Dave's Garden Newsletter for March 17, 2012

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Lazarus Long, character in "Time Enough for Love" (1973))

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Northeast Gardening 102 posts PlantFiles Pictures 92 posts Plant Identification 73 posts Pets 71 posts Cacti and Succulents 64 posts Tomatoes 55 posts Texas Gardening 52 posts Australian Gardening 30 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 22 posts Insect and Spider Identification 21 posts Bulbs 17 posts Recipes 17 posts Water Gardens 16 posts Southwest Gardening 16 posts Poppies 15 posts Poultry and Livestock 14 posts Peppers 14 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 14 posts DG Marketplace 13 posts Hostas 13 posts Soil and Composting 13 posts Irises 12 posts Vegetable Gardening 11 posts Beginner Houseplants 11 posts Daylilies 11 posts Photos 10 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 10 posts Orchids 9 posts Brugmansias 9 posts Mid-South Gardening 9 posts Sewing and Quilting 9 posts Canadian Gardening 8 posts Equine Forum 8 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 8 posts Strawbale Gardening 8 posts Winter Sowing 7 posts Perennials 7 posts Games 6 posts Lilies 6 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 6 posts Accessible Gardening 6 posts Computer Talk 6 posts Beginner Flowers 5 posts Tropical Plants 5 posts Voting Booth 5 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 5 posts Happy Birthday 5 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 4 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 4 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 4 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 4 posts Propagation 4 posts California Gardening 4 posts Garden Talk 4 posts Container Gardening 3 posts Greenhouse 3 posts Roses 3 posts Herbs 3 posts Seed Trading 3 posts Georgia Gardening 3 posts Japanese Maples 2 posts Hydrangeas 2 posts Carolina Gardening 2 posts Trash to Treasure 2 posts Vacations and Travel 2 posts Shady Gardens 2 posts Wildlife Gardening 2 posts Beginner Landscaping 1 post Cut Flowers and Floral Design 1 post BugFiles Pictures 1 post Beauty and Fashion Tips 1 post Weather 1 post Begonias 1 post Bird Watching 1 post Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 1 post Plant Trading 1 post PlantFiles How-to's 1 post Orchid Cactus 1 post Geraniums, Pelargoniums and Erodiums 1 post Clean and Clutter-free 1 post Ferns, Fungi and Mosses 1 post Farm Life 1 post Peonies 1 post Jokes & Humor 1 post Florida Gardening 1 post Heucheras and Friends 1 post Invasive Plants 1 post Clematis 1 post Gardening by the Moon 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Sandwichkatexan Comment Dwarf Yucca Yucca nana Sandwichkatexan Comment Yucca Yucca linearifolia cyclingmom1959 Comment Pink Flowering Almond, Dwarf Flowering Almond 'Rosea Plena' Prunus glandulosa nancyanne Comment Tung-Oil Tree, China Wood Oil Plant, Tung Nut Vernicia fordii nancyanne Comment Acerola, Barbados Cherry, Wild Crapemyrtle Malpighia glabra Kjoygardenmum Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans Seans_Garden Comment Jacob's Ladder 'Apricot Delight' Polemonium Liz82 Comment Catchweed Bedstraw, Sticky Willy, Goose Grass, Cleavers Galium aparine LouC Comment Yellow Meadow Rue Thalictrum flavum subsp. glaucum backstroker Comment Senecio Senecio pyramidatus caringgardener Comment Black-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy, Yellow Ox-eye Daisy 'Indian Summer' Rudbeckia hirta Dobe Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis lageniformis f. monstruosa inermis) eliasastro Image African Tulip Tree, Flame of The Forest, Fountain Tree, Firebell (Spathodea campanulata) Eleven Image Hosta 'Prairie Moon' (Hosta ) SiriZ Image Lungwort, Bethlehem Sage, Jerusalem Sage 'Trevi Fountain' (Pulmonaria ) virginiarose Image Florist's Cineraria 'Senetti Blue Bicolor' (Pericallis ) virginiarose Image Florist's Cineraria 'Senetti Magenta Bicolor' (Pericallis ) riddler Image Fire Fern 'Rubra' (Oxalis hedysaroides) growin Image Agave (Agave horrida) growin Image Agave (Agave horrida) growin Image Agave (Agave horrida) growin Image Agave (Agave guiengola) growin Image Agave (Agave guiengola) growin Image Agave (Agave guiengola) growin Image Agave (Agave guiengola) growin Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria haageana subsp. conspicua) growin Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria haageana subsp. conspicua) growin Image Viejitos (Echinocereus longisetus subsp. delaetii) growin Image Echeveria (Echeveria halbingeri var. sanchez-mejoradae) growin Image Sedum (Sedum suaveolens) growin Image Mexican Fire Barrel, Mexican Lime Cactus, Viznaga de Lima (Ferocactus