Dave's Garden Newsletter for July 17, 2013

Covering the events of July 17, 2013

... in which ...
1,076 posts were made.
11 plants were added to PlantFiles.
17 comments were added to PlantFiles.
85 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
117 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
17 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

"The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies."

( -- Gertrude Jekyll, English gardener, artist, writer)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 1,076 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 141 posts Games 126 posts PlantFiles Pictures 121 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 86 posts Sewing and Quilting 43 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 37 posts Daylilies 31 posts Vegetable Gardening 28 posts Northeast Gardening 27 posts Pets 27 posts Australian Gardening 22 posts Insect and Spider Identification 17 posts Recipes 16 posts Texas Gardening 15 posts Tomatoes 15 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 14 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 13 posts Canadian Gardening 13 posts Beginner Vegetables 12 posts Appliances 11 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 11 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 10 posts Beginner Landscaping 10 posts Florida Gardening 10 posts Cacti and Succulents 10 posts Clean and Clutter-free 9 posts Propagation 9 posts Weather 8 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 7 posts Central Midwest Gardening 7 posts Agastaches and Salvias 7 posts Poultry and Livestock 7 posts Wildlife 6 posts Irises 6 posts Lilies 6 posts Water Gardens 6 posts Shady Gardens 6 posts Clematis 5 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 5 posts Morning Glories 5 posts Hostas 5 posts Photos 5 posts Garden Talk 5 posts Beginner Flowers 5 posts Brugmansias 4 posts Mid-South Gardening 4 posts Voting Booth 4 posts Bird Watching 4 posts Hydrangeas 4 posts BugFiles Pictures 4 posts Poppies 3 posts Bird Identification 3 posts Dahlias 3 posts Classified Ads 3 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 3 posts Kitchens 3 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Roses 3 posts Indoor Gardening and Houseplants 3 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 2 posts Perennials 2 posts Beginner Fruit 2 posts Hybridizers 2 posts Equine Forum 2 posts Beginner Houseplants 2 posts Computer Talk 2 posts Homesteading 2 posts Plant Trading 2 posts Fruits and Nuts 2 posts Carolina Gardening 2 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 2 posts Hibiscus 2 posts Bulbs 2 posts Coleus 1 post Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 1 post Tropical Fruits 1 post Xeriscape Gardening 1 post Cannas 1 post Seed Germination 1 post Crafts and Decorating 1 post Cooking 1 post Garden Showcase 1 post Rock and Alpine Gardening 1 post Plumerias 1 post Garden Design 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

