Dave's Garden Newsletter for March 21, 2011

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Anne Scott-James, author, gardener)

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New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description penhill4802 Comment Tropical Hibiscus 'Ballerina' Hibiscus rosa-sinensis zak1962 Comment Variegated Mugwort 'Oriental Limelight' Artemisia vulgaris annlof Comment California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum annlof Comment Aloe Vera, Medicinal Aloe, Savila Aloe vera annlof Comment Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris Iris ensata Omoloya Comment Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida astilbe2 Comment Autumn Sage, Cherry Sage, Gregg's Sage, Texas Sage Salvia greggii DameAnneWorthit Comment Prairie Spiderwort, Western Spiderwort Tradescantia occidentalis Patiolover Comment Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia Omoloya Comment Bo Tree, Sacred Fig, Bodhi Tree, Pipal, Peepul, Bo-Tree Fig Ficus religiosa Bea_Outdoors Comment Porcelain Berry Vine, Amur Peppervine Ampelopsis brevipedunculata abken Comment Scarlet Flax, Red Flax, Flowering Flax Linum grandiflorum phase2682 Comment Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Purple Heart' Tradescantia pallida Ticker48 Comment Yellow Bulbine, Orange Bulbine 'Tiny Tangerine' Bulbine frutescens rabbitsdiner Comment Flowering Tobacco 'Perfume Deep Purple' Nicotiana alata rabbitsdiner Comment Datura, Devil's Trumpet 'Evening Fragrance' Datura inoxia otis Comment 'Big John' Holly 'Big John' Ilex attenuata azsusieq Comment Madagascar Palm Pachypodium lamerei virginiarose Comment White Cedar, Eastern Arborvitae, American Arborvitae 'Emerald Green' Thuja occidentalis australorp Comment Pink Wood Sorrel Oxalis articulata f. crassipes bjgatorgirl Comment Orchid Tree, Butterfly Tree, Mountain Ebony, Geranium Tree, Purple Bauhinia Bauhinia purpurea montaragardener Comment Tree Peony 'High Noon' Paeonia HungryItalian Comment Pink Wood Sorrel Oxalis articulata f. crassipes SerenaSYH Comment Russian Sage Perovskia atriplicifolia rkwright85 Comment Oakleaf Hydrangea 'Sike's Dwarf' Hydrangea quercifolia DaylilySLP Image Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia x insignis gold-flowered) DaylilySLP Image Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia x insignis gold-flowered) DaylilySLP Image Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia x insignis gold-flowered) DaylilySLP Image Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia x insignis gold-flowered) DaylilySLP Image Dwarf Sundrops, Prairie Sundrops, Serrateleaf Evening Primrose 'Prairie Lode' (Calylophus serrulatus) DaylilySLP Image Dwarf Sundrops, Prairie Sundrops, Serrateleaf Evening Primrose 'Prairie Lode' (Calylophus serrulatus) DaylilySLP Image Ornamental Pepper 'Medusa' (Capsicum annuum) DaylilySLP Image Ornamental Pepper 'Medusa' (Capsicum annuum) DaylilySLP Image Ornamental Pepper 'Medusa' (Capsicum annuum) DaylilySLP Image Ornamental Pepper 'Medusa' (Capsicum annuum) DaylilySLP Image Early, Large-flowered Clematis 'Royalty' (Clematis ) DaylilySLP Image Early, Large-flowered Clematis 'Royalty' (Clematis ) DaylilySLP Image Early, Large-flowered Clematis 'Royalty' (Clematis ) DaylilySLP Image Early, Large-flowered Clematis 'Royalty' (Clematis ) DaylilySLP Image Colocasia 'Elena' (Colocasia esculenta) DaylilySLP Image Colocasia 'Elena' (Colocasia esculenta) DaylilySLP Image Colocasia 'Elena' (Colocasia esculenta) DaylilySLP Image Colocasia 'Elena' (Colocasia esculenta) DaylilySLP