Dave's Garden Newsletter for August 26, 2010

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- St. Clare of Assisi, Italian nun (born 7/16/1194))

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Plant and Tree Identification 190 posts Northeast Gardening 172 posts Daylilies 123 posts Games 109 posts Bird Watching 58 posts Southwest Gardening 51 posts Pets 46 posts PlantFiles Pictures 42 posts Cacti and Succulents 41 posts Sewing and Quilting 38 posts Trash to Treasure 36 posts Morning Glories 36 posts Recipes 34 posts Brugmansias 30 posts Mid-South Gardening 27 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 26 posts Texas Gardening 26 posts Canning, Freezing and Drying 26 posts Tropical Plants 26 posts Insect and Spider Identification 25 posts Seed Trading 25 posts Propagation 25 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 23 posts Irises 22 posts Australian Gardening 22 posts Wildlife 22 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 21 posts Vegetable Gardening 18 posts Garden Talk 17 posts Garden Art 16 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 14 posts Bird Identification 12 posts Tomatoes 11 posts Plant Trading 10 posts Clematis 10 posts Beginner Vegetables 9 posts Florida Gardening 9 posts Photos 9 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 9 posts Saving Seeds 9 posts Caudiciforms 8 posts Soap and Candle-making 8 posts Aroids 7 posts Hostas 7 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 7 posts Vermicomposting 6 posts Orchid Cactus 6 posts Carolina Gardening 6 posts BirdFiles Pictures 6 posts Central Midwest Gardening 6 posts Perennials 6 posts Hibiscus 5 posts Lilies 5 posts Cottage Gardening 5 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 5 posts Accessible Gardening 5 posts Weather 5 posts Heucheras and Friends 4 posts Vines and Climbers 4 posts Cooking 4 posts Peppers 4 posts Voting Booth 4 posts BugFiles Pictures 4 posts Cannas 4 posts Market Growers 4 posts Clean and Clutter-free 3 posts Home Decorating 3 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 3 posts Beginner Landscaping 3 posts Canadian Gardening 3 posts Water Gardens 3 posts Jokes & Humor 3 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Swaps, Trades and Giveaways 3 posts Ferns, Fungi and Mosses 3 posts Peonies 3 posts Antiques and Collectibles 3 posts Winter Sowing 3 posts Equine Forum 3 posts Annuals 3 posts Beekeeping 2 posts Classic Threads 2 posts Computer Talk 2 posts Strawbale Gardening 2 posts Container Gardening 2 posts Bulbs 2 posts Plumerias 2 posts Ask-a-Gardener 2 posts Poultry and Livestock 2 posts PlantFiles How-to's 2 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 2 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 2 posts California Gardening 2 posts Rocky Mountain Gardening 2 posts Fuchsias 2 posts Oleanders 2 posts Beginner Houseplants 2 posts Soil and Composting 2 posts Palms and Cycads 1 post Fruits and Nuts 1 post Mosaics and Stained Glass 1 post Coneflowers 1 post Fragrant Gardening 1 post Poppies 1 post Outdoor Grilling and Cooking 1 post Homesteading 1 post Frugal Living 1 post Garden Pests and Diseases 1 post Shady Gardens 1 post Books, Movies, and TV 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description foreseen Comment African Gardenia Mitriostigma axillare foreseen Comment Oriental Lily 'Casa Blanca' Lilium foreseen Comment Oriental Lily 'Star Gazer' Lilium turektaylor Comment Daylily 'Thunder Bank' Hemerocallis Clary Comment Greyleaf Geranium, Grayleaf Geranium 'Ballerina' Geranium cinereum ambersunny Comment Summer Poinsettia, Mexican Fire Plant Euphorbia cyathophora putusinorder Comment Petunia 'Pretty Much Picasso' Petunia mikes_orchids Comment Tomato 'Speckled Roman' Lycopersicon lycopersicum KennyC98 Comment Mimosa Tree, Silk Tree 'Rosea' Albizia julibrissin SigourneyBeaver Comment Greenbrier, Cowvine Smilax bona-nox DonShirer Comment Tomato 'Black Brandywine' Lycopersicon