Dave's Garden Newsletter for April 30, 2014

Covering the events of April 30, 2014

... in which ...
751 posts were made.
4 plants were added to PlantFiles.
16 comments were added to PlantFiles.
45 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
49 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
29 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

"Words are the flowers in the garden of your soul; Keep the weeds out and beauty will flourish."

( -- Unknown)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 751 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 96 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 85 posts Plant Identification 73 posts PlantFiles Pictures 55 posts Games 38 posts Vegetable Gardening 26 posts Pets 22 posts Dahlias 22 posts Sewing and Quilting 22 posts Texas Gardening 21 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 18 posts Seed Germination 16 posts Central Midwest Gardening 14 posts Irises 13 posts Mid-South Gardening 13 posts Container Gardening 12 posts Bird Watching 11 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 10 posts Cacti and Succulents 10 posts Northeast Gardening 8 posts Voting Booth 7 posts Insect and Spider Identification 7 posts Clematis 7 posts Homesteading 6 posts Daylilies 6 posts Trash to Treasure 6 posts Recipes 6 posts Weather 6 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 5 posts Orchid Cactus 5 posts Seed Trading 5 posts Equine Forum 4 posts Wildlife 4 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 4 posts Books, Movies, and TV 4 posts Aroids 4 posts Brugmansias 4 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 4 posts PlantFiles How-to's 3 posts Accessible Gardening 3 posts Fruits and Nuts 3 posts Beginner Vegetables 3 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 3 posts Rhododendrons and Relatives 3 posts Perennials 3 posts Morning Glories 3 posts Peonies 3 posts Photos 2 posts Water Gardens 2 posts Frugal Living 2 posts Electronics 2 posts Plant Trading 2 posts Hydrangeas 2 posts Canadian Gardening 2 posts Soap and Candle-making 2 posts Tropical Plants 2 posts Scrapbooking and Paper Crafts 2 posts Poultry and Livestock 2 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 2 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 2 posts Herbs 2 posts Bulbs 1 post Kitchens 1 post Winter Sowing 1 post Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 1 post Southwest Gardening 1 post Handyman 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post Co-ops & Plants For Sale 1 post Shady Gardens 1 post Roses 1 post Beginner Landscaping 1 post Orchids 1 post Tomatoes 1 post Hibiscus 1 post Carnivorous Plants 1 post Violas and Violettas 1 post High Yield Gardening 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