Image Bigflower Coreopsis, Largeflowered Tickseed, Tickseed Coreopsis 'Presto' (Coreopsis grandiflora) DaylilySLP Image Bigflower Coreopsis, Largeflowered Tickseed, Tickseed Coreopsis 'Presto' (Coreopsis grandiflora) DaylilySLP Image Bigflower Coreopsis, Largeflowered Tickseed, Tickseed Coreopsis 'Presto' (Coreopsis grandiflora) DaylilySLP Image Bigflower Coreopsis, Largeflowered Tickseed, Tickseed Coreopsis 'Presto' (Coreopsis grandiflora) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis 'Little Sundial' (Coreopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis 'Little Sundial' (Coreopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Corydalis 'Berry Exciting' (Corydalis ) DaylilySLP Image Corydalis 'Berry Exciting' (Corydalis ) DaylilySLP Image Corydalis 'Berry Exciting' (Corydalis ) DaylilySLP Image Corydalis 'Berry Exciting' (Corydalis ) DaylilySLP Image Golden Male Fern 'Cristata' (Dryopteris affinis) DaylilySLP Image Golden Male Fern 'Cristata' (Dryopteris affinis) DaylilySLP Image Golden Male Fern 'Cristata' (Dryopteris affinis) DaylilySLP Image Golden Male Fern 'Cristata' (Dryopteris affinis) DaylilySLP Image Coneflower 'Powwow Wild Berry' (Echinacea purpurea) DaylilySLP Image Coneflower 'Powwow Wild Berry' (Echinacea purpurea) DaylilySLP Image Coneflower 'Powwow Wild Berry' (Echinacea purpurea) DaylilySLP Image Coneflower 'Powwow Wild Berry' (Echinacea purpurea) DaylilySLP Image Sea Holly, Leavenworth Eryngo, Purple Button-Willow (Eryngium leavenworthii) DaylilySLP Image Sea Holly, Leavenworth Eryngo, Purple Button-Willow (Eryngium leavenworthii) DaylilySLP Image Sea Holly, Leavenworth Eryngo, Purple Button-Willow (Eryngium leavenworthii) DaylilySLP Image Sea Holly, Leavenworth Eryngo, Purple Button-Willow (Eryngium leavenworthii) DaylilySLP Image Bukhara Fleeceflower, Mile-a-minute Plant, Russian Vine (Fallopia baldschuanicum) DaylilySLP Image Bukhara Fleeceflower, Mile-a-minute Plant, Russian Vine (Fallopia baldschuanicum) DaylilySLP Image Bukhara Fleeceflower, Mile-a-minute Plant, Russian Vine (Fallopia baldschuanicum) DaylilySLP Image Bukhara Fleeceflower, Mile-a-minute Plant, Russian Vine (Fallopia baldschuanicum) DaylilySLP Image False Sunflower, Rough Heliopsis, Orange Sunflower, Ox-Eye 'Venus' (Heliopsis helianthoides) DaylilySLP Image False Sunflower, Rough Heliopsis, Orange Sunflower, Ox-Eye 'Venus' (Heliopsis helianthoides) DaylilySLP Image False Sunflower, Rough Heliopsis, Orange Sunflower, Ox-Eye 'Venus' (Heliopsis helianthoides) DaylilySLP Image Hardy Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow 'Luna Pink Swirl' (Hibiscus moscheutos) DaylilySLP Image Hardy Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow 'Luna Pink Swirl' (Hibiscus moscheutos) DaylilySLP Image Hardy Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow 'Luna Red' (Hibiscus moscheutos) DaylilySLP Image Hardy Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow 'Luna Red' (Hibiscus moscheutos) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Autumn Charm' (Hylotelephium ) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Autumn Charm' (Hylotelephium ) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Autumn Charm' (Hylotelephium ) DaylilySLP Image Variegated Sedum, Striped Sedum 'Mediovariegatum' (Hylotelephium erythrostictum) DaylilySLP Image Variegated Sedum, Striped Sedum 'Mediovariegatum' (Hylotelephium erythrostictum) DaylilySLP Image Variegated Sedum, Striped Sedum 'Mediovariegatum' (Hylotelephium erythrostictum) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop, Sedum 'Picolette' (Hylotelephium