Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 20, 2012

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Richard Jefferies, British naturalist, novelist, and essayist (born 11/6/1887))

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Forum Posts PlantFiles Pictures 176 posts Plant Identification 107 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 92 posts Perennials 46 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 42 posts Northeast Gardening 37 posts Vegetable Gardening 37 posts Tomatoes 32 posts Clematis 27 posts Texas Gardening 25 posts Australian Gardening 21 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 20 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 18 posts Irises 17 posts Bird Watching 15 posts Orchids 14 posts Pets 14 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 12 posts Georgia Gardening 12 posts Herbs 12 posts Recipes 11 posts Sewing and Quilting 11 posts Shady Gardens 11 posts Hostas 10 posts Canadian Gardening 10 posts Photos 9 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 9 posts Voting Booth 9 posts Palms and Cycads 9 posts Annuals 9 posts Lilies 8 posts Tropical Plants 8 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 7 posts Daylilies 7 posts Passifloras 7 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 6 posts Propagation 6 posts Happy Birthday 6 posts Insect and Spider Identification 6 posts Weather 6 posts Mid-South Gardening 6 posts Carolina Gardening 5 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 5 posts Cottage Gardening 4 posts Central Midwest Gardening 4 posts Bird Identification 4 posts Strawbale Gardening 4 posts Plant Trading 4 posts Beginner Landscaping 4 posts Wildlife 3 posts Orchid Cactus 3 posts Fruits and Nuts 3 posts Accessible Gardening 3 posts Homesteading 3 posts Equine Forum 3 posts Beginner Vegetables 2 posts Clean and Clutter-free 2 posts Japanese Maples 2 posts Beginner Flowers 2 posts Bulbs 2 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 2 posts Peonies 2 posts Morning Glories 2 posts Florida Gardening 2 posts Classified Ads 2 posts Roses 2 posts Hibiscus 2 posts Poultry and Livestock 2 posts Ask-a-Gardener 2 posts Water Gardens 2 posts Books, Movies, and TV 1 post Seed Trading 1 post Ornamental Gourds 1 post Peppers 1 post Hydrangeas 1 post Soil and Composting 1 post Garden Design 1 post Market Growers 1 post Container Gardening 1 post Begonias 1 post Cannas 1 post Southwest Gardening 1 post Mums and Asters 1 post Beginner Fruit 1 post Fragrant Gardening 1 post African Violets and Gesneriads 1 post Gardening by the Moon 1 post Cacti and Succulents 1 post

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PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description sunkissed Comment Red Powder Puff Calliandra haematocephala Clary Comment Gayfeather, Blazing Star, Button Snakeroot 'Alba' Liatris spicata CapnDub Comment Siam Tulip Curcuma alismatifolia plantlady441sia Comment Popcorn Cassia, Peanut Butter Cassia Senna didymobotrya Eldritch Comment Jumpseed, Virginia Knotweed 'Lance Corporal' Persicaria virginiana var. filiformis hharle Comment Tomato 'Celebrity' Lycopersicon lycopersicum billl1 Comment Sycamore Maple 'Eskimo Sunset' Acer pseudoplatanus popper1 Comment Cry Baby, Cockspur, Fireman's Cap Tree, Brazillian Coral Tree Erythrina crista-galli Domehomedee Comment Red Hot Poker 'Lola' Kniphofia Domehomedee Comment Queensland Arrowroot, Edible Canna, Tous les Mois 'Anchiras' Canna indica popper1 Comment Rangoon Creeper, Drunken Sailor Quisqualis indica maxnbella Comment Popcorn Cassia, Peanut Butter Cassia Senna didymobotrya Carol_Merritt Comment Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea greshamdadjohn Comment White Insideout Flower Vancouveria hexandra merrygoround Comment Lyreleaf Sage, Cancer Weed 'Purple Volcano' Salvia lyrata janiewj Comment Cogongrass, Cogon Grass, Satintail, Japanese Blood Grass 'Rubra' Imperata cylindrica Jetlagged40 Comment Bear's Breeches Acanthus hungaricus pmcatnip Comment Catchweed Bedstraw, Sticky Willy, Goose Grass, Cleavers Galium aparine petuniatoad Comment Daylily 'Leebea Orange Crush' Hemerocallis Dosetaker Comment Strawberry 'Allstar' Fragaria x ananassa leighanne0928 Comment Gazania, Treasure Flower Gazania rigens BabsERNurse Comment Tomato 'Tumbler' Lycopersicon lycopersicum