Dave's Garden Newsletter for July 4, 2011

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Henry David Thoreau, American author)

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Forum Posts Plant Identification 193 posts Northeast Gardening 155 posts Daylilies 104 posts PlantFiles Pictures 97 posts Cacti and Succulents 63 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 61 posts Texas Gardening 56 posts Sewing and Quilting 52 posts Pets 50 posts Hostas 46 posts Bird Watching 45 posts Tropical Plants 39 posts Morning Glories 37 posts Perennials 36 posts Games 35 posts Photos 33 posts Lilies 28 posts Australian Gardening 24 posts Water Gardens 20 posts Beginner Flowers 19 posts Tomatoes 19 posts Recipes 18 posts Peonies 18 posts Clematis 18 posts Poultry and Livestock 16 posts Voting Booth 16 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 15 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 14 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 14 posts Southwest Gardening 13 posts Vegetable Gardening 13 posts Irises 13 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 12 posts Accessible Gardening 12 posts BugFiles Pictures 12 posts Container Gardening 12 posts Beginner Vegetables 12 posts Mid-South Gardening 11 posts Cannas 11 posts Canadian Gardening 11 posts Roses 11 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 11 posts Frugal Living 10 posts Books, Movies, and TV 10 posts Propagation 10 posts BirdFiles Pictures 9 posts Brugmansias 9 posts Insect and Spider Identification 9 posts Hydrangeas 9 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 9 posts Weather 8 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 7 posts Fruits and Nuts 7 posts Artisans 7 posts Seed Trading 7 posts Needle Arts 6 posts Florida Gardening 6 posts Garden Talk 5 posts Garden Tool Company 5 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 5 posts Plant Trading 5 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 5 posts Equine Forum 4 posts Caudiciforms 4 posts Carolina Gardening 4 posts Palms and Cycads 4 posts Coneflowers 4 posts Trash to Treasure 4 posts Ask-a-Gardener 4 posts Greenhouse 3 posts Jokes & Humor 3 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Memory Garden 3 posts Canning, Freezing and Drying 2 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 2 posts Hoyas 2 posts Vines and Climbers 2 posts Rocky Mountain Gardening 2 posts Annuals 2 posts Cottage Gardening 2 posts Orchids 2 posts BugFiles How-to's 2 posts Central Midwest Gardening 2 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 2 posts Bird Identification 2 posts Appliances 1 post Poppies 1 post Invasive Plants 1 post Homesteading 1 post Home Budgets and Finances 1 post Heirloom Vegetables 1 post Healthy Living 1 post Ferns, Fungi and Mosses 1 post Riddle Answer Forum 1 post California Gardening 1 post Winter Sowing 1 post Shady Gardens 1 post Begonias 1 post Beginner Houseplants 1 post Beginner Landscaping 1 post Oleanders 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description kingjames488 Comment Hot Pepper 'Big Bomb' Capsicum annuum kingjames488 Comment Hot Pepper 'Matchbox' Capsicum annuum Zaltys Comment Wig Knapweed Centaurea phrygia Jnnyrey Comment Sweet Pea, Everlasting Pea Lathyrus latifolius EstelleMirage Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'American Classic' Iris HamptonsGardener Comment Oswego Tea, Bee Balm, Beebalm, Bergamot, Firecracker Plant 'Raspberry Wine' Monarda didyma dottieskipper Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans wakingdream Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans garduncan2 Comment Red-Leaf Hibiscus, False Roselle, African Rose Mallow 'Red Shield' Hibiscus acetosella Phoolan Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans betleyoun Comment Gloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily Gloriosa superba noelpne Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans akshirl Comment Large-flowered Climbing Rose 'New Dawn' Rosa NVIris Comment Border Bearded Iris 'Tiramisu' Iris olddude Comment Pisonia Pisonia rotundata eliasastro Comment Flame of the Forest, Parrot Tree, Bastard Teak Butea monosperma chery11e Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans smokeyjoe11 Comment Texas Sage, Texas Ranger, Cenizo, Barometer Bush, Silverleaf, Purple Sage 'Bertstar Dwarf' Leucophyllum frutescens atacatsa Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans pennylen Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans glory777 Comment Carnation 'Garden Spice Fuschia' Dianthus caryophyllus Daylily_Diva Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans TXBay Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans kingjames488 Comment Habanero Pepper 'Hottie' Capsicum chinense trackinsand Comment Trailing indigo Indigofera spicata GSP42 Comment Banana Shrub, Port Wine Magnolia Michelia figo Z4golfer Comment Gloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily Gloriosa superba stormyla Comment Jack in the Pulpit, Devil's Nip, Cobra Lily, Indian Turnip, Indian Almond, Pepper Turnip Arisaema ringens SwimmingJewel Comment Cushion Baby's Breath, Low Baby's Breath, Annual Gypsophila 'Gypsy Deep Rose' Gypsophila