Dave's Garden Newsletter for April 20, 2011

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Wye Saltonstall, 17th century British author)

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PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Terri1948 Comment Daffodil 'Barrii Conspicuus' Narcissus Terri1948 Comment Phlox 'Rose Cushion' Phlox douglasii Terri1948 Comment Aubrieta 'Kitte Rose' Aubrieta gracilis dgford411 Comment Snowrose, Tree of a Thousand Stars 'Variegated Pink' Serissa foetida tinat2000 Comment Loquat, Japanese Plum Eriobotrya japonica Terri1948 Comment Ivy-Leaved Geranium 'Crocodile' Geranium pelargonium Terri1948 Comment Foam Flower 'Sugar and Spice' Tiarella Terri1948 Comment Foamflower, Foam Flower 'Mystic Mist' Tiarella Terri1948 Comment Foam Flower 'Sea Foam' Tiarella driftmore Comment Spotted Wandering Jew Tinantia pringlei hawkarica Comment Peregrina, Spicy Jatropha 'Baby Doll' Jatropha integerrima Janiac Comment Mascarene Grass, Fine-leaf Manila Temple Grass Zoysia tenuifolia DaddyNature Comment Porcelain Berry Vine, Amur Peppervine Ampelopsis brevipedunculata Erutuon Comment Fringed Bleeding Heart Dicentra eximia marti001 Comment Red Dead Nettle, Purple Dead Nettle Lamium purpureum Shaunapie Comment Dinner Plate Aralia, Balfour Aralia 'Balfouriana' Polyscias scutellaria rroyce Comment Etrog Citron, Ethrog Citron Citrus medica var. etrog SpaceCase418 Image Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora) SpaceCase418 Image Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo biloba) SpaceCase418 Image Japanese Beech (Fagus crenata) SpaceCase418 Image Japanese Maple 'Kiyohime' (Acer palmatum) SpaceCase418 Image Japanese White Pine 'Miyajima' (Pinus parviflora) bootandall Image Southern Magnolia 'Samuel Sommer' (Magnolia grandiflora) bootandall Image Southern Magnolia 'Samuel Sommer' (Magnolia grandiflora) Farmerdill Image English Pea 'Premium' (Pisum sativum) Farmerdill Image Radish 'Raxe' (Raphanus sativus) Farmerdill Image Spinach 'Melody' (Spinacia oleracea) pixie62560 Image Lenten Rose 'Sunshine Selections' (Helleborus x hybridus) Xenomorf Image Coryphantha (Coryphantha pseudoechinus) Xenomorf Image Coryphantha (Coryphantha pseudoechinus) Xenomorf Image Coryphantha (Coryphantha pseudoechinus) Xenomorf Image Coryphantha (Coryphantha pseudoechinus) virginiarose Image Azalea 'Vuyk's Johanna' (Rhododendron ) Lilyofthenight Image Zocoxochitl Pencil cactus (ECHINOCEREUS Echinocerteus poselgeri) Lilyofthenight Image Zocoxochitl Pencil cactus (ECHINOCEREUS Echinocerteus poselgeri) Lilyofthenight Image Zocoxochitl Pencil cactus (ECHINOCEREUS Echinocerteus poselgeri) Xenomorf Image Goodding's Tansyaster (Machaeranthera pinnatifida subsp. gooddingii) Xenomorf Image Goodding's Tansyaster (Machaeranthera pinnatifida subsp. gooddingii) Xenomorf Image (Euphorbia waringiae) Xenomorf Image (Euphorbia waringiae) plantladylin Image Blue Boy, Blue Glory, Clock Vine (Thunbergia battiscombei) sunnyg Image Flattop Ageratum, Butterfly Mist (Ageratum corymbosum) Calif_Sue Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Queen's Circle' (Iris ) EAVillager Image Giant Dogwood (Cornus controversa) Calif_Sue Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Queen's Circle' (Iris ) EAVillager Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Total Chaos' (Iris ) EAVillager Image Border Bearded Iris 'Raspberry Silk' (Iris ) sunnyg Image Birds-eye (Gilia tricolor) DMersh Image Gorse, Furze, Whin, Honey Bottles, Hoth (Ulex europaeus) DMersh Image Gorse, Furze, Whin, Honey Bottles, Hoth (Ulex europaeus) Xenomorf Image Baseball Plant, Klipnoors, Sea Urchin (Euphorbia obesa) Xenomorf Image Baseball Plant, Klipnoors, Sea Urchin (Euphorbia obesa) Xenomorf Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia gorgonis) hawkarica Image Peregrina, Spicy Jatropha 'Baby Doll' (Jatropha integerrima) Xenomorf Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia colliculina) Xenomorf Image Euphorbia Hybrid (Euphorbia horrida x symmetrica) Xenomorf Image Euphorbia Hybrid (Euphorbia horrida x symmetrica) Xenomorf Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia enopla) Xenomorf Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia enopla) Xenomorf Image Milk Barrel (Euphorbia horrida) Xenomorf Image Milk Barrel (Euphorbia horrida) Xenomorf Image Milk Barrel (Euphorbia horrida) Xenomorf Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia fruticosa) Xenomorf Image Euphorbia Hybrid (Euphorbia horrida x polygona) Xenomorf Image Euphorbia Hybrid (Euphorbia horrida x polygona) WaterCan2 Image Tulip 'Pirand' (Tulipa ) WaterCan2 Image Tulip 'Pirand' (Tulipa ) eliasastro Image Bolivian Nasturtium (Tropaeolum tricolor) Xenomorf Image Gasteria (Gasteria excelsa) Xenomorf Image Somalian Aloe (Aloe somaliensis) SpaceCase418 Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Mrs. David Reed' (Camellia japonica) SpaceCase418 Image Rosemary 'Light Logee Blue' (Rosmarinus officinalis) SpaceCase418 Image Rosemary 'Light Logee Blue' (Rosmarinus officinalis) SpaceCase418 Image Rosemary 'Light Logee Blue' (Rosmarinus officinalis) SpaceCase418 Image Cutleaf Japanese Maple, Threadleaf Japanese Maple 'Seiryu' (Acer palmatum var. dissectum) SpaceCase418 Image Mondo Grass (Ophiopogon japonicus) SpaceCase418 Image Japanese Maple 'Butterfly' (Acer palmatum) SpaceCase418 Image Japanese Maple 'Butterfly' (Acer palmatum) SpaceCase418 Image Chinese Witch Hazel, Chinese Fringe Flower 'Zhuzhou Fuchsia' (Loropetalum chinense) SpaceCase418 Image Chinese Witch Hazel, Chinese Fringe Flower 'Zhuzhou Fuchsia' (Loropetalum chinense) Speckled_Hen Image Hybrid Musk Rose 'Vanity' (Rosa ) Kell Image Tree Sedum, Tree Stonecrop (Sedum dendroideum) SpaceCase418 Image Jenny's Stonecrop, Crooked Yellow Sedum, Stone Orpine, Spruce-leaved Stonecrop, Prickmadam 'Angelina' (Sedum rupestre) vossner Image Yellow Baptisia, False Yellow Indigo 'Screamin' Yellow' (Baptisia sphaerocarpa) vossner Image Yellow Baptisia, False Yellow Indigo 'Screamin' Yellow' (Baptisia sphaerocarpa) vossner Image Dahlberg Daisy, Golden Fleece, Tiny Tim Bristle-Leaf Dyssodia, Bristleleaf, Pricklyleaf, Dogweed, Fe (Thymophylla tenuiloba) vossner Image Dahlberg Daisy, Golden Fleece, Tiny Tim Bristle-Leaf Dyssodia, Bristleleaf, Pricklyleaf, Dogweed, Fe (Thymophylla tenuiloba) Calif_Sue Image Rhododendron 'Else Frye' (Rhododendron ) Calif_Sue Image Rhododendron 'Else Frye' (Rhododendron ) Kell Image Echinopsis Hybrid, Chamaelobivia 'Rose Quartz' (Echinopsis ) Kell Image Echinopsis Hybrid, Chamaelobivia 'Rose Quartz' (Echinopsis ) Kell Image Echinopsis Hybrid, Chamaelobivia 'Rose Quartz' (Echinopsis ) Kell Image Echinopsis Hybrid, Chamaelobivia 'Rose Quartz' (Echinopsis ) Kell Image African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'FlowerPower® Double Purple' (Osteospermum ecklonis ) Kell Image African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'FlowerPower® Double Purple' (Osteospermum ecklonis ) Kell Image African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'FlowerPower® Double Purple' (Osteospermum ecklonis ) floraphiliac Image Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine (Campsis radicans) Ravens444 Image Donkey Ears, Life Plant (Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri)

