Dave's Garden Newsletter for March 4, 2010

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New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description DAKOTA31400 Comment Bell Pepper 'Yellow Belle' Capsicum annuum WayneGreen Comment Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides DAKOTA31400 Comment Bell Pepper 'Red Beauty' Capsicum annuum DAKOTA31400 Comment Tomato 'Park's Whopper Cr Improved' Lycopersicon lycopersicum DAKOTA31400 Comment Tomato 'Sweet Million' Lycopersicon lycopersicum DAKOTA31400 Comment Bush Bean 'Provider (purple seed)' Phaseolus vulgaris DAKOTA31400 Comment Tomato 'Sweet 100' Lycopersicon lycopersicum angelclaw Comment Italian Arum, Large Cuckoo Pint, Lord and Ladies Arum italicum modanumaples Comment Japanese Maple 'Beni hoshi' Acer palmatum modanumaples Comment Japanese Maple 'Hupp's Dwarf' Acer palmatum youreit Comment Devil's Trumpet Datura wrightii chicochi3 Comment Floribunda Rose 'Cinnabar' Rosa DAKOTA31400 Comment Cucumber 'Celebrity' Cucumis sativus DAKOTA31400 Comment Cucumber 'Sweet Success' Cucumis sativus DAKOTA31400 Comment Radish 'Champion' Raphanus sativus DAKOTA31400 Comment Broccoli 'Premium Crop' Brassica oleracea DAKOTA31400 Comment Lettuce 'Red Sails' Lactuca sativa Seedgrunt Comment Tomato 'Joe's Portuguese' Lycopersicon lycopersicum DaylilySLP Image Weeping Pussywillow, Kilmarnock Willow, Goat Willow, French Pussywillow (Salix caprea) DaylilySLP Image Weeping Pussywillow, Kilmarnock Willow, Goat Willow, French Pussywillow (Salix caprea) DaylilySLP Image Stanhopea (Stanhopea radiosa) DaylilySLP Image Stanhopea (Stanhopea radiosa) DaylilySLP Image Stanhopea (Stanhopea radiosa) DaylilySLP Image Stanhopea (Stanhopea radiosa) DaylilySLP Image Stanhopea (Stanhopea radiosa) DaylilySLP Image Virginia Spiderwort, Widow's-Tears 'Red Cloud' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) DaylilySLP Image Virginia Spiderwort, Widow's-Tears 'Red Cloud' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) DaylilySLP Image Virginia Spiderwort, Widow's-Tears 'Zwanenburg Blue' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) DaylilySLP Image Pink Wood Sorrel 'Rosea' (Oxalis crassipes) pepgrehou Image Peperomia (Peperomia verticillata) DAKOTA31400 Image Bell Pepper 'Yellow Belle' (Capsicum annuum) DAKOTA31400 Image Bell Pepper 'Red Beauty' (Capsicum annuum) DAKOTA31400 Image Tomato 'Park's Whopper Cr Improved' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) captainplantboy Image Daphne (Daphne jezoensis) DAKOTA31400 Image Tomato 'Park's Whopper Cr Improved' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) sujaca Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Amigo's Guitar' (Iris ) DAKOTA31400 Image Tomato 'Park's Whopper Cr Improved' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) captainplantboy Image Hellebore (Helleborus multifidus) captainplantboy Image Winter Aconite (Eranthis cilicica) captainplantboy Image Winter Aconite (Eranthis cilicica) sujaca Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Art Center' (Iris ) sujaca Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Art Nouveau' (Iris ) DAKOTA31400 Image Tomato 'Sweet Million' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) DAKOTA31400 Image Tomato 'Sweet Million' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) palmbob Image Octopus Agave, Amole (Agave vilmoriniana) palmbob Image Octopus Agave, Amole (Agave vilmoriniana) palmbob Image Tower Tree (Schizolobium parahyba) Mr_Cleaver Image (Bulbine inamarxiae ) bloomoon Image Blood Lily (Scadoxus membranaceus) bloomoon Image Blood Lily (Scadoxus membranaceus) Carkeekfish Image Flowering Quince 'Contorta' (Chaenomeles ) Carkeekfish Image Bird in the Bush, Fumewort, Spring Fumewort 'Beth Evans' (Corydalis solida) kniphofia Image 'Thalia' (Euphorbia ) kniphofia Image Spurge 'Whistleberry Garnet' (Euphorbia ) kniphofia Image Spurge 'Colibri' (Euphorbia ) kniphofia Image 'Albert's Gold' (Erica arborea) kniphofia Image Helleborus 'HGC Silvermoon' (Helleborus )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description queequeg_1 Positive Accent Dahlias LaurenGormly Positive Chamblee's Rose Nursery l_m_stephenson Positive Botanical Interests, Inc. gvwc Positive Willis Orchard Company blumenlieber Positive Pinetree Garden Seeds brewster6 Negative Swallowtail Garden Seeds JaneHendrix Neutral Dutch Gardens krista_co123 Positive Easy to Grow Bulbs warrennj Negative B & T Grower Supply, Inc. mrs_colla Positive Trees of Antiquity (formerly Sonoma Antique Apple Nursery) mrs_colla Positive Whitman Farms Datura777 Positive Brian's Botanicals LValadez Positive Henry Field's Seed & Nursery WorcesterAnglo Positive Diane's Flower Seeds thgardeningfool Positive Chestnut Hill Tree Farm robflah Positive High Mowing Organic Seeds luvhostas Positive HostasDirect Inc. ctdaylily Positive Water Mill Gardens audreymarmot Positive The Sample Seed Shop audreymarmot Positive Rarefind Nursery (Rare Find Nursery) SusieR Positive Peas & Corn jaimetx Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. lotsapaints Positive Murray McMurray Hatchery

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description tobydog60 Positive Garden Primer ledgegardener Positive Garden Primer ledgegardener Positive Four Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 4, 2010