Dave's Garden Newsletter for February 14, 2011

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New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description RosemaryK Comment Coneflower 'Matthew Saul' Echinacea jtyrie Comment Firecracker Plant, Coral Plant, Coralblow, Fountain Plant Russelia equisetiformis xerichick Comment Winter Honeysuckle Lonicera fragrantissima DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Amelia Island Holiday' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Amethyst Cathedral' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Amethyst Island' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Ample Charm' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Amy Mack' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'An Appalachian Moon' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Ancient Elf' Hemerocallis Wisee Comment Peach 'Red Haven' Prunus persica dakota1sam Comment Powdery Thalia Thalia dealbata cloud91977 Comment Plantain Thrift, Pinkball Thrift 'Joystick White' Armeria pseudarmeria lahomesteader Comment Satsuma Orange, Unshu Orange 'Brown's Select' Citrus reticulata subsp. unshiu cloud91977 Comment Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket Gaillardia x grandiflora cloud91977 Comment Island Buckwheat, Red Buckwheat, Red-flowered Buckwheat, Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum grande var. rubescens jpaczkowski0 Comment Nandina, Dwarf Nandina, Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo 'Fire Power' Nandina domestica cloud91977 Comment Common Cosmos, Mexican Aster, Cosmea 'Double Click Rose Bonbon' Cosmos bipinnatus donnacreation Comment Cycad, Giant Dioon, Gum Palm Dioon spinulosum cloud91977 Comment Klondike Cosmos, Sulphur Cosmos, Orange Cosmos 'Bright Lights' Cosmos sulphureus cloud91977 Comment Love Plant, Cupid's Dart Catananche caerulea luciee Comment Winter Honeysuckle Lonicera fragrantissima pommace Comment Tomato 'Valencia' Lycopersicon lycopersicum DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Angel Ahead' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Angela Marie' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Angelique Breshears' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Anita Gay' Hemerocallis Sermoneta Comment Japanese Stilt Grass, Nepalese Browntop, Chinese Packing Grass Microstegium vimineum DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Ann a Santaniello' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Ann Hicks' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Anna Grace LeMarbre' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Anna Nicole' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Annabelle Eckhoff' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Anna's Southern Gentleman' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Anne B. Sullivan' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Anne Rudloe' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Anne's Song' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Anni Reinermann-Graes' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Annie Pearl Mathews' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Annie Ruth Keene' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Another Mask' Hemerocallis desmarc Comment Winter Honeysuckle Lonicera fragrantissima mlmlakestevens Comment Jerusalem Sage Phlomis fruticosa Jlopez Comment Pasquita, Snow Flake, Snows Of Kilmanjaro, Flor de Nino Euphorbia leucocephala DaylilySLP Image African Daisy, Cape Daisy, 'Soprano Vanilla Spoon' (Osteospermum ) DaylilySLP Image African Daisy, Cape Daisy, 'Soprano Vanilla Spoon' (Osteospermum ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Best Man' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Best Man' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Raspberry Sundae' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Raspberry Sundae' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Beardtongue, Beard Tongue 'Navigator Mix' (Penstemon barbatus) DaylilySLP Image Beardtongue, Beard Tongue 'Navigator Mix' (Penstemon barbatus) DaylilySLP Image Beardtongue, Beard Tongue 'Navigator Mix' (Penstemon barbatus) DaylilySLP Image Beardtongue, Beard Tongue 'Navigator Mix' (Penstemon barbatus) DaylilySLP Image Giant Fleeceflower, White Fleece Flower, White Dragon (Persicaria polymorpha) DaylilySLP Image Giant Fleeceflower, White Fleece Flower, White Dragon (Persicaria polymorpha) DaylilySLP Image Petunia 'Easy Wave Burgundy Star' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Petunia 'Easy Wave Burgundy Star' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Petunia 'Easy Wave Burgundy Star' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Miniature Petunia 'Supertunia Bermuda Beach' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Miniature Petunia 'Supertunia Bermuda Beach' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Miniature Petunia 'Supertunia Bermuda Beach' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Petunia 'Supertunia Citrus' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Petunia 'Supertunia Citrus' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Petunia 'Supertunia Citrus' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Miniature Petunia 'Supertunia Mini