Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 24, 2012

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace), Roman poet (born 65 BC))

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New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Irissimo Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Foggy Dew' Iris SallieKr Comment Hard Rush 'Afro' Juncus inflexus jazzy1okc Comment Hardy Ice Plant, Trailing Ice Plant, Cooper's Ice Plant Delosperma cooperi jazzy1okc Comment Kamschatca Stonecrop, Russian Stonecrop Sedum kamtschaticum lakesidecallas Comment Chinese Red Birch Betula albosinensis var. septentrionalis Eleonora69 Comment Butterfly Bush, Oxford Bush, Cambridge Bush 'Ugandense' Rotheca myricoides amygirl Comment Broombush Baccharis dioica Hikaro_Takayama Comment Nippon Lily, Sacred Lily Rohdea japonica Chrissydecky Comment Honeywort, Blue Shrimp Plant, Blue Wax Flower 'Purpurascens' Cerinthe major SuburbanNinja80 Comment Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva Syagrus romanzoffiana themikesmom Comment Virginia Spiderwort, Golden Spiderwort 'Sweet Kate' Tradescantia x andersoniana kiramarie Comment Burro's Tail, Donkey's Tail Sedum morganianum toni689 Comment Weeping Lantana, Trailing Lantana 'Trailing Lavender' Lantana montevidensis valliebeth17 Comment Flowering Quince 'Cameo' Chaenomeles buckooroo Comment Tatsoi, Tah Tsai, Spinach Mustard, Spoon Mustard Brassica rapa var. rosularis dicentra63 Comment Fragrant Persian Stonecress Aethionema schistosum dicentra63 Comment Ice Plant 'Mesa Verde' Delosperma cooperi Runningfarmer Image Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Gold Bullion' (Centaurea montana) ge1836 Image Ornamental Allium 'Silver Spring' (Allium ) poisondartfrog Image Daylily 'Atlanta Moon Walk' (Hemerocallis ) poisondartfrog Image Daylily 'Cabbage Flower' (Hemerocallis ) poisondartfrog Image Million Bells 'Superbells Coralberry Punch' (Calibrachoa ) poisondartfrog Image Daylily 'Gingham Maid' (Hemerocallis ) poisondartfrog Image California Poppy 'Purple Gleam' (Eschscholzia californica) poisondartfrog Image Love-in-a-Mist 'Miss Jekyll Alba' (Nigella damascena) poisondartfrog Image Daylily 'Brown Recluse' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Wheel of Time' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Wheel of Time' (Hemerocallis ) poisondartfrog Image Daylily 'Wisest Of Wizards' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Treasure of the Southwest' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'House Of Orange' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Lavender Fantasia' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Paradise Royal Purple' (Hemerocallis ) turektaylor Image Daylily 'Paradise Royal Purple' (Hemerocallis ) poisondartfrog Image Minoan Lace, White Lace Flower (Orlaya grandiflora) trackinsand Image Striped Inch Plant, Chain Plant (Callisia elegans) trackinsand Image Striped Inch Plant, Chain Plant (Callisia elegans) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mildred Presby' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Octopus Hugs' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Octopus Hugs' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Octopus Hugs' (Hemerocallis ) Xenomorf Image Eriosyce (Eriosyce napina f. glabrescens) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Nosferatu' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Nosferatu' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Nosferatu' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Red Hot Poker,Torch Lily,Tritoma 'Wol's Red Seedling' (Kniphofia uvaria) emmyk100 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Aroused' (Iris ) purplesun Image Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) psharboneaux Image False Oregano (Lippia micromera) Kiyzersoze Image Noni, Indian Mulberry, Cheese Fruit, Wild Pine, Hog Apple (Morinda citrifolia) Kiyzersoze Image Noni, Indian Mulberry, Cheese Fruit, Wild Pine, Hog Apple (Morinda citrifolia) purplesun Image Lemon Verbena, Verveine Odorante (Aloysia triphylla) purplesun Image False Spirea, False Goat's Beard 'Fanal' (Astilbe x arendsii) BajaBlue Image Texas Ironweed (Vernonia texana) purplesun Image Lemon Tree (Citrus limon) purplesun Image Doublefile Viburnum 'Shasta' (Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum) Frandy333 Image Amherstia, Queen of Flowering Trees, Pride