Dave's Garden Newsletter for March 18, 2013

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Douglas Malloch, American poet)

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Northeast Gardening 87 posts Texas Gardening 67 posts PlantFiles Pictures 64 posts Plant Identification 62 posts Games 61 posts Vegetable Gardening 46 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 43 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 41 posts Equine Forum 27 posts Pets 25 posts Canadian Gardening 24 posts Sewing and Quilting 24 posts Voting Booth 21 posts Happy Birthday 17 posts Soil and Composting 14 posts BirdFiles Pictures 13 posts Central Midwest Gardening 13 posts Orchids 12 posts Trash to Treasure 12 posts Cacti and Succulents 11 posts Australian Gardening 10 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 10 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 10 posts Florida Gardening 9 posts Dahlias 9 posts Healthy Living 8 posts Southwest Gardening 8 posts Tropical Plants 8 posts Perennials 7 posts Recipes 7 posts Seed Germination 7 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 7 posts Seed Trading 6 posts Clematis 6 posts Morning Glories 6 posts Rhododendrons and Relatives 5 posts California Gardening 5 posts Beginner Flowers 5 posts Photos 5 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 4 posts Beginner Landscaping 4 posts Bird Watching 4 posts Japanese Maples 4 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 4 posts Tomatoes 4 posts Peonies 3 posts Beginner Houseplants 3 posts Clean and Clutter-free 3 posts Carolina Gardening 3 posts Insect and Spider Identification 3 posts Brugmansias 3 posts Bulbs 3 posts Caudiciforms 3 posts Bird Identification 3 posts Weather 3 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 3 posts Needle Arts 3 posts Shady Gardens 3 posts Poultry and Livestock 2 posts Aroids 2 posts Winter Sowing 2 posts BugFiles Pictures 2 posts Hibiscus 2 posts Mid-South Gardening 2 posts Gardening by the Moon 2 posts Daylilies 2 posts Irises 2 posts Beginner Vegetables 2 posts Cottage Gardening 2 posts Crafts and Decorating 2 posts Organic Gardening 2 posts Wildlife 2 posts Ornamental Gourds 1 post Hybridizers 1 post Fragrant Gardening 1 post Peppers 1 post Computer Talk 1 post Plant Trading 1 post Accessible Gardening 1 post Classified Ads 1 post Annuals 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post Ohio River Valley Gardening 1 post Fuchsias 1 post Beginner Fruit 1 post Georgia Gardening 1 post Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 1 post Hoyas 1 post Garden Talk 1 post Container Gardening 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description RosinaBloom Comment Fescue, Tussock, Hard Tussock, Sheep's Fescue, Tawny Tussock Festuca novae-zelandiae Sherilou Comment Italian Sweet Pepper 'Rosso Dolce Appendere' Capsicum annuum Sherilou Comment Sweet Pepper 'Jimmy Nardello' Capsicum annuum david3payne Comment Florentine Tulip, Wild Tulip Tulipa sylvestris Bronto Comment Agave Agave macroacantha pprice Comment Camellia Camellia saluenensis Kelli Comment False Freesia Anomatheca laxa mrs_colla Comment Dwarf Fothergilla, Dwarf Witch Alder 'Blue Mist' Fothergilla gardenii Ofeliah Comment Lotus Vine, Parrot's Beak 'Gold Flash' Lotus BeverlyRae Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Canned Heat' Iris reaver456 Comment Catchweed Bedstraw, Sticky Willy, Goose Grass, Cleavers Galium aparine Cville_Gardener Image Purple Velvet Plant, Purple Passion Vine, Trailing Purple Passion Plant 'Purple Passion' (Gynura aurantiaca) RosinaBloom Image Black Poplar 'Plantierensis' (Populus nigra) Cville_Gardener Image Funny Bunny, Crested Bunny Ears, Monstrose Bunny Ears (Opuntia microdasys f. monstrosus) Cville_Gardener Image Funny Bunny, Crested Bunny Ears, Monstrose Bunny Ears (Opuntia microdasys f. monstrosus) RosinaBloom Image Fescue, Tussock, Hard Tussock, Sheep's Fescue, Tawny Tussock (Festuca novae-zelandiae) RosinaBloom Image Fescue, Tussock, Hard Tussock, Sheep's Fescue, Tawny Tussock (Festuca novae-zelandiae) RosinaBloom Image Fescue, Tussock, Hard Tussock, Sheep's Fescue, Tawny Tussock (Festuca novae-zelandiae) RosinaBloom Image Fescue, Tussock, Hard Tussock, Sheep's Fescue, Tawny Tussock (Festuca novae-zelandiae) RosinaBloom Image Fescue, Tussock, Hard Tussock, Sheep's Fescue, Tawny Tussock (Festuca novae-zelandiae) Cville_Gardener Image Flowering Quince 'Toyo-Nishiki' (Chaenomeles speciosa) Cville_Gardener Image Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) 23kyle Image Koekmakranka (Gethyllis verticillata) Cville_Gardener Image Mammillaria (Mammillaria vetula subsp. gracilis) Cville_Gardener Image Rollers 'Belansky Tatra' (Jovibarba arenaria x hirta) Cville_Gardener Image Rollers 'Belansky Tatra' (Jovibarba arenaria x hirta) 23kyle Image Pachypodium (Pachypodium