The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of April 20, 2013, on which 143 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"A Georgia peach, a real Georgia peach, a backyard great-grandmother's orchard peach, is as thickly furred as a sweater, and so fluent and sweet that once you bite through the flannel, it brings tears to your eyes."

(Melissa Fay Greene, American author)

Activity Report:

62 new plants were added to the database.
8 new descriptions were added.
59 new images were added.
820 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member	Addition	Description
vsdscart	Positive Comment	Bloody Mary, Bloody William, Dusty Miller, Lychnis, Mullein Pinks, Rose Campion (Silene coronaria)
NCMstGardener	Positive Comment	Spearmint, English Mint (Mentha spicata)
NCMstGardener	Positive Comment	Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Jenna_M	Positive Comment	Brazilian Plume, Flamingo Flower, Jacobinia, Pine-Bur Begonia (Justicia carnea)
Emily777	Positive Comment	Snowdrop Anemone (Anemone sylvestris)
gardenspot107	Neutral Comment	Lyreleaf Sage, Cancer Weed 'Purple Volcano' (Salvia lyrata)
RosinaBloom	Positive Comment	Shoofly Plant, Apple of Peru (Nicandra physalodes)
vossner	Positive Comment	Tropical Hibiscus 'Brilliant' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

Images

Member	Addition	Description
bmottern		Rhododendron (Rhododendron hyperythrum)
RosinaBloom		Shoofly Plant, Apple of Peru (Nicandra physalodes)
RosinaBloom		Shoofly Plant, Apple of Peru (Nicandra physalodes)
RosinaBloom		Shoofly Plant, Apple of Peru (Nicandra physalodes)
RosinaBloom		Shoofly Plant, Apple of Peru (Nicandra physalodes)
RosinaBloom		Forrest's St. Johns Wort, Shrubby St. John's Wort (Hypericum forrestii)
RosinaBloom		Forrest's St. Johns Wort, Shrubby St. John's Wort (Hypericum forrestii)
mgarr		Daffodil 'Apricot Whirl' (Narcissus )
montsho		Stonecrop 'Immergrunchen' (Sedum hybridum)
Metrosideros		Dianella, 'Uki 'Uki (Dianella sandwicensis)
Metrosideros		Dianella, 'Uki 'Uki (Dianella sandwicensis)
Metrosideros		Dianella, 'Uki 'Uki (Dianella sandwicensis)
Metrosideros		Imperial Bromeliad (Vriesea imperialis)
Metrosideros		Imperial Bromeliad (Vriesea imperialis)
Farmerdill		English Pea 'Survivor' (Pisum sativum)
Farmerdill		Snap Bean (Green, French Bean) 'Igloo' (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Farmerdill		Spinach 'Samish' (Spinacia oleracea)
Farmerdill		Chinese Cabbage, Napa, Michihli, Wong Bok 'Green Rocket' (Brassica rapa var. pekinensis)
Farmerdill		Summer Squash 'Gold Star' (Cucurbita pepo)
Farmerdill		English Pea 'Dark Green Perfection' (Pisum sativum)
Metrosideros		Imperial Bromeliad 'Black Cinder' (Vriesea imperialis)
Metrosideros		Imperial Bromeliad 'Black Cinder' (Vriesea imperialis)
Metrosideros		Imperial Bromeliad 'Black Cinder' (Vriesea imperialis)
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Dark Pink' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Dark Pink' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Dark Pink' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Pink Flare' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Pink Flare' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Pink Flare' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Pink Flare' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Purple' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Purple' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Purple' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Purple' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita White' (Oncidium )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita White' (Oncidium )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita White' (Oncidium )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita White' (Oncidium )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita White' (Oncidium )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Yellow' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Yellow' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Yellow' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Yellow' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Yellow' (Osteospermum )
DaylilySLP		Cape Primrose 'Pink Halo' (Streptocarpus )
DaylilySLP		Cape Primrose 'Pink Halo' (Streptocarpus )
DaylilySLP		Cape Primrose 'Pink Halo' (Streptocarpus )
DaylilySLP		Cape Primrose 'Pink Halo' (Streptocarpus )
DaylilySLP		New Guinea Impatiens 'Paradise Blush White' (Impatiens x hybrida)
DaylilySLP		New Guinea Impatiens 'Paradise Blush White' (Impatiens x hybrida)
DaylilySLP		New Guinea Impatiens 'Paradise Blush White' (Impatiens x hybrida)
DaylilySLP		New Guinea Impatiens 'Paradise Blush White' (Impatiens x hybrida)
DaylilySLP		New Guinea Impatiens 'Paradise Fuchsia on Lavender' (Impatiens x hybrida)
DaylilySLP		New Guinea Impatiens 'Paradise Fuchsia on Lavender' (Impatiens x hybrida)
DaylilySLP		New Guinea Impatiens 'Paradise Fuchsia on Lavender' (Impatiens x hybrida)
DaylilySLP		New Guinea Impatiens 'Paradise Fuchsia on Lavender' (Impatiens x hybrida)
DaylilySLP		Fish Geranium, Horseshoe Geranium, Zonal Geranium 'Fantasia Raspberry Twizzle' (Pelargonium x hortorum)
DaylilySLP		Fish Geranium, Horseshoe Geranium, Zonal Geranium 'Fantasia Raspberry Twizzle' (Pelargonium x hortorum)
DaylilySLP		Fish Geranium, Horseshoe Geranium, Zonal Geranium 'Fantasia Raspberry Twizzle' (Pelargonium x hortorum)

