Dave's Garden Newsletter for July 3, 2013

Covering the events of July 3, 2013

... in which ...
1,212 posts were made.
55 plants were added to PlantFiles.
18 comments were added to PlantFiles.
194 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
137 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
13 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
0 books were added to the Garden Bookworm.
0 ratings were added to the Garden Bookworm.

"For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God..."

Gardening Quote of the Day

"If I had my life to live over... I would start barefoot earlier in the spring, and stay that way later in the fall..."

( -- Nadine Stair (excerpt from poem written at age 85))

Forum Activity

A grand total of 1,212 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 246 posts PlantFiles Pictures 145 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 94 posts Games 80 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 64 posts Northeast Gardening 56 posts Vegetable Gardening 47 posts Pets 41 posts Sewing and Quilting 29 posts Florida Gardening 22 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 20 posts Australian Gardening 19 posts Daylilies 18 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 18 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 17 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 16 posts Insect and Spider Identification 15 posts Cacti and Succulents 14 posts Texas Gardening 11 posts Recipes 10 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 9 posts Garden Talk 9 posts Water Gardens 8 posts Beginner Vegetables 8 posts Wildlife 8 posts Canadian Gardening 8 posts Perennials 8 posts Seed Germination 7 posts Roses 7 posts Happy Birthday 7 posts Beginner Landscaping 6 posts Invasive Plants 6 posts Plant Trading 6 posts Hostas 5 posts Mid-South Gardening 5 posts Tomatoes 5 posts Seed Trading 5 posts Lilies 5 posts Weather 5 posts Caudiciforms 5 posts Hydrangeas 5 posts Equine Forum 4 posts Bulbs 4 posts Photos 4 posts Fruits and Nuts 4 posts Orchid Cactus 4 posts Frugal Living 4 posts Coleus 4 posts Bird Watching 4 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 4 posts Garden Art 4 posts Computer Talk 3 posts Test 3 posts Aroids 3 posts Morning Glories 3 posts Cannas 3 posts Voting Booth 3 posts Clean and Clutter-free 2 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 2 posts Beginner Houseplants 2 posts Poppies 2 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 2 posts Jokes & Humor 2 posts BugFiles Pictures 2 posts Strawbale Gardening 1 post Peonies 1 post Antiques and Collectibles 1 post Memory Garden 1 post Classified Ads 1 post Gardening by the Moon 1 post Clematis 1 post Beginner Flowers 1 post Southwest Gardening 1 post Rhododendrons and Relatives 1 post Beekeeping 1 post Tropical Zone Gardening 1 post Home Repairs and Maintenance 1 post Brugmansias 1 post Vacations and Travel 1 post Woodworking 1 post Camping, Hiking and Boating 1 post Cottage Gardening 1 post BugFiles How-to's 1 post Fireplaces and Wood Stoves 1 post Self-contained Box Gardens 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

