Dave's Garden Newsletter for February 20, 2014

Covering the events of February 20, 2014

... in which ...
585 posts were made.
72 plants were added to PlantFiles.
79 comments were added to PlantFiles.
837 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.
9 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

"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup." "

( -- Henry Louis (HL) Mencken, American journalist, literary critic (born 9/12/1880))

Forum Activity

A grand total of 585 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts PlantFiles Pictures 83 posts BugFiles Pictures 49 posts Vegetable Gardening 40 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 39 posts Games 33 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 28 posts Plant Identification 27 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 25 posts Texas Gardening 16 posts Pets 14 posts Cacti and Succulents 12 posts Weather 12 posts Beginner Vegetables 12 posts Recipes 11 posts Canadian Gardening 10 posts Daylilies 10 posts Northeast Gardening 10 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 9 posts Seed Trading 8 posts Happy Birthday 7 posts Lilies 7 posts Shady Gardens 7 posts PlantFiles How-to's 7 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 6 posts Sewing and Quilting 6 posts Fruits and Nuts 6 posts Container Gardening 6 posts Canning, Freezing and Drying 5 posts Seed Germination 5 posts Bulbs 5 posts Orchids 4 posts Central Midwest Gardening 4 posts Mid-South Gardening 4 posts Beginner Flowers 4 posts Water Gardens 3 posts Beginner Houseplants 3 posts Computer Talk 3 posts Florida Gardening 3 posts Poultry and Livestock 3 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 2 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 2 posts Books, Movies, and TV 2 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 2 posts Equine Forum 2 posts Roses 2 posts Brugmansias 2 posts Voting Booth 2 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 2 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 2 posts Carnivorous Plants 2 posts Southwest Gardening 2 posts Bird Watching 1 post Morning Glories 1 post Frugal Living 1 post Propagation 1 post Dianthus 1 post Beginner Landscaping 1 post Native Plants and Wild Plants 1 post Wildlife 1 post Winter Sowing 1 post BugFiles How-to's 1 post Test 1 post Homesteading 1 post Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 1 post Orchid Cactus 1 post Organic Gardening 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

