Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 8, 2014

Covering the events of May 8, 2014

... in which ...
875 posts were made.
6 plants were added to PlantFiles.
19 comments were added to PlantFiles.
72 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
83 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
36 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

"Oh the weather outside is frightful the fire is so delightful since we've no place to go It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"

( -- Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, songwriters)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 875 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 153 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 109 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 108 posts PlantFiles Pictures 84 posts Texas Gardening 57 posts Games 30 posts Clematis 19 posts Northeast Gardening 18 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 17 posts Seed Germination 16 posts Pets 15 posts Sewing and Quilting 11 posts Tomatoes 10 posts Beginner Landscaping 9 posts Memory Garden 9 posts Water Gardens 9 posts Insect and Spider Identification 9 posts Florida Gardening 9 posts High Yield Gardening 8 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 8 posts Weather 8 posts Vegetable Gardening 7 posts California Gardening 6 posts Daylilies 5 posts Self-contained Box Gardens 5 posts Central Midwest Gardening 5 posts Morning Glories 5 posts Michigan Gardening 5 posts Mid-South Gardening 5 posts Co-ops & Plants For Sale 5 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 5 posts BugFiles Pictures 5 posts Recipes 5 posts Plant Trading 4 posts Cacti and Succulents 4 posts Bird Watching 4 posts Irises 4 posts Accessible Gardening 4 posts Rock and Alpine Gardening 4 posts Roses 3 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 3 posts Japanese Maples 3 posts Beginner Vegetables 3 posts Strawbale Gardening 3 posts Voting Booth 3 posts Vines and Climbers 3 posts Photos 3 posts Hydroponic Gardening 3 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 2 posts Homesteading 2 posts Hoyas 2 posts Home Decorating 2 posts Bird Identification 2 posts BirdFiles Pictures 2 posts Bulbs 2 posts Beginner Fruit 2 posts Carolina Gardening 2 posts Beekeeping 2 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 1 post Palms and Cycads 1 post Native Plants and Wild Plants 1 post Container Gardening 1 post Computer Talk 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post Beginner Flowers 1 post Hibiscus 1 post Grass and Bamboo 1 post Canning, Freezing and Drying 1 post Seed Trading 1 post Crafts and Decorating 1 post Garden Talk 1 post Trash to Treasure 1 post Gardening by the Moon 1 post Caudiciforms 1 post Hydrangeas 1 post Shady Gardens 1 post Beginner Gardening Questions 1 post Brugmansias 1 post Pacific Northwest Gardening 1 post Orchid Cactus 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

