The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of August 9, 2013, on which 72 members joined. 		PF Logo

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Flower Belle! What a euphonious appellation! Easy on the ears and a banquet for the eyes! (from My Little Chickadee, WC Fields to Mae West) "

(WC Fields, American actor, comedian)

Activity Report:

33 new plants were added to the database.
8 new descriptions were added.
11 new images were added.
187 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
MeMaNana Neutral CommentWolfberry
(Lycium exsertum)
Neversummer Positive CommentRocky Mountain Penstemon 'Bandera'
(Penstemon strictus)
Fire_NA_Seapark Negative CommentConeflower 'Sunset'
(Echinacea )
real_americana Positive CommentTexas Nipple Cactus
(Mammillaria prolifera)
thistledome Positive CommentWallum Bottlebrush, Lime Bottlebrush
(Callistemon pachyphyllus var. viridis)
Circe33 Positive CommentVirginia Spiderwort, Widow's-Tears 'Karminglut'
(Tradescantia x andersoniana)
thistledome Positive CommentBottlebrush, White Bottlebrush 'White Anzac'
(Callistemon citrinus)
mamagamond Neutral CommentManhattan Euonymus, Spreading Euonymus 'Manhattan'
(Euonymus kiautschovica)

Images

Member Addition Description
my_gardens_rockImageDaylily 'Sings The Blues'
(Hemerocallis )
my_gardens_rockImageDaylily 'Forest God'
(Hemerocallis )
keithp2012ImageRose Of Sharon 'Danica'
(Hibiscus syriacus)
HobBeeImageClary Sage, Painted Sage, Horminum Sage
(Salvia viridis)
CactusJordiImagePeyotillo, Hatchet Cactus, Woodlouse Cactus, Peyote
(Pelecyphora aselliformis)
marsroverImageBloody Cranesbill, Hardy Geranium
(Geranium sanguineum)
marsroverImageBloody Cranesbill, Hardy Geranium
(Geranium sanguineum)
marsroverImageGroundcover Rose 'Apricot Drift'
(Rosa )
CactusJordiImageDecarya
(Decarya madagascariensis)
rteetsImageBeauty Bush 'Dream Catcher'
(Kolkwitzia amabilis)
rteetsImageBeauty Bush 'Dream Catcher'
(Kolkwitzia amabilis)

Plants Added Yesterday:

Plant
Dwarf Water Jasmine
Wrightia vietnamensis
Flowering Maple, Chinese Bell Flower, Chinese Lantern 'Orange Cascade'
Abutilon
Allamanda 'Brazilian Red Wine'
Allamanda
Allamanda 'Brazilian Red Wine'
Allamanda
Blue Glory Bower
Clerodendrum ugandense
Croton 'Magnificent'
Codiaeum variegatum
Croton 'King of Siam'
Codiaeum variegatum
Hawaiian Ti Plant, Good Luck Plant, Green Ti Plant 'Octane'
Cordyline fruticosa
Ginger 'Vertigo'
Costus
Tall Bearded Iris 'Ami Lourry'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Auber'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Audran'
Iris
Oxblood Ginger, Blood Red Spiral Costus 'Gray Form'
Costus erythrophyllus
Tall Bearded Iris 'Leonard De Vinci'
Iris
Ginger
Costus mosaicus
Ginger
Costus vinosus
Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Carboncini Blanc'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Carboncini Bleu'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Cesar Franck'
Iris
Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Bellatrix'
Iris
Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Berlioz'
Iris
Red Pitaya, Dragon Fruit,Strawberry Pear, Night blooming Cereus, Queen of the Night, Honolulu Queen 'Dark Star'
Hylocereus undatus
Tall Bearded Iris 'Belle Yvrienne'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Florence'
Iris
Ixora
Ixora taiwanensis
Tall Bearded Iris 'Foulard'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Georges Roberts'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Goumier'
Iris
Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Grevin'
Iris
Tall Bearded Iris 'Herold'
Iris
Species Iris, Iris Pseudacorus 'Vilmoreana'
Iris pseudacorus aureae
Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Lalo'
Iris
double Rangoon Creeper, Drunken Sailor 'Double'
Quisqualis indica

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... August 9, 2013