55 new plants.
18 new descriptions were added.
137 new images were added.
194 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description seephotoid Comment European Filbert, Hazelnut 'Red Majestic' Corylus avellana mainamanda Comment Variegated Creeping Charlie, Variegated Gill-Over-the-Ground 'Variegata' Glechoma hederacea NicoleC Comment Cucumber 'Boston Pickling' Cucumis sativus RenoHatesMe Comment Shrub Dogwood 'Garden Glow' Cornus hessei BlackEarthSquid Comment Bee Balm, Beebalm, Bergamot, Firecracker Plant, Horsemint, Mountain Mint, Oswego Tea 'Gardenview Scarlet' Monarda didyma FranMcP Comment Blue Star Creeper, Swamp Isotome, Matted Pratia Pratia pedunculata cactusjumper Comment Myrtle Myrtus communis Lodewijkp Comment Jiao-gu-lan, Sweet Tea Vine Gynostemma pentaphyllum Lodewijkp Comment Cogongrass, Cogon Grass, Satintail, Japanese Blood Grass 'Rubra' Imperata cylindrica Lodewijkp Comment Love-Lies-Bleeding, Tassel Flower Amaranthus caudatus NoFaceBook Comment Tomato 'Porter's Pride' Lycopersicon lycopersicum TropicBob Comment Aibika, Sweet Hibiscus, Edible Hibiscus, Palmate-leaved Hibiscus, Sunset Muskmallow, Sunset Hibiscus Abelmoschus manihot june14 Comment Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Hobella' Hydrangea macrophylla june14 Comment Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea 'Homigo' Hydrangea macrophylla parkterracegardener Comment Purple Allamanda, Rubber Vine Cryptostegia grandiflora Zoolake Comment Karoo Lily Ammocharis coranica Flower_Nana Comment Daylily 'Spinning Span' Hemerocallis emLynda Comment Red Passion Flower, Red Passionflower, Passion Vine, Passionvine Passiflora manicata Ravens444 Image Gasteria 'Magnifica' (Gasteria ) poinget Image Hardy Fuchsia 'Aurea' (Fuchsia magellanica) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Eagle's Flight' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Eastertime' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Echo de France' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'English Charm' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Fall Fashion' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Fashion Designer' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Fashionably Late' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Feu du Ciel' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Feminine Fire' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Fondation Van Gogh' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Foreigner' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'French Riviera' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Gallant Moment' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Game Plan' (Iris ) poisondartfrog Image Daylily 'Women Seeking Men' (Hemerocallis ) poisondartfrog Image Daylily 'Appalachian Ballad' (Hemerocallis ) poisondartfrog Image Single Flowered Border Dahlia 'Bishop's Children' (Dahlia ) poisondartfrog Image Hibiscus 'Amethyst' (Hibiscus cannabinus) poisondartfrog Image Angelonia 'Serenita Raspberry' (Angelonia angustifolia) saya Image Shasta Daisy 'Osiris Neige' (Leucanthemum X superbum) saya Image Shasta Daisy 'Wirral Supreme' (Leucanthemum x superbum) saya Image Shasta Daisy 'Wirral Supreme' (Leucanthemum x superbum) saya Image Shasta Daisy 'Lacrosse' (Leucanthemum x superbum) saya Image Shasta Daisy 'Lacrosse' (Leucanthemum x superbum) BlackEarthSquid Image Floribunda Rose 'Westerland' (Rosa ) Babzee Image Clematis 'Radar Love' (Clematis tangutica) timrann Image Giant Sea Holly (Eryngium pandanifolium) timrann Image Giant Sea Holly (Eryngium pandanifolium) timrann Image Giant Sea Holly (Eryngium pandanifolium) timrann Image Giant Sea Holly (Eryngium pandanifolium) my_gardens_rock Image Daylily 'Dizzy' (Hemerocallis ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Genuflect' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Ginger Ice' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Gnus Flash' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Golden Panther' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Golden Surrey' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Goldkist' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Good Show' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Haviland' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'High Master' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Holiday Spirit' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Hollywood Nights' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Honey Dripper' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Genealogy' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Good Vibrations' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Harvest Maiden' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Hostess Royale' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Jamaica Me Crazy' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Lace Legacy' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Laced Cotton' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Lady Friend' (Iris ) dabobo Image Iris 'Land Art' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Local Color' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Looking Beautiful' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Lorilee' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Lotus Land' (Iris ) TDogg77 Image Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm 'Nainital' (Trachycarpus fortunei) TDogg77 Image Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm 'Nainital' (Trachycarpus fortunei) TDogg77 Image Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm 'Nainital' (Trachycarpus fortunei) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Just Crazy' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Louisa's Song' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Lovely