 Negative CommentCheeses, Common Mallow, Round-leaved Mallow, Running Mallow, Round Dock, Umbrella Mallow
(Malva neglecta)
Patt52 Positive CommentBeauty Bush 'Dream Catcher'
(Kolkwitzia amabilis)
Patt52 Positive CommentVariegated Purple Beautyberry 'Duet'
(Callicarpa dichotoma)
crewdog Positive CommentRed Ginger
(Alpinia purpurata)
BajaBlue Negative CommentAvocado, Alligator Pear 'Lula'
(Persea americana)
sylguy Positive CommentPerilla 'Magellanica'
(Perilla )
palmbob Neutral Comment
(Aloe thorncroftii)
lelamarie Positive CommentShrub Rose 'Incantation'
(Rosa )
palmbob Neutral Comment
(Aloe veseyi)
Joan Neutral CommentArilbred Iris 'Cairo Love Song'
(Iris )
palmbob Neutral CommentAloe
(Aloe lolwensis)

Images

Member Addition Description
Todd_BolandImageKnowlton's Cactus, Thimble Plains Cactus
(Pediocactus knowltonii)
Todd_BolandImageCreeping Beavertail, Yellow Beavertail 'Coombe's Winter Glow'
(Opuntia aurea)
Todd_BolandImageWhipple's Cholla, Whipple's Cactus 'Snow Leopard'
(Cylindropuntia whipplei)
Todd_BolandImageWhipple's Cholla, Whipple's Cactus 'Snow Leopard'
(Cylindropuntia whipplei)
Todd_BolandImageKelsey's Phlox 'Lemhi Gem'
(Phlox kelseyi)
Todd_BolandImageDevil's Gate Twin-pod
(Physaria eburniflora)
Todd_BolandImageFritillary, Fritillaria
(Fritillaria caucasica)
Todd_BolandImageAsian Fritillary
(Fritillaria bucharica)
Todd_BolandImageForbes' Fritillary
(Fritillaria forbesii)
Todd_BolandImageFritillary
(Fritillaria kotschyana)
kennedyhImageBlack Sassafras, Southern Sassafras, Sassafras
(Atherosperma moschatum)
kennedyhImageBlack Sassafras, Southern Sassafras, Sassafras
(Atherosperma moschatum)
kennedyhImageMoss
(Dicranoloma menziesii)
kennedyhImageMoss
(Dicranoloma menziesii)
palmbobImage
(Aloe thorncroftii)
ThaumaturgistImageMango 'Bailey's Marvel'
(Mangifera indica)
palmbobImage
(Aloe veseyi)
palmbobImageAloe
(Aloe lolwensis)

Plants Added Yesterday:

Plant
African Daisy, Osteospermum 'Summertime Spoon Deep Purple'
Osteospermum
Regal Pelargonium (UK), Martha Washington Geranium (US), Pansy Flowered Geranium 'Solstice'
Pelargonium domesticum
Strawflower, Paper Daisy, Everlasting Daisy 'Mohave Fire'
Xerochrysum bracteatum
Kepel 'Blume'
Stelechocarpus burahol
False Epidendrum
Epidendrum E. pseudepidendrum
'Vielliebchen'
Fuchsia
Creeping Beavertail, Yellow Beavertail 'Coombe's Winter Glow'
Opuntia aurea
Whipple's Cholla, Whipple's Cactus 'Snow Leopard'
Cylindropuntia whipplei
Kelsey's Phlox 'Lemhi Gem'
Phlox kelseyi
Asian Fritillary
Fritillaria bucharica
Forbes' Fritillary
Fritillaria forbesii
Haworthia 'Hayashi'
Haworthia
Fritillary
Fritillaria kotschyana
Alabama Clematis
Clematis socialis
Morefield's Leather Flower
Clematis morefieldii
Carrizo Leather Flower
Clematis Carrizoensis
Azaleodendron 'Martha Isaacson'
Rhododendron
Azaleodendron 'Glory of Littleworth'
Rhododendron
Japanese Maple 'Verkade's Jacus Potus'
Acer palmatum
Orange Mountain Sage 'Mt. Emory'
Salvia regla
Moss
Dicranoloma menziesii
River Mist Northern Sea Oats, Variegated Northern Sea Oats 'River Mist'
Chasmanthium latifolium

Aloe thorncroftii

Aloe veseyi

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... September 20, 2009