Dave's Garden Newsletter for June 5, 2013

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, philosopher)

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Plant Identification 192 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 94 posts Northeast Gardening 78 posts Games 65 posts PlantFiles Pictures 52 posts Pets 46 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 41 posts Sewing and Quilting 36 posts Texas Gardening 26 posts Clematis 21 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 21 posts Vegetable Gardening 21 posts Irises 20 posts Australian Gardening 17 posts Florida Gardening 16 posts Insect and Spider Identification 14 posts Mid-South Gardening 13 posts Voting Booth 11 posts Daylilies 11 posts Water Gardens 11 posts Beginner Vegetables 10 posts Morning Glories 10 posts Beginner Fruit 9 posts Recipes 9 posts Central Midwest Gardening 9 posts Photos 9 posts Tomatoes 8 posts Cacti and Succulents 8 posts Roses 7 posts Brugmansias 7 posts Bird Watching 7 posts Tropical Plants 7 posts Peonies 7 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 6 posts Tiny Gardens 5 posts Seed Germination 5 posts Wildlife 5 posts Seed Trading 5 posts Shady Gardens 4 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 4 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 4 posts Crafts and Decorating 3 posts Orchids 3 posts Hypertufa and Concrete 3 posts Bird Identification 3 posts Hostas 3 posts Invasive Plants 3 posts Orchid Cactus 3 posts Weather 3 posts Gardening by the Moon 3 posts BugFiles Pictures 2 posts Beginner Landscaping 2 posts Dahlias 2 posts Market Growers 2 posts Happy Birthday 2 posts Vines and Climbers 2 posts Garden Art 2 posts Garden Talk 2 posts Ask-a-Gardener 2 posts BugFiles How-to's 1 post Georgia Gardening 1 post Fragrant Gardening 1 post Plant Trading 1 post Indoor Gardening and Houseplants 1 post Lilies 1 post Ferns, Fungi and Mosses 1 post Greenhouse 1 post Perennials 1 post Home Repairs and Maintenance 1 post Canadian Gardening 1 post Beginner Flowers 1 post Hydrangeas 1 post Begonias 1 post Japanese Maples 1 post Peppers 1 post Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 1 post Native Plants and Wild Plants 1 post Poppies 1 post Mosaics and Stained Glass 1 post Cottage Gardening 1 post Fruits and Nuts 1 post Wildlife Gardening 1 post Clean and Clutter-free 1 post California Gardening 1 post Homesteading 1 post Beginner Houseplants 1 post Rocky Mountain Gardening 1 post BirdFiles Pictures 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description midgey Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Miss All-American Beauty' Rosa ms_greenjeans Comment Staghorn Sumac, Velvet Sumac 'Tiger Eyes' Rhus typhina TimBryant Comment Rice-Paper Tree Tetrapanax papyrifer TimBryant Comment Curve Leaf Yucca, Pendulous Yucca, Weeping Yucca, Spanish Dagger, Moundlily Yucca, Soft Tipped Yucca Yucca recurvifolia TimBryant Comment Kumaon Palm Trachycarpus takil Irissimo Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Immortality' Iris PLemon Comment Kolomikta Vine, Kiwi Vine, Arctic Beauty Kiwi 'September Sun' Actinidia kolomikta Terry Comment Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Two-Needle Pinon Pine, Nut Pine 'Trinidad' Pinus edulis Dean48089 Comment Shoofly Plant, Apple of Peru Nicandra physalodes Dean48089 Comment Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate Persicaria orientalis Bahwinkle60 Comment Plumeria Plumeria pudica susanhreed Comment Queen of the Prairie, Meadowsweet Filipendula rubra Eloy Comment Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'The Fawn' Paeonia lactiflora Eloy Comment Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Chief Wapello' Paeonia lactiflora Farmerdill Comment Wild melon, Kachri, Ulcardo melon, Wild cucumber Cucumis melo subsp. agrestris var. agrestris weatherguesser Comment Arizona Fishhook Cactus, Fishhook Pincushion, Graham's Fishhook, Lizard Catcher, Sunset Cactus Mammillaria grahamii Farmerdill Comment Snap melon, Phut