Dave's Garden Newsletter for April 25, 2010

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Erma Bombeck, American humorist (born 2/21/1927))

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Plant and Tree Identification 312 posts Games 188 posts Bird Watching 168 posts Northeast Gardening 158 posts PlantFiles Pictures 91 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 89 posts Irises 75 posts Poultry and Livestock 68 posts Mid-South Gardening 65 posts Texas Gardening 65 posts Carnivorous Plants 56 posts Pets 52 posts California Gardening 50 posts Southwest Gardening 47 posts Florida Gardening 44 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 43 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 40 posts Garden Talk 37 posts Cacti and Succulents 33 posts Roses 33 posts Daylilies 32 posts Beginner Vegetables 30 posts Weather 29 posts Photos 29 posts Australian Gardening 27 posts Lilies 25 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 24 posts Winter Sowing 23 posts Strawbale Gardening 23 posts Hostas 22 posts Morning Glories 21 posts Insect and Spider Identification 20 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 20 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 18 posts Plant Trading 17 posts Peonies 16 posts Wildlife 16 posts Vegetable Gardening 15 posts Bulbs 15 posts Bird Identification 15 posts Trash to Treasure 15 posts Frugal Living 14 posts Invasive Plants 14 posts Tomatoes 13 posts Cottage Gardening 13 posts Central Midwest Gardening 13 posts Carolina Gardening 13 posts Canadian Gardening 13 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 12 posts Seed Trading 12 posts Sewing and Quilting 12 posts Rocky Mountain Gardening 11 posts Accessible Gardening 11 posts Shady Gardens 10 posts Soil and Composting 9 posts Orchids 9 posts Annuals 9 posts Recipes 9 posts Beginner Landscaping 8 posts Cannas 8 posts Tropical Plants 8 posts Container Gardening 7 posts Coleus 7 posts Michigan Gardening 7 posts Happy Birthday 7 posts Perennials 7 posts Equine Forum 6 posts Plumerias 6 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 6 posts Jokes & Humor 6 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 6 posts BirdFiles Pictures 6 posts Beginner Flowers 6 posts Clematis 6 posts Fruits and Nuts 5 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 5 posts Vines and Climbers 5 posts Brugmansias 5 posts Propagation 5 posts Seed Germination 4 posts Hibiscus 4 posts Voting Booth 4 posts Orchid Cactus 4 posts Indoor Gardening and Houseplants 4 posts Beginner Houseplants 4 posts Georgia Gardening 4 posts Cars and Trucks 3 posts Retirees 3 posts Begonias 3 posts Roundup Pictures 3 posts Dahlias 3 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 3 posts Herbs 3 posts Self-contained Box Gardens 3 posts Ornamental Gourds 3 posts Swaps, Trades and Giveaways 3 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 2 posts Needle Arts 2 posts Vermicomposting 2 posts Cameras and Photography 2 posts Homesteading 2 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 2 posts Wildlife Gardening 2 posts Hydroponic Gardening 2 posts Agastaches and Salvias 2 posts Bromeliads 2 posts Books, Movies, and TV 2 posts Aroids 1 post Cut Flowers and Floral Design 1 post PlantFiles How-to's 1 post Garden Pests and Diseases 1 post Market Growers 1 post Greenhouse 1 post Garden Design 1 post Sustainable Alternatives 1 post Walls and Trim: paints, stains and faux finishes 1 post Saving Seeds 1 post Garden Shed 1 post Test 1 post Apartment Living 1 post Canning, Freezing and Drying 1 post Soap and Candle-making 1 post Grass and Bamboo 1 post Garden Tours 1 post Cooking 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description mrs_colla Comment Sour Orange, Chinotto, Myrtle-leaf Orange Citrus myrtifolia nekochanninja Comment Mother of Thousands, Mexican Hat Plant Kalanchoe daigremontiana MollyMc Comment Japanese Hardy Orange, Bitter Orange 'Flying Dragon' Poncirus trifoliata vossner Comment Floribunda Rose 'Trumpeter' Rosa vossner Comment 'The Grayson Rose' Rosa kentstar Comment Forget-Me-Not Myosotis sylvatica FrillyLily Comment Flowering Pear, Callery Pear 'Cleveland Select' Pyrus calleryana palmbob Comment Common Camellia 'Kona' Camellia japonica palmbob Comment Common Camellia 'Look Away' Camellia japonica palmbob Comment 'Madame Ambroise' Camellia mellmell Comment Persian Ironwood, Persian Parrotia Parrotia persica mellmell Comment Floribunda Rose, Cluster Flowered Rose 'Miss Behavin'' Rosa mellmell Comment Grandiflora Rose 'Melody Parfumee' Rosa mellmell Comment Common Lilac, French Lilac 'Aucubaefolia' Syringa vulgaris canipity Comment Scarlet Hedge Nettle, Scarlet Hedgenettle, Seven-up Plant, Texas Betony, Texas Woundwort 'Pow Wow' Stachys coccinea turektaylor Comment Hardy Ageratum, Blue Mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum clamzo Comment Gooseneck Loosestrife Lysimachia clethroides rp5225 Comment Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Cheers' Iris epilogue1212 Comment Sweet Woodruff, Our Lady's Lace, Sweetscented Bedstraw Galium