11 new plants.
17 new descriptions were added.
117 new images were added.
85 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description punkywi Comment Coral Bells, Alumroot, Hairy Alumroot, Maple Leaf Alumroot 'Christa' Heuchera villosa Cville_Gardener Comment Sierra lessingia Lessingia leptoclada GardenTee Comment Mexican Fan Palm, Skyduster Washingtonia robusta ms_greenjeans Comment Allwood Pinks, Modern Pinks 'Frosty Fire' Dianthus x allwoodii bjh88 Comment Daylily 'Nanuq' Hemerocallis Xariec Comment Pineapple Flower, Pineapple Lily Eucomis autumnalis Fox90059 Comment Marsh's Dutchman's Pipe Aristolochia pentandra Mainecoon Comment Tall Bearded iris 'Mayan Mysteries' iris NJReed Comment Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Black Sprite' Centaurea montana waystone Comment Summer Squash 'Early Bulam' Cucurbita pepo NJReed Comment Autumn Sage, Cherry Sage, Gregg's Sage, Texas Sage Salvia greggii NJReed Comment Knautia 'Mars Midget' Knautia macedonica weedsfree Comment Daylily 'Sinister Minister' Hemerocallis krissypoo Comment Highbush Blueberry 'FLX-2' Vaccinium corymbosum Phylite Comment Rhyncholaeliocattleya Chunyeah Rhyncholaeliocattleya irishmist Comment Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Orange-eye Butterfly Bush 'Royal Red' Buddleja davidii Phellos Comment Bigleaf Magnolia, Large-leaved Cucumber Tree Magnolia macrophylla rshadlow Image Sandard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Birthmark' (Iris ) rshadlow Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Black Lightning' (Iris ) Cville_Gardener Image Elegant Brodiaea, Harvest Brodiaea (Brodiaea elegans) Cville_Gardener Image Sierra lessingia (Lessingia leptoclada) palestshadow Image Daylily 'Rainbow Mesa' (Hemerocallis ) ms_greenjeans Image Showy Stonecrop 'Xenox' (Sedum ) ms_greenjeans Image Garden Phlox 'Coral Flame' (Phlox paniculata) ms_greenjeans Image Coneflower 'Hot Summer' (Echinacea ) ms_greenjeans Image Daylily 'Little Business' (Hemerocallis ) Mainecoon Image Tall Bearded iris 'Mayan Mysteries' (iris ) ms_greenjeans Image Allwood Pinks, Modern Pinks 'Frosty Fire' (Dianthus x allwoodii) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Mum 'Bold Gretchen' (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Mum 'Bold Gretchen' (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Mum 'Bold Gretchen' (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Mum 'Bold Gretchen' (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Garden Mum 'Camina' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Garden Mum 'Camina' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Garden Mum 'Camina' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Garden Mum 'Camina' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Florist's Daisy 'Mammoth Dark Pink Daisy' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Florist's Daisy 'Mammoth Dark Pink Daisy' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Florist's Daisy 'Mammoth Dark Pink Daisy' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Florist's Daisy 'Mammoth Dark Pink Daisy' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Belgian Hardy Mum 'Novare' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Belgian Hardy Mum 'Novare' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Belgian Hardy Mum 'Novare' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Belgian Hardy Mum 'Novare' (Chrysanthemum ) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Mum 'Rosy Victoria' (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Mum 'Rosy Victoria' (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Mum 'Rosy Victoria' (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Mum 'Rosy Victoria' (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Chrysanthemum 'Venus Purple' (Chrysanthemum morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Chrysanthemum 'Venus Purple' (Chrysanthemum morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Chrysanthemum 'Venus Purple' (Chrysanthemum morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Chrysanthemum, Garden Mum, Decorative Chrysanthemum 'Venus Purple' (Chrysanthemum morifolium) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Autumn Fire' (Sedum ) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Autumn Fire' (Sedum ) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Matrona' (Sedum ) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Matrona' (Sedum ) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Matrona' (Sedum ) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Mr. Goodbud' (Sedum ) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Mr. Goodbud' (Sedum ) DaylilySLP Image Showy Stonecrop 'Mr. Goodbud' (Sedum ) DaylilySLP Image Sourwood, Sorrel Tree, Lily of the Valley Tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) DaylilySLP Image Sourwood, Sorrel Tree, Lily of the Valley Tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) DaylilySLP Image Sourwood, Sorrel Tree, Lily of the Valley Tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) DaylilySLP Image Franklinia Tree (Franklinia alatamaha) DaylilySLP Image Franklinia Tree (Franklinia alatamaha) DaylilySLP Image Franklinia Tree (Franklinia alatamaha) DaylilySLP Image Franklinia Tree (Franklinia alatamaha) DaylilySLP Image Franklinia Tree (Franklinia alatamaha) Phylite Image Rhyncholaeliocattleya Chunyeah (Rhyncholaeliocattleya ) Phylite Image Rhyncholaeliocattleya