Dave's Garden Newsletter for March 27, 2013

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Edumund Burke, British philosopher, writer, statesman (born 1/1/1729))

Forum Activity

Forum Posts PlantFiles Pictures 122 posts Northeast Gardening 73 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 65 posts Plant Identification 61 posts Games 54 posts Vegetable Gardening 45 posts Pets 38 posts Florida Gardening 37 posts Texas Gardening 37 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 29 posts Sewing and Quilting 21 posts Seed Germination 20 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 18 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 14 posts Canadian Gardening 14 posts Equine Forum 14 posts Recipes 13 posts Seed Trading 12 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 12 posts Shady Gardens 12 posts Brugmansias 11 posts Poultry and Livestock 9 posts Cacti and Succulents 9 posts Strawbale Gardening 9 posts Morning Glories 8 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 8 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 8 posts Australian Gardening 7 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 7 posts Beginner Flowers 6 posts Southwest Gardening 6 posts Bird Watching 6 posts Tropical Plants 6 posts Water Gardens 5 posts Weather 5 posts Poppies 5 posts Central Midwest Gardening 4 posts California Gardening 4 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 4 posts Beauty and Fashion Tips 4 posts Herbs 4 posts Daylilies 4 posts Peonies 4 posts Tomatoes 4 posts Happy Birthday 4 posts Bulbs 4 posts Gardening by the Moon 3 posts Voting Booth 3 posts Swaps, Trades and Giveaways 3 posts Bird Identification 3 posts Passifloras 3 posts Photos 2 posts Insect and Spider Identification 2 posts Garden Talk 2 posts Peppers 2 posts Orchids 2 posts Container Gardening 2 posts Perennials 2 posts Annuals 2 posts Classified Ads 2 posts Mid-South Gardening 1 post Lilies 1 post Begonias 1 post Tiny Gardens 1 post Wildlife 1 post Tropical Zone Gardening 1 post Hypertufa and Concrete 1 post Carolina Gardening 1 post Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 1 post Roses 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description stephen43jackso Comment Crow-poison, Wild Garlic Nothoscordum bivalve Bigfeet Comment Dusty Miller, Native Wormwood, White Sage, Louisiana Sagewort 'Silver Queen' Artemisia ludoviciana elsie76 Comment Bellflower 'Pink Octopus' Campanula terrylyn Comment Potato Vine Solanum laxum Moefureal Comment Fringe Tree, Old Man's Beard, Grancy Graybeard Chionanthus virginicus palmbob Comment Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Betty's Beauty' Camellia japonica RosinaBloom Comment Bermuda Buttercup, Yellow Sour Grass, Cape Sorrel, African Woodsorrel, Sour Sob, Goat's Foot Oxalis pes-caprae Gardeningman Comment Lantana 'Miss Huff' Lantana camara stephen43jackso Comment Giant Rain Lily, Rainlily, Prairie Lily, Hill Country Rain Lily Zephyranthes drummondii RosinaBloom Comment Violet Wood Sorrel Oxalis violacea tearoses Comment Hybrid Tea Rose, Large-flowered Rose 'Mikado' Rosa JonthanJ Comment Amaryllis 'Minerva' Hippeastrum hampson Comment Shark Skin Agave Agave ferdinandi-regis x scabra nathanieledison Comment Avocado, Alligator Pear Persea americana Cville_Gardener Image Asiatic Lily 'Blackout' (Lilium ) RosinaBloom Image Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Variegata' (Hydrangea macrophylla) RosinaBloom Image Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Variegata' (Hydrangea macrophylla) RosinaBloom Image Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Variegata' (Hydrangea macrophylla) RosinaBloom Image Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Variegata' (Hydrangea macrophylla) RosinaBloom Image Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Variegata' (Hydrangea macrophylla) Cville_Gardener Image Cuban Mint, Mojito Mint (Mentha x villosa) palmbob Image Flat-flowered Aloe 'KwaZulu form' (Aloe marlothii) palmbob Image Flat-flowered Aloe 'KwaZulu form' (Aloe marlothii) palmbob Image Molina (Acacia caven) palmbob Image Saucer Plant (Aeonium urbicum) palmbob