72 new plants.
79 new descriptions were added.
54 new images were added.
837 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description DaveTorquay Comment Coconut Palm Cocos nucifera SavvyDaze Comment Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine Trachelospermum jasminoides DaveTorquay Comment Giant Bird of Paradise, Natal Strelitzia, Wild Strelitzia Strelitzia nicolai DaveTorquay Comment Rubber Plant, Rubber Tree, Decora Tree 'Schrijveriana' Ficus elastica coriaceous Comment Hardy Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield' Chrysanthemum DaveTorquay Comment Florida Royal Palm Roystonea regia coriaceous Comment Hardy Chrysanthemum 'Mary Stoker' Chrysanthemum x rubellum DaveTorquay Comment Kentia Palm, Sentry Palm, Paradise Palm Howea forsteriana DaveTorquay Comment Canary Date Palm Phoenix canariensis DaveTorquay Comment Pygmy Date Palm, Robellini Palm Phoenix roebelenii BayAreaTropics Comment Zebra Plant 'Snowflake' Aphelandra squarrosa DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Banded Beauty' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Bogota' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Coming Alive' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Confidante' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Daringly Different' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Dinner Talk' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Infernal Fire' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Laguna Seca' Hemerocallis coriaceous Comment Bear's Breeches, Oyster Plant Acanthus spinosus DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Lovin' Tennessee' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Mineral Springs' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Partita' Hemerocallis Lovehum Comment Blue Anise Sage, Brazilian Sage 'Black and Blue' Salvia guaranitica DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Premonition' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Prototype' Hemerocallis Lovehum Comment Hummingbird Sage, Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage Salvia coccinea DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Secret Agent' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Soft Contrast' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Tempt Me' Hemerocallis Lovehum Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine 'Minnesota Red' Campsis radicans DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Bayou Blush' Hemerocallis Lovehum Comment Cypress Vine, Star Glory, Hummingbird Vine Ipomoea quamoclit DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Bloodshot Gator Grinder' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Bohemian Knight' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Caribbean Parasol' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Cognac and Cream' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Duke of Iberville' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Evening Embers' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Expensive Invitation' Hemerocallis coriaceous Comment Allium 'Hair' Allium DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Fluted Edgings' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Ghost of Van Gogh' Hemerocallis mfast10 Comment Georgia Aster Symphyotrichum georgianum DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Gilded Twister' Hemerocallis coriaceous Comment Giant Onion, Giant Allium Allium giganteum DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Jumanji' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Leontine's Legacy' Hemerocallis Lovehum Comment Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Orion's Nebula' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Plum Bagel' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Scarlet Knight' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Scruffalucious' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Universal Peace' Hemerocallis tombirdwell Comment Tomato 'Momotaro' Lycopersicon lycopersicum NorthSC Comment Chinese Fan Palm, Fountain Palm Livistona chinensis coriaceous Comment Drumsticks, Ornamental Onion, Round Headed Leek Allium sphaerocephalon vossner Comment Double Narcissus, Double Daffodil 'Ice King' Narcissus coriaceous Comment Star of Persia, Allium Allium cristophii kgc45542 Comment Tomato 'Mountain Magic' Lycopersicon lycopersicum RosinaBloom Comment Dahlia 'Tomo' Dahlia RosinaBloom Comment Weinmannia 'Harlequin' Weinmannia RosinaBloom Comment Jacob's Ladder 'Touch of Class' Polemonium reptans coriaceous Comment Wild Garlic, Field Garlic Allium vineale RosinaBloom Comment Golden Dew Drop, Sky Flower, Pigeon Berry 'Sheena's Gold' Duranta erecta DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Amethyst Sunbird' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Blue Book' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Blue