Chunyeah (Rhyncholaeliocattleya ) Phylite Image Rhyncholaeliocattleya Chunyeah (Rhyncholaeliocattleya ) Phylite Image Rhyncholaeliocattleya Chunyeah (Rhyncholaeliocattleya ) mickee2000 Image Daylily 'Kindly Light' (Hemerocallis ) Gabrielle Image Big-Flowered Self-Heal, Selfheal, Heal All 'Pagoda Mix' (Prunella grandiflora) Gabrielle Image Big-Flowered Self-Heal, Selfheal, Heal All 'Pagoda Mix' (Prunella grandiflora) Gabrielle Image Variegated Yellow Loosestrife, Circle Flower 'Alexander' (Lysimachia punctata) Gabrielle Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Carding Mill' (Rosa ) Gabrielle Image Missouri Evening Primrose, Ozark Sundrop (Megapterium missouriensis) Gabrielle Image Common Sage, Garden Sage (Salvia officinalis) Gabrielle Image Rocket Larkspur 'Giant Imperial Mix' (Consolida ambigua) Gabrielle Image Small Foxglove, Straw Foxglove (Digitalis lutea) Gabrielle Image Two-row Stonecrop 'Voodoo' (Sedum spurium) Gabrielle Image Clematis, Early Large-flowered Clematis 'Climador' (Clematis ) Gabrielle Image Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily, Tritoma 'Early Hybrids' (Kniphofia uvaria) Gabrielle Image Penstemon 'Dark Towers' (Penstemon ) Gabrielle Image Daylily 'Stella De Oro' (Hemerocallis ) Gabrielle Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Graham Thomas' (Rosa ) Gabrielle Image Stonecrop 'Chubby Fingers' (Sedum album) Gabrielle Image Spike Speedwell 'Red Fox' (Veronica spicata) Gabrielle Image Hosta 'Striptease' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Image Hosta 'Christmas Tree' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Image Hosta 'Maraschino Cherry' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Image Hosta 'Revolution' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Image Hosta 'Stained Glass' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Image Common Sage, Garden Sage 'Aurea' (Salvia officinalis) mamawolf0608 Image Goldfish Plant (Nematanthus wettsteinii) Gabrielle Image Spotted Dead Nettle 'Anne Greenaway' (Lamium maculatum) Gabrielle Image Hosta 'Jolly Green Giant' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Image Hosta 'Bright Lights' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Image Hosta 'El Capitan' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Berry Smoothie' (Heuchera ) Gabrielle Image Red Lady Fern 'Lady in Red' (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) Gabrielle Image Jumpseed, Virginia Knotweed 'Painter's Palette' (Persicaria virginiana var. filiformis) Gabrielle Image Gold Moss Sedum, Golden Carpet Stonecrop (Sedum acre) Gabrielle Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Palace Purple' (Heuchera micrantha) Gabrielle Image Hosta 'Elegans' (Hosta sieboldiana) Gabrielle Image Hosta 'Lunar Orbit' (Hosta ) Gabrielle Image Mallow, French Hollyhock 'Zebrina' (Malva sylvestris) Gabrielle Image Daylily 'Happy Returns' (Hemerocallis ) Gabrielle Image English Lavender 'Hidcote Blue' (Lavandula angustifolia) Gabrielle Image Autumn Stonecrop 'Moonlight Serenade' (Sedum ) Gabrielle Image Bee Balm, Beebalm, Bergamot, Firecracker Plant, Horsemint, Mountain Mint, Oswego Tea 'Grand Parade' (Monarda didyma) Gabrielle Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Midnight Rose' (Heuchera ) Gabrielle Image Rocket Larkspur (Consolida ambigua) Gabrielle Image Grandiflora Rose 'Love' (Rosa ) Gabrielle Image Asiatic Lily 'Dreamland' (Lilium ) Gabrielle Image Baby's Breath 'Perfecta' (Gypsophila paniculata) Gabrielle Image Shasta Daisy 'Snowcap' (Leucanthemum x superbum) Gabrielle Image Daylily 'Jambalaya' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Challenger' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Challenger' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Challenger' (Hemerocallis ) Gabrielle Image Shasta Daisy 'Broadway Lights' (Leucanthemum x superbum) plant_it Image Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly (Silene virginica) plant_it Image Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly (Silene virginica) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Ribbonette' (Hemerocallis ) themikesmom Image Daylily 'Ribbonette' (Hemerocallis ) timrann Image Dracaena (Dracaena umbraculifera) timrann Image Dracaena (Dracaena umbraculifera) blankcanvas Image Spike Speedwell 'Royal Candles' (Veronica spicata) blankcanvas Image Spike Speedwell 'Royal Candles' (Veronica spicata) blankcanvas Image Maltese Cross, Jerusalem Cross, London Pride (Silene chalcedonica) blankcanvas Image Hybrid Kordesii Rose 'William Baffin' (Rosa ) blankcanvas Image Hybrid Kordesii Rose 'William Baffin' (Rosa )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description wormfood Positive Shoal Creek Succulents orchidman148 Positive Orchids by Hausermann eyceman Neutral Gautam Global cjrichardfl Positive Air Plant City BrisbaneAnne Positive White Flower Farm lkfriedman Positive New Hampshire Hostas coneflower620 Negative Casita Azul (ILoveHostas.net) notmyhand Positive Roses Unlimited notmyhand Positive Santa Rosa Gardens gardendude56 Negative Burgess Seed trent1098 Positive Pepper Joe's Inc. krissypoo Positive The Sample Seed Shop nowandagain1 Positive Ogden Station Daylilies CarlWWagener Positive Porter's Rare Heritage Turkeys TXGardener78 Positive Legg Creek Farm marriedthepope Positive Schreiner's Iris Gardens DemelzaPoldark Positive The Sample Seed Shop

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 17, 2013