The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of March 10, 2011, on which 184 members joined.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do - or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so. "

(Stanley Crawford)

Activity Report:

27 new plants were added to the database.
14 new descriptions were added.
50 new images were added.
267 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
ge1836 Positive CommentColeus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'The Boss'
(Solenostemon scutellarioides)
ge1836 Positive CommentColeus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Jungle Love'
(Solenostemon scutellarioides)
boomboer Positive CommentSilver Tree
(Leucadendron argenteum)
braun06 Positive CommentJapanese Yew 'Emerald Spreader'
(Taxus cuspidata)
mountainman72 Negative CommentBloodroot
(Sanguinaria canadensis)
DanKistner Positive CommentTropical Hydrangea, Pink-Ball
(Dombeya x cayeuxii)
riceke Positive CommentTomato 'Big Beef'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
HolyChickin Positive CommentHybrid Rose 'Black Tea'
(Rosa )
holeth Positive CommentFlorist's Cyclamen
(Cyclamen persicum)
chuck7701 Positive CommentKorean Tassel Fern, Japanese Lace Fern, Holly Fern, Bristle Fern
(Polystichum polyblepharum)
Kim_M Positive CommentMeadow Buttercup 'Flore-pleno'
(Ranunculus acris)
MmeW Negative CommentCut-Leaf Coneflower 'Hortensia'
(Rudbeckia laciniata)
vossner Positive CommentNew Zealand Brass Buttons 'Platt's Black'
(Leptinella squalida)
amberroses Positive CommentLarge Flowered Climbing Rose 'Don Juan'
(Rosa )

Images

Member Addition Description
DaylilySLPImageFloribunda Rose 'Gene Boerner'
(Rosa )
DaylilySLPImageFloribunda Rose 'Gene Boerner'
(Rosa )
DaylilySLPImageGrandiflora Rose 'Montezuma'
(Rosa )
DaylilySLPImageGrandiflora Rose 'Montezuma'
(Rosa )
DaylilySLPImageGrandiflora Rose 'Montezuma'
(Rosa )
DaylilySLPImageGrandiflora Rose 'Montezuma'
(Rosa )
DaylilySLPImageOrange Hummingbird Mint, Jewel of the Sierra Madre, Hyssop 'Coronado'
(Agastache aurantiaca)
DaylilySLPImageOrange Hummingbird Mint, Jewel of the Sierra Madre, Hyssop 'Coronado'
(Agastache aurantiaca)
DaylilySLPImageOrange Hummingbird Mint, Jewel of the Sierra Madre, Hyssop 'Coronado'
(Agastache aurantiaca)
DaylilySLPImageOrange Hummingbird Mint, Jewel of the Sierra Madre, Hyssop 'Coronado'
(Agastache aurantiaca)
DaylilySLPImageHollyhock 'Chater's Double White'
(Alcea rosea)
DaylilySLPImageHollyhock 'Chater's Double White'
(Alcea rosea)
DaylilySLPImageHollyhock 'Chater's Double White'
(Alcea rosea)
DaylilySLPImageHollyhock 'Chater's Double White'
(Alcea rosea)
DaylilySLPImageHollyhock 'Chater's Double Mix'
(Alcea rosea)
DaylilySLPImageHollyhock 'Chater's Double Mix'
(Alcea rosea)
DaylilySLPImageWormwood, White Mugwort 'Guizhou'
(Artemisia lactiflora)
DaylilySLPImageWormwood, White Mugwort 'Guizhou'
(Artemisia lactiflora)
DaylilySLPImageWormwood, White Mugwort 'Guizhou'
(Artemisia lactiflora)
DaylilySLPImageWormwood, White Mugwort 'Guizhou'
(Artemisia lactiflora)
DaylilySLPImageSwamp Milkweed 'Cinderella'
(Asclepias incarnata)
DaylilySLPImageSwamp Milkweed 'Cinderella'
(Asclepias incarnata)
DaylilySLPImageSwamp Milkweed 'Cinderella'
(Asclepias incarnata)
DaylilySLPImagePurple Berkheya 'Silver Spike'
(Berkheya purpurea)
DaylilySLPImagePurple Berkheya 'Silver Spike'
(Berkheya purpurea)
DaylilySLPImagePurple Berkheya 'Silver Spike'
(Berkheya purpurea)
DaylilySLPImageYellow Hardhead, Bighead Knapweed, Giant Knapweed, Armenian Basketflower, Lemon Fluff Knapweed
(Centaurea macrocephala)
DaylilySLPImageYellow Hardhead, Bighead Knapweed, Giant Knapweed, Armenian Basketflower, Lemon Fluff Knapweed
(Centaurea macrocephala)
DaylilySLPImageYellow Hardhead, Bighead Knapweed, Giant Knapweed, Armenian Basketflower, Lemon Fluff Knapweed
(Centaurea macrocephala)
DaylilySLPImageYellow Hardhead, Bighead Knapweed, Giant Knapweed, Armenian Basketflower, Lemon Fluff Knapweed
(Centaurea macrocephala)
DaylilySLPImageTickseed 'Redshift'
(Coreopsis )
DaylilySLPImageTickseed 'Redshift'
(Coreopsis )
DaylilySLPImageTickseed 'Redshift'
(Coreopsis )
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis, Pink Tickseed 'American Dream'
(Coreopsis rosea)
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis, Pink Tickseed 'American Dream'
(Coreopsis rosea)
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis, Pink Tickseed 'American Dream'
(Coreopsis rosea)
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis, Pink Tickseed 'American Dream'
(Coreopsis rosea)
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed 'Moonray'
(Coreopsis verticillata)
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed 'Moonray'
(Coreopsis verticillata)
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed 'Moonray'
(Coreopsis verticillata)
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed 'Moonray'
(Coreopsis verticillata)
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis 'Route 66'
(Coreopsis verticillata)
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis 'Route 66'
(Coreopsis verticillata)
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis 'Route 66'
(Coreopsis verticillata)
DaylilySLPImageThreadleaf Coreopsis 'Route 66'
(Coreopsis verticillata)
XenomorfImageParodia
(Parodia alacriportana subsp. buenekeri)
KellImageDwarf Mat Rush, Longleaf Matrush, Spiny Headed Matrush
(Lomandra longifolia)
KellImageDwarf Mat Rush, Longleaf Matrush, Spiny Headed Matrush
(Lomandra longifolia)
KellImageDwarf Mat Rush, Longleaf Matrush, Spiny Headed Matrush
(Lomandra longifolia)
KellImageDwarf Mat Rush, Longleaf Matrush, Spiny Headed Matrush
(Lomandra longifolia)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning
huntiae  HUNT-ee-ay  Named for Loren Edwad Hunt, 20th century American engineer who collected plants in Alaska with Jepson and others around the turn of the century  
ownbeyi  OWN-bey-eye  Named for Marion Ownbeyi, 20th century American botanist and director of the herbarium at Washington State University  
potosiense  po-to-see-EN-see  Of or from the area of San Luis Potosi a state in Mexico  
potosiensis  po-to-see-EN-sis  Of or from the area of San Luis Potosi a state in Mexico  
telaponense  tel-a-pon-EN-see  Of or from Cerra Telapon, part of the Sierro Occidental mountain range in Mexico  
Thamnochortus  tham-no-KOR-tus  From the Greek thamno (bush) and chortus (green herbage)  
ouachitensis  wah-she-TEN-sis  Of or from the Ouachita Mountains, in the Ozarks region of the U.S. The name ouachita is the French spelling of the Choctaw Indian word for good or big hunting  
ouachitana  WAH-she-ta-na  Of or from the Ouachita Mountains, in the Ozarks region of the U.S. The name ouachita is the French spelling of the Choctaw Indian word for good or big hunting  
tecunumanii  te-kun-um-MAN-ee-eye  Named for Tecun Uman, the last ruler or king of the Mayan people in Guatemala  

