Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 30, 2013

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Christian Nestell Bovee, American author (born 2/22/1820))

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Forum Posts Plant Identification 138 posts PlantFiles Pictures 120 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 79 posts Northeast Gardening 65 posts Games 65 posts Pets 51 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 42 posts Texas Gardening 40 posts Mid-South Gardening 32 posts Clean and Clutter-free 30 posts Irises 27 posts Daylilies 22 posts Florida Gardening 16 posts Vegetable Gardening 14 posts Insect and Spider Identification 13 posts Bird Identification 12 posts Southwest Gardening 12 posts Tropical Plants 10 posts Sewing and Quilting 10 posts Orchids 9 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 9 posts Clematis 8 posts Beginner Flowers 8 posts Shady Gardens 8 posts Australian Gardening 8 posts Beginner Vegetables 7 posts Central Midwest Gardening 7 posts Hostas 7 posts Seed Trading 6 posts Homesteading 6 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 6 posts Plant Trading 5 posts Weather 5 posts BirdFiles Pictures 5 posts Beginner Landscaping 5 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 5 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 5 posts Tomatoes 5 posts Beginner Fruit 5 posts Roses 4 posts Cacti and Succulents 4 posts Hypertufa and Concrete 4 posts Propagation 4 posts Bird Watching 4 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 4 posts Canadian Gardening 4 posts Voting Booth 4 posts Ornamental Gourds 3 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 3 posts Wildlife 3 posts Equine Forum 3 posts Garden Design 3 posts Gardening by the Moon 3 posts Morning Glories 3 posts Japanese Maples 3 posts Peonies 3 posts Happy Birthday 2 posts Beauty and Fashion Tips 2 posts Water Gardens 2 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 2 posts Container Gardening 2 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 2 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 2 posts Irrigation Systems 2 posts Grass and Bamboo 2 posts Home Repairs and Maintenance 2 posts Orchid Cactus 1 post Photos 1 post Garden Hortiscopes & History 1 post Cottage Gardening 1 post BugFiles Pictures 1 post Coneflowers 1 post Carolina Gardening 1 post Lilies 1 post Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 1 post Garden Talk 1 post Invasive Plants 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Cville_Gardener Comment Southern Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum pycanthemoides Karelly Comment Oriental Fountain Grass 'Karley Rose' Pennisetum orientale mervysen Comment Giant Rhubarb, Giant Gunnera, Dinosaur Food Gunnera manicata Desirai Comment Dairy Pink, Cow Herb, Cow Basil, Cow Cockle, Cow Fat, Cow Soapword, Glond, Soapwort Vaccaria hispanica brightangel2000 Comment Tephrocactus Tephrocactus minor AZ_Gardener Comment Banana Shrub, Port Wine Magnolia Magnolia figo JudyNoIdaho Comment Eulalia, Maiden Grass, Zebra Grass, Chinese Silvergrass 'Zebrinus' Miscanthus sinensis manuremomma Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Mojave' Rosa mattsupi Comment Lemon-scented Myrtle, Sweet Verbena Tree, Lemon Ironwood Backhousia citriodora Kell Image Conebush (Leucadendron strobilinum) Kell Image Conebush (Leucadendron strobilinum) Kell Image Conebush (Leucadendron strobilinum) Kell Image Conebush (Leucadendron strobilinum) Kell Image Conebush (Leucadendron strobilinum) Kell Image Conebush (Leucadendron strobilinum) Kell Image Conebush (Leucadendron strobilinum) Farmerdill Image Broccoli 'Premium Crop' (Brassica oleracea) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Adora' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Prolific Zuke' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Prolific Zuke' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Prolific Zuke' (Cucurbita pepo) Kell Image Shaving-brush Sugarbush (Protea nitida) Kell Image Shaving-brush Sugarbush (Protea nitida) Kell Image Shaving-brush Sugarbush (Protea nitida) Farmerdill Image Winter Squash, Acorn 'Black Bellota' (Cucurbita pepo) Kell Image Shaving-brush Sugarbush (Protea nitida) Kell Image Shaving-brush Sugarbush (Protea nitida) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Gold Star' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Lucky 8' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Lucky 8' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'SunDay' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'SunDay' (Cucurbita pepo) Kell Image Lanceleaf Sugarbush (Protea lanceolata) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Tiny Skyline' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Tiny Skyline' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Tiny Skyline' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Tiny Skyline' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Tiny Double You' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Tiny Double You' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Tiny Double You' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Asiatic Lily 'Tiny Double You' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Hardy Gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi) DaylilySLP Image Hardy Gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi) DaylilySLP Image Hardy Gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi) DaylilySLP Image Hardy Gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi) DaylilySLP Image Coneflower 'Cleopatra' (Echinacea ) DaylilySLP Image Coneflower 'Cleopatra' (Echinacea ) DaylilySLP Image Coneflower 'Cleopatra' (Echinacea ) DaylilySLP Image Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Black Sprite' (Centaurea montana) DaylilySLP Image Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Black Sprite' (Centaurea montana) DaylilySLP Image Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Black Sprite' (Centaurea montana) DaylilySLP Image Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Amethyst in Snow' (Centaurea montana) DaylilySLP Image Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Amethyst in Snow' (Centaurea montana) DaylilySLP Image Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Amethyst in Snow' (Centaurea montana) DaylilySLP Image Speedwell 'Blue Bomb' (Veronica ) DaylilySLP Image Speedwell 'Blue Bomb' (Veronica ) DaylilySLP Image Speedwell 'Blue Bomb' (Veronica ) DaylilySLP Image Speedwell 'Blue Bomb' (Veronica ) chintzgirl Image Floribunda Rose 'Intrigue' (Rosa ) chintzgirl Image Floribunda Rose 'Intrigue' (Rosa ) chintzgirl Image Old Garden Rose 'Reine des Violettes' (Rosa ) keithp2012 Image Variegated Dandelion 'White Flash' (Taraxacum officinale) keithp2012 Image Variegated Dandelion 'White Flash' (Taraxacum officinale) keithp2012 Image Variegated Dandelion 'White Flash' (Taraxacum officinale) poisondartfrog Image Black Eyed Susan Vine 'Arizona Red' (Thunbergia alata) poisondartfrog Image Petunia 'Harlequin Cherry Rose' (Petunia ) poisondartfrog Image Zinnia 'Aztec Burgundy Bicolor' (Zinnia haageana) sladeofsky Image Small Flowered Clematis 'Rooguchi' (Clematis ) TomH3787 Image Rain Lily, Rainlily 'Redneck Romance' (Zephyranthes ) TomH3787 Image Rain Lily, Rainlily 'Redneck Romance' (Zephyranthes ) TomH3787 Image Hybrid Amsonia, Blue Star 'Seaford Skies' (Amsonia ) TomH3787 Image Early Stoneroot (Collinsonia verticillata) jkdsh Image Queen’s-Tears, Friendship Plant, Hardy Queen's Tears, Hardy Friendship Plant (Billbergia nutans) poisondartfrog Image Echium 'Red Feathers' (Echium amoenum) TomH3787 Image Early Stoneroot (Collinsonia verticillata) TomH3787 Image Hybrid Amsonia, Blue Star 'Seaford Skies' (Amsonia ) poisondartfrog Image Lion's Ear 'Shrimp Cocktail' (Leonotis nepetifolia) Kim_M Image Jacob's Ladder, Few-flowered Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium pauciflorum) TomH3787 Image Philipp Hardy Ladyslipper Orchid 'Philipp' (Cypripedium ) chrissy100 Image Angel's Trumpet, Brugmansia 'Chloe' (Brugmansia ) chrissy100 Image Angel's Trumpet, Brugmansia 'Chloe' (Brugmansia ) RosinaBloom Image Viper's Bugloss, Blueweed (Echium vulgare) RosinaBloom Image Viper's Bugloss, Blueweed (Echium vulgare) poisondartfrog Image Petunia 'Superbissima Mixed' (Petunia hybrida grandiflora) poisondartfrog Image Lantana 'Luscious Berry Blend' (Lantana camara) poisondartfrog Image Yarrow, Sneezewort 'Double Diamond' (Achillea ptarmica) ralaw Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'John F. Kennedy' (Rosa ) Cville_Gardener Image Clematis 'Warszawska Nike' (Clematis ) Cville_Gardener Image Petunia 'Phantom' (Petunia x hybrida) poisondartfrog Image Donut Peach, Pan Tao Peach, Peento Peach, Peen To Peach 