Dave's Garden Newsletter for June 18, 2010

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Luther Burbank, American horticulturist)

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Plant and Tree Identification 187 posts Games 183 posts Northeast Gardening 168 posts Daylilies 136 posts Pets 102 posts Mid-South Gardening 90 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 76 posts Bird Watching 75 posts PlantFiles Pictures 70 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 70 posts Tomatoes 65 posts Beginner Vegetables 63 posts Plant Trading 60 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 51 posts Cacti and Succulents 46 posts Florida Gardening 41 posts Texas Gardening 41 posts Lilies 39 posts Southwest Gardening 36 posts Photos 35 posts Perennials 34 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 34 posts Roses 32 posts Australian Gardening 32 posts Shady Gardens 31 posts Poultry and Livestock 30 posts Brugmansias 29 posts Garden Talk 28 posts Annuals 27 posts Sewing and Quilting 27 posts Vegetable Gardening 26 posts Plumerias 25 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 25 posts Dahlias 23 posts Recipes 22 posts Hydrangeas 20 posts Tropical Plants 20 posts Beginner Flowers 19 posts Insect and Spider Identification 19 posts Weather 17 posts Morning Glories 16 posts Hostas 16 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 15 posts Seed Trading 14 posts Bird Identification 13 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 13 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 12 posts Water Gardens 12 posts Trash to Treasure 11 posts Irises 11 posts Aroids 11 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 10 posts Caudiciforms 10 posts Propagation 10 posts Tropical Fruits 10 posts Carolina Gardening 9 posts Herbs 9 posts Bulbs 9 posts Accessible Gardening 9 posts Mosaics and Stained Glass 8 posts Canadian Gardening 8 posts BugFiles Pictures 8 posts Beginner Houseplants 8 posts Container Gardening 8 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 7 posts California Gardening 7 posts Begonias 7 posts Hibiscus 7 posts Gladiolas 7 posts Wildlife 7 posts Gingers 7 posts Japanese Maples 6 posts Books, Movies, and TV 6 posts Self-contained Box Gardens 6 posts Central Midwest Gardening 6 posts Greenhouse 6 posts Homesteading 5 posts Canning, Freezing and Drying 5 posts Computer Talk 5 posts Swaps, Trades and Giveaways 5 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 4 posts Fuchsias 4 posts Georgia Gardening 4 posts Strawbale Gardening 4 posts Beginner Landscaping 3 posts Tiny Gardens 3 posts Hoyas 3 posts Cut Flowers and Floral Design 3 posts BirdFiles Pictures 3 posts Bonsai 3 posts Soil and Composting 3 posts Frugal Living 3 posts Coleus 3 posts European Gardening 2 posts Clematis 2 posts Voting Booth 2 posts Basket Weaving 2 posts DG Marketplace 2 posts PlantFiles How-to's 2 posts Michigan Gardening 2 posts Coneflowers 2 posts Happy Birthday 2 posts Heucheras and Friends 2 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 2 posts Hypertufa and Concrete 2 posts Daturas 2 posts Organic Gardening 2 posts Peonies 2 posts Cottage Gardening 2 posts Saving Seeds 1 post Apartment Living 1 post Rhododendrons and Relatives 1 post Healthy Living 1 post BugFiles How-to's 1 post Fruits and Nuts 1 post Cooking 1 post Agastaches and Salvias 1 post Vermicomposting 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description adheesh Comment Hakone Grass, Japanese Forest Grass 'All Gold' Hakonechloa macra kentstar Comment Forget-Me-Not 'Copindi' Myosotis sylvatica redspqr Comment Saucer Magnolia, Tulip Tree Magnolia x soulangeana kjspicer147 Comment Hybrid Musk Rose 'Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler' Rosa jvc613 Comment