Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 31, 2013

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Rachel Louise Carson, American author, environmentalist (born 5/25/1907))

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Forum Posts Plant Identification 153 posts PlantFiles Pictures 85 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 79 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 61 posts Games 55 posts Pets 53 posts Northeast Gardening 51 posts Texas Gardening 42 posts Vegetable Gardening 34 posts Sewing and Quilting 21 posts Mid-South Gardening 18 posts Clean and Clutter-free 17 posts Clematis 16 posts Florida Gardening 16 posts Canadian Gardening 16 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 15 posts Central Midwest Gardening 14 posts Orchid Cactus 12 posts Tropical Plants 12 posts Insect and Spider Identification 12 posts Daylilies 11 posts Lilies 11 posts Beginner Vegetables 10 posts Peonies 10 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 8 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 7 posts Morning Glories 7 posts Australian Gardening 7 posts Beginner Flowers 6 posts Hostas 6 posts Irises 6 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 6 posts Vines and Climbers 5 posts Weather 5 posts Tomatoes 5 posts Brugmansias 5 posts Southwest Gardening 5 posts Orchids 4 posts Trash to Treasure 4 posts Equine Forum 4 posts Beginner Landscaping 4 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 3 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Seed Germination 3 posts Ask-a-Gardener 3 posts Propagation 3 posts Voting Booth 3 posts Garden Design 3 posts Photos 3 posts Passifloras 3 posts Container Gardening 3 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 3 posts Recipes 3 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 2 posts Beginner Houseplants 2 posts Georgia Gardening 2 posts High Yield Gardening 2 posts Bird Identification 2 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 2 posts Seed Trading 2 posts Cottage Gardening 2 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 2 posts Roses 2 posts Hypertufa and Concrete 2 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 2 posts Plant Trading 2 posts Kitchens 2 posts Cacti and Succulents 2 posts Retirees 2 posts Ornamental Gourds 2 posts Carnivorous Plants 1 post Pacific Northwest Gardening 1 post Japanese Maples 1 post Carolina Gardening 1 post Hunting and Fishing 1 post Annuals 1 post Shady Gardens 1 post Vermicomposting 1 post Wildlife 1 post Bird Watching 1 post Hydrangeas 1 post Accessible Gardening 1 post Market Growers 1 post Grass and Bamboo 1 post Water Gardens 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description weetless Comment Crisp Melon 'Sakata's Sweet' Cucumis melo salmon1a Comment Large-flowered Climber 'Winner's Circle' Rosa salmon1a Comment Shrub Rose 'Yellow Brick Road' Rosa salmon1a Comment Floribunda Rose 'Westerland' Rosa OHMasterGrdnr Comment Creeping Charlie, Gill-over-Ground, Ground Ivy, Hedgemaids, Alehoof Glechoma hederacea Phylite Comment Laelia, El Toro Laelia anceps plant_it Comment Buffalo Clover Trifolium reflexum travelgal Comment Kidneyleaf Grass Of Parnassus Parnassia asarifolia Phylite Comment Florida Butterfly Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Onion Orchid Encyclia tampensis Phylite Comment Night-scented Orchid, Lady of the Night Orchid Epidendrum nocturnum dirtyhoe Comment Common Lilac, French Lilac 'Wonderblue' Syringa vulgaris saskboy Comment Showy Stonecrop 'Xenox' Sedum RICAD01 Comment Joseph's Coat, Irish Mittens Opuntia monacantha var. variegata NorthSC Comment Tall Stewartia Stewartia monadelpha plant_it Comment Spreading Sedge 'Bunny Blue' Carex laxiculmis Kell Image Oven's Wattle, Alpine Wattle, Winged Acacia (Acacia pravissima) Kell Image Oven's Wattle, Alpine Wattle, Winged Acacia (Acacia pravissima) Kell Image Oven's Wattle, Alpine Wattle, Winged Acacia (Acacia pravissima) Kell Image Oven's Wattle, Alpine Wattle, Winged Acacia (Acacia pravissima) Kell Image Oven's Wattle, Alpine Wattle, Winged Acacia (Acacia pravissima) Kell Image Possum Banksia, Wolly Banksia, Australian Honeysuckle Tree, Teddy-Bear Banksia (Banksia baueri) Kell Image Possum Banksia, Wolly Banksia, Australian Honeysuckle Tree, Teddy-Bear Banksia (Banksia baueri) Kell Image Possum Banksia, Wolly Banksia, Australian Honeysuckle Tree, Teddy-Bear Banksia (Banksia baueri) Kell Image Possum Banksia, Wolly Banksia, Australian Honeysuckle Tree, Teddy-Bear Banksia (Banksia baueri) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Bull Banksia (Banksia grandis) Kell Image Coarse Banksia (Banksia grossa) Kell Image Coarse Banksia (Banksia grossa) Kell Image Coarse Banksia (Banksia grossa) Kell Image Coarse