'Saturn' (Prunus persica) Weerobin Image Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum graminifolium) Weerobin Image Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum graminifolium) Weerobin Image Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum graminifolium) Weerobin Image Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum graminifolium) Weerobin Image Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum graminifolium) kousa2012 Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Cytherea' (Paeonia lactiflora) kousa2012 Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Cytherea' (Paeonia lactiflora) kousa2012 Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Henry Bockstoce' (Paeonia ) Cville_Gardener Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Abraham Darby' (Rosa ) poisondartfrog Image Firecracker Plant, Cigar Plant 'Matchmaker White' (Cuphea ignea) Lily_love Image Pineapple Guava, Feijoa (Acca sellowiana) Lily_love Image Pineapple Guava, Feijoa (Acca sellowiana) Phylite Image Cow Horn Orchid (Cyrtopodium punctatum ) mygardens Image Parrot Lily, Parrot Flower, Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas 'Fabiana' (Alstroemeria ) Phylite Image Cow Horn Orchid (Cyrtopodium punctatum ) RosemaryK Image Peony 'Crinkled Linens' (Paeonia ) Kim_M Image Intersectional Peony, Itoh Peony 'Sequestered Sunshine' (Paeonia ) TomH3787 Image False Indigo 'Carolina Moonlight' (Baptisia ) TomH3787 Image False Indigo 'Carolina Moonlight' (Baptisia ) vossner Image Cucumber 'Sweet Slice' (Cucumis sativus) greenthumb99 Image Richardson's Alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) poisondartfrog Image Tulip Poplar, Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) cinemike Image Downy Woundwort (Stachys germanica) Cville_Gardener Image Cypress Spurge, Bonaparte's Crown, Graveyard Moss 'Fen's Ruby' (Euphorbia cyparissias) freelong Image Clematis 'Liberation' (Clematis ) brightangel2000 Image Tephrocactus (Tephrocactus minor) brightangel2000 Image Tephrocactus (Tephrocactus minor) zhalemur Image Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia versicolor) lily_tree_guy Image Oriental Lily 'Arena' (Lilium ) lily_tree_guy Image Oriental Lily 'Arena' (Lilium ) lily_tree_guy Image Oriental Lily 'Merostar' (Lilium ) lily_tree_guy Image Oriental Lily 'Muscadet' (Lilium ) lily_tree_guy Image Oriental Lily 'Kiss Proof' (Lilium ) lily_tree_guy Image Double Flowered Oriental Lily 'Soft Music' (Lilium ) lily_tree_guy Image Double Flowered Oriental Lily 'Soft Music' (Lilium ) Kell Image Shaving-brush Sugarbush (Protea nitida) Kell Image Shaving-brush Sugarbush (Protea nitida)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description HouseofFlowers Neutral Garden Harvest Supply Doanechilcoat Negative High Country Gardens lkraw Positive Tomato Girl (Tomato Baby Company) ReederFarmsLLC Positive Tomato Girl (Tomato Baby Company) ForestAvenue Negative Cold Stream Farm ilovegarden2013 Neutral One Green World (Northwoods Nursery) COgardener2675 Positive High Country Roses wmakie Positive J.L. Hudson, Seedsman sanbee1 Negative Florida Hill Nursery JackBillingham Positive Eden Brothers Seed Company SoCalGal2 Neutral Empress Tree Nurseries (aka Fast Growing Trees, Paulownia Supply & fastgrowingtree.com) ltalent Positive Select Seeds Antique Flowers Cbc35863586 Negative Plumeria2U paswed Negative Michigan Bulb decherdt Positive Native Seeds/SEARCH raftcanoefish Negative Direct Gardening mikewhall Negative Quick Growing Trees (quick-growing-trees.com) rebecca101 Positive Arrowhead Alpines rebecca101 Positive Hortico Nurseries Inc. rebecca101 Positive Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery cbroas1 Negative High Country Gardens rebecca101 Positive Rarefind Nursery (Rare Find Nursery) bjohns Positive Live Earth Products Eveningsong Negative Roberta's Unique Gardens (formerly Roberta's Inc.) rebecca101 Positive John Scheepers, Inc. scud42 Neutral Thuja Gardens (formerly PlantsRus) rushheath Positive Victory Seed Company ceph Positive Hawaiian Botanicals Farmerdill Positive Rich Farm Garden Supply Gully Positive Romence Gardens & Greenhouses wmc Positive Avant Gardens rachel713 Negative Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) onegoodman1955 Positive Brushwood Nursery SquatBirdJunior Negative Burgess Seed

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... May 30, 2013