Dave's Garden Newsletter for July 2, 2014

Covering the events of July 2, 2014

... in which ...
741 posts were made.
11 plants were added to PlantFiles.
12 comments were added to PlantFiles.
101 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
75 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

"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. "

( -- Erma Bombeck, American humorist (born 2/21/1927))

Forum Activity

A grand total of 741 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 119 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 82 posts PlantFiles Pictures 78 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 69 posts Games 34 posts Pets 29 posts Bird Watching 22 posts Vegetable Gardening 21 posts Mid-South Gardening 18 posts Water Gardens 18 posts Seed Trading 16 posts Texas Gardening 16 posts Tomatoes 14 posts Hostas 14 posts Insect and Spider Identification 13 posts Central Midwest Gardening 12 posts Morning Glories 12 posts Cacti and Succulents 10 posts Recipes 9 posts Beginner Landscaping 9 posts Northeast Gardening 8 posts Daylilies 8 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 7 posts Voting Booth 6 posts Sewing and Quilting 6 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 5 posts Weather 5 posts BugFiles Pictures 5 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 4 posts Accessible Gardening 4 posts Computer Talk 4 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 4 posts Shady Gardens 4 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 4 posts Irises 4 posts Peonies 3 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 3 posts Saving Seeds 3 posts Organic Gardening 3 posts Cottage Gardening 3 posts Brugmansias 3 posts Beginner Vegetables 3 posts Orchids 2 posts BugFiles How-to's 2 posts Happy Birthday 2 posts Container Gardening 2 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 2 posts Beginner Houseplants 1 post Florida Gardening 1 post Photos 1 post African Violets and Gesneriads 1 post Canning, Freezing and Drying 1 post Gardening by the Moon 1 post Home Decorating 1 post Bromeliads 1 post Hypertufa and Concrete 1 post Group Buys 1 post Beginner Gardening Questions 1 post Bird Identification 1 post Woodworking 1 post Coleus 1 post Southwest Gardening 1 post Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 1 post BirdFiles Pictures 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