Cucumis Cucumis melo subsp. agrestris var. momordica Nejacobs Comment Clove Currant Vine Ribes odorata zanejr Comment Wood Sorrel, False Shamrock 'Atropurpurea' Oxalis triangularis subsp. papilionaceae dicentra63 Comment Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Molten Coral' Solenostemon scutellairoides singhg45 Image Snap melon, Phut (Cucumis Cucumis melo subsp. agrestris var. momordica) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Dryandra praemorsa) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Dryandra praemorsa) Xenomorf Image Four-wing Saltbush, Shadscale, Wing-scale, Salt Sage (Atriplex canescens) Xenomorf Image Four-wing Saltbush, Shadscale, Wing-scale, Salt Sage (Atriplex canescens) poisondartfrog Image Tomato 'Burpee SuperSauce' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) RosinaBloom Image Ohio Spiderwort, Bluejacket, Snotweed (Tradescantia ohiensis) RosinaBloom Image Ohio Spiderwort, Bluejacket, Snotweed (Tradescantia ohiensis) RosinaBloom Image Bikkia (Bikkia tetandra) kniphofia Image Blue Corydalis 'Nightshade' (Corydalis flexuosa) kniphofia Image Blue Corydalis 'Nightshade' (Corydalis flexuosa) kniphofia Image Tibetan Cranesbill (Geranium orientalitibeticum) ogon Image Opuntia (Opuntia chakensis) ogon Image Opuntia (Opuntia chakensis) RosinaBloom Image Pong Pong Tree, Chiute, Sea Mango (Cerbera odollam) RosinaBloom Image Bikkia (Bikkia tetandra) plant_it Image Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) plant_it Image Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) greenthumb99 Image Waxyleaf Meadow-Rue (Thalictrum revolutum) kennedyh Image Tree Dahlia (Dahlia imperialis) kennedyh Image Tree Dahlia (Dahlia imperialis) kennedyh Image Tree Dahlia (Dahlia imperialis) kennedyh Image Tree Dahlia (Dahlia imperialis) kennedyh Image Blue Spur Flower, Speckled Spur Flower, Candlestick Plant (Plectranthus ciliatus) ms_greenjeans Image Weigela 'Tango' (Weigela florida) 500Greenthumb Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Backdraft' (Iris ) BinnieC Image Beach Morning Glory (Calystegia soldanella) Kell Image Pingle (Dryandra squarrosa) Kell Image Pingle (Dryandra squarrosa) Kell Image Pingle (Dryandra squarrosa) Kell Image Pingle (Dryandra squarrosa) Kell Image Pingle (Dryandra squarrosa) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Banksia undata var. splendens) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Dryandra praemorsa) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Dryandra praemorsa) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Dryandra praemorsa) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Dryandra praemorsa) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Dryandra praemorsa) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Dryandra praemorsa) Kell Image Urchin Dryandra (Dryandra praemorsa)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Jaywng Positive Empress Tree Nurseries (aka Fast Growing Trees, Paulownia Supply & fastgrowingtree.com) neohiogardener Positive Made in the Shade Gardens neohiogardener Positive Bluestone Perennials neohiogardener Positive Gilbert H. Wild and Son damienspe Negative Joy Creek Nursery Lizjane Positive Sunlight Gardens MNWildflower Positive Gilbert H. Wild and Son BvrCtyGardener Positive Davidsans Japanese Maples saltnmw Negative Moonshine Designs Nursery Tenspeed_B Positive Pepper Joe's Inc. lzav84 Positive Brighter Blooms Nursery mel3 Positive Growquest Growers (also dba Olive-Trees.net and Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC) flowermaiden2 Neutral High Country Gardens hydophotis Positive Gardensoyvey.com Peja Neutral Chen Yi Nursery (Kaichen Nursery) WheatonDad Negative Nature Hills Nursery Squinley Negative T & T Seeds Ltd. Robotica72 Neutral Pond Armor Lalani Positive Pantry Garden Herbs lssfishhunter Positive Burpee (W. Atlee Burpee) virbar Positive Heirloom Roses katow Positive Katz Kuntry Kuttins

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... June 5, 2013