Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 11, 2014

Covering the events of May 11, 2014

... in which ...
905 posts were made.
9 plants were added to PlantFiles.
14 comments were added to PlantFiles.
219 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
213 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
14 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

"With regard to strawberries: 'Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.' (quoted by Izaak Walton in The Compleat Angler, 1661) "

( -- Dr. William Butler, 17th century English physician, author)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 905 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts PlantFiles Pictures 231 posts Plant Identification 130 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 106 posts Games 59 posts Texas Gardening 53 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 51 posts Pets 21 posts Sewing and Quilting 21 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 21 posts Seed Germination 16 posts Vegetable Gardening 14 posts Mid-South Gardening 12 posts Daylilies 11 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 10 posts Water Gardens 10 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 8 posts Weather 8 posts Insect and Spider Identification 7 posts Happy Birthday 7 posts Recipes 6 posts Coleus 5 posts Clematis 5 posts Bird Identification 5 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 4 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 4 posts Photos 4 posts Hydrangeas 3 posts Orchid Cactus 3 posts Florida Gardening 3 posts Roses 3 posts Morning Glories 3 posts Cacti and Succulents 3 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 3 posts Trash to Treasure 3 posts Poultry and Livestock 3 posts Soil and Composting 2 posts Northeast Gardening 2 posts Bird Watching 2 posts Beginner Houseplants 2 posts Seed Trading 2 posts Hypertufa and Concrete 2 posts Accessible Gardening 2 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 2 posts Winter Sowing 2 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 2 posts Southwest Gardening 2 posts Perennials 2 posts Welcome Mat 2 posts Ornamental Gourds 2 posts Peppers 1 post BugFiles How-to's 1 post Caudiciforms 1 post Beginner Flowers 1 post Central Midwest Gardening 1 post Native Plants and Wild Plants 1 post Plant Trading 1 post Grass and Bamboo 1 post Beekeeping 1 post Cooking 1 post Tropical Plants 1 post Kitchens 1 post Australian and New Zealand Gardening 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post BugFiles Pictures 1 post Canadian Gardening 1 post Beginner Landscaping 1 post Irises 1 post Daturas 1 post Homesteading 1 post California Gardening 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

9 new plants.
14 new descriptions were added.
213 new images were added.
219 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description jv123 Comment African Milk Bush Euphorbia umbellatum BUFFY690 Comment Golden Dew Drop, Sky Flower, Pigeon Berry 'Golden Edge' Duranta erecta DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Orange Pushup' Hemerocallis gmary Comment Staghorn Sumac, Velvet Sumac 'Tiger Eyes' Rhus typhina brandon05w Comment Tomato 'Aunt Gertie's Gold' Lycopersicon lycopersicum villandra Comment Sycamore, Buttonwood, American Sycamore, American Planetree Platanus occidentalis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Scary Terri' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Sunshine Junkie' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Olivia Cote' Hemerocallis teamdresco Comment Variegated Lemon Tree 'Pink Lemonade' Citrus limon lynnOnOlena Comment Bell Pepper 'Quadrato D'Asti Giallo' Capsicum annuum RosinaBloom Comment Billbergia manarae Steyerm Billbergia manarae bobbieberecz Comment Dwarf Rhododendron, Yak Rhododendron 'Ken Janeck' Rhododendron degronianum subsp. yakushimanum DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Hemerocallis puttytat Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Darling Buds of May' (Iris ) palmbob Image (Hakea clavata) palmbob Image (Hakea clavata) palmbob Image (Hakea clavata) palmbob Image (Hakea clavata) palmbob Image Bullock's Heart Ivy, Persian Ivy 'Dendroides' (Hedera colchica) palmbob Image Daylily 'Dusky Rouge' (Hemerocallis ) palmbob Image Daylily 'Dusky Rouge' (Hemerocallis ) palmbob Image Daylily 'Elves' (Hemerocallis ) palmbob Image Daylily 'Elves' (Hemerocallis ) palmbob Image Daylily 'Elves' (Hemerocallis ) palmbob Image (Hibiscus scottii) palmbob Image (Hibiscus scottii) palmbob Image (Hibiscus scottii) palmbob Image Ice Plant (Lampranthus piquetbergensis) palmbob Image Ice Plant (Lampranthus piquetbergensis) palmbob Image Texas Ranger, Bubble Gum Sage, Fragrant Rain Sage (Leucophyllum pruinosum) palmbob Image Texas Ranger, Bubble Gum Sage, Fragrant Rain Sage (Leucophyllum pruinosum) palmbob Image Rohutu, New Zealand Myrtle (Lophomyrtus obcordata) palmbob Image Rohutu, New Zealand Myrtle (Lophomyrtus obcordata) palmbob Image Rohutu, New Zealand Myrtle (Lophomyrtus obcordata) palmbob Image Cycad (Macrozamia miquelii) palmbob Image Magnolia (Magnolia grandis) palmbob Image Magnolia (Magnolia grandis) Farmerdill Image Edamame, Edible Soy Bean 'Tohya' (Glycine max) Flowerpower2014 Image Grandiflora Rose 'Lasting Peace' (Rosa ) RosinaBloom Image Hibiscus 'Fiji Sunshine' (Hibiscus ) RosinaBloom Image Hibiscus 'Fiji Sunshine' (Hibiscus ) RosinaBloom Image Hibiscus 'Fiji Sunshine' (Hibiscus ) RosinaBloom Image Hibiscus 'Fiji Sunshine' (Hibiscus ) RosinaBloom Image Hibiscus 'Fiji Sunshine' (Hibiscus ) RosinaBloom Image Hibiscus 'Fiji Sunshine' (Hibiscus ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Coralie' (Iris ) Dinu Image Jacquemontia (Jacquemontia pentanthos) Dinu Image Jacquemontia (Jacquemontia pentanthos) kniphofia Image Hosta 'June Fever' (Hosta ) StellaElla Image Large Flowered Climbing Rose 'America' (Rosa ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Coralie' (Iris ) Flowerpower2014 Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Rio Samba' (Rosa ) Flowerpower2014 Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Rio Samba' (Rosa ) Flowerpower2014 Image Floribunda Rose, Grandiflora Rose 'Queen Elizabeth' (Rosa ) manueldalmeida Image Climbing Polyantha Rose, Old Garden Rose, Redoute Rose 'Seven Sisters' (Rosa multiflora) GardenSanctuary Image Arilbred Iris 'Genetic Artist' (Iris ) dlwise Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Cimarron Rose' (Iris ) dlwise Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Making Eyes' (Iris ) RosinaBloom Image Bromeliad 'Splenriet' (Vriesea ) RosinaBloom Image Bromeliad 'Splenriet' (Vriesea ) RosinaBloom Image Grandiflora Rose 'Honey Dijon' (Rosa ) RosinaBloom Image Grandiflora Rose 'Honey Dijon' (Rosa ) BUFFY690 Image Golden Dew Drop, Sky Flower, Pigeon Berry 'Golden Edge' (Duranta erecta) GardenSanctuary Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Flying Solo' (Iris ) GardenSanctuary Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Flying Solo' (Iris ) GardenSanctuary Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Flying Solo' (Iris ) edomat77 Image Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe scapigera) edomat77 Image Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe scapigera) Xenomorf Image Flat-top Buckwheat, Eastern Mojave Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium) Xenomorf Image Flat-top Buckwheat, Eastern Mojave Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium) Xenomorf Image Thornber Cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. thornberi) Xenomorf Image Thornber Cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. thornberi) Xenomorf Image Thornber Cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. thornberi) Xenomorf Image Thornber Cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. thornberi) Xenomorf Image Mojave Prickly Pear, Tulip Prickly Pear, New Mexico Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha) Xenomorf Image Mojave Prickly Pear, Tulip Prickly Pear, New Mexico Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha) Xenomorf Image Mojave Prickly Pear, Tulip Prickly Pear, New Mexico Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha) Xenomorf Image Mojave Prickly Pear, Tulip Prickly Pear, New Mexico Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha) Xenomorf Image Mojave Prickly Pear, Tulip Prickly Pear, New Mexico Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha) Xenomorf Image Englemann's Prickly Pear Cactus, Texas Prickly Pear Cactus, Cactus Apple (Opuntia engelmannii) Xenomorf Image New Mexico Thistle (Cirsium neomexicanum) Xenomorf Image New Mexico Thistle (Cirsium neomexicanum) Xenomorf Image New Mexico Thistle (Cirsium neomexicanum) Xenomorf Image New Mexico Thistle (Cirsium neomexicanum) Xenomorf Image Broad-leaf Yucca, Banana Yucca, Banana Yucca, Fleshy-Fruited Yucca, Datil Yucca (Yucca baccata) Xenomorf Image Strawberry Hedgehog, Calico Cactus, Dagger-Spine Hedgehog, Engelmann's Hedgehog, Howe Hedgehog (Echinocereus engelmannii) Xenomorf Image Strawberry Hedgehog, Calico Cactus, Dagger-Spine Hedgehog, Engelmann's Hedgehog, Howe Hedgehog (Echinocereus engelmannii) Xenomorf Image Strawberry Hedgehog, Calico Cactus, Dagger-Spine Hedgehog, Engelmann's Hedgehog, Howe Hedgehog (Echinocereus engelmannii) Xenomorf Image Strawberry Hedgehog, Calico Cactus, Dagger-Spine Hedgehog, Engelmann's Hedgehog, Howe Hedgehog (Echinocereus engelmannii) Xenomorf Image Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus trilobata var. anisophylla) Xenomorf Image Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus trilobata var. anisophylla) Xenomorf