Dave's Garden Newsletter for June 7, 2014

Covering the events of June 7, 2014

... in which ...
827 posts were made.
5 plants were added to PlantFiles.
31 comments were added to PlantFiles.
230 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
73 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

"Spring is the Period Express from God."

( -- Emily Dickinson, American poet)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 827 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 247 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 83 posts PlantFiles Pictures 81 posts Games 54 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 34 posts Texas Gardening 21 posts Pets 17 posts Propagation 15 posts Peonies 15 posts Clematis 14 posts Photos 13 posts Northeast Gardening 13 posts Central Midwest Gardening 13 posts Mid-South Gardening 13 posts Bird Watching 9 posts Bird Identification 9 posts Morning Glories 9 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 9 posts Recipes 7 posts Insect and Spider Identification 7 posts Sewing and Quilting 7 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 6 posts Hostas 6 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 6 posts Beginner Houseplants 6 posts Clean and Clutter-free 6 posts Beginner Landscaping 6 posts Weather 6 posts Seed Germination 6 posts Water Gardens 6 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 5 posts Beginner Vegetables 5 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 5 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 4 posts Tomatoes 4 posts Antiques and Collectibles 4 posts Daylilies 4 posts Garden Design 4 posts Cacti and Succulents 4 posts Bulbs 3 posts Orchid Cactus 3 posts Beginner Flowers 3 posts Vegetable Gardening 3 posts Fruits and Nuts 3 posts Bromeliads 2 posts Florida Gardening 2 posts Roses 2 posts Voting Booth 2 posts Happy Birthday 2 posts Poppies 1 post Caudiciforms 1 post Accessible Gardening 1 post Beginner Fruit 1 post California Gardening 1 post Coneflowers 1 post Lilies 1 post Plant Trading 1 post Orchids 1 post Canadian Gardening 1 post Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post Annuals 1 post Seed Trading 1 post Tiny Gardens 1 post Grass and Bamboo 1 post Tropical Zone Gardening 1 post Gardening by the Moon 1 post Trash to Treasure 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

