Dave's Garden Newsletter for October 7, 2013

Covering the events of October 7, 2013

... in which ...
774 posts were made.
10 plants were added to PlantFiles.
11 comments were added to PlantFiles.
97 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
54 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.
1 rating was 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

"Dig a five dollar hole for a fifty cent plant [and you will soon have a ten dollar plant. But dig a fifty cent hole for a five dollar plant and you will soon have a dead plant.]"

( -- overheard on HGTV)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 774 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 187 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 74 posts PlantFiles Pictures 59 posts Games 55 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 38 posts Texas Gardening 26 posts Pets 24 posts Insect and Spider Identification 18 posts Australian Gardening 18 posts Seed Trading 17 posts Brugmansias 16 posts Voting Booth 14 posts Beginner Landscaping 14 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 13 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 11 posts Northeast Gardening 11 posts Morning Glories 10 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 9 posts BugFiles Pictures 9 posts Daylilies 8 posts Recipes 8 posts Canadian Gardening 7 posts Invasive Plants 7 posts Weather 7 posts Plant Trading 6 posts Aroids 6 posts Photos 5 posts Homesteading 5 posts Beginner Vegetables 5 posts Beginner Flowers 5 posts Bird Watching 5 posts Sewing and Quilting 5 posts Beginner Houseplants 4 posts Dahlias 4 posts Orchids 4 posts Central Midwest Gardening 4 posts Mid-South Gardening 4 posts Carnivorous Plants 4 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 3 posts Southwest Gardening 3 posts Equine Forum 3 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 2 posts Japanese Maples 2 posts Roses 2 posts Vegetable Gardening 2 posts Florida Gardening 2 posts Perennials 2 posts Palms and Cycads 2 posts Wildlife Gardening 2 posts Ask-a-Gardener 2 posts Happy Birthday 2 posts Canning, Freezing and Drying 1 post Pacific Northwest Gardening 1 post Beginner Fruit 1 post Fruits and Nuts 1 post Peonies 1 post Cooking 1 post Wildlife 1 post Propagation 1 post BirdFiles Pictures 1 post Organic Gardening 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post Saving Seeds 1 post Trash to Treasure 1 post Upper Midwest Gardening 1 post Garden Hortiscopes & History 1 post Strawbale Gardening 1 post Accessible Gardening 1 post Clean and Clutter-free 1 post Passifloras 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