11 new plants.
12 new descriptions were added.
75 new images were added.
101 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Franne Comment Autumn Snakeroot, Black Cohosh, Bugbane, Branched Bugbane, Black Snakeroot, 'Brunette' Actaea simplex KariGrows Comment Grecian Foxglove Digitalis laevigata thequietearth Comment Black Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra MissSio Comment Tree of Heaven, Chinese Sumac, Stink Tree Ailanthus altissima sladeofsky Comment Woolly Yarrow, Dwarf Yarrow Achillea tomentosa sladeofsky Comment Columnar Sweetgum, Red Gum, Liquid Amber 'Slender Silhouette' Liquidambar styraciflua sladeofsky Comment American Burnweed Erechtites hieraciifolia sladeofsky Comment Big Leaf Basil 'Rapper' Ocimum basilicum Chillybean Comment Yellow Wood Sorrel Oxalis dillenii sladeofsky Comment English Lavender 'Thumbelina Leigh' Lavandula angustifolia NancyMcD Comment Siberian Iris 'Sugi Iri' Iris sibirica coriaceous Comment Cranesbill 'Sandrine' Geranium palmbob Image African Doum Palm, Gingerbread Palm, Egyptian Doum Palm (Hyphaene thebaica) palmbob Image African Doum Palm, Gingerbread Palm, Egyptian Doum Palm (Hyphaene thebaica) palmbob Image African Doum Palm, Gingerbread Palm, Egyptian Doum Palm (Hyphaene thebaica) palmbob Image African Doum Palm, Gingerbread Palm, Egyptian Doum Palm (Hyphaene thebaica) palmbob Image African Doum Palm, Gingerbread Palm, Egyptian Doum Palm (Hyphaene thebaica) palmbob Image African Doum Palm, Gingerbread Palm, Egyptian Doum Palm (Hyphaene thebaica) palmbob Image African Doum Palm, Gingerbread Palm, Egyptian Doum Palm (Hyphaene thebaica) palmbob Image Spindle Palm (Hyophorbe verschaffeltii) palmbob Image Hydriastele (Hydriastele rheophytica) palmbob Image Hydriastele (Hydriastele rheophytica) palmbob Image (Hydriastele rostrata) palmbob Image (Hydriastele rostrata) palmbob Image Hydriastele (Hydriastele microspadix) palmbob Image Gulubia (Hydriastele macrospadix) palmbob Image Gulubia (Hydriastele macrospadix) palmbob Image Gulubia (Hydriastele macrospadix) palmbob Image Hydriastele (Hydriastele dransfieldii) palmbob Image Hydriastele (Hydriastele wendlandiana) palmbob Image Hydriastele (Hydriastele wendlandiana) palmbob Image Heterospathe (Heterospathe intermedia) palmbob Image Heterospathe (Heterospathe intermedia) palmbob Image Heterospathe (Heterospathe intermedia) palmbob Image Whitelock's Cycad (Encephalartos whitelockii) palmbob Image Cycad (Encephalartos umbiluziensis) palmbob Image Cycad (Encephalartos umbiluziensis) palmbob Image Cycad (Encephalartos umbiluziensis) palmbob Image Cycad (Encephalartos umbiluziensis) palmbob Image Cycad (Encephalartos umbiluziensis) palmbob Image Cycad (Encephalartos gratus) palmbob Image Zululand Cycad (Encephalartos ferox) palmbob Image Zululand Cycad (Encephalartos ferox) palmbob Image Onilahy Palm (Dypsis onilahensis) palmbob Image Red Neck Palm (Dypsis lastelliana) palmbob Image Andean Royal Palm (Dictyocaryum lamarckianum) palmbob Image Cycad (Cycas wadei) palmbob Image Cycad (Cycas wadei) palmbob Image Cycad (Cycas wadei) Rickwebb Image Climbing Hydrangea, Woodvamp (Decumaria barbara) Rickwebb Image Climbing Hydrangea, Woodvamp (Decumaria barbara) Rickwebb Image Climbing Hydrangea, Woodvamp (Decumaria barbara) Rickwebb Image Maple-Leaf Viburnum, Possumhaw, Dockmackie, Flowering Maple, Arrowwood, Guelder-Rose, Squashberry (Viburnum acerifolium) Rickwebb Image Maple-Leaf Viburnum, Possumhaw, Dockmackie, Flowering Maple, Arrowwood, Guelder-Rose, Squashberry (Viburnum acerifolium) Rickwebb Image Maple-Leaf Viburnum, Possumhaw, Dockmackie, Flowering Maple, Arrowwood, Guelder-Rose, Squashberry (Viburnum acerifolium) Rickwebb Image Leatherwood (Dirca palustris) Rickwebb Image Leatherwood (Dirca palustris) Budsie Image Vick's Plant, Mentholatum Plant (Plectranthus cylindraceus) Budsie Image Vick's Plant, Mentholatum Plant (Plectranthus cylindraceus) quartzknee Image Cape Fuchsia 'African Queen' (Phygelius x rectus) starbellyjerry Image Zizotes Milkweed, Hierba de Zizotes, Longhorn Milkweed, Primrose Milkweed, Side-cluster Milkweed (Asclepias oenotheroides) starbellyjerry Image Zizotes Milkweed, Hierba de Zizotes, Longhorn Milkweed, Primrose Milkweed, Side-cluster Milkweed (Asclepias oenotheroides) RosinaBloom Image Sasanqua Camellia 'Mothers Day' (Camellia ) RosinaBloom Image Sasanqua Camellia 'Mothers Day' (Camellia ) CactusJordi Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis mamillosa var. kermesina) mlmlakestevens Image Hebe 'Blue Mist' (Hebe ) mlmlakestevens Image Hebe 'Blue Mist' (Hebe ) thequietearth Image Black Bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) cactus_lover Image Variegated African Milk Tree 'variegated' (Euphorbia trigona) Terri1948 Image Grass Nut, Ithuriel's Spear, Wally Basket 'Queen Fabiola' (Triteleia laxa) Terri1948 Image Stipa 'Gold Fontaene' (Stipa gigantea) Terri1948 Image Stipa 'Gold Fontaene' (Stipa gigantea) Terri1948 Image Red Hot Pokers (Kniphofia galpinii) Terri1948 Image Garden Pink, Alpine Pink 'Red Dwarf' (Dianthus ) Terri1948 Image Grass Nut, Ithuriel's Spear, Wally Basket 'Queen Fabiola' (Triteleia laxa) sladeofsky Image Eastern Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower 'PowWow Wild Berry' (Echinacea purpurea) sladeofsky Image Eastern Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower 'PowWow Wild Berry' (Echinacea purpurea) sladeofsky Image Eastern Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower 'PowWow Wild Berry' (Echinacea purpurea) leisure500 Image African Violet 'Bloomlover's Fantasy' (Saintpaulia ) sladeofsky Image Incense-Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) sladeofsky Image Rose of Sharon 'Blushing Bride' (Hibiscus syriacus) sladeofsky Image Opium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy, Lettuce Leaf Poppy (Papaver somniferum) sladeofsky Image American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolia) sladeofsky Image Mount Atlas Daisy, Mt. Atlas Daisy, Pellitory, Spanish Chamomile (Anacyclus pyrethrum) sladeofsky Image Manfreda, Rattlesnake Master, False Agave, American Aloe, Hauco, Amole (Manfreda virginica) sladeofsky Image Big Leaf Basil 'Rapper' (Ocimum basilicum) sladeofsky Image Big Leaf Basil 'Rapper' (Ocimum basilicum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description jennigermc Negative Burgess Seed jbcousins Positive A Nearly Native Nursery monkle Positive Clivia USA agfonthort Negative Ison's Nursery & Vineyard Feodosia Negative Summerstone Nursery GreenrPastures Negative Clay Trout Pottery DaleWI Positive Burgess Seed crowrita1 Positive Napa Country Iris Gardens crowrita1 Positive Comanche Acres Iris Garden beb123 Positive Brighter Blooms Nursery Txtea Positive Tropical Plants & More lonfu Negative Silicon Solar Inc. mizou55 Positive HostasDirect 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... July 2, 2014