Dave's Garden Newsletter for January 28, 2012

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Barbara Damrosch, American garden writer)

Forum Activity

Forum Posts PlantFiles Pictures 185 posts Northeast Gardening 79 posts Cacti and Succulents 77 posts Pets 49 posts Plant Identification 40 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 39 posts Games 37 posts Australian Gardening 37 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 27 posts Photos 26 posts Sewing and Quilting 23 posts Texas Gardening 22 posts Tropical Plants 22 posts Orchids 20 posts Seed Trading 17 posts Bird Watching 17 posts Southwest Gardening 15 posts Frugal Living 15 posts Daylilies 14 posts Beginner Flowers 12 posts Beginner Houseplants 11 posts Japanese Maples 11 posts Clematis 11 posts Insect and Spider Identification 11 posts Recipes 9 posts Canadian Gardening 8 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 7 posts Irises 7 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 7 posts Beginner Fruit 7 posts Palms and Cycads 7 posts Vegetable Gardening 7 posts Tomatoes 7 posts Soil and Composting 7 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 7 posts Computer Talk 7 posts Garden Talk 6 posts Mid-South Gardening 5 posts Lilies 5 posts Homesteading 5 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 5 posts Cannas 5 posts Brugmansias 4 posts Voting Booth 4 posts Books, Movies, and TV 4 posts Greenhouse 4 posts Aroids 4 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 4 posts Seed Germination 4 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Accessible Gardening 3 posts Poppies 3 posts Container Gardening 3 posts Weather 3 posts Beginner Vegetables 3 posts Morning Glories 3 posts Water Gardens 2 posts Florida Gardening 2 posts Gardening by the Moon 2 posts Carolina Gardening 2 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 2 posts Soap and Candle-making 2 posts Central Midwest Gardening 2 posts Needle Arts 2 posts Beekeeping 2 posts BugFiles Pictures 2 posts DG Marketplace 2 posts PlantFiles How-to's 1 post Poultry and Livestock 1 post Winter Sowing 1 post Hibiscus 1 post Caudiciforms 1 post Trash to Treasure 1 post Rocks, Minerals and Gems 1 post BirdFiles Pictures 1 post Hypertufa and Concrete 1 post Perennials 1 post Jokes & Humor 1 post Equine Forum 1 post Bromeliads 1 post Gardening History 1 post Garden Art 1 post Ohio River Valley Gardening 1 post