whalloper Comment Grandiflora Rose 'Strike It Rich' Rosa weatherguesser Comment Chinese Evergreen, Philippine Evergreen 'Peacock' Aglaonema 1alh1 Comment Russell Lupin, Russell Lupine 'Russell' Lupinus polyphyllus palmbob Image Trailing Ice Plant 'Pink Ice' (Lampranthus ) palmbob Image Trailing Ice Plant 'Pink Ice' (Lampranthus ) palmbob Image Ice Plant (Lampranthus piquetbergensis) palmbob Image Ice Plant (Lampranthus piquetbergensis) palmbob Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis maximiliana) palmbob Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria microhelia) palmbob Image Rainbow Pincushion (Mammillaria rhodantha) palmbob Image Red-headed Irishman (Mammillaria spinosissima) palmbob Image Santa Rita Prickly Pear (Opuntia santa-rita) palmbob Image Santa Rita Prickly Pear (Opuntia santa-rita) palmbob Image Funny Bunny, Crested Bunny Ears, Monstrose Bunny Ears (Opuntia microdasys f. monstrosus) palmbob Image Funny Bunny, Crested Bunny Ears, Monstrose Bunny Ears (Opuntia microdasys f. monstrosus) palmbob Image Opuntia (Opuntia pailana) palmbob Image Opuntia (Opuntia pailana) palmbob Image Opuntia (Opuntia pailana) palmbob Image Parodia (Parodia warasii) palmbob Image Rose Cactus, Ora Pro Nobis, Pray-For-Us (Pereskia grandifolia) palmbob Image Puya (Puya coerulea) mickee2000 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Megabucks' (Iris ) SallieKr Image Ivy-Leaved Toadflax, Kenilworth Ivy, Climbing Sailor, Colisseum Ivy, Devil's Ribbon (Cymbalaria muralis) sunkissed Image Red Powder Puff (Calliandra haematocephala) RandyRick Image Crinum 'White Queen' (Crinum ) Haworthia405 Image Variegated Siberian Bugloss, False Forget-Me-Not 'Hadspen Cream' (Brunnera macrophylla) Haworthia405 Image Dianthus 'SuperTrouper™ Pink White' (Dianthus caryophyllus) Haworthia405 Image Dianthus 'SuperTrouper™ Pink White' (Dianthus caryophyllus) Leehallfae Image Chocolate Mint, Peppermint 'Chocolate' (Mentha x piperita subsp. citrata) Haworthia405 Image Virginia Spiderwort, Golden Spiderwort 'Sweet Kate' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) palmbob Image Puya (Puya coerulea) palmbob Image Puya (Puya coerulea var. violacea) palmbob Image Puya (Puya coerulea var. violacea) palmbob Image Puya (Puya coerulea) palmbob Image Puya (Puya coerulea) palmbob Image Puya (Puya ferruginea) palmbob Image Puya (Puya ferruginea) palmbob Image Puya (Puya ferruginea) palmbob Image Puya (Puya floccosa) palmbob Image Puya (Puya floccosa) palmbob Image Puya (Puya spathacea) palmbob Image Puya (Puya spathacea) palmbob Image Puya (Puya spathacea) palmbob Image Puya (Puya venusta) palmbob Image Puya (Puya venusta) palmbob Image Rebutia (Rebutia glomeriseta) palmbob Image Ruschia (Ruschia maxima) palmbob Image Ruschia (Ruschia maxima) palmbob Image Sedum (Sedum allantoides) palmbob Image Sedum (Sedum compressum) palmbob Image Sedum (Sedum compressum) palmbob Image Sedum (Sedum palmeri) palmbob Image Senecio (Senecio haworthii) palmbob Image Blue Chalk Sticks (Kleinia mandraliscae) palmbob Image Blue Chalksticks (Senecio serpens) palmbob Image Blue Chalksticks (Senecio serpens) palmbob Image Trichodiadema (Trichodiadema bulbosum) palmbob Image Trichodiadema (Trichodiadema bulbosum) palmbob Image Butter Tree (Tylecodon paniculatus) palmbob Image Chinese Snowball Bush (Viburnum macrocephalum) palmbob Image Chinese Snowball Bush (Viburnum macrocephalum) palmbob Image Chinese Snowball Bush (Viburnum macrocephalum) palmbob Image Chinese Snowball Bush (Viburnum macrocephalum) palmbob Image Chinese Snowball Bush (Viburnum macrocephalum) palmbob Image Large-flowered Yucca, Sahuiliqui (Yucca grandiflora) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe petrophila) palmbob Image Bottlebrush Aloe (Aloe rupestris) palmbob Image Somalian Aloe (Aloe somaliensis) palmbob Image Somalian Aloe (Aloe somaliensis) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe trichosantha) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe vaombe) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe vaombe) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe vaotsanda) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe vaotsanda) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe vaotsanda) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe vaotsanda) palmbob Image Cook's Pine, New