Banksia (Banksia grossa) Kell Image Coarse Banksia (Banksia grossa) Kell Image Coarse Banksia (Banksia grossa) Kell Image Coarse Banksia (Banksia grossa) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash 'Gold Star' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Sweet Corn 'Spring Snow' (Zea mays var. rugosa) Farmerdill Image Sweet Corn, Synergistic 'Illusion' (Zea mays var. rugosa) Kell Image Common Sugarbush (Protea repens) Kell Image Common Sugarbush 'Don's Pink' (Protea repens) Kell Image Common Sugarbush 'Don's Pink' (Protea repens) Kell Image Common Sugarbush 'Don's Pink' (Protea repens) Kell Image Common Sugarbush 'Don's Pink' (Protea repens) Kell Image Common Sugarbush 'Don's Pink' (Protea repens) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Lidakense' (Sedum cauticola) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Lidakense' (Sedum cauticola) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Lidakense' (Sedum cauticola) DaylilySLP Image Two-row Stonecrop 'Tricolor' (Sedum spurium) DaylilySLP Image Two-row Stonecrop 'Tricolor' (Sedum spurium) DaylilySLP Image Two-row Stonecrop 'Tricolor' (Sedum spurium) DaylilySLP Image Common Lilac 'Katherine Havemeyer' (Syringa vulgaris) DaylilySLP Image Common Lilac 'Katherine Havemeyer' (Syringa vulgaris) DaylilySLP Image Common Lilac 'Katherine Havemeyer' (Syringa vulgaris) DaylilySLP Image Common Lilac 'Katherine Havemeyer' (Syringa vulgaris) Kell Image Curly Spiderhead (Serruria aitonii) Kell Image Curly Spiderhead (Serruria aitonii) Kell Image Curly Spiderhead (Serruria aitonii) Kell Image Curly Spiderhead (Serruria aitonii) Kell Image Curly Spiderhead (Serruria aitonii) DaylilySLP Image Showy Pink Evening Primrose, Mexican Evening Primrose, Pink Ladies 'Rosea' (Oenothera speciosa) DaylilySLP Image Showy Pink Evening Primrose, Mexican Evening Primrose, Pink Ladies 'Rosea' (Oenothera speciosa) DaylilySLP Image Maltese Cross 'Molten Lava' (Lychnis x haageana) DaylilySLP Image Maltese Cross 'Molten Lava' (Lychnis x haageana) DaylilySLP Image Double Portulaca, Double Purslane 'Fairytale Cinderella' (Portulaca ) DaylilySLP Image Double Portulaca, Double Purslane 'Fairytale Cinderella' (Portulaca ) DaylilySLP Image Double Portulaca, Double Purslane 'Fairytale Cinderella' (Portulaca ) DaylilySLP Image Double Portulaca, Double Purslane 'Fairytale Cinderella' (Portulaca ) RebeccaLynn Image Hardy Ice Plant, Trailing Ice Plant, Cooper's Ice Plant (Delosperma cooperi) Mike_W Image Canna Lily 'Wyoming' (Canna x generalis) RebeccaLynn Image Asiatic Lily 'Partner' (Lilium ) RebeccaLynn Image Asiatic Lily 'Partner' (Lilium ) lily_tree_guy Image Asiatic Lily 'Strawberry Crown' (Lilium ) lily_tree_guy Image Asiatic Lily 'Strawberry Crown' (Lilium ) tathisri Image Rangoon Creeper, Drunken Sailor (Quisqualis indica) Minime8484 Image Showy Menodora (Menodora longiflora) Loretta_NJ Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Impulsive Imp' (Iris ) tathisri Image False Daisy, Yerba de Tago, Bhringraj (Eclipta prostrata) tathisri Image Dragon Tree, Dracaena, Cornplant, Chinese Moneytree 'Massangeana' (Dracaena fragrans) Phylite Image Orchid (Encyclia randii) Phylite Image Night-scented Orchid, Lady of the Night Orchid (Epidendrum nocturnum) Phylite Image Night-scented Orchid, Lady of the Night Orchid (Epidendrum nocturnum) Kell Image Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea) Kell Image Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea) Kell Image Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea) Kell Image Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea) Kell Image Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Patty57 Positive Bluestone Perennials gardengrl_z7 Positive Woodhenge Gardens (Jim Murphy's Piedmont Perennials) PapaTango Negative Burgess Seed jriz Negative Direct Gardening jkorbar Positive Hoffman Hatchery Inc. pblge Neutral Bluestone Perennials bignateyk Positive Katz Kuntry Kuttins theRicke Negative Grass4sale.com tropicalnut777 Positive Tindara Orchids debbie053 Positive Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) Just_Grow_It Negative Fieldstone Gardens chunx Positive WaterSunTogether.com chunx Negative Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) allendk Positive Cackle Hatchery b_schr Negative Wayside Gardens rhodylover Neutral EON Industries, Inc. heathershannon Negative Mary's Plant Farm Nursery ConGar Positive Tomato Girl (Tomato Baby Company) heathershannon Positive Davidson Greenhouse & Nursery Inc. (Good Scents Catalog) Mike942 Negative Zoysia Farm Nurseries cdverson Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. lawrence3314 Positive Florida Hill Nursery Afry Positive Royal Orchid Club

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... May 31, 2013