Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 24, 2010

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Vita Sackville-West, English novelist, poet, gardener)

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Northeast Gardening 335 posts Plant and Tree Identification 199 posts Daylilies 182 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 118 posts Southwest Gardening 109 posts Games 107 posts Mid-South Gardening 101 posts Pets 98 posts Bird Watching 90 posts Irises 64 posts Beginner Vegetables 60 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 57 posts PlantFiles Pictures 42 posts Roses 42 posts Texas Gardening 38 posts Dahlias 38 posts Australian Gardening 38 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 37 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 37 posts Photos 36 posts Plant Trading 35 posts Coneflowers 35 posts Cacti and Succulents 34 posts Tropical Plants 34 posts Seed Trading 33 posts Clematis 29 posts Morning Glories 28 posts Florida Gardening 27 posts Insect and Spider Identification 25 posts Tomatoes 23 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 23 posts Voting Booth 21 posts Central Midwest Gardening 20 posts Garden Talk 20 posts Orchids 19 posts Cottage Gardening 17 posts Lilies 17 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 17 posts Canadian Gardening 16 posts Beginner Houseplants 15 posts Weather 15 posts Plumerias 15 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 15 posts Sewing and Quilting 15 posts Sustainable Alternatives 14 posts Seed Germination 14 posts Hostas 14 posts Bird Identification 14 posts Poultry and Livestock 14 posts Garden Design 12 posts Needle Arts 12 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 11 posts Beginner Landscaping 11 posts California Gardening 11 posts Fragrant Gardening 11 posts Vacations and Travel 11 posts Propagation 10 posts Hydrangeas 10 posts Orchid Cactus 9 posts Peonies 9 posts Perennials 9 posts Hoyas 9 posts Happy Birthday 8 posts Soil and Composting 8 posts Accessible Gardening 8 posts Wildlife 8 posts Recipes 8 posts BirdFiles Pictures 8 posts Books, Movies, and TV 8 posts Coleus 7 posts Water Gardens 7 posts Shady Gardens 6 posts Beekeeping 6 posts Caudiciforms 6 posts Fruits and Nuts 6 posts Vines and Climbers 6 posts Brugmansias 6 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 6 posts Poppies 6 posts Michigan Gardening 5 posts Heucheras and Friends 5 posts BugFiles How-to's 5 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 4 posts Vegetable Gardening 4 posts Garden Art 4 posts Outdoor Living: porches, decks, patios, pools, etc 4 posts DG Journals and Diaries 4 posts Container Gardening 4 posts Bulbs 4 posts Beginner Flowers 3 posts Gingers 3 posts Trash to Treasure 3 posts Begonias 3 posts Swaps, Trades and Giveaways 3 posts BugFiles Pictures 3 posts Cameras and Photography 3 posts Carolina Gardening 3 posts Homesteading 3 posts Canning, Freezing and Drying 3 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 3 posts Annuals 3 posts Strawbale Gardening 3 posts Garden Products 3 posts Healthy Living 2 posts Self-contained Box Gardens 2 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 2 posts Baths and Laundry Rooms 2 posts Organic Gardening 2 posts Daturas 2 posts Rock and Alpine Gardening 2 posts Vermicomposting 2 posts Japanese Maples 2 posts Cannas 2 posts Georgia Gardening 1 post Computer Talk 1 post Rocky Mountain Gardening 1 post Master Gardeners 1 post Cooking 1 post Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 1 post Camping, Hiking and Boating 1 post Hypertufa and Concrete 1 post Palms and Cycads 1 post Greenhouse 1 post Clean and Clutter-free 1 post Crafts and Decorating 1 post Tiny Gardens 1 post Carnivorous Plants 1 post Agastaches and Salvias 1 post Entertaining 1 post Mosaics and Stained Glass 1 post Ferns, Fungi and Mosses 1 post Tropical Fruits 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description hankeat Comment Tree Peony 'Nike (Godess of Victory)' Paeonia suffruticosa Cheryl8 Comment Flowering Dogwood, Eastern Dogwood Cornus florida dormousehouse Comment Flowering Dogwood, Eastern Dogwood Cornus florida Canopy Comment Flowering Dogwood, Eastern Dogwood Cornus florida jazzy1okc Comment Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida Niere Comment Mock Orange 'Innocence' Philadelphus lindaowen23 Comment Japanese Clerodendrum, Peanut Butter Shrub, Harlequin Glory Bower 'Variegata' Clerodendrum trichotomum Mcman704 Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Cherokee Heritage' Iris elliotsdottir Comment Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida PudgyMudpies Comment South African Jasmine Jasminum angulare Gardennot Comment Flowering Dogwood, Eastern Dogwood Cornus florida stephenp Comment Cabbage Palm, Cabbage Tree, Ti Kouka, Torbay Palm, Dracaena Spike Cordyline australis PudgyMudpies Comment Pink Jasmine, Winter