Goose' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Bodacious Blues' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Cerulean Circle' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Dizzy Damselfly' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Eyelash Viper' Hemerocallis tgwWhale Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Summer Love' Rosa Fires_in_motion Comment 'Blizzard' Aloe coriaceous Comment Flowering Onion 'Purple Sensation' Allium hollandicum coriaceous Comment Blue Globe Onion, Blue Flowered Garlic, Azure Flowered Garlic Allium caeruleum coriaceous Comment Lebanon Onion Allium zebdanense coriaceous Comment Honey Lily, Honey Garlic Nectaroscordum tripedale Hardpan Image Crucifixion Thorn, Holocantha, Corona de Cristo, Chaparro Amargosa (Castela emoryi) Hardpan Image Crucifixion Thorn, Holocantha, Corona de Cristo, Chaparro Amargosa (Castela emoryi) Nancymo Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Aroused' (Iris ) RosinaBloom Image Ground Morning Glory (Convolvulus mauritanicus) RosinaBloom Image Ground Morning Glory (Convolvulus mauritanicus) RosinaBloom Image Ground Morning Glory (Convolvulus mauritanicus) RosinaBloom Image Zebra Plant 'Snowflake' (Aphelandra squarrosa) RosinaBloom Image Zebra Plant 'Snowflake' (Aphelandra squarrosa) RosinaBloom Image Zebra Plant 'Snowflake' (Aphelandra squarrosa) RosinaBloom Image Lily of the Incas, Peruvian Lily 'Cream Dark Pink' (Alstroemeria inticancha) RosinaBloom Image Lily of the Incas, Peruvian Lily 'Cream Dark Pink' (Alstroemeria inticancha) RosinaBloom Image Lily of the Incas, Peruvian Lily 'Cream Dark Pink' (Alstroemeria inticancha) RosinaBloom Image Lily of the Incas, Peruvian Lily 'Cream Dark Pink' (Alstroemeria inticancha) SavvyDaze Image Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) RosinaBloom Image Spike Speedwell, Veronica 'Blue' (Veronica spicata) RosinaBloom Image Spike Speedwell, Veronica 'Blue' (Veronica spicata) RosinaBloom Image Variegated Pohutukawa 'Golden Dawn' (Metrosideros excelsa) RosinaBloom Image Variegated Pohutukawa 'Golden Dawn' (Metrosideros excelsa) RosinaBloom Image Variegated Pohutukawa 'Golden Dawn' (Metrosideros excelsa) Rickwebb Image Shrub Rose 'Knockout' (Rosa ) vossner Image Double Narcissus, Double Daffodil 'Erlicheer' (Narcissus ) RosinaBloom Image Collarette Dahlia 'Pooh' (Dahlia ) RosinaBloom Image Collarette Dahlia 'Pooh' (Dahlia ) RosinaBloom Image Collarette Dahlia 'Pooh' (Dahlia ) vossner Image Double Narcissus, Double Daffodil 'Ice King' (Narcissus ) vossner Image Double Narcissus, Double Daffodil 'Ice King' (Narcissus ) Rickwebb Image Scotch Broom 'Moonlight' (Cytisus scoparius) palmbob Image Iron Bark (Eucalyptus sideroxylon) palmbob Image Iron Bark (Eucalyptus sideroxylon) palmbob Image Hybrid Eucalyptus 'Torwood' (Eucalyptus ) palmbob Image Hybrid Eucalyptus 'Torwood' (Eucalyptus ) palmbob Image Hybrid Eucalyptus 'Torwood' (Eucalyptus ) palmbob Image Hybrid Eucalyptus 'Torwood' (Eucalyptus ) palmbob Image Hybrid Eucalyptus 'Torwood' (Eucalyptus ) palmbob Image Cape Ebony, Ebony Guarri (Euclea pseudebenus) palmbob Image Cape Ebony, Ebony Guarri (Euclea pseudebenus) palmbob Image Cape Ebony, Ebony Guarri (Euclea pseudebenus) palmbob Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia kamponii) palmbob Image Pencil Milk Bush (Euphorbia mauritanica) palmbob Image Pencil Milk Bush (Euphorbia mauritanica) RosinaBloom Image Dahlia 'Tomo' (Dahlia ) RosinaBloom Image Dahlia 'Tomo' (Dahlia ) RosinaBloom Image Dahlia 'Tomo' (Dahlia ) RosinaBloom Image Weinmannia 'Harlequin' (Weinmannia ) RosinaBloom Image Jacob's Ladder 'Touch of Class' (Polemonium reptans) RosinaBloom Image Jacob's Ladder 'Touch of Class' (Polemonium reptans) RosinaBloom Image Golden Dew Drop, Sky Flower, Pigeon Berry 'Sheena's Gold' (Duranta erecta) RosinaBloom Image Cigar Flower, Firecracker Vine, Candy Corn Vine (Manettia luteorubra) RosinaBloom Image Cigar Flower, Firecracker Vine, Candy Corn Vine (Manettia luteorubra) RosinaBloom Image Italian Stone Pine, Umbrella Pine, Parasol Pine, Pignolia Nut Pine (Pinus pinea) RosinaBloom Image Italian Stone Pine, Umbrella Pine, Parasol Pine, Pignolia Nut Pine (Pinus pinea) RosinaBloom Image Gardenia, Cape Jasmine 'Radicans' (Gardenia jasminoides) RosinaBloom Image Gardenia, Cape Jasmine 'Radicans' (Gardenia jasminoides) RosinaBloom Image Mexican Sedum (Sedum mexicanum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description mbmarshall Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. DavidLMo Neutral B & T World Seeds Catskills Negative Pinetree Garden Seeds irmaly Positive Taylor Greenhouses NorthSC Positive Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. bluebuster77 Positive Chamblee's Rose Nursery ganesha Positive Heritage Harvest Seed

Garden Bookworm Activity:

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

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... February 20, 2014