Image Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus trilobata var. anisophylla) Xenomorf Image Turbinella Oak, Desert Scrub Oak, Shrub Live Oak (Quercus turbinella) Xenomorf Image Turbinella Oak, Desert Scrub Oak, Shrub Live Oak (Quercus turbinella) Xenomorf Image Desert Mallow, Orange Mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua) Xenomorf Image Desert Mallow, Orange Mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua) palmbob Image (Manglietia aromatica) palmbob Image (Manglietia aromatica) Xenomorf Image White Ratany (Krameria grayi) palmbob Image (Manglietia aromatica) palmbob Image (Manglietia aromatica) Xenomorf Image Spreading fleabane (Erigeron divergens) Xenomorf Image Velvet mesquite, Native mesquite, Arizona mesquite (Prosopis velutina) Xenomorf Image Velvet mesquite, Native mesquite, Arizona mesquite (Prosopis velutina) Xenomorf Image Velvet mesquite, Native mesquite, Arizona mesquite (Prosopis velutina) Xenomorf Image Velvet mesquite, Native mesquite, Arizona mesquite (Prosopis velutina) palmbob Image Goldfields Bottlebrush (Melaleuca coccinea) palmbob Image Goldfields Bottlebrush (Melaleuca coccinea) palmbob Image Crimson Honey Myrtle, Granite Honey Myrtle (Melaleuca elliptica) palmbob Image Crimson Honey Myrtle, Granite Honey Myrtle (Melaleuca elliptica) palmbob Image Finger Lime, Australian Finger Lime (Citrus australasica) palmbob Image Finger Lime, Australian Finger Lime (Citrus australasica) palmbob Image Firetree, Candleberry Myrtle (Morella faya) palmbob Image Firetree, Candleberry Myrtle (Morella faya) palmbob Image Firetree, Candleberry Myrtle (Morella faya) palmbob Image Firetree, Candleberry Myrtle (Morella faya) palmbob Image Prickly Pear Cactus, Palma-Brava, Opuntia (Opuntia monacantha) palmbob Image Parodia (Parodia mammulosa subsp. brasiliensis) palmbob Image Parodia (Parodia mammulosa subsp. brasiliensis) palmbob Image Parodia (Parodia mammulosa subsp. brasiliensis) palmbob Image Stoep Jacaranda, Spurflower (Plectranthus saccatus) palmbob Image Stoep Jacaranda, Spurflower (Plectranthus saccatus) palmbob Image Stoep Jacaranda, Spurflower (Plectranthus saccatus) palmbob Image Real Yellowwood (Podocarpus latifolius) palmbob Image Real Yellowwood (Podocarpus latifolius) palmbob Image Real Yellowwood (Podocarpus latifolius) palmbob Image Podocarpus (Podocarpus matudae) palmbob Image Podocarpus (Podocarpus matudae) Xenomorf Image Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus) Xenomorf Image Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus) palmbob Image Podocarpus (Podocarpus matudae) palmbob Image Podocarpus (Podocarpus matudae) Xenomorf Image Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus) palmbob Image Podocarpus (Podocarpus matudae) Xenomorf Image Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus) Xenomorf Image Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus) palmbob Image Podocarpus (Podocarpus matudae) palmbob Image Podocarpus (Podocarpus matudae) palmbob Image Podocarpus (Podocarpus matudae) palmbob Image Blue Bush (Pteronia incana) palmbob Image Blue Bush (Pteronia incana) palmbob Image Blue Bush (Pteronia incana) palmbob Image Blue Bush (Pteronia incana) palmbob Image Beach Glue-bush (Pteronia uncinata) palmbob Image Puya (Puya humilis) palmbob Image Puya (Puya humilis) palmbob Image Puya (Puya humilis) palmbob Image Puya (Puya humilis) palmbob Image Large Flowered Climbing Rose 'All Ablaze' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Large Flowered Climbing Rose 'All Ablaze' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Large Flowered Climbing Rose 'All Ablaze' (Rosa ) Xenomorf Image Desert Beardtongue (Penstemon pseudospectabilis) Xenomorf Image Desert Beardtongue (Penstemon pseudospectabilis) Xenomorf Image Desert Beardtongue (Penstemon pseudospectabilis) Xenomorf Image Desert Beardtongue (Penstemon pseudospectabilis) Xenomorf Image Desert Beardtongue (Penstemon pseudospectabilis) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Anthony Meilland' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Bourbon Rose 'Apolline' (Rosa ) Xenomorf Image Mono Ragwort (Senecio flaccidus var. monoensis) Xenomorf Image Mono Ragwort (Senecio flaccidus var. monoensis) Xenomorf Image Mono Ragwort (Senecio flaccidus var. monoensis) Xenomorf Image Mono Ragwort (Senecio flaccidus var. monoensis) palmbob Image Dwarf Polyantha Rose 'Baby Faurax' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Dwarf Polyantha Rose 'Baby Faurax' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Baron Girod de l Ain' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Beautiful Britain' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Beautiful Britain' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Rose, Found Rose 'Bermuda's Kathleen' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Rose, Found Rose 'Bermuda's