muralis stormyla Comment Strawberry 'Loran' 'Loran' Fragaria x ananassa stormyla Comment Tomato 'Fourth of July' Lycopersicon lycopersicum stormyla Comment Tomato 'Big Mama' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Ian01 Comment Texas Sage, Texas Ranger, Silverleaf, Cenizo Leucophyllum frutescens KayMN Comment Geranium, Cranesbill 'Rozanne' Geranium baiissatva Comment Aloe Aloe buhrii dicentra63 Comment Tuberous Begonia 'Nonstop Deep Red' Begonia x tuberhybrida kentstar Comment Hybrid Tea Rose '9/11 Flight 93' Rosa mkcarter66 Comment Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum mkcarter66 Comment Hosta 'Empress Wu' Hosta mkcarter66 Comment Eastern Purple Coneflower 'Green Envy' Echinacea purpurea baiissatva Comment Blue Candle, Whortleberry Cactus, Cactus Myrtle Myrtillocactus geometrizans Erutuon Comment Twinflower Linnaea borealis SilkKnoll Comment Goldenseal Hydrastis canadensis dave12122 Comment Leadwort, Hardy Blue Plumbago Ceratostigma plumbaginoides dave12122 Comment Chinese Plumbago Ceratostigma willmottianum kennedyh Image Moss (Dicranoloma menziesii) kennedyh Image Moss (Dicranoloma menziesii) kennedyh Image Moss (Leucobryum candidum) kingjames488 Image Bell Pepper 'Mohawk' (Capsicum annuum) kennedyh Image Liverwort (Hymenophyton flabellatum) HamptonsGardener Image Oswego Tea, Bee Balm, Beebalm, Bergamot, Firecracker Plant 'Raspberry Wine' (Monarda didyma) Kell Image Bolivian Fuchsia 'Alba' (Fuchsia boliviana) Kell Image Bolivian Fuchsia 'Alba' (Fuchsia boliviana) Kell Image Bolivian Fuchsia 'Alba' (Fuchsia boliviana) pirl Image Asiatic Hybrid Lily, Tango Lily 'Honey Bee' (Lilium ) pirl Image Asiatic Hybrid Lily, Tango Lily 'Honey Bee' (Lilium ) pirl Image Asiatic Hybrid Lily, Tango Lily 'Honey Bee' (Lilium ) Kell Image Supercal Petunia, Petchoa, Petunia, Calibrachoa 'Supercal Vanilla Blush' (X Petchoa ) Kell Image Supercal Petunia, Petchoa, Petunia, Calibrachoa 'Supercal Vanilla Blush' (X Petchoa ) pirl Image Asiatic Lily 'Lollypop' (Lilium ) pirl Image Asiatic Lily 'Lollypop' (Lilium ) pirl Image Asiatic Lily 'Lollypop' (Lilium ) dushyantdhari Image Johnny Jump-Up, Heartsease, Wild Pansy, Love-in-idleness, Call-me-to-you, Pinkeney John, Herb Trinit (Viola tricolor) minnesippi Image Clematis 'The President' (Clematis ) minnesippi Image Clematis 'The President' (Clematis ) minnesippi Image Clematis ''Alba Luxurians'' (Clematis viticella) busy_gardener Image Daylily 'Schnickel Fritz' (Hemerocallis ) Dinu Image Garlic Vine, Ajos Sacha (False Garlic) (Cydista aequinoctialis) Dinu Image Garlic Vine, Ajos Sacha (False Garlic) (Cydista aequinoctialis) Kell Image Lantana 'Landmark Blaze' (Lantana camara) Kell Image Lantana 'Landmark Blaze' (Lantana camara) Kell Image Lantana 'Landmark Blaze' (Lantana camara) Kell Image Lantana 'Radiation' (Lantana ) Kell Image Lantana 'Radiation' (Lantana ) stormyla Image Strawberry 'Loran' 'Loran' (Fragaria x ananassa) stormyla Image Strawberry 'Loran' 'Loran' (Fragaria x ananassa) busy_gardener Image Daylily 'Simple Magic' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Charming Charlie' (Hemerocallis ) pirl Image Daylily 'Charming Charlie' (Hemerocallis ) Kell Image New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax) Kell Image New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax) Kell Image New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax) BayAreaTropics Image Giant Tree Aloe (Aloe barberae) trackinsand Image African Bowstring Hemp, Bowstring Hemp, African Hemp (Sansevieria hyacinthoides) Kell Image Bolivian Fuchsia (Fuchsia boliviana) Kell Image Bolivian Fuchsia (Fuchsia boliviana) Kell Image Bolivian Fuchsia (Fuchsia boliviana) Kell Image Bolivian Fuchsia (Fuchsia boliviana) Kell Image Fuchsia (Fuchsia denticulata) Kell Image Fuchsia (Fuchsia denticulata) Kell Image Fuchsia (Fuchsia denticulata) Kell Image Fuchsia (Fuchsia denticulata) Kell Image Fuchsia (Fuchsia denticulata) Kell Image Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Blue Boy' (Sempervivum ) Kell Image Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Blue Boy' (Sempervivum ) Kell Image Houseleek, Hens and Chicks, Live-forever 'Blue Boy' (Sempervivum )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description HamptonsGardener Positive Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery kenstone Negative Direct Gardening gailytay Positive Green Light Z_Hongo Negative KPR - Gardeners Club Slovakia evanpowens Negative Dutch Gardens Pitcom Positive Neptune's Harvest All Natural Organic Fertilizer womacks4 Positive Cackle Hatchery stormyla Positive Flowers Of Fate stormyla Positive Sunshine Flower Bulb lakehighlands Negative Grass4sale.com bonsaist Positive Penjing Iron Works hostacouple Positive Made in the Shade Gardens fabulousflowers Positive Garden Harvest Supply kstewskis Negative Little Giant Blueberries Subversive Neutral Dimeo Blueberry Farms pattygreengenes Neutral Direct Gardening pattygreengenes Positive Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery setauketny Positive Zoysia Farm Nurseries bungalow1056 Positive Rogue Valley Roses bungalow1056 Positive Pickering Nurseries

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... July 4, 2011