Dave's Garden Newsletter for April 23, 2012

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- John Heywood, 16th century English dramatist, epigrammist)

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Plant Identification 178 posts Northeast Gardening 114 posts PlantFiles Pictures 107 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 60 posts Texas Gardening 54 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 47 posts Clematis 47 posts Pets 38 posts Sewing and Quilting 32 posts Australian Gardening 32 posts Bird Watching 26 posts Recipes 25 posts Mid-South Gardening 25 posts Daylilies 23 posts Canadian Gardening 22 posts Perennials 17 posts Poultry and Livestock 15 posts Beginner Vegetables 15 posts Voting Booth 14 posts Vegetable Gardening 14 posts Container Gardening 14 posts Wildlife Gardening 13 posts Trash to Treasure 12 posts Hostas 12 posts Cacti and Succulents 11 posts Homesteading 11 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 10 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 10 posts Bird Identification 10 posts Irises 10 posts Winter Sowing 10 posts Cottage Gardening 10 posts Hibiscus 9 posts Tropical Plants 9 posts Coneflowers 9 posts Roses 8 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 8 posts Tomatoes 8 posts Weather 7 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 7 posts Equine Forum 7 posts Home Repairs and Maintenance 7 posts Insect and Spider Identification 6 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 6 posts Clean and Clutter-free 6 posts BugFiles Pictures 6 posts Photos 6 posts Carolina Gardening 5 posts Garden Shed 5 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 5 posts Beginner Landscaping 5 posts California Gardening 5 posts Happy Birthday 5 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 5 posts Georgia Gardening 5 posts Passifloras 4 posts Soil and Composting 4 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 4 posts Japanese Maples 4 posts Beginner Houseplants 3 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 3 posts Southwest Gardening 3 posts Florida Gardening 3 posts Carnivorous Plants 3 posts Beginner Flowers 3 posts Fruits and Nuts 3 posts Wildlife 2 posts Peonies 2 posts Heucheras and Friends 2 posts Seed Germination 2 posts Classified Ads 2 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 2 posts Lilies 2 posts Terrarium Gardening 2 posts Cannas 2 posts Coleus 2 posts Seed Trading 2 posts Accessible Gardening 2 posts Brugmansias 2 posts Computer Talk 2 posts Sustainable Alternatives 2 posts Indoor Gardening and Houseplants 2 posts Central Midwest Gardening 2 posts Organic Gardening 1 post Water Gardens 1 post Herbs 1 post Jokes & Humor 1 post Agastaches and Salvias 1 post Beekeeping 1 post Farm Life 1 post Beginner Fruit 1 post Bulbs 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Gwaychee Comment Cat Palm, Cascade Palm, Cataract Palm Chamaedorea cataractarum peejay12 Comment Gold Coin, Mediterranean Beach Daisy 'Compact Gold Coin' Asteriscus maritimus JenDion Comment Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Midnight Rose' Heuchera sukai Comment Yellow Elder, Trumpet Bush, Yellow Bells, Ginger-Thomas, Esperanza Tecoma stans Ariesca Comment Leopard's Bane Doronicum orientale DaylilySLP Comment Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madame Auguste Dessert' Paeonia lactiflora DaylilySLP Comment Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madelon' Paeonia lactiflora DaylilySLP Comment Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Isoine' Paeonia lactiflora DaylilySLP Comment Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Marguerite Gerard' Paeonia DaylilySLP Comment Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Mignon' Paeonia lactiflora waddell89 Comment Field Pumpkin Cucurbita pepo var. texana kingmoose Comment Yellow Elder, Trumpet Bush, Yellow Bells, Ginger-Thomas, Esperanza Tecoma stans sunnydaze45 Comment Yellow Elder, Trumpet Bush, Yellow Bells, Ginger-Thomas, Esperanza Tecoma stans lseddins Comment Adam's Needle, Spoonleaf Yucca, Needle Palm, Devil's Shoestring 'Bright Edge' Yucca filamentosa B_bessii Comment Orchid Cactus, Strap Cactus Disocactus ackermannii martenfisher Comment Prickly Pear, Barbary Fig Opuntia ficus-indica var. decumana Rusticus Comment Candelabra Primula, Primrose Primula beesiana newbiehavinfun Comment Yellow Foxglove Digitalis grandiflora GreenThumbToo Comment Late, Large-Flowered Clematis, Jackman Clematis 'Jackmanii' Clematis blukila Comment Yellow Elder, Trumpet Bush, Yellow Bells, Ginger-Thomas, Esperanza Tecoma stans plant_it Comment Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis mabelsmom1 Comment Cycad, Cardboard Palm Zamia furfuracea DaylilySLP Comment Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Pride of Essex' Paeonia lactiflora DaylilySLP Comment Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Rosy Dawn' Paeonia lactiflora DaylilySLP Comment Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Souvenir de Louis Bigot' Paeonia lactiflora SilkKnoll Comment Jade Princess Millet 'Jade Princess' Pennisetum glaucum Omegatop Comment Firecracker Shrub, Mexican Firebush, Scarlet Bush, Hummingbird Bush Hamelia patens outdoorlover Comment Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Pink Velour' Lagerstroemia grik Comment Creeping Charlie, Gill-over-Ground, Ground Ivy, Hedgemaids, Alehoof Glechoma hederacea JMSWilson Comment Weeping Katsura Tree 'Tidal Wave' Cercidiphyllum japonicum hannah82 Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Hello Darkness' Iris plant_it Image Hazelnut (Corylus americana) Turner2591 Image Fringe Tree, Old Man's Beard, Grancy Graybeard 'Emerald Knight' (Chionanthus virginicus) turektaylor Image Lungwort, Bethlehem Sage, Jerusalem Sage 'Silver Shimmers' (Pulmonaria ) virginiarose Image Hosta 'Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' (Hosta ) passiflora07 Image Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) passiflora07 Image Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) mellielong Image Bromeliad 'Yang' (Neoregelia ) mellielong Image Aechmea, Bromeliad 'Hacienda' (Aechmea ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Isoine' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Isoine' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Isoine' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Isoine' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Isoine' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madame Auguste Dessert' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madame Auguste Dessert' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madame Auguste Dessert' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madame Auguste Dessert' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madame Auguste Dessert' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madelon' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madelon' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madelon' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madelon' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Madelon' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Marguerite