10 new plants.
11 new descriptions were added.
54 new images were added.
97 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description PotEmUp Comment Elephant Ear, Taro 'Black Magic' Colocasia esculenta MunkeboFarm Comment Cilantro 'Delfino' Coriandrum sativum abrahamx Comment Desert Rose Adenium obesum stephenp Comment Florist's Cyclamen Cyclamen persicum cellistry Comment Ladino Clover, White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Black Four Leaf Clover 'Dark Dancer' Trifolium repens DracoVolans Comment Variegated Century Plant Agave americana var. marginata Nanny23 Comment Bell Pepper 'Flavorburst' Capsicum annuum WJStickel Comment Glossy Abelia 'Canyon Creek' Abelia x grandiflora DracoVolans Comment Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush, Pencil Euphorbia, Rubber Hedge Euphorbia Euphorbia tirucalli Noodlethecat Comment European Lily of the Valley, May Bells, Our Lady's Tears Convallaria majalis alimech Comment Shrimp Plant Justicia brandegeeana palmbob Image Cycad (Encephalartos turneri) Kell Image Variegated African Candelabra (Euphorbia ammak var. variegata) Kell Image Variegated African Candelabra (Euphorbia ammak var. variegata) Kell Image Variegated African Candelabra (Euphorbia ammak var. variegata) Kell Image Variegated African Candelabra (Euphorbia ammak var. variegata) Kell Image Variegated African Candelabra (Euphorbia ammak var. variegata) Kell Image Variegated African Candelabra (Euphorbia ammak var. variegata) Kell Image Candelabra Tree, Naboom (Euphorbia ingens) Kell Image Candelabra Tree, Naboom (Euphorbia ingens) Kell Image Candelabra Tree, Naboom (Euphorbia ingens) Kell Image Candelabra Tree, Naboom (Euphorbia ingens) Kell Image Candelabra Tree, Naboom (Euphorbia ingens) Kell Image Candelabra Tree, Naboom (Euphorbia ingens) Kell Image Passion Flower, Passionflower, Passion Vine, Passionvine 'Purple Tiger' (Passiflora ) Kell Image Passion Flower, Passionflower, Passion Vine, Passionvine 'Purple Tiger' (Passiflora ) Kell Image Passion Flower, Passionflower, Passion Vine, Passionvine 'Purple Tiger' (Passiflora ) bulbspecialist Image Amaryllis 'Tinkerbell' (Hippeastrum ) bulbspecialist Image Daffodil 'Dorchester' (Narcissus ) bulbspecialist Image Daffodil 'Girlpower' (Narcissus ) bulbspecialist Image Daffodil 'Harrow' (Narcissus ) bulbspecialist Image Tulip 'Clusiana Stellata' (Tulipa ) bulbspecialist Image Kaufmanniana Tulip 'The First' (Tulipa ) Aphthona Image Shrub Rose 'Hope For Humanity' (Rosa ) Aphthona Image Shrub Rose 'Hope For Humanity' (Rosa ) Aphthona Image Prairie Mallow, Checker Mallow, Checkerbloom (Sidalcea malviflora) Aphthona Image Prairie Mallow, Checker Mallow, Checkerbloom (Sidalcea malviflora) Aphthona Image Prairie Mallow, Checker Mallow, Checkerbloom (Sidalcea malviflora) palmbob Image Italian Cypress, Funeral Cypress, Mediterranean Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) palmbob Image Ladyfinger Cactus, Golden Stars (Mammillaria elongata) palmbob Image Ladyfinger Cactus, Golden Stars (Mammillaria elongata) Kell Image Passion Flower, Passionflower, Passion Vine, Passionvine 'Purple Tiger' (Passiflora ) Kell Image Passion Flower, Passionflower, Passion Vine, Passionvine 'Purple Tiger' (Passiflora ) mygardens Image Meyer's Lemon Tree, Valley Lemon 'Improved Meyer' (Citrus x meyeri) Kell Image Variegated String of Buttons 'Variegata' (Crassula perforata) Kell Image String of Hearts 'Variegata' (Ceropegia woodii) Kell Image String of Hearts 'Variegata' (Ceropegia woodii) kennedyh Image Golden Pennants (Glischrocaryon behrii) kennedyh Image Lerp Mallee, Yellow Mallee (Eucalyptus incrassata) Kell Image Monanthes (Monanthes muralis) Kell Image Monanthes (Monanthes muralis) Kell Image Monanthes (Monanthes muralis) Kell Image Monanthes (Monanthes muralis) Kell Image Sedum (Sedum pachyclados) Kell Image Sedum (Sedum pachyclados) Kell Image Wingpod Purslane (Portulaca umbraticola) Kell Image Wingpod Purslane (Portulaca umbraticola) Kell Image Wingpod Purslane (Portulaca umbraticola) Kell Image Wingpod Purslane (Portulaca umbraticola) kennedyh Image Pale Turpentine-bush (Beyeria lechenaultii) kennedyh Image Pale Turpentine-bush (Beyeria lechenaultii) kennedyh Image Pale Turpentine-bush (Beyeria lechenaultii) scirpidiella Image Solanum, Jurubeba-peluda (Solanum stagnale) Kell Image Pacific Stonecrop, Broadleaf Stonecrop 'Cape Blanco' (Sedum spathulifolium) Kell Image Golden Sedum (Sedum adolphii)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description nevadagdn Positive Living Gardens Giacomo45 Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery bpsgarden Positive Northern Grown Perennials bpsgarden Positive HostasDirect Inc. bpsgarden Negative So Succulent BillsKyInferno Positive Pepper Joe's Inc. thisisthomasm Negative Summer Hill Seeds PoorWolf Negative Waters J9 Blueberry Farm LLC wgbbill Positive Willis Orchard Company summerkid Positive Tropical Plants & More gomosgarden Positive DR Trimmer/Mower StueyG Positive Rolling River Nursery

Garden Bookworm Activity:

No new books were added to the database.
1 new rating/comment was added to the database.

Member Addition Description portuguese_kate Positive Botanica: The Illustrated A-Z of over 10,000 Garden Plants

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... October 7, 2013