Dave's Garden Newsletter for March 29, 2012

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Katherine S. White)

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New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description v4bernsje Comment Devil's Ivy, Golden Pothos, Centipede Vine 'Glacier' Epipremnum aureum Naturalist1 Comment Sweet Autumn Clematis, Sweet Autumn Virgin's Bower, Japanese Clematis Clematis terniflora MommaD55 Comment Sweet Autumn Clematis, Sweet Autumn Virgin's Bower, Japanese Clematis Clematis terniflora jeffllind Comment Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia rrbart Comment Bloody Dock, Red-veined Dock, Bloodwort Rumex sanguineus WINDNSALT Comment Showy Stonecrop 'Postman's Pride' Hylotelephium wakingdream Comment Gold Alyssum, Basket of Gold, Gold Dust 'Compactum' Aurinia saxatilis vossner Comment Virginia Pepperweed, Pepper Grass, Poor Man's Pepper Lepidium virginicum amelliso Comment Mealy Cup Sage, Mealycup Sage 'Victoria White' Salvia farinacea astrogard Comment Grecian Windflower, Poppy Anemone Anemone coronaria longjonsilverz Comment Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm Trachycarpus fortunei killdawabbit Comment Alabama Azalea Rhododendron alabamense longjonsilverz Comment Needle Palm Rhapidophyllum hystrix BajaBlue Comment Floribunda Rose 'Drop Dead Red' Rosa longjonsilverz Comment Dragonhead Palm, Yunnan Dwarf Palm, Fan Palm Trachycarpus nanus BajaBlue Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Acapella' Rosa longjonsilverz Comment Radicalis Palm Chamaedorea radicalis BajaBlue Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Las Vegas' Rosa kennedyh Image Brittle Greenhood (Pterostylis truncata) kennedyh Image Brittle Greenhood (Pterostylis truncata) kennedyh Image Blunt-tongue Greenhood (Pterostylis obtusa) kennedyh Image Blunt-tongue Greenhood (Pterostylis obtusa) kennedyh Image Blunt-tongue Greenhood (Pterostylis obtusa) kennedyh Image Blunt-tongue Greenhood (Pterostylis obtusa) TLeaves Image Chaparral Whitethorn Ceanothus, White Bark California Lilac (Ceanothus leucodermis) TLeaves Image Chaparral Whitethorn Ceanothus, White Bark California Lilac (Ceanothus leucodermis) Populusriver Image Menges' Fameflower (Phemeranthus mengesii) Populusriver Image Menges' Fameflower (Phemeranthus mengesii) Populusriver Image Menges' Fameflower (Phemeranthus mengesii) gregr18 Image Spike Winter Hazel (Corylopsis spicata) greenthumb99 Image Early Saxifrage, Virginia Saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis) BlakeInCanada Image Columbine, Aquilegia 'Swan Blue and White' (Aquilegia ) BlakeInCanada Image Columbine, Aquilegia 'Swan Blue and White' (Aquilegia ) BlakeInCanada Image Columbine, Aquilegia 'Swan Blue and White' (Aquilegia ) BlakeInCanada Image Columbine, Aquilegia 'Swan Blue and White' (Aquilegia ) sunnyg Image Black Flag, Spinnekopblom (Ferraria crispa) txcarolyn Image Artemisia, Satiny Wormwood, Mugwort, Silvermound Artemisia 'Silver Mound' (Artemisia schmidtiana) txcarolyn Image Artemisia, Satiny Wormwood, Mugwort, Silvermound Artemisia 'Silver Mound' (Artemisia schmidtiana) greenthumb99 Image Clematis 'Blue Angel' (Clematis ) greenthumb99 Image Clematis 'Marmori' (Clematis ) vossner Image Nuttall's Death Camas (Toxicoscordion nuttallii) vossner Image Nuttall's Death Camas (Toxicoscordion nuttallii) vossner Image Nuttall's Death Camas (Toxicoscordion nuttallii) emptyandamazing Image Aloe (Aloe hemmingii) vossner Image Texas Huisache, Sweet Acacia (Acacia smallii) vossner Image Texas Huisache, Sweet Acacia (Acacia smallii) Parakeet Image Sansevieria 'Lillian True' (Sansevieria trifasciata) WUVIE Image Henon Bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra f. henonis) Parakeet Image Sansevieria 'Lillian True' (Sansevieria trifasciata) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Alba Plena' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Alba Plena' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Alba Plena' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'An-Flo-Lee' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Amenoniflora' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Amenoniflora' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Aspasia Macarthur' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Aspasia Macarthur' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Augusto L'Gouveia Pinto' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Augusto L'Gouveia Pinto' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Augusto L'Gouveia Pinto' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Ave Marie' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Ballet Dancer' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Beau Harp' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Beau Harp' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Beau Harp' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Berenice Boddy' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Betty Shefflield Supreme' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Betty Shefflield Supreme' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'C. M. Wilson' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'California' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'California' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Cardinal' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Cardinal' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia 'Carolyn Tuttle' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Charlie Bettes' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Charlie Bettes' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Charlotte Bradford' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Charlotte Bradford' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'China Doll' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'China Doll' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Cinderella' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Clarise Carleton' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Clarise Carleton' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Covina' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Covina' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Covina' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Daikagura Red' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Daikagura Red' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Daybreak' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Debutante' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Dessa Thompson' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Dessa Thompson' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Dr. Agnew Hilsman' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Dr. Agnew Hilsman' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Dr. Agnew Hilsman' (Camellia japonica) Calif_Sue Image Star Magnolia 'Royal Star' (Magnolia stellata) Calif_Sue Image Star Magnolia 'Royal Star' (Magnolia stellata) kerrye Image Drummond's Goldenrod, Cliff Goldenrod (Solidago drummondii) kerrye Image Drummond's Goldenrod, Cliff Goldenrod (Solidago drummondii) vossner Image Virginia Pepperweed, Pepper Grass, Poor Man's Pepper (Lepidium virginicum) Kell Image Agave (Agave parviflora) Kell Image Agave (Agave parviflora) Kell Image Agave (Agave parviflora)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description FLAGPHARMER Positive St. Lawrence Nurseries Watneilson Negative Reimer Seeds bluntforcemama Positive Made in the Shade Gardens auntnana21 Positive Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Company monniemon Positive Wells Mid-South Roses FredaSago Negative Gilbert H. Wild and Son annushka Neutral Seedman.com Annetten Positive Joy Creek Nursery chickortega Positive KT Botanicals reeve1 Positive Easy to Grow Bulbs monniemon Negative Collections Etc. ubersmithey24 Negative Growquest Growers (also dba Olive-Trees.net and Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC) GeneralLee1956 Positive BigBadFlower.com Old_Gardener Positive RePotme.com WNYGardener Positive Totally Tomatoes dirthound Positive Companion Plants Ispahan Positive Evermay Nursery tsaalfeld Positive Blueberry Croft Farm and Nursery Charissa1107 Negative Michigan Bulb Ispahan Positive Fairweather Gardens Ispahan Positive Munchkin Nursery and Gardens, LLC diPomi Negative Jackson & Perkins hfalls1 Neutral Michigan Bulb Amybvandiver Positive St. Clare Heirloom Seeds btc11 Negative EdensBlooms.com bluebuster77 Positive Heirloom Roses

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 29, 2012