of Burma (Amherstia nobilis) DaveH Image Black Bamboo 'Othello' (Phyllostachys nigra) DaveH Image Black Bamboo 'Othello' (Phyllostachys nigra) purplesun Image Snow Gum, Cabbage Gum, Ghost Gum, White Sallee, White Ash (Eucalyptus pauciflora) Kiyzersoze Image Tiger's Claw, East Indian Coralbean, East Indian Coral Tree, Sunshine Tree, Samoan Sunshine Tree (Erythrina variegata) purplesun Image Cherry Laurel 'Caucasica' (Prunus laurocerasus) purplesun Image Bamboo (Phyllostachys atrovaginata) purplesun Image Japanese Maple 'Osakazuki' (Acer palmatum) purplesun Image False Banana, Red Abyssinian Banana, Wild Banana (Ensete ventricosum) purplesun Image Doublefile Viburnum, Japanese Snowball Bush (Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum) purplesun Image Golden Full Moon Maple, Japanese Maple 'Aureum' (Acer shirasawanum) purplesun Image Dwarf Whitestripe Bamboo (Pleioblastus fortunei) purplesun Image Borinda, Hardy Clumping Bamboo (Fargesia yunnanensis) purplesun Image Sweet Olive, Fragrant Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans) purplesun Image Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) purplesun Image Cider Gum (Eucalyptus gunnii) Farmerdill Image Cabbage 'Green Briar' (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) Kell Image Bedding Pansy, Horned Pansy, Horned Violet, Tufted Pansy 'Starry Night' (Viola ) Kell Image Bedding Pansy, Horned Pansy, Horned Violet, Tufted Pansy 'Starry Night' (Viola ) tepelus Image Daylily 'Nosferatu' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Peruvian Daffodil (Hymenocallis festalis) themikesmom Image Peruvian Daffodil (Hymenocallis festalis) themikesmom Image Asiatic Lily 'Tiny Todd' (Lilium ) themikesmom Image Asiatic Lily 'Tiny Todd' (Lilium ) themikesmom Image Spiderwort 'Blueberry Sundae' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) themikesmom Image Spiderwort 'Blueberry Sundae' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) donnacreation Image Variegated Pineapple Flower, Pineapple Lily (Eucomis bicolor) donnacreation Image Bottlebrush Tree 'Woodlander's Red' (Callistemon ) themikesmom Image Siberian Iris 'Caesar's Brother' (Iris sibirica) tepelus Image Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium) tepelus Image Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium) tepelus Image Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium) Sherilou Image Cherry Tomato 'Marizol Magic' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) Sherilou Image Cherry Tomato 'Marizol Magic' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) purplesun Image Calamondin Orange, Panama Orange, Calamansi (X Citrofortunella mitis) purplesun Image Plume Albizia, Cape Leeuwin Wattle, Crested Wattle, Brush Wattle (Paraserianthes lophantha) purplesun Image Guava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba (Psidium guajava) purplesun Image Hinoki False Cypress 'Contorta' (Chamaecyparis obtusa) popper1 Image Rangoon Creeper, Drunken Sailor (Quisqualis indica) DaylilySLP Image Turkestan Onion (Allium karataviense) DaylilySLP Image Turkestan Onion (Allium karataviense) DaylilySLP Image Turkestan Onion (Allium karataviense) DaylilySLP Image Arum Lily, Calla Lily 'Garnet Glow' (Zantedeschia aethiopica) DaylilySLP Image Arum Lily, Calla Lily 'Garnet Glow' (Zantedeschia aethiopica) DaylilySLP Image Arum Lily, Calla Lily 'Garnet Glow' (Zantedeschia aethiopica) DaylilySLP Image Arum Lily, Calla Lily 'Garnet Glow' (Zantedeschia aethiopica) DaylilySLP Image Arum Lily, Calla Lily 'Lavender Gem' (Zantedeschia ) DaylilySLP Image Arum Lily, Calla Lily 'Lavender Gem' (Zantedeschia ) DaylilySLP Image Arum Lily, Calla Lily 'Lavender Gem' (Zantedeschia ) DaylilySLP Image Calla Lily 'Parfait' (Zantedeschia ) DaylilySLP Image Calla Lily 'Parfait' (Zantedeschia ) DaylilySLP Image Calla Lily 'Parfait' (Zantedeschia ) DaylilySLP Image Calla Lily 'Parfait' (Zantedeschia ) DaylilySLP Image Calla Lily 'Rubylite Pink Ice' (Zantedeschia ) DaylilySLP Image Calla Lily 'Rubylite Pink Ice' (Zantedeschia ) DaylilySLP Image Calla Lily 'Rubylite Pink Ice' (Zantedeschia ) DaylilySLP Image Goldenstar, Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) DaylilySLP Image Goldenstar, Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) DaylilySLP Image Goldenstar, Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) dicentra63 Image Ice Plant 'Mesa Verde' (Delosperma cooperi) dicentra63 