Gerard' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Marguerite Gerard' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Marguerite Gerard' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Mignon' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Mignon' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Mignon' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Mignon' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Mr. Thim' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Mr. Thim' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Mr. Thim' (Paeonia ) Calif_Sue Image Yellow Elder, Trumpetbush, Ginger-Thomas, Gold Star Esperanza 'Gold Star' (Tecoma stans) Calif_Sue Image Yellow Elder, Trumpetbush, Ginger-Thomas, Gold Star Esperanza 'Gold Star' (Tecoma stans) Rusticus Image Candelabra Primula, Primrose (Primula beesiana) puttytat Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Beauty Sleep' (Iris ) puttytat Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Days Gone By' (Iris ) gussie34 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Ocelot' (Iris ) riddler Image Yellow Elder, Trumpet Bush, Yellow Bells, Ginger-Thomas, Esperanza (Tecoma stans) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Pride of Essex' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Pride of Essex' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Pride of Essex' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Pride of Essex' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Rosy Dawn' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Rosy Dawn' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Rosy Dawn' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Rosy Dawn' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Rosy Dawn' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Souvenir de Louis Bigot' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Souvenir de Louis Bigot' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Souvenir de Louis Bigot' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Souvenir de Louis Bigot' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Souvenir de Louis Bigot' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Petite Renee' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Petite Renee' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Petite Renee' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Petite Renee' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Petite Renee' (Paeonia ) WUVIE Image Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo 'Koi' (Phyllostachys aurea) Calif_Sue Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Malvern Hills' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Malvern Hills' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Malvern Hills' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Golden Celebration' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Golden Celebration' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Golden Celebration' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Golden Celebration' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Tamora' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Prospero' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Prospero' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose 'Honey Perfume' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose 'Honey Perfume' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose 'Honey Perfume' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Floribunda Rose 'Honey Perfume' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Sharifa Asma' (Rosa ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Queen of the Belgians' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Queen of the Belgians' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Queen of the Belgians' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Queen of the Belgians' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Queen of the Belgians' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Will McClelland' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Will McClelland' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Will McClelland' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Will McClelland' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Will McClelland' (Paeonia ) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Yeso' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Yeso' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Yeso' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Yeso' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Yeso' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Red Goddess' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Red Goddess' (Paeonia lactiflora) DaylilySLP Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Red Goddess' (Paeonia lactiflora) Calif_Sue Image Old Garden Rose 'Champion of the World' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Old Garden Rose 'Champion of the World' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Careless Love' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Careless Love' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Climbing Rose 'Ballet' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Climbing Rose 'Ballet' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Bettina' (Rosa ) Calif_Sue Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Bettina' (Rosa )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description emi2 Positive Fedco Trees emi2 Positive Fedco Seeds emi2 Positive Sand Hill Preservation Center rrrutah Positive Willis Orchard Company nativeblooms Negative Prairie Moon Nursery bob6441 Positive Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery donnamack Positive Forestfarm magicwanda Negative Willis Orchard Company virginiarose Neutral New Hampshire Hostas Tuscawilla Negative Richard Owen Nursery / Exciting Gardens Samlau Neutral Bluestone Perennials Samlau Positive Forestfarm kkillmeyer Negative Dimeo Blueberry Farms Samlau Positive Sooner Plant Farm (Shop Smarter Shop Sooner) Meredith17 Positive Niche Gardens kimberlykb Positive Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants southbugee Positive A Nearly Native Nursery nonadee Positive Old House Gardens - Heirloom Bulbs cj927 Negative Georgia Vines nitadrend Positive Caladium Bulbs 4 Less annatomic Negative Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. Imrankhalid Negative Jackson & Perkins stormcloud Neutral Vermont Wildflower Farm Scepter72 Positive Blue Ridge Daylilies Ispahan Positive Ambergate Gardens Scepter72 Neutral Roycroft Daylily Nursery jimmymon Negative Pond Plants Direct Andysmom Positive Netherland Bulb Company

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... April 23, 2012