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Member Addition Description dc3886 Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery oswald Neutral One Green World (Northwoods Nursery) Freda123 Negative Michigan Bulb Paul1617 Positive A Nearly Native Nursery gardeningjan Positive Burlington Rose Nursery Shonya Positive Plant Warrior (AGulent Agronomics, LLC) locoporloros Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. Pinetucky Positive Almost Eden Plants fATTCAKESbABE Positive Direct Gardening teacher33 Positive Funderburk Daylily Farm AnnieG487 Positive Jung Seed skhamby Positive Evergreen Nursery patticakemoyers Negative Four Seasons Nursery smithmal Positive Asparagus Gardener mfood Positive Pense Nursery grangerman Negative Cooper Seeds rddjgarden Positive Plant Delights Nursery j1212 Negative Direct Gardening slicey Positive Bay Flora pantegogardener Positive Old House Gardens - Heirloom Bulbs junepeony4me Negative Big Dipper Farm veryblessed Positive Old House Gardens - Heirloom Bulbs Bellababy Positive Burgess Seed dvance Positive Dimeo Blueberry Farms dannygates58 Positive WildThings Rescue Nursery onewish1 Positive Edible Landscaping sneill Positive New Hampshire Hostas Nelie Positive Gilbert H. Wild and Son desertluver99 Negative Valley Grow dspirits Negative Jung Seed Gotrobbed Negative Cottage Farms jeainky Negative Burnt Ridge Nursery jeainky Positive Burgess Seed smitron Positive St. Clare Heirloom Seeds Ledgetopfarm Positive Dimeo Blueberry Farms Kose Positive Vernon Barnes and Son Nursery rosecrazytoo Positive The Lily Garden Tinuviel98 Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. rubytoo2 Positive Garden Harvest Supply grizz299 Positive Dimeo Blueberry Farms nfinchum Positive eFowl.com joannjoann Positive White Top Daylily Farm louisiana8 Positive Old House Gardens - Heirloom Bulbs teacher33 Positive Northern Lights Daylilies teacher33 Positive Eller's Sunshine Garden teacher33 Positive Marietta Gardens ssowards Positive St. Clare Heirloom Seeds SoCalTim Negative Little Giant Blueberries

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... April 20, 2011