Plants Added Yesterday:

Plant

Snap melon, Phut
Cucumis Cucumis melo subsp. agrestris var. momordica

Bamboo
Bambusa indigena

Bamboo
Bambusa distegia

Bamboo
Bambusa dolichoclada

Ox-eyed Bamboo
Bambusa eutuldoides var. basistriata

Dwarf Chinese Bamboo
Bambusa guangxiensis

Bamboo
Bambusa longispiculata

Pinstripe Bamboo
Bambusa membranacea var. striata

Hedge Bamboo 'Willowy'
Bambusa multiplex

Bamboo, Wapgusan
Bambusa oliveriana

Bengal Bamboo, Polymorph Bamboo
Bambusa polymorpha

Dark Weaver's Bamboo
Bambusa textilis var. fasca

False Indigo 'Cherries Jubilee'
Baptisia

Apalachicola Wild Indigo, False Lupine
Baptisia megacarpa

Angel Wing Begonia, Corallina de Lucerna Begonia
Begonia corallina

Roseform Begonia 'Dark-leafed Red'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Cane Beonia
Begonia dietrichiana

Rex Begonia 'Giddy'
Begonia

Begonia 'Kit Kat'
Begonia

Begonia
Begonia lyman-smithii

Shrub Begonia 'Penny Lahn'
Begonia

Dwarf Northern high bush blueberry 'Peach Sorbet'
Vaccinium corymbosum

Begonia 'Selover'
Begonia

Begonia 'Strawberry Cream'
Begonia

Bolivian Begonia 'Encanto Orange'
Begonia boliviensis

Tuberous Begonia 'Crispa Marginata White-Red'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Fibrous Rooted Begonia, Wax Begonia 'Ambassador Pink'
Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum

Fibrous Rooted Begonia, Wax Begonia 'Geneva Scarlet Beauty'
Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum

Fibrous Rooted Begonia, Wax Begonia 'Senator Pink'
Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum

Begonia 'Camellia Double Orange'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Hybrid Tuberous Begonia 'Giant Ruffled Yellow'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Tuberous Begonia 'Hanging Basket Orange'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Tuberous Begonia 'Hanging Basket Picotee White with Pink'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Tuberous Begonia 'Hanging Basket Picotee Yellow with Red'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Tuberous Begonia 'Pink Profusion'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Tuberous Begonia 'Red Cascade'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Tuberous Begonia 'Ruffled Orange'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Tuberous Begonia 'Ruffled Pink'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Tuberous Begonia 'Ruffled White'
Begonia x tuberhybrida

Barberry
Berberis jaeschkeana var. usteriana

Japanese Barberry 'Daybreak'
Berberis thunbergii

'Mrs. Robinson'
Rosa

Barberry 'Citrus'
Berberis thunbergii

'Golden Crown'
Podocarpus macrophyllus

Barberry 'Mini Saffron'
Berberis thunbergii

Barberry 'Mini Salsa'
Berberis thunbergii

Barberry 'Syrah'
Berberis thunbergii

Bergenia, Pigsqueak 'Cambridridge Rose'
Bergenia

Bergenia, Pigsqueak 'Dragonfly Sakura'
Bergenia

Bergenia, Pigsqueak 'Morgenrote'
Bergenia

Bergenia, Pigsqueak 'Overture'
Bergenia

Bergenia
Bergenia agavifolia

Imperial Bromeliad 'Black Cinder'
Vriesea imperialis

African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Dark Pink'
Osteospermum

African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Pink Flare'
Osteospermum

African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Purple'
Osteospermum

African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita White'
Oncidium

African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Margarita Yellow'
Osteospermum

Cape Primrose 'Pink Halo'
Streptocarpus

New Guinea Impatiens 'Paradise Blush White'
Impatiens x hybrida

New Guinea Impatiens 'Paradise Fuchsia on Lavender'
Impatiens x hybrida

Fish Geranium, Horseshoe Geranium, Zonal Geranium 'Fantasia Raspberry Twizzle'
Pelargonium x hortorum

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... April 20, 2013