Nanking Bush Cherry Prunus tomentosa braun06 Comment Daylily 'Moses' Fire' Hemerocallis b54red Comment Tomato 'Gary'O Sena' Lycopersicon lycopersicum unhappykat Comment Chihuahua Flower Tacitus bellus b54red Comment Tomato 'Neves Azorean Red' Lycopersicon lycopersicum b54red Comment Tomato 'Kosovo' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Donnabeverin Comment Seemannia Seemannia gymnostoma Massgirl Comment Coneflower 'Evan Saul' Echinacea kentstar Comment Daylily 'Dream Blue' Hemerocallis Donnabeverin Comment Alsobia, Lace Flower, Lace Flower Vine 'San Miguel' Alsobia airplaneantonym Comment Hall's Honeysuckle, Japanese Honeysuckle 'Halliana' Lonicera japonica airplaneantonym Comment Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Ice Follies' Narcissus Darmananda Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'El Capitolio sport' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Joan Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Live Music' Iris Joan Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'No Other Love' Iris Joan Comment Siberian Iris 'Ottawa' Iris Joan Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Morning Mood' Iris MTVineman Comment Tea Tree Leptospermum namadgiensis Kiyzersoze Comment Chinese Lantern Lily, Christmas Bells Sandersonia aurantiaca EffieH Comment Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris, Persian Silk Tree Albizia julibrissin paul1960 Comment London Planetree, Plane Tree 'Yarwood' Platanus x acerifolia LuvMyGreen Comment Purple False Eranthemum Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum lostinthewoods Comment Tomato 'Lemon Boy' Lycopersicon lycopersicum ultraviolet32 Comment Clustered Bellflower Campanula glomerata Kalpavriksha Image Kapok, Cotton Tree, Sumaúma (Ceiba pentandra) Kalpavriksha Image Kapok, Cotton Tree, Sumaúma (Ceiba pentandra) ilovedahlias Image False Sunflower, Rough Heliopsis, Orange Sunflower, Ox-Eye 'Summer Nights' (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) azulivines Image Green Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia oreophila) henryr10 Image Crimson Trumpet Vine, Red Trumpet Vine 'Flamenco' (Campsis radicans) Ravens444 Image Echeveria 'Candy Wright' (Echeveria ) ilovedahlias Image White Snakeroot 'Chocolate' (Ageratina altissima) Joy Image Daylily 'Rose Masterpiece' (Hemerocallis ) mjsponies Image Twining Snapdragon, Chickabiddy 'Joan Lorraine' (Asarina scandens) PammiePi Image Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) genshiro Image Hardy Water Lily, Waterlily 'Charles de Meurville' (Nymphaea ) kerino1 Image Echinopsis Hybrid 'Celeste' (Echinopsis ) mtilton Image Desert Bird of Paradise, Yellow Bird of Paradise (Caesalpinia gilliesii) Leehallfae Image Himalayan Blue Poppy, Tibetan Blue Poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia) Leehallfae Image Himalayan Blue Poppy, Tibetan Blue Poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia) ms_greenjeans Image Clematis 'H. F. Young' (Clematis ) ms_greenjeans Image Larkspur, Candle Delphinium 'Pagan Purples' (Delphinium elatum) ms_greenjeans Image Larkspur, Candle Delphinium 'Pagan Purples' (Delphinium elatum) gardeningfun Image Coneflower 'Sunrise' (Echinacea ) gardeningfun Image Coneflower 'Sunrise' (Echinacea ) gardeningfun Image Lobelia, Cardinal Flower 'Queen Victoria' (Lobelia cardinalis) gardeningfun Image Ozark Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa) gardeningfun Image Ozark Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa) gardeningfun Image Eastern Purple Coneflower, Double Purple Coneflower 'Pink Double Delight' (Echinacea purpurea) gardeningfun Image Eastern Purple Coneflower, Double Purple Coneflower 'Pink Double Delight' (Echinacea purpurea) ms_greenjeans Image