telephium) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop, Sedum 'Picolette' (Hylotelephium telephium) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop, Sedum 'Picolette' (Hylotelephium telephium) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop, Sedum 'Picolette' (Hylotelephium telephium) DaylilySLP Image Thrift-leaf Perky Sue, Four-Nerve Daisy, Slender-stem Bitterweed, Plains Hymenoxys 'Prairie Sunshine' (Tetraneuris scaposa) DaylilySLP Image Thrift-leaf Perky Sue, Four-Nerve Daisy, Slender-stem Bitterweed, Plains Hymenoxys 'Prairie Sunshine' (Tetraneuris scaposa) DaylilySLP Image Thrift-leaf Perky Sue, Four-Nerve Daisy, Slender-stem Bitterweed, Plains Hymenoxys 'Prairie Sunshine' (Tetraneuris scaposa) DaylilySLP Image Thrift-leaf Perky Sue, Four-Nerve Daisy, Slender-stem Bitterweed, Plains Hymenoxys 'Prairie Sunshine' (Tetraneuris scaposa) Kell Image Christmas Tree Cactus, Eve's Needle (Austrocylindropuntia subulata f. monstrosa) Kell Image Christmas Tree Cactus, Eve's Needle (Austrocylindropuntia subulata f. monstrosa) Kell Image Christmas Tree Cactus, Eve's Needle (Austrocylindropuntia subulata f. monstrosa) Kell Image Christmas Tree Cactus, Eve's Needle (Austrocylindropuntia subulata f. monstrosa) palmbob Image Fan Aloe (Aloe plicatilis) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe pratensis) palmbob Image Aloe Vera, Medicinal Aloe, Savila (Aloe vera) palmbob Image Aloe Vera, Medicinal Aloe, Savila (Aloe vera) palmbob Image Kangaroo's Paw 'Velvet Ember' (Anigozanthos ) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Little Wonder' (Hosta ) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Little Wonder' (Hosta ) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Little Wonder' (Hosta ) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Mighty Mouse' (Hosta ) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Mighty Mouse' (Hosta ) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Mighty Mouse' (Hosta ) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Mighty Mouse' (Hosta ) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Popo' (Hosta ) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Popo' (Hosta ) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Popo' (Hosta ) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Kabitan' (Hosta sieboldii) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Kabitan' (Hosta sieboldii) DaylilySLP Image Hosta 'Kabitan' (Hosta sieboldii) DaylilySLP Image Japanese Aster 'Blue Star' (Kalimeris yomena) DaylilySLP Image Japanese Aster 'Blue Star' (Kalimeris yomena) DaylilySLP Image Japanese Aster 'Blue Star' (Kalimeris yomena) DaylilySLP Image Japanese Aster 'Blue Star' (Kalimeris yomena) palmbob Image Kangaroo's Paw 'Velvet Ember' (Anigozanthos ) palmbob Image Kangaroo's Paw 'Velvet Ember' (Anigozanthos ) palmbob Image Kangaroo's Paw 'Velvet Ember' (Anigozanthos ) palmbob Image Pony Tail Palm 'Yellow Star' (Beaucarnea recurvata var. albomarginata) palmbob Image Curly Nolina, Izote, Izote macho, Izote real (Nolina guatemalensis) palmbob Image Popcorn California Lilac 'Popcorn' (Ceanothus maritimus) palmbob Image Popcorn California Lilac 'Popcorn' (Ceanothus maritimus) palmbob Image Popcorn California Lilac 'Popcorn' (Ceanothus maritimus) palmbob Image Popcorn California Lilac 'Popcorn' (Ceanothus maritimus) palmbob Image Euphorbia 'Snow Flake' (Euphorbia polygona) palmbob Image Euphorbia 'Snow Flake' (Euphorbia polygona) palmbob Image Echeveria 'Blue Curls' (Echeveria ) palmbob Image 'Dusty Blue' (Echeveria shaviana) palmbob Image 