Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 12, 2011

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- James Russell Lowell, American writer)

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Forum Posts Northeast Gardening 164 posts Plant and Tree Identification 152 posts Daylilies 148 posts PlantFiles Pictures 112 posts Texas Gardening 84 posts Poultry and Livestock 84 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 74 posts Vegetable Gardening 48 posts Pets 47 posts Clematis 42 posts Sewing and Quilting 35 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 34 posts Cacti and Succulents 33 posts Australian Gardening 29 posts Bird Watching 28 posts Irises 26 posts Beginner Flowers 26 posts Lilies 26 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 25 posts Games 25 posts Homesteading 23 posts Hostas 22 posts Morning Glories 21 posts Southwest Gardening 21 posts Mid-South Gardening 20 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 20 posts Photos 19 posts Plant Trading 19 posts Roses 18 posts Peonies 17 posts Fruits and Nuts 16 posts Garden Talk 15 posts Beginner Landscaping 15 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 15 posts Cottage Gardening 15 posts Vines and Climbers 15 posts Georgia Gardening 15 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 15 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 13 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 13 posts Central Midwest Gardening 12 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 12 posts Strawbale Gardening 12 posts Propagation 11 posts Water Gardens 10 posts Tropical Plants 10 posts Self-contained Box Gardens 10 posts Recipes 10 posts Soil and Composting 9 posts Brugmansias 9 posts Insect and Spider Identification 9 posts Tomatoes 9 posts Plumerias 8 posts Cannas 8 posts Orchid Cactus 7 posts BirdFiles Pictures 7 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 7 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 6 posts Orchids 6 posts Weather 6 posts Saving Seeds 6 posts Canadian Gardening 6 posts Florida Gardening 6 posts California Gardening 5 posts Beginner Vegetables 5 posts Rocks, Minerals and Gems 5 posts Amaryllis and Hippeastrums 5 posts Trash to Treasure 5 posts Ferns, Fungi and Mosses 4 posts Ask-a-Gardener 4 posts Needle Arts 4 posts Beginner Fruit 4 posts Genealogy 4 posts Perennials 4 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 4 posts Annuals 3 posts Bromeliads 3 posts Rhododendrons and Relatives 3 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Invasive Plants 3 posts Grass and Bamboo 3 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 3 posts Garden Art 3 posts Welcome Mat 2 posts Clean and Clutter-free 2 posts Market Growers 2 posts Seed Trading 2 posts Hibiscus 2 posts Caudiciforms 2 posts Wildlife 2 posts Beekeeping 2 posts Cooking 2 posts Voting Booth 2 posts Computer Talk 2 posts Carolina Gardening 2 posts Hydrangeas 2 posts Equine Forum 2 posts High Yield Gardening 2 posts Bird Identification 2 posts Outdoor Living: porches, decks, patios, pools, etc 2 posts Home Decorating 2 posts Passifloras 1 post Heucheras and Friends 1 post Jokes & Humor 1 post Frugal Living 1 post Beauty and Fashion Tips 1 post Classified Ads 1 post Poppies 1 post Michigan Gardening 1 post BugFiles Pictures 1 post Container Gardening 1 post Organic Gardening 1 post Palms and Cycads 1 post Tiny Gardens 1 post Aroids 1 post Mosaics and Stained Glass 1 post Bulbs 1 post Vermicomposting 1 post Master Gardeners 1 post