Plants Added Yesterday:

Plant
Daylily 'Black Fathom Depths'
Hemerocallis
Coneflower 'Pomegranate'
Echinacea purpurea
Coneflower 'Orange Luxury'
Echinacea purpurea
Blackberry 'Black Pearl Thornless'
Rubus
African Violet 'Bloomlover's Dentelle'
Saintpaulia
African Violet 'Bloomlover's Dentelle'
Saintpaulia
African Violet 'Firebird (2nd Strain)'
Saintpaulia
African Violet 'Mac's Smoldering Sapphire'
Saintpaulia
African Violet 'Green Goddess'
Saintpaulia
Dwarf Black Spruce 'Machala'
Picea x mariorika
Dwarf Jack Pine 'Schoodic'
Pinus banksiana
Dwarf Jack Pine 'Uncle Fogy'
Pinus banksiana
Mugo Pine, Mugho Pine, Swiss Mountain Pine, Mountain Pine 'Mayfair Dwarf'
Pinus mugo
Japanese White Pine 'Blue Lou'
Pinus parviflora
Japanese White Pine 'Goldilocks'
Pinus parviflora
Japanese White Pine 'Negishi'
Pinus parviflora
Japanese White Pine 'Shion'
Pinus parviflora
Southwestern White Pine, Mexican White Pine, Border White Pine 'Loma Linda'
Pinus strobiformis
Japanese White Pine 'Shikoken'
Pinus parviflora
Eastern White Pine 'Louie'
Pinus strobus
Eastern White Pine 'Mini Twists'
Pinus strobus
Eastern White Pine 'Vercurve'
Pinus strobus
Scots Pine, European Redwood, Scotch Pine 'Kelpie'
Pinus sylvestris
English Oak, Truffle Oak, Pedunculate Oak 'Pectinata'
Quercus robur
Oriental Spruce 'Nutans'
Picea orientalis
Oriental Spruce 'Losely'
Picea orientalis
'Honduras'
Tillandsia ionantha

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... March 10, 2011