Image Aeonium 'Lily Pad' (Aeonium ) palmbob Image Queensland Kauri (Agathis robusta) palmbob Image Queensland Kauri (Agathis robusta) palmbob Image Variegated Century Plant (Agave americana var. marginata) palmbob Image Agave (Agave horrida) palmbob Image Agave (Agave macroacantha) palmbob Image Agave (Agave mapisaga var. lisa) palmbob Image Giant Tree Aloe (Aloe barberae) palmbob Image Mountain Aloe, Snake Aloe (Aloe broomii) palmbob Image Aloe 'Cornuta' (Aloe camperi) palmbob Image Cat's Tail Aloe (Aloe castanea) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe lutescens) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe mawii) palmbob Image Bottlebrush Aloe (Aloe rupestris) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe sabaea) palmbob Image Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) palmbob Image Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) palmbob Image Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) palmbob Image Norfolk Island Pine, Star Pine (Araucaria heterophylla) palmbob Image De Laubenfels' Araucaria (Araucaria laubenfelsii) palmbob Image De Laubenfels' Araucaria (Araucaria laubenfelsii) palmbob Image De Laubenfels' Araucaria (Araucaria laubenfelsii) palmbob Image De Laubenfels' Araucaria (Araucaria laubenfelsii) palmbob Image African Daisy 'Pink Sugar' (Arctotis ) palmbob Image Star Plant, Monk's Hood (Astrophytum ornatum) palmbob Image Star Plant, Monk's Hood (Astrophytum ornatum) palmbob Image Bocconia, Palo de diablo, Chicalote (Bocconia arborea) palmbob Image Bocconia, Palo de diablo, Chicalote (Bocconia arborea) palmbob Image Bocconia, Palo de diablo, Chicalote (Bocconia arborea) palmbob Image (Camellia euryoides) palmbob Image (Camellia euryoides) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Honeymoon' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Haku-Tsuru' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Baronne de Bleichroeder' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Betty's Beauty' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Betty's Beauty' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Catherine McCown' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Catherine McCown' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Claudia Phelps' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Comte Boutourlin' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Comte Boutourlin' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Destiny' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Destiny' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Dixie Knight' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Donnan's Dream' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Donnan's Dream' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Extravaganza' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Flamingo' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Haku-Tsuru' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Sasanqua Camellia, Autumn Camellia 'Fuji-No-Yuki' (Camellia sasanqua) palmbob Image Sasanqua Camellia, Autumn Camellia 'Fuji-No-Yuki' (Camellia sasanqua) Cville_Gardener Image Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) RosinaBloom Image Mediterranean Storksbill (Erodium malacoides) RosinaBloom Image Mediterranean Storksbill (Erodium malacoides) RosinaBloom Image Mediterranean Storksbill (Erodium malacoides) RosinaBloom Image Mediterranean Storksbill (Erodium malacoides) RosinaBloom Image Bermuda Buttercup, Yellow Sour Grass, Cape Sorrel, African Woodsorrel, Sour Sob, Goat's Foot (Oxalis pes-caprae) RosinaBloom Image Bermuda Buttercup, Yellow Sour Grass, Cape Sorrel, African Woodsorrel, Sour Sob, Goat's Foot (Oxalis pes-caprae) RosinaBloom Image Bermuda Buttercup, Yellow Sour Grass, Cape Sorrel, African Woodsorrel, Sour Sob, Goat's Foot (Oxalis pes-caprae) RosinaBloom Image Bermuda Buttercup, Yellow Sour Grass, Cape Sorrel, African Woodsorrel, Sour Sob, Goat's Foot (Oxalis pes-caprae) RosinaBloom Image Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) RosinaBloom Image Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) RosinaBloom