lycopersicum HolyChickin Comment Miniature Rose 'Memphis Music' Rosa HolyChickin Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Cary Grant' Rosa HolyChickin Comment Hybrid Tea Rose, Large-flowered Rose 'Pope John Paul II' Rosa HolyChickin Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Pink Promise' Rosa gardeningfun Comment Coneflower 'Sunrise' Echinacea Sherilou Comment Tomato 'Pink Ponderosa' Lycopersicon lycopersicum DarlenePA Comment Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost' Euphorbia hawkarica Comment Ground Orchid, Boat Orchid, Phillippine Orchid Spathoglottis plicata kepij Comment Night Blooming Cereus, Mandacaru Cereus fernambucensis BCMomma Comment Creeping Cucumber, Guadeloupe Cucumber Melothria pendula victorengel Comment Dwarf Peach 'Bonanza' Prunus persica jowben1 Comment Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Peacock Flower, Gulmohar Delonix regia bbbubbles Comment Desert Rose Adenium obesum cathleenb Comment Coralbells, Alumroot, Alum Root 'Stormy Seas' Heuchera palmbob Image Haworthia (Haworthia viscosa) palmbob Image Haworthia (Haworthia viscosa) palmbob Image Haworthia 'Whirlpool' (Haworthia ) palmbob Image (Hechtia argentea) palmbob Image Monkey’s Tail (Cleistocactus colademononis) palmbob Image Hoya, Wax Plant, Porcelain Flower (Hoya caudata) palmbob Image Huernia (Huernia kennedyana) palmbob Image Huernia (Huernia pillansii) palmbob Image Plata Ipomoea, Caudiciform Morning Glory (Ipomoea platensis) palmbob Image Plata Ipomoea, Caudiciform Morning Glory (Ipomoea platensis) palmbob Image Ipomoea (Ipomoea holubii) palmbob Image Paddle Plant, Paddle Kalanchoe, Red Pancakes, Desert Cabbage (Kalanchoe luciae) palmbob Image Large-leaf Squill (Ledebouria pauciflora) palmbob Image Living Stones (Lithops aucampiae var. koelemanii) palmbob Image Living Stones (Lithops ruschiorum) palmbob Image Living Stones (Lithops schwantesii) palmbob Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis cinnabarina) palmbob Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis densispina) palmbob Image Orange Cob Cactus (Echinopsis famatimensis) palmbob Image Orange Cob Cactus (Echinopsis famatimensis) palmbob Image Mammillaria 'Fred' (Mammillaria bocasana) palmbob Image Mammillaria 'Yokan' (Mammillaria compressa) palmbob Image Crested Twin-Spined Cactus, Crested Whitey (Mammillaria geminispina f. cristate) palmbob Image Thimble Cactus (Mammillaria gracilis var. fragilis) palmbob Image Thimble Cactus (Mammillaria gracilis var. fragilis) palmbob Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria humboldtii) palmbob Image Matucana (Matucana haynei subsp. myriacantha) palmbob Image Matucana (Matucana paucicostata) palmbob Image Monilaria (Monilaria moniliformis) palmbob Image Cereus (Cereus spegazzinii) palmbob Image Parodia (Parodia alacriportana subsp. buenekeri) Sherilou Image Crisp Melon, Carosello Cucumbers 'Mandurian' (Cucumis melo) palmbob Image Neohenricia, Coral Plant (Neohenricia sibbettii) palmbob Image Parodia (Parodia scopa subsp. succinea) palmbob Image Parodia (Parodia scopa subsp. succinea) palmbob Image Parodia (Parodia scopa subsp. succinea)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Izhar Positive Thompson and Morgan (UK) LOVIE2 Positive MeyerLemonTree.com nepenthes_guy Positive Cascade Carnivores david_sinclair Positive Doyle's Thornless Blackberry mnorberry Negative Rainbow Lily Seed (lilyseed.com) kaarina Negative Growquest Growers (also dba Olive-Trees.net and Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC) Butiaman Positive Garden Harvest Supply wildflowerhoney Positive Mountain Valley Growers esteve59 Positive Violet Barn (Rob's Min-O-Lets) snikrep Positive Avant Gardens stanlesmith Positive High Country Gardens Terri2 Positive Keith Keppel geum Positive Edelweiss Perennials bayna Positive Romence Gardens & Greenhouses jhofsf Positive Pond Megastore

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... August 26, 2010