6 new plants.
19 new descriptions were added.
83 new images were added.
72 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description coriaceous Comment Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin Capnoides sempervirens henryboysmom Comment African Daisy, Cape Daisy 'Orange Symphony' Osteospermum coriaceous Comment Atlantic Poppy, Double Atlas Poppy, Moroccan Poppy, Spanish Poppy Papaver atlanticum RosemaryK Comment Eastern white pine 'Bennett's Fastigiate' Pinus strobus punkywi Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Good Vibrations' Iris FlyPoison Comment Hall's Honeysuckle, Japanese Honeysuckle 'Halliana' Lonicera japonica lancer23 Comment Hybrid Banksia Rose, Old Garden Rose, Species Cross Rose 'Fortuniana' Rosa Canukia Comment Herb Robert, Redshank, Bloodwort, Fox Geranium, Red Robin Geranium robertianum wasbloomin Comment Tea Rose 'Mrs. Dudley Cross' Rosa DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Karen Pogozalski' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Diane Elsasser' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Actual Ice' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'A Few Good Men' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Adorable Mamie' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Gary and Paula Borger' Hemerocallis its4 Comment Four O'Clock, Marvel of Peru Mirabilis jalapa BayAreaTropics Comment Cane Begonia 'Little Brother Montgomery' Begonia rickc304 Comment Castor Aralia, Castor-Aralia Kalopanax septemlobus rickc304 Comment Amur Corktree Phellodendron amurense Farmerdill Image English Pea 'Garden Sweet' (Pisum sativum) Farmerdill Image English Pea 'Maestro' (Pisum sativum) Farmerdill Image Radish 'Giant White Globe' (Raphanus sativus) palmbob Image Madagascar Ocotillo, Madagascan Ocotillo, African Ocotillo (Alluaudia procera) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe camperi) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe camperi) palmbob Image Kangaroo Paw, Cat's Paw 'Pink Joey' (Anigozanthos ) palmbob Image Kangaroo Paw, Cat's Paw 'Pink Joey' (Anigozanthos ) palmbob Image Forest Fever Tree, Cabbage Tree (Anthocleista grandiflora) palmbob Image Forest Fever Tree, Cabbage Tree (Anthocleista grandiflora) palmbob Image Forest Fever Tree, Cabbage Tree (Anthocleista grandiflora) palmbob Image Forest Fever Tree, Cabbage Tree (Anthocleista grandiflora) palmbob Image Forest Fever Tree, Cabbage Tree (Anthocleista grandiflora) palmbob Image Forest Fever Tree, Cabbage Tree (Anthocleista grandiflora) palmbob Image (Argyranthemum haouarytheum) palmbob Image (Argyranthemum haouarytheum) palmbob Image (Argyranthemum haouarytheum) palmbob Image Eve's Needle Cactus, Eve's Pin Cactus (Austrocylindropuntia subulata) palmbob Image (Bobartia orientalis) palmbob Image (Bobartia orientalis) palmbob Image Scarlet Bouvardia, Firecracker Bush, Trumpetilla, Hummingbird Flower (Bouvardia ternifolia) palmbob Image Bulbine, Geelkatstert (Bulbine asphodeloides) palmbob Image Bulbine, Geelkatstert (Bulbine asphodeloides) palmbob Image Wild Pomegranate, Buffalo Wood, Buffalo Horn (Burchellia bubalina) palmbob Image Wild Pomegranate, Buffalo Wood, Buffalo Horn (Burchellia bubalina) palmbob Image Mexican Bird of Paradise, Mexican Poinciana (Caesalpinia mexicana) palmbob Image Purple Bottle Brush Tree 'Jeffers' (Callistemon ) palmbob Image Purple Bottle Brush Tree 'Jeffers' (Callistemon ) palmbob Image Cape Chestnut (Calodendrum capense) palmbob Image Cape Chestnut (Calodendrum capense) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Arlene Marshall' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'California' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'California' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'California' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Japanese Camellia, Common Camellia 'Eastertide' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Japanese Camellia, Common Camellia 'Eastertide' (Camellia japonica) palmbob Image Yellow Camellia (Camellia nitidissima) palmbob Image Yellow Camellia (Camellia nitidissima) palmbob Image Natal Plum 'Humphreyi Variegata' (Carissa macrocarpa) palmbob Image Japanese Plum Yew, Harrington Plum Yew, Cow-Tail Pine (Cephalotaxus harringtonia) palmbob Image Cleisocactus (Cleistocactus ferrarii) palmbob Image Cleistocactus (Cleistocactus fieldianus) palmbob Image Cleistocactus (Cleistocactus fieldianus) palmbob Image Cleistocactus (Cleistocactus fieldianus) palmbob Image (Clerodendron ugandense) palmbob Image (Clerodendron ugandense) palmbob Image (Clerodendron ugandense) palmbob Image Clethra (Clethra macrophylla) palmbob Image (Coccoloba goldmanii) palmbob Image (Coccoloba goldmanii) palmbob Image (Coccoloba goldmanii) themikesmom Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Her Majesty' (Iris ) RosinaBloom Image Pansy 'Imperial Antique Shades' (Viola x wittrockiana) RosinaBloom Image Pansy 'Imperial Antique Shades' (Viola x wittrockiana) RosinaBloom Image Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) anenemity Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Christabel' (Iris ) longjonsilverz Image Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) longjonsilverz Image Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) longjonsilverz Image Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) lancer23 Image Globe Artichoke 'Green Globe' (Cynara scolymus) lancer23 Image Globe Artichoke 'Green Globe' (Cynara scolymus) lancer23 Image Old Garden Rose 'Prolifera de Redoute' (Rosa ) lancer23 Image Old Garden Rose 'Prolifera de Redoute' (Rosa ) lancer23 Image Hybrid Banksia Rose, Old Garden Rose, Species Cross Rose 'Fortuniana' (Rosa ) lancer23 Image Hybrid Banksia Rose, Old Garden Rose, Species Cross Rose 'Fortuniana' (Rosa ) lancer23 Image Hybrid Banksia Rose, Old Garden Rose, Species Cross Rose 'Fortuniana' (Rosa ) lancer23 Image Hybrid Banksia Rose, Old Garden Rose, Species Cross Rose 'Fortuniana' (Rosa ) lancer23 Image Old Garden Rose 'Duchesse de Montebello' (Rosa ) lancer23 Image Old Garden Rose 'Duchesse de Montebello' (Rosa ) lancer23 Image Antique, Hybrid Perpetual, Old Garden Rose 'Marchesa Boccella' (Rosa ) lancer23 Image Antique, Hybrid Perpetual, Old Garden Rose 'Marchesa Boccella' (Rosa ) gergardener Image Sargent Viburnum 'Susquehanna' (Viburnum sargentii) Minime8484 Image Echinopsis 'June Noon' (Echinopsis ) Minime8484 Image Echinopsis 'June Noon' (Echinopsis ) Minime8484 Image Echinopsis 'Epic' (Echinopsis ) Minime8484 Image Echinopsis 'Epic' (Echinopsis ) Lotsadogs Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Paula Fay' (Paeonia lactiflora) jdaz2014 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Blue Crusader' (Iris ) RosinaBloom Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Grace' (Rosa ) RosinaBloom Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Grace' (Rosa ) RosinaBloom Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Grace' (Rosa ) RosinaBloom Image Giant Leopard Plant 'Gigantea' (Farfugium japonicum) sjlfinne Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Born Beautiful' (Iris )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description saradus Positive Erva Nature House jowi681 Negative Direct Gardening garethnyc Negative K. Van Bourgondien & Sons, Inc. jowi681 Positive Empress Tree Nurseries (aka Fast Growing Trees, Paulownia Supply & fastgrowingtree.com) OhioGrower Negative Willis Orchard Company mirabelle2 Negative Accents for Home and Garden (Pepper's Greenhouse) matscat Positive 2BSeeds, LLC BlackDogKurt Negative Thuja Gardens (formerly PlantsRus) trixie6862 Negative Burgess Seed hdmitchel Negative Jackson & Perkins brandykins09 Positive Bulbs Direct (bulbsdirect.com) brandykins09 Positive Garden Harvest Supply dave12313 Neutral Marshalls Seeds gwguger Negative Pernell Gerver Kwarner Positive Backyard Berry Plants plover12 Neutral Breck's Bulbs lvEames66 Negative Japanese Maples and Evergreens Bartell Positive New Hampshire Hostas Bartell Positive The Hosta Farm ddw_or Negative Burgess Seed KJWThack Positive Laurel's Heirloom Tomato Plants Mevan Positive FlyTrapStore.com asgn77 Negative Totally Tomatoes restom Positive Willis Orchard Company goingtochina Positive Willis Orchard Company restom Positive Klehm's Song Sparrow Perennial Farm restom Positive Edelweiss Perennials lanah_1 Positive Goodwin Creek Gardens restom Positive Quackin' Grass Nursery Gracye Positive Select Seeds Antique Flowers Neysa Positive In The Country Garden & Gifts thezookeeper Positive Glasshouse Works Bec_No_Va Positive Joy Creek Nursery Bec_No_Va Positive Santa Rosa Gardens Bec_No_Va Positive Graceful Gardens 1234dottie Positive Roberta's Unique Gardens (formerly Roberta's Inc.)

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... May 8, 2014