4 new plants.
16 new descriptions were added.
49 new images were added.
45 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description kydrummer Comment Toothwort Cardamine concatenata wwilli04 Comment Lyreleaf Sage, Cancer Weed 'Purple Volcano' Salvia lyrata Rickwebb Comment Oriental Arborvitae ''Baker'' Platycladus orientalis coriaceous Comment Orange Daylily, Tawny Daylily, Ditch Lily Hemerocallis fulva longjonsilverz Comment Chilean Wine Palm, Coquito de Chile Jubaea chilensis lancer23 Comment Old Garden Rose 'Prolifera de Redoute' Rosa RebaC Comment Peony 'Paeonia 'Scarlett O'Hara' Paeonia vossner Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Superstition' Iris vossner Comment Baby Sage, Blackcurrant Sage, Cherry Sage, Delta Sage, Graham's Sage, Little Leaf Sage 'San Carlos Festival' Salvia microphylla robbdogr Comment Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Good Day Sunshine' Iris vossner Comment Foxglove Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Talus Slope Penstemon, Smooth Penstemon Penstemon digitalis sarassa Comment Giant Chinese Silver Grass Miscanthus giganteus RebaC Comment Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Betty Marshall' Brugmansia x insignis juliacarlson85 Comment Tree Philodendron, Cut-leaf Philodendron, Selloum Philodendron bipinnatifidum Orchidmaniac Comment Vinagrillo, Culle, Flor de Mayo Oxalis mallobolba Windy Comment Ural False Spiraea 'Sem' Sorbaria sorbifolia palmbob Image Mountain Vonitra Palm (Dypsis fibrosa) palmbob Image Palm, Dypsis (Dypsis louvelii) palmbob Image Hovomantsina Palm (Dypsis hovomantsina) jdavis7123 Image Indigo Bush, False Indigo, Bastard Indigo, River Locust (Amorpha fruticosa) SallieKr Image Blue Star Creeper, Swamp Isotome, Matted Pratia (Pratia pedunculata) Rickwebb Image Winterberry Holly, Black Alder (Ilex verticillata) Rickwebb Image Oriental Arborvitae ''Baker'' (Platycladus orientalis) 33libra Image Swamp Milkweed 'Ice Ballet' (Asclepias incarnata) 33libra Image Swamp Milkweed 'Ice Ballet' (Asclepias incarnata) gpcsdad Image Shrub Rose, Modern Rose, Texas Pioneer Rose 'Stephen F. Austin' (Rosa ) gpcsdad Image Shrub Rose, Modern Rose, Texas Pioneer Rose 'Stephen F. Austin' (Rosa ) leisure500 Image African Violet 'Easy Breezy Day' (Saintpaulia ) melody Image Fish Geranium, Horseshoe Geranium, Zonal Geranium 'Maestro Neon Pink' (Pelargonium x hortorum) melody Image Petunia 'Avalanche Red' (Petunia ) melody Image Lantana 'Pink Caprice' (Lantana camara) melody Image Moss Rose, Rose Moss 'Sundial Scarlet' (Portulaca grandiflora) melody Image Rose Periwinkle, Cayenne Jasmine, Madagascar Periwinkle, Old Maid, Vinca 'Peppermint' (Catharanthus roseus) melody Image Rose Periwinkle, Cayenne Jasmine, Madagascar Periwinkle, Old Maid, Vinca 'Cooler Deep Orchid' (Catharanthus roseus) melody Image Rose Periwinkle, Cayenne Jasmine, Madagascar Periwinkle, Old Maid, Vinca 'Cooler Red' (Catharanthus roseus) melody Image Scarlet Sage, Scarlet Salvia, Red Sage, Red Salvia 'Sizzler Purple' (Salvia splendens) manueldalmeida Image Rose 'Caribia' (Rosa ) manueldalmeida Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Papa Meilland' (Rosa ) manueldalmeida Image Grandiflora Rose 'Octoberfest' (Rosa ) plantaholic186 Image Christmas Rose, Hybrid Hellebore, Lenten Rose 'Obsidian Strain' (Helleborus x hybridus) manueldalmeida Image Floribunda Rose 'Ebb Tide' (Rosa ) manueldalmeida Image Bourbon Rose 'Variegata di Bologna' (Rosa ) manueldalmeida Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Vino Rossi' (Rosa ) Weerobin Image 'Gold Chain' (Gynostemma pentophyllum) Weerobin Image 'Gold Chain' (Gynostemma pentophyllum) Weerobin Image 'Gold Chain' (Gynostemma pentophyllum) leisure500 Image African Violet 'Cranberry Crush' (Saintpaulia ) acerpalmaniac Image Japanese Maple 'Pung Kill' (Acer palmatum) acerpalmaniac Image Japanese Maple 'Purple Ghost' (Acer palmatum) acerpalmaniac Image Japanese Maple 'Red Pygmy' (Acer palmatum) lancer23 Image Floribunda Rose, Cluster-flowered Rose 'Julia Child' (Rosa ) Nody Image Cider gum 'Azura' 'Azura' (Eucalyptus gunnii) Nody Image Cider gum 'Azura' 'Azura' (Eucalyptus gunnii) RosinaBloom Image Camellia 'Winelight' (Camellia japonica hybrid) RosinaBloom Image Camellia 'Winelight' (Camellia japonica hybrid) RosinaBloom Image Camellia 'Winelight' (Camellia japonica hybrid) RosinaBloom Image Camellia 'Winelight' (Camellia japonica hybrid) Weerobin Image Underwood's Trillium, Longbract Wakerobin (Trillium underwoodii) manueldalmeida Image Gallica Rose 'Complicata' (Rosa ) manueldalmeida Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Black Baccara' (Rosa ) manueldalmeida Image Gallica Rose 'Duc de Guiche' (Rosa ) sjlfinne Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Space Viking' (Iris ) RebaC Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Call Me Reba' (Iris ) RebaC Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Call Me Reba' (Iris ) warriorswisdomkathy Image Wild Carrot, Red Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota var. rubra)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description Sequoiadendron4 Positive Swan Island Dahlias Garden56 Positive Forestfarm melody Positive Santa Rosa Gardens melody Positive Caladium Bulbs 4 Less SM19 Negative Earthworms 4 Sale Lianimals Negative National Arbor Day Foundation AS Positive Select Seeds Antique Flowers windsor224 Positive Michigan Bulb devinevegan Neutral National Arbor Day Foundation bessie89 Negative Ison's Nursery & Vineyard bessie89 Positive Moonshine Designs Nursery bessie89 Positive Raintree Nursery TammyY Positive Northern Lights Daylilies TammyY Positive Wynn's Daylily Garden TammyY Positive Small World Gardens frahnzone5 Positive Sequim Rare Plants TammyY Positive Homestead Farms TammyY Positive Dragon's Mead Daylily Garden TammyY Positive Morning Star Daylilies bubbacat1 Positive Indiana Berry & Plant Co. virginiarose Positive Wynn's Daylily Garden ts60065 Positive Quackin' Grass Nursery oljones107 Positive A Nearly Native Nursery dwhyte626 Positive Quackin' Grass Nursery DonnaMack Positive Classic Viburnums stoneandbone Positive Grover's Blueberries and Seed company jenjen182 Positive Meyer Hatchery BrodyJames Neutral Burgess Seed Feodosia Positive Summerstone Nursery

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... April 30, 2014