The PlantFiles Newsletter Covering the events of July 1, 2013, on which 109 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

(Sydney Eddison, American author, gardener)

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Member Addition Description plant_it Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) plant_it Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) Terri1948 Cottage Pink, Feathered Pink, Garden Pink, Grass Pink 'Mrs. Sinkins' (Dianthus plumarius) Terri1948 Cottage Pink, Feathered Pink, Garden Pink, Grass Pink 'Mrs. Sinkins' (Dianthus plumarius) poisondartfrog Opium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy, Lettuce Leaf Poppy 'Giganteum' (Papaver somniferum) Gabrielle Siberian Bugloss, False Forget-Me-Not, Perennial Forget-Me-Not (Brunnera macrophylla) Gabrielle Sargent's Crabapple (Malus sargentii) Gabrielle Creeping Phlox, Moss Phlox 'Drummons Pink' (Phlox subulata) DMersh Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) DMersh Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) Gabrielle Mazus (Mazus reptans) Gabrielle Giant Onion, Giant Allium (Allium giganteum) poisondartfrog Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Gabrielle American Mayapple, Mandrake Root (Podophyllum peltatum) donnacreation Red Cluster Bottlebrush Tree 'Clemson Hardy' (Callistemon rigidus) scirpidiella Green Strawberry, Wild Strawberry (Fragaria viridis) vossner Loquat Oak (Quercus rhysophylla) poisondartfrog Nicotiana, Tobacco (Nicotiana glutinosa) plant_it Spotted Lady's Thumb, Red Shank, Crab's Claw, Lady's Pinch, Redleg, Peachwort, Kiss Me Over The Gard (Persicaria maculosa) Gabrielle Yellow Baptisia, False Yellow Indigo (Baptisia sphaerocarpa) PlainsWanderer Giant Reed, Spanish Cane, Reed Grass (Arundo donax) PlainsWanderer Giant Reed, Spanish Cane, Reed Grass (Arundo donax) Gabrielle Creeping Phlox, Moss Phlox 'Nettleton's Variation' (Phlox subulata) poisondartfrog Coreopsis 'Incredible' (Coreopsis x hybrida) Gabrielle Lungwort, Jerusalem Cowslip, Jerusalem Sage, Spotted Dog, Soldiers and Sailors (Pulmonaria officinalis) Gabrielle Variegated Solomon's Seal, Fragrant Solomon's Seal, Striped Solomon's Seal 'Variegatum' (Polygonatum odoratum var. thunbergii) Gabrielle Common Lilac, French Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) Gabrielle Bugle, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugle 'Catlin's Giant' (Ajuga reptans) Gabrielle Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Dolce Blackcurrant' (Heuchera ) Gabrielle Hosta 'Paradise Island' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Gabrielle Bugle, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugle 'Valfredda' (Ajuga reptans) Gabrielle Hosta 'Christmas Tree' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Clematis 'H. F. Young' (Clematis ) Gabrielle Tree Peony 'Hoki' (Paeonia suffruticosa) Gabrielle Japanese Spirea, Japanese Meadowsweet, Maybush 'Gold Flame' (Spiraea x bumalda) Gabrielle Hosta 'Orange Marmalade' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Hosta 'Baby Bunting' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Cutleaf Japanese Maple, Threadleaf Japanese Maple 'Red Dragon' (Acer palmatum) Gabrielle Tree Peony 'Hoki' (Paeonia suffruticosa) Gabrielle Star of Bethlehem, Nap at Noon, Snowdrop, Eleven-o'clock Lady, Sleepydick (Ornithogalum umbellatum)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning kybeanensis   ky-been-EN-sis   Of or from Kybean, New South Wales, Australia   kybeanense   ky-been-EN-see   Of or from Kybean, New South Wales, Australia   ornithopodioides   or-nith-oh-poh-dee-OH-id-eez   Appears similar to a bird's foot   Flueggea   FLOO-gee-a   Named for Johannes (Johann) Flüggé, 19th century German cryptogamist and botanist who established the first botanical garden in Hamburg, Germany   flueggeana   floo-gee-AY-na   Named for Johannes (Johann) Flüggé, 19th century German cryptogamist and botanist who established the first botanical garden in Hamburg, Germany   guarume   gwah-ROO-me   Most likely named for Guarume Island (aka Isla Culebron), in Panama   rutidosperma   roo-tid-oh-SPER-ma   Red-seeded   radulifolia   rad-yoo-lih-FOH-lee-a   From the latin radula (rough, scraping, rasping) and folius (leaves   radulifolius   rad-yoo-lih-FOH-lee-us   From the latin radula (rough, scraping, rasping) and folius (leaves   radulifolium   rad-yoo-lih-FOH-lee-um   From the latin radula (rough, scraping, rasping) and folius (leaves   leucopyra   loo-koh-PY-ra   From the Greek leukos (white) and Pyrus, an ancient Latin name for pear   leucopyrus   loo-koh-PY-rus   From the Greek leukos (white) and Pyrus, an ancient Latin name for pear   quinquelobata   kwin-kway-LOH-bay-ta   Five-lobed   quinquelobatus   kwin-kway-LOH-bay-tus   Five-lobed   dipetalum   dy-PET-a-lum   Two-petaled

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... July 1, 2013