5 new plants.
31 new descriptions were added.
73 new images were added.
230 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description siege2055 Comment White Ginger, Garland Lily, Butterfly Ginger Hedychium coronarium coriaceous Comment Nishiki Willow, Dappled Willow 'Hakuro Nishiki' Salix integra coriaceous Comment Flamingo Japanese Willow 'Flamingo' Salix integra coriaceous Comment Chinese Pearl-Bloom Tree Poliothyrsis sinensis vossner Comment Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus mulchwoman Comment Asiatic Dayflower, Blue Dayflower Commelina communis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Marietta Wheeling' Hemerocallis lilsmidge71 Comment Beauty Bush Kolkwitzia amabilis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Sweet Ole Man' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'City Of New Orleans' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'South Bound Odyssey' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Priceless' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'One Way Home' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Midnight Sensation' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Stroll Over Heaven' Hemerocallis quartzknee Comment Giant Japanese Butterbur, Sweet Coltsfoot, Fuki Petasites japonicus var. giganteus DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'President Ronald Reagan' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Princess Diana' Hemerocallis DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Kiss My Grits' Hemerocallis ANTDOCTOR Comment Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota chicojay Comment Devil's Claw, Unicorn Plant, Ram's Horn Proboscidea louisianica Gypsylee Comment Scented Geranium 'Atomic Snowflake' Pelargonium coriaceous Comment Bleeding Heart 'Gold Heart' Dicentra spectabilis plantgnome1 Comment Stokes' Aster, Stokes Aster, Cornflower Aster Stokesia laevis Old_McGrama Comment Balloon Flower, Chinese Bellflower, Japanese Bellflower, Toraji Platycodon grandiflorus bobbieberecz Comment Weigela Weigela florida DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Magnificent Obsession' Hemerocallis bobbieberecz Comment Yellow False Acacia, Black Locust, Yellow Locust 'Frisia' Robinia pseudoacacia DaylilySLP Comment Daylily 'Big Navy' Hemerocallis dicentra63 Comment Fringed Tulip 'Max Durand' Tulipa bobbieberecz Comment Variegated Giant Dogwood 'Variegata' Cornus controversa RosinaBloom Image Zinnia (Zinnia x hybrid) vossner Image Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) vossner Image Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Color Carnival' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Color Carnival' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Color Carnival' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Color Carnival' (Iris ) Terri1948 Image Siberian Iris 'Sparkling Rose' (Iris sibirica) Terri1948 Image Siberian Iris 'Sparkling Rose' (Iris sibirica) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Prairie Sunset' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Prairie Sunset' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Prairie Sunset' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Prairie Sunset' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Copper Lustre' (Iris ) Morganics Image Everlasting Sweet Pea, Perennial Sweet Pea, Spring Pea, Spring Vetchling, Spring Vetch, Spring Bitte 'Albo-roseus' (Lathyrus vernus) Mila1 Image Greater Periwinkle, Bigleaf Periwinkle 'Expoflora' (Vinca major) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Cottage Maid' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Cottage Maid' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Cottage Maid' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Merlin' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Fairy' (Iris ) Terri1948 Image Avens, Geum 'Karlskaer' (Geum ) Terri1948 Image Siberian Iris 'Golden Edge' (Iris sibirica) Terri1948 Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Flame' (Paeonia lactiflora) Terri1948 Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Flame' (Paeonia lactiflora) Terri1948 Image Peony 'Bridal Veil' (Paeonia lactiflora) Terri1948 Image Peony 'Bridal Veil' (Paeonia lactiflora) Terri1948 Image Peony 'Bridal Veil' (Paeonia lactiflora) Terri1948 Image Avens, Geum 'Fire Storm' (Geum ) Terri1948 Image Siberian Iris 'Ego' (Iris sibirica) Terri1948 Image Siberian Iris 'Ego' (Iris sibirica) Terri1948 Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Red Charm' (Paeonia ) Terri1948 Image Siberian Iris 'Baby Sister' (Iris sibirica) Terri1948 Image Poppy 'Prinz Eugen' (Papaver orientale) Terri1948 Image Poppy 'Prinz Eugen' (Papaver orientale) Terri1948 Image Spotted Dead Nettle 'Elisabeth de Haas' (Lamium maculatum) Terri1948 Image Spotted Dead Nettle 'Elisabeth de Haas' (Lamium maculatum) Terri1948 Image Spotted Dead Nettle 'Elisabeth de Haas' (Lamium maculatum) Terri1948 Image Peony 'Algae Adamson' (Paeonia lactiflora) sunkissed Image Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Giant Milkweed, Swallow-wort (Calotropis gigantea) sunkissed Image Iochroma 'Royal Queen' (Iochroma cyanea) sunkissed Image Hoya (Hoya wayetii) sunkissed Image Passion Flower, Passionflower, Passion Vine, Passionvine 'Imperatrice Eugenie' (Passiflora x belotii) sunkissed Image Black-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy, Yellow Ox-eye Daisy (Rudbeckia hirta) sunkissed Image Lance-leaf Caladium, Strap-Leaf Caladium 'Lance Whorton' (Caladium ) sunkissed Image Sweet Pepper 'Gypsy' (Capsicum annuum) NoH2O Image Species Orchid, Hardy Calanthe Orchid, Three Keeled Calanthe (Calanthe tricarinata) Terri1948 Image Siberian Iris 'Perry's Blue' (Iris sibirica) Terri1948 Image Siberian Iris 'Flight of Butterflies' (Iris sibirica) Terri1948 Image Siberian Iris 'Flight of Butterflies' (Iris sibirica) Terri1948 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'White City' (Iris ) Terri1948 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Kent Pride' (Iris ) Terri1948 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Dancer's Veil' (Iris ) Terri1948 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Dark Rosaleen' (Iris ) Terri1948 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Dark Rosaleen' (Iris ) mgarr Image Swamp Milkweed 'Ice Ballet' (Asclepias incarnata) mgarr Image Drumsticks, Ornamental Onion, Round Headed Leek (Allium sphaerocephalon) mgarr Image Jack In The Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) mgarr Image Evening Primrose 'Sunset Boulevard' (Oenothera versicolor) mgarr Image False Solomon's Seal, Spikenard, Solomon's Plume, Feathery False Lily of the Valley (Maianthemum racemosum) mgarr Image Grape Hyacinth (Bellevalia paradoxa) mgarr Image Pincushion Flower, Mourning Bride, Mournful Widow, Sweet Scabious 'Ace of Spades' (Scabiosa atropurpurea) Terri1948 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Nibelungen' (Iris ) Terri1948 Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Depth of Field' (Iris ) mgarr Image Swamp Milkweed, Rose Milkweed, Red Milkweed, Swamp Silkweed, White Indian Hemp (Asclepias incarnata) mgarr Image False Sunflower, Ox-eye, Sunflower Heliopsis 'Loraine Sunshine' (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) mgarr Image White Betony 'Wisley white' (Stachys officinalis) JV145 Image Japanese Maple 'Bloodgood' (Acer palmatum) JV145 Image Japanese Maple 'Bloodgood' (Acer palmatum) Rickwebb Image Washington Hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum) Rickwebb Image Washington Hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum) Rickwebb Image Washington Hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum) Rickwebb Image Washington Hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description RamonN Positive Leaves and Petals Garden Center DonnaMack Positive Parkland Perennials brucew44guns Positive Cold Stream Farm carobel Negative Pernell Gerver exfed Positive Brushwood Nursery hobbyjtkt Negative Asparagus Gardener sweetchestnut Negative John Bowers Daylilies lindaisling Positive 5 Acre Farm Daylilies stlialex Positive The Hosta Farm CarolMcKenzie Neutral Hirt's Gardens (formerly Hirt's Greenhouse & Flowers) CarolMcKenzie Positive Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) mrsearlgrey Neutral Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses, Inc. mrsearlgrey Positive Rosy Dawn Gardens mrsearlgrey Positive Selective Gardener sadlerkoske Positive Jung Seed jon4de Positive Joy Creek Nursery gardengirlinmd Positive Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery bkn008 Positive Hummingbird Farm bj4dave Positive Made in the Shade Gardens underandoverit Positive Burgess Seed hypocondro Positive Rarexoticseeds hypocondro Positive Companion Plants hypocondro Positive Horizon Herbs, LLC HortNbio Positive The Hosta Farm HortNbio Negative Hirt's Gardens (formerly Hirt's Greenhouse & Flowers) dicentra63 Positive Swallowtail Garden Seeds Cassandra10 Positive Sterrett Gardens n23foster Positive The Hosta Farm

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... June 7, 2014