Dave's Garden Newsletter for March 14, 2012

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Forum Activity

Forum Posts Northeast Gardening 78 posts Cacti and Succulents 72 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 61 posts PlantFiles Pictures 60 posts Texas Gardening 47 posts Pets 42 posts Vegetable Gardening 36 posts Plant Identification 35 posts Games 34 posts Tomatoes 28 posts Photos 25 posts Australian Gardening 25 posts Poultry and Livestock 22 posts Computer Talk 21 posts Daylilies 19 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 18 posts Mid-South Gardening 17 posts Sewing and Quilting 13 posts Clematis 12 posts Bird Watching 12 posts Insect and Spider Identification 11 posts Southwest Gardening 11 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 9 posts Beginner Vegetables 9 posts DG Marketplace 8 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 8 posts Trash to Treasure 7 posts California Gardening 7 posts Canadian Gardening 7 posts Cameras and Photography 7 posts Recipes 7 posts Water Gardens 6 posts Voting Booth 6 posts Roses 6 posts Orchids 6 posts Bulbs 6 posts Seed Trading 5 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 5 posts Florida Gardening 5 posts Farm Life 5 posts Weather 5 posts Beginner Flowers 4 posts Brugmansias 4 posts Winter Sowing 3 posts Saving Seeds 3 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 3 posts Central Midwest Gardening 3 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 3 posts Soil and Composting 3 posts Beginner Fruit 3 posts Equine Forum 2 posts Caudiciforms 2 posts Perennials 2 posts Clean and Clutter-free 2 posts Homesteading 2 posts BugFiles Pictures 2 posts Passifloras 2 posts Heucheras and Friends 2 posts Herbs 2 posts Propagation 2 posts Beginner Houseplants 2 posts Garden Talk 2 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 2 posts Geraniums, Pelargoniums and Erodiums 2 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 2 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 2 posts Seed Germination 2 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 2 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 1 post Handyman 1 post Welcome Mat 1 post Plant Trading 1 post Hypertufa and Concrete 1 post Tropical Plants 1 post Amaryllis and Hippeastrums 1 post Beginner Gardening Questions 1 post Strawbale Gardening 1 post Tropical Zone Gardening 1 post Self-contained Box Gardens 1 post Aroids 1 post Gardening History 1 post Peonies 1 post Woodworking 1 post Cooking 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Clary Comment Snow Crocus, Golden Crocus 'Cream Beauty' Crocus chrysanthus jackidee Comment Dierama Dierama pauciflorum pointgarden Comment Daylily 'Primal Scream' Hemerocallis bicester Comment Asian Clematis Clematis stans chattyartist Comment Orange Daylily, Tawny Daylily, Ditch Lily Hemerocallis fulva Ginny_in_Maine Comment Virginia Sweetspire, Gooseberry, Itea 'Henry's Garnet' Itea virginica latacharita Comment Bush Morning Glory, Morning Glory Tree, Badoh Negro, Borrachero, Matacabra Ipomoea carnea CatskillDeb Comment Northern Dragonhead, Siberian Dragon's Head 'Blue Moon' Dracocephalum ruyschiana jimothewoods Comment Yellow Archangel 'Silver Spangled' Lamium galeobdolon grebetrees Comment Chili Pepper, Hot Pepper, Chile Petin, Chile Piquin (Pequin), Bird Pepper Capsicum annuum var. aviculare AL_GAConnection Comment Giant Rhubarb, Giant Gunnera, Dinosaur Food Gunnera manicata SugarSnapMama Comment Tomatillo, Husk Tomato, Miltomate, Tomate de Fresadilla Physalis ixocarpa CactusJordi Comment Seaside Pussypaws Cistanthe maritima vossner Comment 'Blanket Violet' Petunia SoCagardner Comment Tomato 'Pruden's Purple' Lycopersicon lycopersicum SoCagardner Comment Tomato 'Cherokee Purple' Lycopersicon lycopersicum SoCagardner Comment Tomato 'Crimson Sprinter' Lycopersicon lycopersicum SoCagardner Comment Tomato 'Crnkovic Yugoslavian' Lycopersicon lycopersicum SoCagardner Comment Tomato 'Pineapple' Lycopersicon lycopersicum bsharf Image Amaryllis 'Veneto' (Hippeastrum ) bsharf Image Amaryllis 'Veneto' (Hippeastrum ) CactusJordi Image San Benito Island Bush Mallow (Malva pacifica) CactusJordi