Ornamental Strawberry 'Lipstick' (Fragaria x ananassa) gardeningfun Image Virginia Sweetspire, Gooseberry, Itea 'Henry's Garnet' (Itea virginica) madamecp Image Agave (Agave moranii) gardeningfun Image Shasta Daisy 'Wirral Pride' (Leucanthemum x superbum) madamecp Image Agave (Agave cerulata subsp. subcerulata) gardeningfun Image Clematis 'Rebecca' (Clematis ) gardeningfun Image Clematis 'Rebecca' (Clematis ) Lily_love Image Balsam Pear, Bitter Gourd, Bitter Cucumber, La-Kwa (Momordica charantia) madamecp Image Golden Cereus, Prohibition Cactus, Velvet Cactus, Sprawling Cactus (Bergerocactus emoryi) ms_greenjeans Image October Daphne, Stonecrop (Hylotelephium sieboldii) gardeningfun Image Informal Decorative Dahlia 'Blue Bell' (Dahlia ) madamecp Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria standleyi) ms_greenjeans Image Hairy Alumroot, Maple Leaf Alumroot 'Brownies' (Heuchera villosa) audrebytes Image Silene 'Lumina Bronze Leaf Red' (Lychnis x haageana) audrebytes Image Silene 'Lumina Bronze Leaf Red' (Lychnis x haageana) madamecp Image Strawberry Cactus, Pitayita, Casa de Ratas (Echinocereus brandegeei) DyanesGarden Image Coneflower 'Flame Thrower' (Echinacea ) dakotaroser Image Shrub Rose 'Martine Guillot' (Rosa ) Strever Image Californian Firecracker 'Pink Diamond' (Dichelostemma ) lindseyp Image Hybrid Gladiola 'Wig's Sensation' (Gladiolus x hortulanus) mygardens Image Decorative Dahlia 'Melody Allegro' (Dahlia ) altagardener Image Savory Leafed Speedwell (Veronica saturejoides) altagardener Image Savory Leafed Speedwell (Veronica saturejoides) Parakeet Image Sweet William 'Amazon Neon Rose Magic' (Dianthus barbatus) Porphyrostachys Image Ledebouria, Squill (Ledebouria crispa) Porphyrostachys Image Ledebouria, Squill (Ledebouria crispa) Terri1948 Image Floribunda Rose 'Sunsprite' (Rosa ) Terri1948 Image Floribunda Rose 'Sunsprite' (Rosa ) 22cold Image False Spirea, False Goat's Beard 'Elizabeth Van Veen' (Astilbe japonica) linie Image Milkweed, Spurge 'Kalipso' (Euphorbia ) ultraviolet32 Image Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerata) AnnainOK Image Basket Flower, American Star Thistle, American Knapweed, Thornless Thistle 'Aloha' (Centaurea americana) Xenomorf Image Claret Cup Cactus, Strawberry Cactus, Crimson Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) Calif_Sue Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Grape Snakez' (Iris ) Calif_Sue Image Fingerleaf Rodgersia, Rodgers Flower (Rodgersia aesculifolia) Calif_Sue Image Fingerleaf Rodgersia, Rodgers Flower (Rodgersia aesculifolia) Calif_Sue Image Fingerleaf Rodgersia, Rodgers Flower (Rodgersia aesculifolia)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description tinga Positive SmallPlants.com Suzegirl Positive High Country Gardens pirl Positive Brushwood Nursery elliemccoy Negative Winn Soldani's Fancy Hibiscus Kennethd Negative Summerstone Nursery GregOroville Positive Zoysia Farm Nurseries bigorange Positive Lakeside Callas AllNative Positive Heronswood Nursery sharna Positive Twigs and Berries Nursery mickeyj Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery msagardner Positive Atomic Grow (High Yield Industries) angiev Positive Brussel's Bonsai Nursery, LLC angiev Positive Bluestone Perennials MSplantman Positive Forestfarm cgoodloe Positive Garden Harvest Supply recompence Positive Made in the Shade Gardens jb_tx Positive Trees that Please Nursery and Tree Farm roserita Positive Made in the Shade Gardens Roseemily Negative Busse Gardens psychloman Negative High Country Gardens PerryMx Negative Four Seasons Nursery Weeble Negative House of Wesley AquaEyes11010 Positive Rogue Valley Roses ginnysue Positive High Country Gardens

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... June 18, 2010