Silver' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Miniature Petunia 'Supertunia Mini Silver' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Miniature Petunia 'Supertunia Mini Silver' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Miniature Petunia 'Supertunia Mini Silver' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Miniature Petunia 'Supertunia Mini Blue' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Miniature Petunia 'Supertunia Mini Blue' (Petunia ) DaylilySLP Image Virginal Mockorange 'Minnesota Snowflake' (Philadelphus x virginalis) DaylilySLP Image Virginal Mockorange 'Minnesota Snowflake' (Philadelphus x virginalis) DaylilySLP Image Virginal Mockorange 'Minnesota Snowflake' (Philadelphus x virginalis) DaylilySLP Image Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) DaylilySLP Image Catawba Rhododendron, Iron Clad Rhododendron 'Catawbiense Boursault' (Rhododendron ) DaylilySLP Image Catawba Rhododendron, Iron Clad Rhododendron 'Catawbiense Boursault' (Rhododendron ) DaylilySLP Image Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla' (Rhododendron ) DaylilySLP Image Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla' (Rhododendron ) DaylilySLP Image Rhododendron 'Roseum Elegans' (Rhododendron ) DaylilySLP Image Rhododendron 'Roseum Elegans' (Rhododendron ) DaylilySLP Image Rhododendron 'Roseum Elegans' (Rhododendron ) DaylilySLP Image Ravenna Grass, Plume Grass, Hardy Pampas Grass (Saccharum ravennae) DaylilySLP Image Ravenna Grass, Plume Grass, Hardy Pampas Grass (Saccharum ravennae) DaylilySLP Image Ravenna Grass, Plume Grass, Hardy Pampas Grass (Saccharum ravennae) DaylilySLP Image Violet Sage, Ornamental Meadow Sage, Balkan Clary, Perennial Woodland Sage 'Marcus' (Salvia nemorosa) DaylilySLP Image Violet Sage, Ornamental Meadow Sage, Balkan Clary, Perennial Woodland Sage 'Marcus' (Salvia nemorosa) DaylilySLP Image Violet Sage, Ornamental Meadow Sage, Balkan Clary, Perennial Woodland Sage 'Marcus' (Salvia nemorosa) DaylilySLP Image Violet Sage, Ornamental Meadow Sage, Balkan Clary, Perennial Woodland Sage 'Marcus' (Salvia nemorosa) palmbob Image Agave (Agave dasylirioides) palmbob Image Bottlebrush Aloe (Aloe rupestris) palmbob Image Bottlebrush Aloe (Aloe rupestris) DaylilySLP Image Kamschatka Stonecrop, Russian Stonecrop 'Weihenstephaner Gold' (Sedum kamtschaticum var. floriferum) DaylilySLP Image Kamschatka Stonecrop, Russian Stonecrop 'Weihenstephaner Gold' (Sedum kamtschaticum var. floriferum) DaylilySLP Image Kamschatka Stonecrop, Russian Stonecrop 'Weihenstephaner Gold' (Sedum kamtschaticum var. floriferum) DaylilySLP Image Catchfly, Red Campion, English Maiden 'Clifford Moor' (Silene dioica) DaylilySLP Image Catchfly, Red Campion, English Maiden 'Clifford Moor' (Silene dioica) DaylilySLP Image Catchfly, Red Campion, English Maiden 'Clifford Moor' (Silene dioica) DaylilySLP Image Catchfly, Red Campion, English Maiden 'Clifford Moor' (Silene dioica) DaylilySLP Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Kong Red' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) DaylilySLP Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Kong Red' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) DaylilySLP Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Kong Red' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) DaylilySLP Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Kong Red' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) DaylilySLP Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Kong Rose' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) DaylilySLP Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Kong Rose' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) DaylilySLP Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Kong Rose' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) DaylilySLP Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Kong Rose' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) DaylilySLP Image Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) DaylilySLP Image Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) DaylilySLP Image Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Mfacci Positive Orchids.com (Norman's Orchids) inexperienced Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. saanansandy Positive Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms, Inc. jeainky Positive Botanical Interests, Inc. jeainky Negative Burnt Ridge Nursery bnkenobi Negative Dimeo Blueberry Farms adc03 Positive Pense Nursery TLynnK Negative Gardener's Choice stormygace Positive Robert Marvel Plastic Mulch fallowdeer Positive Classy Groundcovers bnkenobi Positive Berries Unlimited mtilton Positive Crosman's Seeds weedsfree Positive Dixondale Farms wyophil Positive Alplains gardenobsessive Positive Michigan Bulb upsetbuyer Negative Dimeo Blueberry Farms gardenobsessive Positive Gurney's Seed & Nursery GreenAcresArt Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. mlmlakestevens Positive A & D Nursery HollyWest Positive Santa Barbara Greenhouses ap_nm Positive Bass Pecan Company BlossumGirl Positive Oakes Daylilies

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description ksgarden95 Positive Garden Musings, Essays on gardening and life from the Kansas Flint Hills

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... February 14, 2011