brevicaule) Cville_Gardener Image Living Stones (Lithops aucampiae) Cville_Gardener Image Living Stones (Lithops aucampiae) DaylilySLP Image Elephant Ears 'Bikini-tini' (Colocasia ) DaylilySLP Image Elephant Ears 'Bikini-tini' (Colocasia ) DaylilySLP Image Elephant Ears 'Bikini-tini' (Colocasia ) DaylilySLP Image Elephant Ears 'Bikini-tini' (Colocasia ) DaylilySLP Image Elephant Ears 'Bikini-tini' (Colocasia ) DaylilySLP Image Echeveria, Mexican Hens & Chicks 'Pink Frills' (Echeveria shaviana) DaylilySLP Image Echeveria, Mexican Hens & Chicks 'Pink Frills' (Echeveria shaviana) DaylilySLP Image Echeveria, Mexican Hens & Chicks 'Pink Frills' (Echeveria shaviana) DaylilySLP Image Echeveria, Mexican Hens & Chicks 'Pink Frills' (Echeveria shaviana) Cville_Gardener Image Euphorbia 'Snow Flake' (Euphorbia polygona) DaylilySLP Image Dwarf Perennial Sunflower, 'Happy Days' (Helianthus ) DaylilySLP Image Dwarf Perennial Sunflower, 'Happy Days' (Helianthus ) DaylilySLP Image Dwarf Perennial Sunflower, 'Happy Days' (Helianthus ) DaylilySLP Image Dwarf Perennial Sunflower, 'Happy Days' (Helianthus ) DaylilySLP Image Dwarf Perennial Sunflower, 'Happy Days' (Helianthus ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Paphiopedilum Macabre (Paphiopedilum ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Paphiopedilum White Knight (Paphiopedilum ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Paphiopedilum White Knight (Paphiopedilum ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Paphiopedilum White Knight (Paphiopedilum ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Oncidium Irish Mist (Oncidium ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Oncidium Irish Mist (Oncidium ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Oncidium Irish Mist (Oncidium ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Dendrobium Maiden Charlotte (Dendrobium ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Dendrobium Maiden Charlotte (Dendrobium ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Dendrobium Maiden Charlotte (Dendrobium ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Rodrumnia Mill Hollow (Rodrumnia ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Rodrumnia Mill Hollow (Rodrumnia ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Oncidium (Oncidium maculatum) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Oncidium (Oncidium maculatum) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Oncidium (Oncidium maculatum) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Oncidium (Oncidium leucochilum) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Oncidium (Oncidium leucochilum) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Oncidium (Oncidium leucochilum) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Nakamotoara Newberry Apricot (Nakamotoara ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Nakamotoara Newberry Apricot (Nakamotoara ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Miltoniopsis Echo Bay (Miltoniopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Orchid, Miltoniopsis Echo Bay (Miltoniopsis ) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe cameronii) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe cameronii) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe longistyla) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe longistyla) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe cyrtophylla) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe mzimbana) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe vanbalenii) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe volkensii subsp. muticaulis) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe volkensii subsp. muticaulis)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description mindy6 Positive Burwood Clivia Nursery claire25 Positive Fancy Bloomers lisaq1965 Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery JonSchneider Positive Santa Rosa Gardens Cjclemens Positive Victory Seed Company Lizardo Negative Heirloom Acres Seeds RobThomas Positive McKenzie Farms Nursery mwmuck Positive Mail-Order Natives gring7 Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. BrisbaneAnne Positive Chamblee's Rose Nursery jlee160 Positive Banner Daylily Gardens ADowst Negative Seed Savers Exchange randltrs Negative Horizon Herbs, LLC Spheramid Positive Penny's Tomatoes jimfrankmartin Positive Edmunds' Roses Emma60 Positive Easyliving Native Perennial Wildflowers (Easy Living Wildflowers) jimfrankmartin Positive David Austin Roses (US) Oceanwatchamy Negative Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) WillMx Positive Pepper Joe's Inc. jessflowergirl Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. utahgrower Negative Tomato Bob's Heirloom Tomatoes

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 18, 2013