Caledonian Pine (Araucaria columnaris) palmbob Image Cook's Pine, New Caledonian Pine (Araucaria columnaris) palmbob Image Bulbine (Bulbine alooides) palmbob Image Camellia (Camellia saluenensis) palmbob Image Dollar Plant, Jade Plant, Jade Tree, Money Tree 'Tricolor' (Crassula ovata) palmbob Image Dollar Plant, Jade Plant, Jade Tree, Money Tree 'Tricolor' (Crassula ovata) palmbob Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia atrispina) palmbob Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia pseudocactus) palmbob Image Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe mortagei) palmbob Image Kite Tree, Forest Nuxia, Forest Elder (Nuxia floribunda) palmbob Image Kite Tree, Forest Nuxia, Forest Elder (Nuxia floribunda) palmbob Image Kite Tree, Forest Nuxia, Forest Elder (Nuxia floribunda) Gabrielle Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Palace Purple' (Heuchera micrantha) Gabrielle Image Deadnettle, Yellow Archangel 'Hermann's Pride' (Lamium galeobdolon) Gabrielle Image Bugle, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugle 'Burgundy Glow' (Ajuga reptans) Gabrielle Image Bugle, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugle 'Catlin's Giant' (Ajuga reptans) Gabrielle Image Heucherella, Foamy Bells 'Sweet Tea' (X Heucherella ) Gabrielle Image Coralbells, Alumroot, Alum Root 'Vivid' (Heuchera sanguinea) Gabrielle Image European Lily of the Valley, May Bells, Our Lady's Tears (Convallaria majalis) Gabrielle Image Money Plant, Honesty, Bolbonac, Moonwort, Silver Dollar (Lunaria annua) mittsy Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Space Cadet' (Iris ) PotEmUp Image Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale) PotEmUp Image Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale) PotEmUp Image Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Celestial Command Performance' (Hemerocallis ) michigan420 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Gnu Blues' (Iris ) leighanne0928 Image Gazania, Treasure Flower (Gazania rigens) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Fancy Face' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Fancy Face' (Hemerocallis ) ToughinLasVegas Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Drama Queen' (Iris ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Two Part Harmony' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Sandra Hudson' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Christening Spirit' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Christening Spirit' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Winged Migration' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Winged Migration' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Celestial Command Performance' (Hemerocallis ) popper1 Image Yellow Jade Orchid Tree, Fragrant Champaca, Fragrant Himalayan Champaca (Magnolia champaca) Gabrielle Image Golden Oregano 'Aureum' (Origanum vulgare) Gabrielle Image Old Fashioned Weigela 'Wine & Roses' (Weigela florida) Gabrielle Image Old Fashioned Weigela 'Variegata' (Weigela florida) Gabrielle Image Giant Onion, Giant Allium (Allium giganteum) Gabrielle Image Tree Peony 'Hoki' (Paeonia suffruticosa) Gabrielle Image Tree Peony 'Hoki' (Paeonia suffruticosa) Gabrielle Image Paeony, Peony 'Rosea Plena' (Paeonia officinalis) PotEmUp Image Western Poison Oak, Pacific Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum) venu209 Image Hybrid Wichurana, Rambler Rose 'May Queen' (Rosa ) Gabrielle Image Star of Bethlehem, Nap at Noon, Snowdrop, Eleven-o'clock Lady, Sleepydick (Ornithogalum umbellatum) Gabrielle Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Berry Smoothie' (Heuchera ) Gabrielle Image Hairy Alumroot, Maple Leaf Alumroot 'Caramel' (Heuchera villosa) Haworthia405 Image Viridiflora Tulip 'Deirdre' (Tulipa ) Gabrielle Image Sweet Woodruff, Our Lady's Lace, Sweetscented Bedstraw (Galium odoratum) Gabrielle Image Variegated Greater Periwinkle 'Variegata' (Vinca major) Gabrielle Image Snow-In-Summer (Cerastium tomentosum) Gabrielle Image Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Faces of a Clown' (Hemerocallis ) Bazuhi Image Monkshood, Wolfbane 'Arendsii' (Aconitum carmichaelii) Bazuhi Image Monkshood, Wolfbane 'Arendsii' (Aconitum carmichaelii) Gabrielle Image Creeping Jacob's Ladder, Greek Valerian 