odoratum peejay12 Comment European Fan Palm, Mediterranean Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis celts Comment Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina Nandina domestica pamichen Comment Canna Lily 'Black Knight' Canna x generalis pennyone Comment Buddha Belly Plant, Bottleplant Shrub Jatropha podagrica Fiddlestix Comment Waterer Laburnum, Goldenchain Tree 'Vossii' Laburnum x watereri ryguy319 Comment Hellebore 'Ivory Prince' Helleborus munchkin44 Comment Perennial Wallflower 'Precious Gold' Erysimum AZ_newbie Comment Echinopsis Hybrid, Trichocereus Hybrid 'Big Bertha' Echinopsis BayAreaTropics Comment Euphorbia 'Snow Flake' Euphorbia polygona Zoot Comment Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine Trachelospermum jasminoides SwimmingJewel Comment Spotted Dead Nettle 'Anne Greenaway' Lamium maculatum peejay12 Comment Trailing African Daisy, Shrubby Daisy, Freeway Daisy, Blue Eyed Daisy Osteospermum fruticosum satkins Comment Tomato 'Lemon Boy' Lycopersicon lycopersicum peejay12 Comment African Daisy, Cape Daisy 'Blackthorn' Osteospermum jucundum var. compactum peejay12 Comment Curve Leaf Yucca, Pendulous Yucca, Weeping Yucca, Spanish Dagger, Moundlily Yucca, Soft Tipped Yucca Yucca recurvifolia smine Comment Tomato 'Tumbling Tom' Lycopersicon lycopersicum peejay12 Comment Miniature Chusan Palm, Wagner's Windmill Palm, Waggie Trachycarpus wagnerianus palmbob Comment Common Camellia 'Richard Nixon' Camellia japonica dontruman Comment Shrub Rose 'Belinda's Dream' Rosa peejay12 Comment Mimosa, Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata vossner Comment Floribunda Rose 'Lavaglut' Rosa satkins Comment Cutleaf Japanese Maple, Threadleaf Japanese Maple 'Seiryu' Acer palmatum var. dissectum gsnoorky Comment Chinese Elm, Lacebark Elm Ulmus parvifolia JonthanJ Comment Gold Alyssum, Basket of Gold, Gold Dust Aurinia saxatilis otter47 Comment Dwarf Toadflax, Dwarf Baby Snapdragon 'Fantasy' Linaria maroccana SleepyFox Comment Kudzu Pueraria montana var. lobata nolansland Comment Tomato 'Park's Whopper' Lycopersicon lycopersicum youngd24 Comment Hot Pepper 'Hot Lemon' Capsicum baccatum rweiler Comment Pink Persian Cornflower, Knapweed 'Rosea' Centaurea dealbata G_maZ Comment Baby's Breath Gypsophila elegans palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Guilio Nuccio' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Guilio Nuccio' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Happy Holidays' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Happy Holidays' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Hikarugenji' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image 'Herme Pink' (Camellia ) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Hit Parade' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Hit Parade' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Kerlec' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Kick-off' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Kick-off' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Kona' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Kona' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Kona' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image 'Lady Macon' (Camellia ) palmbob Image 'Lady Macon' (Camellia ) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Look Away' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Look Away' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Look Away' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image 'Madame Ambroise' (Camellia ) palmbob Image 'Madame Ambroise' (Camellia ) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Mathatonia' (Camellia japonica) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Pic-N-Pic' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Zucchini, Courgette, Summer Squash 'Geode' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Sunglo' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash Zucchini 'Profit' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash Zucchini 'Basima' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash Zucchini 'Ishtar' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Alexandria' (Cucurbita pepo) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Mathotiana' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Mathotiana Variegated' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Mathotiana Variegated' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Mathotiana Supreme' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Max Goodley' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Max Goodley' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Meredith Lake' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Midnight' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Camellia, Hybrid Camellia 'Mona Jury' (Camellia x williamsii) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Mrs. D. W. Davis' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Pink Perfection' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Pink