Senorita' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Loyalist' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Machismo' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Magharee' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Magic Kingdom' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Magic Masquerade' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Magical Encounter' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Make A Wish' (Iris ) dabobo Image Iris, Tall Bearded Iris 'Mamy Framboise' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mandarin Morning' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mango Daiquiri' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Marie-Jose Nat' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mary Frances' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mer Du Sud' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mesmerizer' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Michigan Pride' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Milan' (Iris ) dabobo Image Iris, Tall Bearded Iris 'Miss C. Morel' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Montmartre' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mystic's Muse' (Iris ) Swampmonster Image Elephant Ear, Taro 'Black Coral' (Colocasia esculenta) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'New Day Dawning' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Next Time Around' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Nordica' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Nouveau Riche' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Old Black Magic' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Original Cast' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Parisian Dawn' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Peekaboo Zebu' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Pink Confetti' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Plum Fun' (Iris ) dabobo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Pond Lily' (Iris ) Gabrielle Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Festiva Maxima' (Paeonia lactiflora) Gabrielle Image Italian Arum, Large Cuckoo Pint, Lord and Ladies (Arum italicum) themikesmom Image Daylily 'B.J. Mcmillen' (Hemerocallis ) Gabrielle Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Peter Brand' (Paeonia lactiflora) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Long Tall Sally' (Hemerocallis ) Gabrielle Image African Tamarisk (Tamarix africana) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Return to Oz' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Return to Oz' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Return to Oz' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Iktomi' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Iktomi' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Iktomi' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Wilson Spider' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Black Arrowhead' (Hemerocallis ) Gabrielle Image Clematis 'Carnaby' (Clematis ) Gabrielle Image Weigela 'Variegata' (Weigela florida) Gabrielle Image Sweet Iris, Variegated Orris Root, Dalmation Iris, Variegated Sweet Iris, Zebra Iris 'Variegata' (Iris pallida) Gabrielle Image Bloody Cranesbill, Hardy Geranium 'Shepherd's Warning' (Geranium sanguineum) Gabrielle Image Speedwell 'Christy' (Veronica ) Gabrielle Image Clematis, Early Large-flowered Clematis 'Josephine' (Clematis ) Gabrielle Image Clematis 'Duchess of Edinburgh' (Clematis ) Gabrielle Image False Indigo, Wild Indigo 'Twilite Prairieblues' (Baptisia ) Gabrielle Image Spotted Dead Nettle 'Anne Greenaway' (Lamium maculatum) Gabrielle Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Tamora' (Rosa ) Gabrielle Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Ambridge Rose' (Rosa ) Gabrielle Image Virginia Spiderwort, Golden Spiderwort 'Sweet Kate' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Almira Buffalo Bone Jackson' (Hemerocallis ) Gabrielle Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Tamora' (Rosa ) Gabrielle Image Clematis 'Crystal Fountain' (Clematis ) Gabrielle Image Clematis, Early Large-flowered Clematis 'Climador' (Clematis ) Gabrielle Image Clematis 'Samantha Denny' (Clematis ) Gabrielle Image Oriental Poppy 'Coral Reef' (Papaver orientale) Gabrielle Image Violet Sage, Ornamental Meadow Sage, Balkan Clary, Perennial Woodland Sage 'Blue Queen' (Salvia x sylvestris) Gabrielle Image Bloody Dock, Red-veined Dock, Bloodwort (Rumex sanguineus) Gabrielle Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Vanity' (Iris ) Gabrielle Image Siberian Iris (Iris sibirica) Gabrielle Image Siberian Iris (Iris sibirica) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Unforgettable Eye' (Hemerocallis ) Gabrielle Image Italian Arum, Large Cuckoo Pint, Lord and Ladies (Arum italicum) Zoolake Image Karoo Lily (Ammocharis coranica) ransom3 Image Jacquemontia (Jacquemontia pentanthos) RebeccaLynn Image Asiatic Lily 'Corina' (Lilium )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

No new companies were added to the database.
13 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description Ispahan Positive Santa Rosa Gardens alidab Negative Michigan Bulb mattsmom Positive Made in the Shade Gardens aspenjocop Positive Faribault Growers, Inc. (home of Mums of Minnesota) brendon1969 Negative Brighter Blooms Nursery iamaguna Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery giorkosnpp Positive Almost Eden Plants bpsgarden Gilbert H. Wild and Son bstrenth Positive Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants gecko26 Negative Real Palm Trees (RealPalmTrees.com) shmcder Negative Easy to Grow Bulbs seedgal Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. plantgnome1 Positive Hallson Gardens

Garden Bookworm Activity:

No new books were added to the database.
No new ratings/comments were added to the database.

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Dave

 

And that's the way it was... July 3, 2013