pilosus) growin Image Mexican Fire Barrel, Mexican Lime Cactus, Viznaga de Lima (Ferocactus pilosus) growin Image Baby Echeveria, Painted Lady (Echeveria derenbergii) growin Image Baby Echeveria, Painted Lady (Echeveria derenbergii) growin Image Echinocereus (Echinocereus nivosus) growin Image Echinocereus (Echinocereus nivosus) growin Image Thelocactus (Thelocactus tulensis) growin Image Echinocereus (Echinocereus freudenbergeri) growin Image Echinocereus (Echinocereus freudenbergeri) growin Image Creeping Devil (Stenocereus eruca) growin Image Creeping Devil (Stenocereus eruca) growin Image Echeveria (Echeveria subalpina) growin Image Cob Cactus (Escobaria dasyacantha subsp. chaffeyi) growin Image Sedum (Sedum moranense) growin Image Shaving Brush Tree (Pseudobombax ellipticum) growin Image Shaving Brush Tree (Pseudobombax ellipticum) growin Image Sycamore-leafed Limberbush, Sangrengado, Sangregado, Sangrengrado (Jatropha malacophylla) growin Image Red Edge Echeveria, Lipstick Echeveria (Echeveria agavoides) growin Image Red Edge Echeveria, Lipstick Echeveria (Echeveria agavoides) growin Image Palo Adan, Adam's Tree (Fouquieria diguetii) growin Image Aztec Lily, Jacobean Lily (Sprekelia formosissima) growin Image Echeveria (Echeveria gigantea) growin Image Sedum (Sedum batallae) growin Image Many Fingers, Jelly Beans, Jelly Bean Plant (Sedum pachyphyllum) growin Image Sedum (Sedum clavatum) growin Image Mother of Hundreds (Mammillaria compressa) growin Image Echeveria (Echeveria xichuensis) growin Image Mescalito (Hechtia montana) growin Image Mescalito (Hechtia montana) growin Image Sedum (Sedum nanifolium) growin Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria schiedeana subsp. giselae) growin Image Mexican Snowball, Mexican Gem, Pearl Echeveria, White Mexican Rose (Echeveria elegans var. simulans) growin Image Old Lady Cactus (Mammillaria hahniana) growin Image Mexican Fruit Cactus, Texas Barrel, Turk's Head Barrel, Biznaga de Tuna (Ferocactus hamatacanthus) growin Image Mexican Fruit Cactus, Texas Barrel, Turk's Head Barrel, Biznaga de Tuna (Ferocactus hamatacanthus) growin Image Echeveria (Echeveria hyalina) growin Image Echeveria (Echeveria hyalina) growin Image Graptopetalum (Graptopetalum macdougallii) growin Image Pachyphytum (Pachyphytum werdermannii) growin Image Fouquieria (Fouquieria fasciculata) growin Image Coryphantha (Coryphantha glassii) growin Image Bishop's Miter, Bishop's Cap, Mitra, Bonete de Obispo (Astrophytum myriostigma) growin Image Echeveria (Echeveria chihuahuensis) growin Image Echeveria (Echeveria chihuahuensis) growin Image Echeveria (Echeveria setosa) growin Image Echeveria (Echeveria setosa) growin Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria supertexta) growin Image Stenocactus (Stenocactus ochoterenanus) growin Image Stenocactus (Stenocactus ochoterenanus) growin Image Sedum (Sedum furfuraceum) growin Image Sedum (Sedum furfuraceum) growin Image Agave Cactus, Prism Cactus, Cob Cactus (Leuchtenbergia principis) growin Image Agave Cactus, Prism Cactus, Cob Cactus (Leuchtenbergia principis) growin Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria marcosii) growin Image Wild Pineapple, Pinguin (Bromelia pinguin) growin Image Wild Pineapple, Pinguin (Bromelia pinguin) growin Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria perezdelarosae) growin Image Texas Nipple Cactus (Mammillaria prolifera) growin Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria gigantea) growin Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria gigantea) growin Image Thelocactus (Thelocactus hexaedrophorus) growin Image Thelocactus (Thelocactus hexaedrophorus) growin Image Sedum (Sedum griseum) growin Image Echeveria (Echeveria prolifica) growin Image Mexican Pincushion (Mammillaria magnimamma)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description collomia22 Neutral Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) SmockingRN Positive Chamblee's Rose Nursery DonnaMack Positive Plant and Gnome virginiarose Positive Mary's Garden Patch jimfrankmartin Positive Brent & Becky's Bulbs JennyLM Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. JennyLM Positive Berlin Seeds AresDraco Negative David Austin Roses (US) ritadefuria Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. TLynnK Neutral Four Seasons Nursery 1234dottie Negative Two Sisters Roses echinaceamaniac Negative Thompson and Morgan (US) echinaceamaniac Positive High Country Gardens AZPHATMAN Positive Willis Orchard Company ericfloyd Positive Oakes Daylilies jj6191953 Negative Willis Orchard Company WWWatchdog Positive Gilbert H. Wild and Son catdaddyalbert Positive St. Clare Heirloom Seeds

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 17, 2012