Image San Benito Island Bush Mallow (Malva pacifica) CactusJordi Image San Benito Island Bush Mallow (Malva pacifica) CactusJordi Image San Benito Island live-forever (Dudleya linearis) CactusJordi Image San Benito Island live-forever (Dudleya linearis) CactusJordi Image San Benito Island live-forever (Dudleya linearis) smashedcactus Image Agave 'Retro Choke' (Agave parryi var. truncata) Minime8484 Image Lamb's-Tail Cactus (Echinocereus schmollii) Minime8484 Image Mariposa Cactus, Lloyd's Mariposa Cactus (Sclerocactus mariposensis) Minime8484 Image Eriosyce (Eriosyce senilis) Minime8484 Image Gymnocalycium (Gymnocalycium bruchii) CactusJordi Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria goodridgei) CactusJordi Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria goodridgei) Minime8484 Image Arrojadoa (Arrojadoa dinae) Minime8484 Image Echinocereus (Echinocereus mapimiensis) Minime8484 Image Wilcoxia (Echinocereus kroenleinii) turektaylor Image Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis) turektaylor Image Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis) Bronto Image Agave (Agave arizonica) CactusJordi Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria goodridgei) CactusJordi Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria goodridgei) Cloudswing Image Popenoe begonia (Begonia popenoei) turektaylor Image Yellow Jessamine, Carolina Yellow Jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) ms_greenjeans Image Columbine 'Origami Yellow' (Aquilegia x caerulea) CactusJordi Image Neowerdermannia (Neowerdermannia vorwerkii var. gielsdorfiana) CactusJordi Image (Stenocactus guerraianus) turektaylor Image Christmas Rose, Black Hellebore 'Snow Love' (Helleborus ) turektaylor Image Christmas Rose, Black Hellebore 'Snow Love' (Helleborus ) CactusJordi Image (Stenocactus guerraianus) CactusJordi Image (Stenocactus guerraianus) DaylilySLP Image Leomesezia Lava Burst (Leomesezia ) DaylilySLP Image Leomesezia Lava Burst (Leomesezia ) DaylilySLP Image Gastrophaius Micro Burst (Gastrophaius ) DaylilySLP Image Oncidopsis Papageno (Oncidopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Oncidopsis Papageno (Oncidopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Oncidopsis Papageno (Oncidopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Oncidopsis Yellow Parade (Oncidopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Oncidopsis Yellow Parade (Oncidopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Rhyncattleanthe Curtis Wayne Compton (Rhyncattleanthe ) DaylilySLP Image Rhyncattleanthe Curtis Wayne Compton (Rhyncattleanthe ) DaylilySLP Image Rhyncattleanthe Love Passion (Rhyncattleanthe ) DaylilySLP Image Rhyncattleanthe Love Passion (Rhyncattleanthe ) DaylilySLP Image Paphiopedilum In-Charm Crane (Paphiopedilum ) DaylilySLP Image Paphiopedilum In-Charm Crane (Paphiopedilum ) DaylilySLP Image Oncostele Wildcat (Oncostele ) DaylilySLP Image Oncostele Wildcat (Oncostele ) DaylilySLP Image Oncostele Wildcat (Oncostele ) DaylilySLP Image Oncostele Wildcat (Oncostele ) jackidee Image Dierama (Dierama pauciflorum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description LifesSweet Positive Santa Rosa Gardens eucharis05 Positive Dave's Violets grnishade Positive My Pet Chicken ozone3 Positive The Tasteful Garden lwbanks Positive Orchids.com (Norman's Orchids) Old_Gardener Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. pinkswine Positive Katz Kuntry Kuttins Pitcom Neutral Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. Positive_A Positive HorticultureSource.com virginiarose Positive Plant Delights Nursery pollyk Positive Texas Water Lilies orf2 Neutral Womack Nursery Co. JMKM1976 Positive Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Company JMKM1976 Positive Nourse Farms Inc. JMKM1976 Positive DollarSeed (Dollar Seed) JMKM1976 Positive Cold Stream Farm Toddott Positive Lee's Botanical Gardens AZPHATMAN Positive Womack Nursery Co. AZPHATMAN Positive Italian Seed and Tool VernieS_ Positive eFowl.com

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description lindypuddin Positive The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 14, 2012