The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of July 18, 2012, on which 126 members joined.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"...'If you are a gardener and find me,' said the little bunny, 'I will be a bird and fly away from you.' 'If you become a bird and fly away from me,' said his mother, 'I will be a tree that you come home to.' (from The Runaway Bunny, 1942)"

(Margaret Wise Brown, American author (born 5/23/1910))

Activity Report:

3 new plants were added to the database.
14 new descriptions were added.
41 new images were added.
60 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
mdhingra Neutral CommentHoly Basil, Thai Holy Basil
(Ocimum sanctum)
palmbob Neutral CommentAloe Vera, Medicinal Aloe, Savila
(Aloe vera)
Minime8484 Neutral CommentArrojadoa
(Arrojadoa penicillata)
rainbow_gardens Positive CommentTomato 'Thai Pink Egg'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
PNWMountainGirl Positive CommentDaylily 'Citrix'
(Hemerocallis )
jrtinker Positive CommentSchivereckia
(Schivereckia podolica)
SuburbanNinja80 Positive CommentJapanese Fiber Banana, Japanese Hardy Banana
(Musa basjoo)
alexsbuddy Positive CommentTomato 'German Queen'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
JeffBigSky Positive CommentDusty Miller, Silver Ragwort
(Senecio bicolor subsp. cineraria)
PammiePi Positive CommentLimequat
(X Citrofortunella floridana)
lennox3rd Positive CommentTomato 'Momotaro'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
Niantican Positive CommentEastern Purple Coneflower 'Green Envy'
(Echinacea purpurea)
flowers4birds Positive CommentDaylily 'Notify Ground Crew'
(Hemerocallis )
bigarden Negative CommentLove-in-a-Mist
(Nigella damascena)

Images

Member Addition Description
ridoodlesImageSpider Flower, Spider Legs, Grandfather's Whiskers 'Rose Queen'
(Cleome hassleriana)
pizzadogImageLily 'Dimension'
(Lilium )
RebeccaLynnImageCrinum 'Ellen Bosanquet'
(Crinum )
trackinsandImageEsperanza, Texas Yellow Bells 'Sunrise'
(Tecoma stans)
judytartImageTomato 'Sweet Baby Girl'
(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)
turektaylorImageDaylily 'Ancient Sands'
(Hemerocallis )
OKI_TImageDaylily 'Scotland'
(Hemerocallis )
PusiaImageDaylily 'Jan Kiepura'
(Hemerocallis )
PusiaImageDaylily 'Jan Kiepura'
(Hemerocallis )
turektaylorImageDaylily 'Brasstown'
(Hemerocallis )
turektaylorImageDaylily 'Brasstown'
(Hemerocallis )
PusiaImageDaylily 'Westerplatte'
(Hemerocallis )
PusiaImageDaylily 'Westerplatte'
(Hemerocallis )
OKI_TImageDaylily 'Red Thrill'
(Hemerocallis )
OKI_TImageDaylily 'Red Thrill'
(Hemerocallis )
dfaImageDaylily 'Woodburn'
(Hemerocallis )
SherilouImageCommon Cosmos 'Peppermint Candy'
(Cosmos bibinnatus)
manueldalmeidaImageAntoine Ducher 'Antoine ducher'
(Rosa Rosa)
manueldalmeidaImageRose 'Magna Charta'
(Rosa )
stephenpImageShrubby Germander, Tree Germander
(Teucrium fruticans)
AmyMorieImageGinger, Common Ginger, Cooking Ginger, Canton
(Zingiber officinale)
stephenpImageTaique, Chilean Holly
(Desfontainia spinosa)
stephenpImageWillow Podocarp, Willow Totara
(Podocarpus salignus)
mygardensImageBegonia
(Begonia ricinifolia)
mygardensImageBegonia
(Begonia ricinifolia)
mygardensImageBegonia
(Begonia ricinifolia)
AmyMorieImageGinger, Common Ginger, Cooking Ginger, Canton
(Zingiber officinale)
turektaylorImageFirecracker Vine 'John Elsley'
(Manettia luteorubra)
turektaylorImageFirecracker Vine 'John Elsley'
(Manettia luteorubra)
rainewalkerImagePretty Sneezeweed
(Helenium elegans)
rainewalkerImagePretty Sneezeweed
(Helenium elegans)
tropicbreezeImageLasia
(Lasia spinosa)
DMershImageSilver Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch, Irish Beith
(Betula pendula)
PNWMountainGirlImageDaylily 'Citrix'
(Hemerocallis )
olddudeImage
(Neoregelia pendula)
olddudeImage
(Neoregelia pendula)
olddudeImage
(Neoregelia pendula)
olddudeImage
(Neoregelia pendula)
l2leImageDaylily 'Leader Of The Pack'
(Hemerocallis )
l2leImageDaylily 'Sparks Cool Mountain Mist'
(Hemerocallis )
l2leImageDaylily 'Oxymoron'
(Hemerocallis )

Plants Added Yesterday:

Plant
Cowpea, Cow Pea 'Six-Week Purple Hull'
Vigna unguiculata
Antoine Ducher 'Antoine ducher'
Rosa Rosa
Northern Pecan 'Silverback'
Carya illinoinensis

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... July 18, 2012