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PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Terri1948 Comment Scarlet Avens 'Cooky' Geum coccineum atcps Comment Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Snow Dazzle' Lagerstroemia Bonniebopeep Comment Lavender 'Ellagance Ice' Lavandula angustifolia sjlfinne Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Complimentary' Iris palmbob Comment Tavares Limequat 'Tavares' X Citrofortunella swinglei OsmanthusValley Comment Red Lotus Tree Manglietia insignis vossner Comment Parrot Lily, Parrot Flower, Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas 'Theresa' Alstroemeria sram0425 Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Bella'roma' Rosa TinyPlantSale Comment Cucumber 'Adam Gherkin' Cucumis sativus skhamby Comment Variegated Mugwort 'Variegata' Artemisia vulgaris SnappyPants Comment Cranesbill 'Biokovo' Geranium x cantabrigiense Just_Grow_It Comment Wild Sweet William, Meadow Phlox 'Natascha' Phlox maculata gardennut10 Comment Large Leaf Avens Geum macrophyllum gpcsdad Comment Hybrid Kordesii Rose 'Louis Jolliet' Rosa Xenomorf Comment Maravilha Mirabilis dichotoma Xenomorf Comment Smooth Four O'clock Mirabilis glabra cntryrocks Comment Bluebeard, California Lilac, Autumn Blue Spiraea 'Sunshine Blue' Caryopteris incana cntryrocks Comment Old Fashioned Weigela 'Wine & Roses' Weigela florida cntryrocks Comment Fern-Leaf Yarrow 'Coronation Gold' Achillea filipendulina cntryrocks Comment Purpletop Vervain, Brazilian Verbena, Upright Verbena Verbena bonariensis VondaS Comment Double-Flowering Japanese Kerria, Japanese Rose, Easter Rose, Yellow Rose of Texas 'Pleniflora' Kerria japonica KariGrows Comment Azalea 'Karen' Rhododendron x gable ScarlettGardnr Comment Morning Glory, Grannyvine 'Heavenly Blue' Ipomoea tricolor glochid15 Comment Lee's Pincushion, Sneed's Cory-Cactus, Sneed's Escobaria, Sneed's Pincushion, Carpet Foxtail Cactus Escobaria sneedii glochid15 Comment Missouri Foxtail Cactus, Yellow PIncushion Cactus Escobaria missouriensis Retsbew Comment Club Moss 'Frosty Fern' Selaginella kraussiana Kell Image Stachyurus, Kibusi (Stachyurus praecox) Kell Image Stachyurus, Kibusi (Stachyurus praecox) Kell Image Stachyurus, Kibusi (Stachyurus praecox) Kell Image Stachyurus, Kibusi (Stachyurus praecox) Kell Image Tree Peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) sjlfinne Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Sea Power' (Iris ) sjlfinne Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Sea Power' (Iris ) sjlfinne Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Complimentary' (Iris ) Carkeekfish Image Flowering Quince 'Cameo' (Chaenomeles ) sjlfinne Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Childhood Wish' (Iris ) corrigandee Image Beach Sunflower (Helianthus debilis) corrigandee Image Beach Sunflower (Helianthus debilis) cactus_lover Image Star Cactus (Haworthia retusa) corrigandee Image Beach Sunflower (Helianthus debilis) TsFlowers Image Tall Bearded Iris 'White Hot' (Iris ) TsFlowers Image Tall Bearded Iris 'White Hot' (Iris ) vossner Image Parrot Lily, Parrot Flower, Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas 'Theresa' (Alstroemeria ) vossner Image Shrub Rose 'Paul Ecke Jr' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Tavares Limequat 'Tavares' (X Citrofortunella swinglei) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Allgold' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Allgold' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Grandiflora Rose, Large-flowered Rose 'Aquarius' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Grandiflora Rose, Large-flowered Rose 'Aquarius' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Black Cherry' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Blanche Mallerin' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Blanche Mallerin' (Rosa ) sjlfinne Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Yaquina Blue' (Iris ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Bonbon' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Bonbon' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Bonbon' (Rosa ) Samtpfote Image Eastern Purple Coneflower 'Green Envy' (Echinacea purpurea) Kell Image Beschorneria (Beschorneria rigida) Kell Image Beschorneria (Beschorneria rigida) Kell Image Beschorneria (Beschorneria rigida) sjlfinne Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Winterland' (Iris ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Brass Band' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Brass Band' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Brass Band' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Bride's White' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Cecil' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Rose 'Christopher Stone' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Cinco de Mayo' (Rosa ) Little_things Image Aloe (Aloe affinis) palmbob Image Large-Flowered, Hybrid Tea Rose 'Contrast' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Dagmar Spath' (Rosa ) Little_things Image Aloe (Aloe cryptopoda) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Dagmar Spath' (Rosa ) Little_things Image Aloe (Aloe cryptopoda) Little_things Image (Aloe marlothii x rupestris) ragpics Image Epidendrum (Epidendrum ciliare) RebeccaLynn Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Champagne Waltz' (Iris ) J2222 Image Woolly Thyme (Thymus pseudolanuginosus) palmbob Image Tea Rose 'Etoile de Lyon' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Floradora' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Frensham' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Green Fire' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Gruss an Coburg' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Gruss an Coburg' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Gruss an Coburg' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Holstein' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Polyantha Rose 'Mevrouw Nathalie Nypels' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Mrs. Lovell Swisher' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Rose 'Orange Triumph' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Outrageous' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Outrageous' (Rosa )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Birdseed19 Neutral Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) jeffroky Negative Reimer Seeds sunsign5 Positive David Austin Roses (US) sunsign5 Positive Long Ago Roses Birdseed19 Negative Michigan Bulb makenice Neutral Summerstone Nursery LuckyJ Positive Dimeo Blueberry Farms marie_kap Neutral Great Garden Plants Mima56 Positive Shooting Star Nursery Mima56 Positive Rose Franklin's Perennials & Herbs (Butterfly Bushes.com) celestialrose Positive Browns Ferry Gardens pdools_NJ Neutral Roots and Rhizomes weasel71 Positive Gardens Alive! HeidiNH Neutral Territorial Seed Company survivorman Negative Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) survivorman Positive John Scheepers, Inc. jessica_nj_17 Negative Brighter Blooms Nursery love_my_garden2 Negative Dimeo Blueberry Farms flowersrule Positive Garden Harvest Supply emily1939 Negative Brighter Blooms Nursery eliasastro Positive Schwerter Orchideenzucht eimaj Positive Dimeo Blueberry Farms tj2e Positive Geraniaceae sandnsea2 Positive Hallson Gardens mossbound Positive Michigan Bulb mossbound Positive Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) clively Positive NewGardenPlants.com (New Garden Plants) drorchid Positive Nature Hills Nursery Scooty Positive Bluestone Perennials MelissaF Negative Rich Farm Garden Supply Scooty Positive Romence Gardens & Greenhouses Lilyofthenight Negative Inter-State Nurseries lancecio Negative House of Wesley virginiarose Positive Country Boy Gardens RosalieR Neutral Happiness Farms, Inc. Caladium Bulbs dannygates58 Positive Hortus Botanicus cindysyoung Positive eFowl.com mossbound Positive Bluestone Perennials luvcamellias Positive Paradise Garden plympton Neutral High Country Gardens plympton Positive Romence Gardens & Greenhouses dirthound Positive Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery dirthound Positive New Hampshire Hostas dirthound Negative The Hosta Farm linette2001 Positive In the Neighborhood Daylilies plympton Positive Garden Crossings LLC HeidiNH Positive Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) dctn Negative Four Seasons Nursery CaladiumGuy Negative Caladium Bulbs 4 Less jlamberg Positive Made in the Shade Gardens ruesoleil52 Neutral High Country Gardens purplekayak Positive The Lily Garden Sherry77 Positive Romence Gardens & Greenhouses Sherry77 Positive Garden Harvest Supply

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description agave57 Positive Native Landscaping from El Paso to L.A.

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... May 12, 2011