Image Garden Pinks 'Telstar Coral' (Dianthus chinensis) dicentra63 Image Pansy 'Delta Orange Blotch' (Viola x wittrockiana) dicentra63 Image Dutch Iris 'Sky Beauty' (Iris ) dicentra63 Image Dutch Iris 'Rosario' (Iris x hollandica) dicentra63 Image Dutch Iris (Iris x hollandica) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull' (Coreopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull' (Coreopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull' (Coreopsis ) dicentra63 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Before the Storm' (Iris ) dicentra63 Image Spotted Dead Nettle 'Ghost' (Lamium maculatum) dicentra63 Image Dutch Iris 'Rosario' (Iris x hollandica) DaylilySLP Image Allwood Pinks, Modern Pinks 'Frosty Fire' (Dianthus x allwoodii) DaylilySLP Image Allwood Pinks, Modern Pinks 'Frosty Fire' (Dianthus x allwoodii) DaylilySLP Image Allwood Pinks, Modern Pinks 'Frosty Fire' (Dianthus x allwoodii) DaylilySLP Image Allwood Pinks, Modern Pinks 'Frosty Fire' (Dianthus x allwoodii) DaylilySLP Image Young's Barrenwort, White Epimedium 'Niveum' (Epimedium x youngianum) DaylilySLP Image Young's Barrenwort, White Epimedium 'Niveum' (Epimedium x youngianum) DaylilySLP Image Young's Barrenwort, White Epimedium 'Niveum' (Epimedium x youngianum) DaylilySLP Image Young's Barrenwort, White Epimedium 'Niveum' (Epimedium x youngianum) DaylilySLP Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Midnight Rose' (Heuchera ) DaylilySLP Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Midnight Rose' (Heuchera ) DaylilySLP Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Midnight Rose' (Heuchera ) DaylilySLP Image Heucherella, Foamy Bells 'Dayglow Pink' (X Heucherella ) DaylilySLP Image Heucherella, Foamy Bells 'Dayglow Pink' (X Heucherella ) DaylilySLP Image Heucherella, Foamy Bells 'Dayglow Pink' (X Heucherella ) DaylilySLP Image Heucherella, Foamy Bells 'Dayglow Pink' (X Heucherella ) DaylilySLP Image Dwarf Lupine 'Gallery Mix' (Lupinus polyphyllus) DaylilySLP Image Dwarf Lupine 'Gallery Mix' (Lupinus polyphyllus) DaylilySLP Image Dwarf Lupine 'Gallery Mix' (Lupinus polyphyllus) DaylilySLP Image Jacob's Ladder 'Touch of Class' (Polemonium reptans) DaylilySLP Image Jacob's Ladder 'Touch of Class' (Polemonium reptans) DaylilySLP Image Jacob's Ladder 'Touch of Class' (Polemonium reptans) DaylilySLP Image Trillium, Wake Robin (Trillium grandiflorum) SilkKnoll Image Daylily Plum Delight 'Plum Delight' (Hemerocallis ) dicentra63 Image Sweet William 'Holborn Glory' (Dianthus barbatus) dicentra63 Image Fragrant Persian Stonecress (Aethionema schistosum) WUVIE Image Large Leaved Bamboo (Indocalamus tessellatus) WUVIE Image Large Leaved Bamboo (Indocalamus tessellatus) Kell Image Gold-Tooth Aloe (Aloe x nobilis)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description tootle Positive Colonial Creek Farm vommarlowe Positive Bluestone Perennials Clams256 Negative Arizona Aquatic Gardens KeelysMom Negative Jackson & Perkins rockwallgarden Positive Henry Field's Seed & Nursery sonias Negative High Country Gardens ardenac Positive Michigan Bulb gramtotwo Positive Bridgewood Gardens Toni05 Positive Hirt's Gardens (formerly Hirt's Greenhouse & Flowers) roberta1977 Positive Bluestone Perennials zjhackett Positive Botanical Growers virginiarose Positive Hornbaker Gardens Toni05 Positive Thistledown's Sumptuous Succulents (formerlyThistledown Greenhouse) Toni05 Positive JadePoint Succulents ablesq5678 Positive Bluestone Perennials Toni05 Positive Out of Africa gracin Positive Chamblee's Rose Nursery amee2828 Positive Silver Star Vinery GreenandGrowing7 Positive Roses Unlimited IndaShade Neutral Mattslandscape.com mikeandflee Positive Select Seeds Antique Flowers NCORCHIDS Positive Orchids.com (Norman's Orchids) phoenix2012 Negative Alberta Nurseries and Seeds, Ltd. roseydew3 Positive Graceful Gardens jknittel Positive Vermont Wildflower Farm ClaudetteF Positive Montoso Gardens zoysianut Neutral Zoysia Farm Nurseries CatGasner Positive Edelweiss Perennials revjlw Negative Asparagus Gardener grik Positive Avant Gardens wetdogfarm Negative Heronswood Nursery Scotty16 Positive Gurney's Seed & Nursery Old_Gardener Positive Bayou Blooms Tropical Plants fruitvegandnuts Positive Honeyberry USA sandraf Positive Avant Gardens Lotus954 Negative Florida Hill Nursery ldsguy Negative Irrigation Direct

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... May 24, 2012