'Stairway to Heaven' (Polemonium reptans) Gabrielle Image Variegated Solomon's Seal, Fragrant Solomon's Seal, Striped Solomon's Seal 'Variegatum' (Polygonatum odoratum var. thunbergii) Gabrielle Image Bridal Wreath Spiraea (Spiraea prunifolia) DaylilySLP Image Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Mophead 'Merritt's Supreme' (Hydrangea macrophylla) DaylilySLP Image Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Mophead 'Merritt's Supreme' (Hydrangea macrophylla) DaylilySLP Image Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Mophead 'Merritt's Supreme' (Hydrangea macrophylla) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Black Out' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Black Out' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Black Out' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Black Out' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Matrix Orange' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Matrix Orange' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Oriental Lily 'Mona Lisa' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Oriental Lily 'Mona Lisa' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Easter Lily (Lilium longiflorum) DaylilySLP Image Easter Lily (Lilium longiflorum) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Blue Bird' (Nemesia fruticans) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Blue Bird' (Nemesia fruticans) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Blue Bird' (Nemesia fruticans) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Compact Innocence' (Nemesia fruticans) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Compact Innocence' (Nemesia fruticans) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Compact Innocence' (Nemesia fruticans) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Compact Innocence' (Nemesia fruticans) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Sunsatia Raspberry' (Nemesia ) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Sunsatia Raspberry' (Nemesia ) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Sunsatia Raspberry' (Nemesia ) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Sunsatia Raspberry' (Nemesia ) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Opal Innocence' (Nemesia fruticans) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Opal Innocence' (Nemesia fruticans) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Opal Innocence' (Nemesia fruticans) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Sunsatia Lemon' (Nemesia ) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Sunsatia Lemon' (Nemesia ) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Sunsatia Mango' (Nemesia ) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Sunsatia Mango' (Nemesia ) DaylilySLP Image Nemesia 'Sunsatia Mango' (Nemesia )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Scooty Negative Rogue Valley Roses kvaughn Positive Hummingbird Farm NativeGarden2 Positive My Pet Chicken strawberryhill Neutral Chamblee's Rose Nursery Wildchild53 Negative Willis Orchard Company Glassladi Positive In The Country Garden & Gifts Cruiserman Negative Grass4sale.com wmc Positive Secret Garden Growers wmc Positive Bluestone Perennials wmc Positive Classy Groundcovers wmc Positive Avant Gardens wmc Positive Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery lisaivers24 Positive Easy to Grow Bulbs andreastephanie Positive Horizon Herbs, LLC roseblood13 Positive Rogue Valley Roses Delta13 Positive Gardening How-To (National Home Gardening Club) plantgnome1 Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery OregonWoods Negative Burgess Seed wakingdream Negative The Hosta Farm gregr18 Positive Classy Groundcovers LovesRoses2 Negative Jackson & Perkins likesdirt Positive Florida Hill Nursery PlanterJoe Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery BeeznBearz Positive Wellspring Gardens jaimelemon Positive Empress Tree Nurseries (aka Fast Growing Trees, Paulownia Supply & fastgrowingtree.com) j_moore Negative McClure & Zimmerman Quality Flowerbulb Brokers basilandbella Negative Direct Gardening gardenguy55 Negative Growquest Growers (also dba Olive-Trees.net and Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC)

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... May 20, 2012