Image Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) marsrover Image Triumph Tulip 'Kikomachi' (Tulipa ) marsrover Image Triumph Tulip 'Kikomachi' (Tulipa ) marsrover Image Triumph Tulip 'Kikomachi' (Tulipa ) marsrover Image Triumph Tulip 'Kikomachi' (Tulipa ) astarnit Image Ploughbreaker, Prickly Cardinal (Erythrina zeyheri) Minime8484 Image Snowball Cactus (Mammilloydia candida) disterheft Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Oasis Mary' (Iris ) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis 'Mercury Rising' (Coreopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis 'Mercury Rising' (Coreopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis 'Mercury Rising' (Coreopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Fumitory 'Blackberry Wine' (Corydalis ) DaylilySLP Image Fumitory 'Blackberry Wine' (Corydalis ) DaylilySLP Image Fumitory 'Blackberry Wine' (Corydalis ) DaylilySLP Image Gentian 'True Blue' (Gentiana ) DaylilySLP Image Gentian 'True Blue' (Gentiana ) DaylilySLP Image Gentian 'True Blue' (Gentiana ) DaylilySLP Image Gentian 'True Blue' (Gentiana ) DaylilySLP Image Gentian 'True Blue' (Gentiana ) DaylilySLP Image Gentian 'True Blue' (Gentiana ) DaylilySLP Image Panicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Phantom' (Hydrangea paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Panicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Phantom' (Hydrangea paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Panicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Phantom' (Hydrangea paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Panicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Phantom' (Hydrangea paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Yellow Wax Bells (Kirengeshoma palmata) DaylilySLP Image Yellow Wax Bells (Kirengeshoma palmata) DaylilySLP Image Yellow Wax Bells (Kirengeshoma palmata) DaylilySLP Image Yellow Wax Bells (Kirengeshoma palmata) DaylilySLP Image Yellow Wax Bells (Kirengeshoma palmata) DaylilySLP Image Leptodermis (Leptodermis oblonga) DaylilySLP Image Leptodermis (Leptodermis oblonga) DaylilySLP Image Leptodermis (Leptodermis oblonga) RosinaBloom Image Common Lilac, French Lilac 'Alba' (Syringa vulgaris) RosinaBloom Image Common Lilac, French Lilac 'Alba' (Syringa vulgaris) RosinaBloom Image Common Lilac, French Lilac 'Alba' (Syringa vulgaris) RosinaBloom Image Common Lilac, French Lilac 'Alba' (Syringa vulgaris) BlissfulGarden Image Louisiana Iris 'President Hedley' (Iris ) RosinaBloom Image Digitalis 'Serendipity' (Digitalis ) RosinaBloom Image Digitalis 'Serendipity' (Digitalis ) RosinaBloom Image Wild Lupine, Sundial Lupine (Lupinus perennis) RosinaBloom Image Wild Lupine, Sundial Lupine (Lupinus perennis) RosinaBloom Image Wild Lupine, Sundial Lupine (Lupinus perennis) Metrosideros Image Brackenridge's Rosemallow, Ma'o hau hele, Native Yellow Hibiscus (Hibiscus brackenridgei)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description grannylou67 Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. teddysmomma Positive Henry Field's Seed & Nursery buggzter Positive Bulbs Direct (bulbsdirect.com) buggzter Positive Michigan Bulb tnwildwood Positive Empress Tree Nurseries (aka Fast Growing Trees, Paulownia Supply & fastgrowingtree.com) GimliFan Positive St. Clare Heirloom Seeds shauna1219 Positive Select Seeds Antique Flowers Darlenebush Positive Empress Tree Nurseries (aka Fast Growing Trees, Paulownia Supply & fastgrowingtree.com) Lee21 Negative Van Bourgondien Dutch Bulbs (dutchbulbs.com) verawdd Positive Select Seeds Antique Flowers vitrsna Positive Seed Tapestry BrisbaneAnne Positive Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery mikerotell Neutral R.H. Shumway Seeds riv Positive White Flower Farm apriling Negative Edmunds' Roses bluebuster77 Negative Jackson & Perkins bluebuster77 Positive Brushwood Nursery bluebuster77 Positive Roses Unlimited zootmaster3000 Negative Pure Land Ethnobotanicals Frank1965 Positive American Meadows Frank1965 Positive Northern Trading Company

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 27, 2013