'Dusty Blue' (Echeveria shaviana) palmbob Image Echeveria (Echeveria subrigida) palmbob Image Desert Candle (Euphorbia abyssinica) palmbob Image Desert Candle (Euphorbia abyssinica) palmbob Image Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides f. purpurata) palmbob Image Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides f. purpurata) palmbob Image Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides f. purpurata) palmbob Image Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides f. purpurata) palmbob Image Candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica) palmbob Image Candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica) palmbob Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia fruticosa) palmbob Image Poinsettia 'Lemon Snow' (Euphorbia pulcherrima) palmbob Image Poinsettia 'Lemon Snow' (Euphorbia pulcherrima) palmbob Image Poinsettia 'Lemon Snow' (Euphorbia pulcherrima) palmbob Image Mediterranean Spurge 'Tasmanian Tiger' (Euphorbia characias) palmbob Image Mediterranean Spurge 'Tasmanian Tiger' (Euphorbia characias) palmbob Image Mediterranean Spurge 'Tasmanian Tiger' (Euphorbia characias) palmbob Image Mediterranean Spurge 'Tasmanian Tiger' (Euphorbia characias) palmbob Image Lewisia, Cliff Maids, Siskiyou Lewisia, Siskiyou Bitterroot (Lewisia cotyledon) palmbob Image Lewisia, Cliff Maids, Siskiyou Lewisia, Siskiyou Bitterroot 'Sunset Strain' (Lewisia cotyledon) palmbob Image Ozothamnus (Ozothamnus coralloides) palmbob Image Japanese Black Pine 'Thunderhead' (Pinus thunbergii) palmbob Image Jenny's Stonecrop, Crooked Yellow Sedum, Stone Orpine, Spruce-leaved Stonecrop, Prickmadam 'Lemon Coral' (Sedum rupestre) palmbob Image Two-row Stonecrop 'Voodoo' (Sedum spurium) palmbob Image English Stonecrop 'Suzie Q' (Sedum anglicum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description judyinmound Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery bibbykitty Positive Brushwood Nursery thespiangarden Negative Willis Orchard Company ycn4chin Positive Gilbert H. Wild and Son thespiangarden Negative Walmart.com jamesr8 Positive Gardensoyvey.com clement4 Positive Wilkerson Mill Gardens (Hydrangea.com) clement4 Positive Oakes Daylilies gardener_VA Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. Nepitella Neutral Southmeadow Fruit Gardens (Grootendorst Nurseries) gardener_VA Positive Johnny's Selected Seeds growerscott Positive Harris Seeds nymegen Positive Turtlegaby's Tropical Oasis shortleaf Positive Whatcom Seed Company (Seedrack.com) Sam_21 Negative Willhite Seed Inc. oak_tree_01 Negative Georgia Vines Sinner Negative Cherry Gal (CherryGal.com) JMKM1976 Positive Gilbert H. Wild and Son JMKM1976 Positive Van Bourgondien Dutch Bulbs bingo2005 Positive Katz Kuntry Kuttins morris_l Positive Horizon Herbs, LLC Tigerlily09 Positive St. Clare Heirloom Seeds Lucille44 Positive Wildseed Farms Inc. bleepy Negative Henry Field's Seed & Nursery moosewood Neutral Van Bourgondien Dutch Bulbs moosewood Positive Forestfarm jmonroe18 Negative Willis Orchard Company jmonroe18 Positive Homeplace Gardens mad4roses Positive Rosy Dawn Gardens jmonroe18 Positive Plant Delights Nursery moudk Negative Pinetree Garden Seeds moosewood Positive High Country Gardens DEMinPA Positive The Sample Seed Shop moosewood Positive Henry Field's Seed & Nursery moosewood Positive Greer Gardens Mike_Crawford Positive Oakes Daylilies montaragardener Negative Sexy Bloomers (South Creek Nursery of Palmyra) sidsworld Positive Easy to Grow Bulbs

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 21, 2011