Kathleen' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Careless Love' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Champney's Pink Cluster Rose 'Champney's Pink Cluster' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Champney's Pink Cluster Rose 'Champney's Pink Cluster' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Blushing Knockout' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Blushing Knockout' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Miniature Rose 'Cinnamon Girl' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Climbing Tea Rose 'Lady Hillingdon, Climber' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Large Flowered Climbing Rose 'Compassion' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Large Flowered Climbing Rose 'Compassion' (Rosa ) palmbob Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Darcey Bussell' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Kordesii Rose, Shrub Rose 'Dortmund' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Kordesii Rose, Shrub Rose 'Dortmund' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Kordesii Rose, Shrub Rose 'Dortmund' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Antique, Hybrid Perpetual, Old Garden Rose 'Enfant de France' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Antique, Hybrid Perpetual, Old Garden Rose 'Enfant de France' (Rosa ) palmbob Image 'English Violet' (Rosa ) palmbob Image 'English Violet' (Rosa ) palmbob Image 'English Violet' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Rose, Hybrid Tea 'Esther Geldenhuys' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Rose, Hybrid Tea 'Esther Geldenhuys' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Flower Girl' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Flutterbye' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Francois Rabelais' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Frau Dagmar Hastrup' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Frau Dagmar Hastrup' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Noisette Rose 'Georgetown Noisette' (Rosa ) Xenomorf Image Southwestern mock vervain (Glandularia gooddingii) Xenomorf Image Southwestern mock vervain (Glandularia gooddingii) Xenomorf Image Southwestern mock vervain (Glandularia gooddingii) Xenomorf Image Southwestern mock vervain (Glandularia gooddingii) palmbob Image Noisette Rose 'Georgetown Noisette' (Rosa ) Xenomorf Image Roving Sailor, Twining Snapdragon, Snapdragon Vine (Maurandella antirrhiniflora) Xenomorf Image Roving Sailor, Twining Snapdragon, Snapdragon Vine (Maurandella antirrhiniflora) Xenomorf Image Roving Sailor, Twining Snapdragon, Snapdragon Vine (Maurandella antirrhiniflora) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Xenomorf Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) lynnOnOlena Image Bell Pepper 'Quadrato D'Asti Giallo' (Capsicum annuum) Baja_Costero Image Center Stripe Agave, Thorn-crested Agave (Agave univittata) RosinaBloom Image Billbergia manarae Steyerm (Billbergia manarae) RosinaBloom Image Billbergia manarae Steyerm (Billbergia manarae) RosinaBloom Image Billbergia manarae Steyerm (Billbergia manarae) RosinaBloom Image Billbergia manarae Steyerm (Billbergia manarae) palmbob Image Miniature Floribunda Rose 'Gizmo' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Golden Holstein' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Floribunda Rose 'Greensleeves' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Hamburg' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Hamburg' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Hamburg' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Hamburg' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Rose 'Happenstance' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Rose 'Happenstance' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Rose 'Happenstance' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Rose 'Happenstance' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Heart 'n' Soul' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Heart 'n' Soul' (Rosa ) palmbob Image Shrub Rose 'Heart 'n' Soul' (Rosa ) billyvanbakker Image Orchid, Lady Slipper, Cypripedium Aki (Cypripedium )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description Mima56 Positive Santa Rosa Gardens Tamachi Positive The Wild Papaya Nursery and Garden Center yellow_thumb Positive One Green World (Northwoods Nursery) Mima56 Positive Onalee's Seeds, LLC annamy Positive NewGardenPlants.com (New Garden Plants) Lozo Positive Victory Seed Company Lozo Positive Hartmann's Plant Company Lozo Positive DeGrandchamp's Blueberry Farm Kalmiaboy Positive Jung Seed HersheyFarmer Positive Grover's Blueberries and Seed company RosemaryK Positive Coenosium Gardens EM007 Neutral Coenosium Gardens

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 11, 2014