Perfection' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Pink Star' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Princess Lavender' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Princess Lavender' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Princess Lavender' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Yennan Camellia 'Reticulate Leaf Pink' (Camellia reticulata) palmbob Image Yennan Camellia 'Reticulate Leaf Pink' (Camellia reticulata) palmbob Image Yennan Camellia 'Reticulate Leaf Pink' (Camellia reticulata) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Richard Nixon' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Richard Nixon' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Richard Nixon' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Roma Risorta' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Roma Risorta' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Roma Risorta' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Camellia (Camellia saluensis) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Spring Sonnet' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Spring Sonnet' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Spring Sonnet' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Spring Sonnet' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Te Deum' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Te Deum' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Tiffany' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Toki-No-Hagasane' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Toki-No-Hagasane' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Tomorrow Park Hill' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Virginia Robinson' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Yours Truly' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Elizabeth Le Bey' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Glen 40 Variegated' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Meredith Lake' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Camellia, Hybrid Camellia 'Mona Jury' (Camellia x williamsii) palmbob Image Morten Bay Chestnut, Morton Bay Chestnut, Moreton Bay Chestnut, Black Bean Tree (Castanospermum australe) palmbob Image Morten Bay Chestnut, Morton Bay Chestnut, Moreton Bay Chestnut, Black Bean Tree (Castanospermum australe) palmbob Image Cheiridopsis (Cheiridopsis marlothii) palmbob Image White Floss Silk Tree (Chorisia insignis) palmbob Image Bush Lily, Clivia Lily 'Kaitlyn' (Clivia miniata) palmbob Image Bush Lily, Clivia Lily, St. John's Lily, Boslelie, Fire Lily 'Lemon Chiffon' (Clivia miniata) palmbob Image Bush Lily, Clivia Lily 'Little Charm' (Clivia miniata) palmbob Image Bush Lily, Clivia Lily 'Queenabelle' (Clivia miniata) palmbob Image Giant Scaly Tree Fern, Australian Tree Fern (Cyathea cooperi) palmbob Image Silver Tree Fern, Ponga (Cyathea dealbata) palmbob Image Silver Tree Fern, Ponga (Cyathea dealbata) palmbob Image Cholla (Cylindropuntia californica var. rosarica) palmbob Image Denmoza (Denmoza rhodacantha) palmbob Image Cycad (Dioon merolae) palmbob Image Rosea Ice Plant (Drosanthemum floribundum) palmbob Image Rosea Ice Plant (Drosanthemum floribundum) palmbob Image Silver Dollar Plant (Dudleya brittonii)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Janes_Gardens Negative Groco Seeds Alexiaw Positive Garden Harvest Supply Mayalee Positive Hibiscus Place (Martindale's Nursery) jim1080 Negative Heirloom Acres Seeds sthinton Positive Plant Delights Nursery GreenandGrowing7 Positive Hallson Gardens JCRUSE Positive Forestfarm sthinton Positive White Flower Farm GreenandGrowing7 Positive Brent & Becky's Bulbs 88gta350 Positive Bluestone Perennials GreenandGrowing7 Positive W.W. Greenhouses, Inc. Betja Positive Daylily Manor JWWC Negative Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) Betja Neutral Busby's Daylily Garden Betja Positive Mid-America Garden Betja Positive Napa Country Iris Gardens clpgirl Positive Amishland Heirloom Seeds Lyle627 Positive Busby's Daylily Garden Betja Positive Maryott's Gardens TuddyE Positive Busby's Daylily Garden InsaniD Positive Evergreen Nursery keoki808 Positive Waters Blueberry Farm HowieFelch Positive Zoysia Farm Nurseries dontruman Positive Antique Rose Emporium clpgirl Positive Waters Blueberry Farm cics Positive Karchesky Canna nymegen Positive Caladium Bulbs 4 Less debilu Positive Siberian Iris Gardens drneutrino Positive Nourse Farms Inc. bleepy Positive American Meadows dansb Negative Great Garden Plants PPL Positive Horizon Herbs, LLC RMSA Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. NinaFan Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. pkirk646 Negative Exotic Hibiscus

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description mscott1212 Positive A Garden Book for Houston; and the Texas Gulf Coast, 4th ed. bungalow1056 Positive Southern Living Garden Book: The Complete Encyclopedia of More Than 5,000 Southern Plants

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... April 25, 2010