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PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description woofess Comment Swiss Chard, Leaf Beet, Perpetual Spinach 'Gator Perpetual Spinach' Beta vulgaris var. cicla bluespiral Comment Transvaal Sage Salvia diserma bluespiral Comment Salvia plectranthoides e_e_e Comment French Marigold 'Jolly Jester' Tagetes patula RosemaryK Comment Doublefile Viburnum, Japanese Snowball Bush 'Popcorn' Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum rebekb Comment Corkscrew Rush 'Spiralis' Juncus effusus gregr18 Comment Dusty Zenobia Zenobia pulverulenta degger Comment Crocosmia 'Lucifer' Crocosmia Joy Image Daylily 'Allegiance' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Margo Reed Indeed' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Enjoy' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Party Array' (Hemerocallis ) Cville_Gardener Image Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Redhead' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) Cville_Gardener Image Lamb's Ear 'Silver Carpet' (Stachys byzantina) Joy Image Daylily 'Washingtons Farewell' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Emma's Heart Stopper' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Emma's Heart Stopper' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Golliwog' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Golliwog' (Hemerocallis ) Cville_Gardener Image Common Cosmos, Mexican Aster 'Purity' (Cosmos bipinnatus) Joy Image Daylily 'Platinum Plus' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Prairie Satan' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Prairie Satan' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Mountain Top Experience' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Greta' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Golliwog' (Hemerocallis ) 11ducks Image Tall Bearded Iris 'China Moon' (Iris ) 11ducks Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Cimarron Trail' (Iris ) Joy Image Daylily 'Hermitage Newton' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'George Caleb Bingham' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Evening Song' (Hemerocallis ) 11ducks Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Cheetah Cheese' (Iris ) Joy Image Daylily 'Evening Song' (Hemerocallis ) saya Image Hybrid Tea Rose, Large-flowered Rose 'Mamma Mia!' (Rosa ) Joy Image Daylily 'My Wife Jane' (Hemerocallis ) 11ducks Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Elysium' (Iris ) saya Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Augusta Luise' (Rosa ) saya Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Augusta Luise' (Rosa ) Joy Image Daylily 'Ben Arthur Davis' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Rock Orchid (Thelychiton x delicatum) DaylilySLP Image Rock Orchid (Thelychiton x delicatum) DaylilySLP Image Rock Orchid (Thelychiton x delicatum) Joy Image Daylily 'Double Passion' (Hemerocallis ) saya Image Polyantha Rose 'Orange Morsdag' (Rosa ) DaylilySLP Image Lycaste (Lycaste lasioglossa) DaylilySLP Image Lycaste (Lycaste lasioglossa) saya Image Polyantha Rose 'Orange Morsdag' (Rosa ) DaylilySLP Image Oncidium (Oncidium splendidum) DaylilySLP Image Phragmipedium Mary Bess (Phragmipedium ) 11ducks Image Tall Bearded Iris 'English Cottage' (Iris ) 11ducks Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Exactitude' (Iris ) Joy Image Daylily 'Oriental Princess' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Captain Hook' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Captain Hook' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Zip Boom Bah' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Amethyst Art' (Hemerocallis ) Joy Image Daylily 'Amethyst Art' (Hemerocallis ) 11ducks Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Entice' (Iris ) 11ducks Image Arilbred Iris 'Esther's Son' (Iris ) 11ducks Image Arilbred Iris 'Esther's Son' (Iris ) 11ducks Image Arilbred Iris 'Esther's Son' (Iris ) 11ducks Image Tall Bearded Space Age Iris 'Fangnificent' (Iris ) 11ducks Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Filibuster' (Iris ) 11ducks Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Fire Down Below' (Iris ) DMersh Image Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) DaylilySLP Image Echeveria 'Debbie' (Echeveria ) DaylilySLP Image Echeveria 'Debbie' (Echeveria ) DaylilySLP Image 'Tassmania' (Calathea crocata) DaylilySLP Image 'Tassmania' (Calathea crocata) DaylilySLP Image 'Tassmania' (Calathea crocata) DaylilySLP Image Rubber tree 'Silvie' (Ficus elastica) DaylilySLP Image Rubber tree 'Silvie' (Ficus elastica) DaylilySLP Image Rubber tree 'Silvie' (Ficus elastica) DaylilySLP Image Rubber tree 'Silvie' (Ficus elastica) DaylilySLP Image 'Falling Waters' (Taxodium distichum) DaylilySLP Image 'Falling Waters' (Taxodium distichum) DaylilySLP Image 'Falling Waters' (Taxodium distichum) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum 'Mabel Pink' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum 'Mabel Pink' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum 'Mabel Pink' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum 'Mabel Pink' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Echeveria 'Dark Prince' (Echeveria ) DaylilySLP Image Echeveria 'Dark Prince' (Echeveria ) DaylilySLP Image Echeveria 'Dark Prince' (Echeveria ) DaylilySLP Image Echeveria 'Dark Prince' (Echeveria ) DaylilySLP Image Spanish Flag, Firecracker Vine, Exotic Love Vine 'Jungle Queen' (Ipomoea lobata) DaylilySLP Image Spanish Flag, Firecracker Vine, Exotic Love Vine 'Jungle Queen' (Ipomoea lobata) DaylilySLP Image Spanish Flag, Firecracker Vine, Exotic Love Vine 'Jungle Queen' (Ipomoea lobata) kennedyh Image White Purslane (Neopaxia australasica) kennedyh Image Snow Daisy (Brachyscome nivalis) kennedyh Image Snow Daisy (Brachyscome nivalis) saya Image Cranesbill 'Mavis Simpson' (Geranium x riversleaianum) saya Image Waterlily Dahlia 'Rawhide' (Dahlia ) kennedyh Image Silver Ewartia, Brown Edelweiss (Ewartia nubigena) kennedyh Image Violet Fleabane (Erigeron pappochromus) kennedyh Image Broad Plantain (Plantago euryphylla) kennedyh Image Broad Plantain (Plantago euryphylla) kennedyh Image Broad Plantain (Plantago euryphylla) kennedyh Image Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. niphophila) MNass Image Firecracker Plant, Cigar Plant 'David Verity' (Cuphea ) DaylilySLP Image Oncidium Kilauea (Oncidium ) DaylilySLP Image Oncidium Kilauea (Oncidium ) DaylilySLP Image Rhynchovola David Sander (Rhynchovola ) DaylilySLP Image Zygopetalum Blue Bear (Zygopetalum ) DaylilySLP Image Zygopetalum Blue Bear (Zygopetalum ) DaylilySLP Image Tolumnia Phyllis Envy (Tolumnia )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description jeanrice Neutral Dutch Gardens almaty Positive Augis' Bulbs Sherilou Positive Johnny's Selected Seeds Reddoorfarms Positive Ivy Garth Seeds & Plants, Inc. Reddoorfarms Positive Southern Exposure Seed Exchange reeve1 Positive David Austin Roses (US) goombah Positive Annie's Magic Garden Roefam95 Positive Pinetree Garden Seeds louis1933 Positive High Country Gardens orcasgirl Negative Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) SAS47dg Negative Growquest Growers (also dba Olive-Trees.net and Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC) livinonfaith Positive Blue Ribbon Tomatoes nightwood Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. 1337RN Positive Seed Savers Exchange 1337RN Positive Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) 1337RN Positive Gardens Alive! vitrsna Positive Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants vitrsna Positive Thompson and Morgan (UK) vitrsna Positive Florida Wildflower Growers Cooperative Frank1965 Positive Annie's Annuals and Perennials Frank1965 Positive A Nearly Native Nursery Frank1965 Positive Easy to Grow Bulbs Frank1965 Positive J.L. Hudson, Seedsman Frank1965 Positive Santa Rosa Gardens Frank1965 Positive Rarefind Nursery (Rare Find Nursery) Frank1965 Positive Annie's Magic Garden

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... January 28, 2012