Jasmine Jasminum polyanthum bekados Comment Cypress Vine, Star Glory, Hummingbird Vine Ipomoea quamoclit Hypatia10 Comment Amazon Lily Eucharis grandiflora holeth Comment Gold Moss, Stringy Stonecrop, Graveyard Moss Sedum sarmentosum hwylo Comment Flowering Dogwood, Eastern Dogwood Cornus florida FrancineSF Comment Honeywort, Blue Shrimp Plant, Blue Wax Flower 'Purpurascens' Cerinthe major dontruman Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Double Delight' Rosa rabbitsdiner Comment Cranesbill 'Patricia' Geranium bkay13 Comment Voodoo Lily Typhonium venosum rabbitsdiner Comment Garden Phlox 'Eva Cullum' Phlox paniculata rabbitsdiner Comment Wild Sweet William, Meadow Phlox 'Alpha' Phlox maculata madgrace Comment Scented Geranium 'Old Fashioned Rose' Pelargonium graveolens madgrace Comment Scented Geranium 'Wynchwood Rose' Pelargonium madgrace Comment Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis ms_greenjeans Comment Red Valerian 'Coccineus' Centranthus ruber ms_greenjeans Comment Nepal Cinquefoil, Potentilla 'Miss Willmott' Potentilla nepalensis angcentralfl Comment Salvia, Sage 'Mystic Spires Blue' Salvia lmacdesigns Comment Clove Currant, Buffalo Currant, Yellow-flowered Currant, Golden Currant, Missouri Currant Ribes odoratum kento Comment Indian Pink Spigelia marilandica angcentralfl Comment Blue Porterweed, Purple Porterweed, Blue Rat's Tail, Verbena Azul, Cayenne Snakeweed Stachytarpheta cayennensis Peedeer Comment Privet Cassia Senna ligustrina madgrace Comment Thanksgiving Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Crab Cactus 'Rocket' Schlumbergera truncata lhabitat Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Fabian' Iris MrsMac27 Comment Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry Duchesnea indica jenbrink Comment American Pokeweed Phytolacca americana brunsvigiaken Comment Shepherd's Crook Cyrtanthus falcatus brunsvigiaken Comment Fire lily Cyrtanthus herrei SusieR Comment Shrub Rose 'Carefree Wonder' Rosa the_naturalist Comment Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Pic-N-Pic' (Cucurbita pepo) Xenomorf Image Paper Spine Cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus) Xenomorf Image Paper Spine Cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus) Xenomorf Image Paper Spine Cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus) Xenomorf Image Paper Spine Cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus) Xenomorf Image Paper Spine Cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus) Xenomorf Image Paper Spine Cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus) Xenomorf Image Harrisia (Harrisia balansae) Xenomorf Image Harrisia (Harrisia balansae) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Senita, Whisker Cactus (Pachycereus schottii) Xenomorf Image Senita, Whisker Cactus (Pachycereus schottii) Xenomorf Image Senita, Whisker Cactus (Pachycereus schottii) Xenomorf Image Senita, Whisker Cactus (Pachycereus schottii) Xenomorf Image Senita, Whisker Cactus (Pachycereus schottii) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Alexandria' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash Zucchini 'Ishtar' (Cucurbita pepo)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description missylob Positive Gurney's Seed & Nursery dandelionhugger Neutral Gardens Alive! jayt36 Negative Van Bourgondien Dutch Bulbs causticmuse Positive Brite Leaf Citrus Nursery timothyogden Positive Romence Gardens & Greenhouses treeman_gardene Negative Willis Orchard Company Gfhaze Negative House of Wesley spokane79 Negative Direct Gardening luv2garden4ever Negative Growquest Growers (also dba Olive-Trees.net and Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC) WVMHP Negative Raintree Nursery bbwv Positive Long Ago Roses joisgarden Negative Bloomingbulb.com badokole Negative Free Trees and Plants SarahSunflower Positive Henry Field's Seed & Nursery GardenGuyKin Positive Stoneface Creations nunpa Negative Summerstone Nursery DramaBB82 Negative Henry Field's Seed & Nursery heywatchit Positive A Nearly Native Nursery lizmc33 Positive Garden Harvest Supply wittjc Positive Plant and Gnome lanzmateo Neutral High Country Gardens bellagirl1 Negative Cool Garden Things Eastdevon Negative Stargazer Perennials mellen1954 Positive Bentley Gardens.com tz2012 Negative Dimeo Blueberry Farms ceb4003 Positive Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) ClemsonTiger96 Positive Antique Rose Emporium hawkeye_wx Positive Bustani Plant Farm acebrd Positive SMG Succulents acebrd Positive Gilbert H. Wild and Son silvercedes Positive Sooner Plant Farm (home of Imagine Backyard Trees®) Chills Positive Henry Field's Seed & Nursery OKH Neutral Burpee (W. Atlee Burpee) Poochella Positive Jan's Country Garden reeve1 Negative House of Wesley reeve1 Negative Ison's Nursery & Vineyard

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... May 24, 2010