Dave's Garden Newsletter for August 21, 2014

Covering the events of August 21, 2014

... in which ...
537 posts were made.
9 plants were added to PlantFiles.
27 comments were added to PlantFiles.
96 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.
12 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

"Roses are red, Violets are blue; But they don't get around Like the dandelions do."

( -- Slim Acres)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 537 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts PlantFiles Pictures 77 posts Plant Identification 64 posts Games 50 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 38 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 35 posts Daylilies 20 posts Pets 16 posts Sewing and Quilting 14 posts Morning Glories 14 posts Clematis 12 posts Insect and Spider Identification 12 posts Photos 12 posts Texas Gardening 11 posts Garden Design 11 posts Voting Booth 10 posts Mid-South Gardening 9 posts BugFiles Pictures 9 posts Florida Gardening 6 posts Beginner Vegetables 6 posts Northeast Gardening 6 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 6 posts Weather 5 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 4 posts Vegetable Gardening 4 posts Water Gardens 4 posts Recipes 4 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 4 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 4 posts Wildlife 4 posts Bird Watching 4 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 4 posts Seed Trading 3 posts Perennials 3 posts Saving Seeds 3 posts Garden Art 3 posts Propagation 3 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 3 posts Trash to Treasure 3 posts Hostas 3 posts Lilies 3 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Beginner Landscaping 3 posts Agastaches and Salvias 3 posts Cacti and Succulents 2 posts Roses 2 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 2 posts Garden Items For Sale 1 post Crafts and Decorating 1 post BirdFiles Pictures 1 post BugFiles How-to's 1 post Fruits and Nuts 1 post Cooking 1 post Daturas 1 post Group Buys 1 post Beauty and Fashion Tips 1 post Clean and Clutter-free 1 post Cottage Gardening 1 post Tomatoes 1 post Central Midwest Gardening 1 post Orchids 1 post Home Decorating 1 post Beginner Houseplants 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

9 new plants.
27 new descriptions were added.
75 new images were added.
96 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Terri1948 Comment Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Cherry Cola' Heuchera plantgnome1 Comment Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket, Gaillardia 'Golden Goblin' Gaillardia x grandiflora plantajijic Comment Silver Dollar Plant Xerosicyos danguyi knurts Comment Lemon Button Fern, Erect Sword Fern, Ladder Fern, Tuber Fern, Tuberous Sword Fern 'Duffii' Nephrolepis cordifolia chaac Comment African Violet 'Sky and Snow' Saintpaulia Chillybean Comment Partridge Pea, Sleeping Plant, Beach Sensitive Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata mlmlakestevens Comment Showy Stonecrop 'Hab Gray' Sedum maximum subsp. ruprechtii lancer23 Comment Dahlia 'Mona Lisa' Dahlia Rickwebb Comment Hybrid Chokeberry, Purple-fruited Chokeberry Aronia x prunifolia vossner Comment Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Mint Mocha' Solenostemon scutellarioides Rickwebb Comment Black Chokeberry 'Autumn Magic' Aronia melanocarpa vossner Comment Ornamental Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine 'Illusion Emerald Lace' Ipomoea batatas vossner Comment 'Golden Heart' Euphorbia milii onebugslife Comment Switch Grass, Wand Panic Grass 'Prairie Sky' Panicum virgatum coriaceous Comment Floribunda Rose 'Golden Border' Rosa CalgaryGardener Comment Tomato 'Black Ethiopian' Lycopersicon lycopersicum CalgaryGardener Comment Tomato 'Sungold' Lycopersicon lycopersicum CalgaryGardener Comment Tomato 'Black Cherry' Lycopersicon lycopersicum CalgaryGardener Comment Tomato 'Black Krim' Lycopersicon lycopersicum CalgaryGardener Comment Tomato 'Cherokee Purple' Lycopersicon lycopersicum CalgaryGardener Comment Tomato 'Green Zebra' Lycopersicon lycopersicum CalgaryGardener Comment Tomato 'Sunsugar' Lycopersicon lycopersicum RosinaBloom Comment Purple Rangiora, Bushmansfriend 'Purpurea' Brachyglottis repanda RosinaBloom Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Happy Hour®' Rosa RosinaBloom Comment Camellia, Hybrid Camellia 'Cinnamon Cindy' Camellia Rickwebb Comment Sandbar Willow Salix interior RosinaBloom Comment King Protea, Giant Protea 'Arctic Ice' Protea cynaroides RosinaBloom Image Hellebore 'Semi Double' (Helleborus x hybrid) RosinaBloom Image Hellebore 'Semi Double' (Helleborus x hybrid) RosinaBloom Image Hellebore, Winter Rose 'Spectrum Selection' (Helleborus orientalis) RosinaBloom Image Hellebore, Lenten Rose 'Anna's Red' (Helleborus ) RosinaBloom Image Hellebore, Lenten Rose 'Anna's Red' (Helleborus ) RosinaBloom Image Hellebore, Lenten Rose 'Anna's Red' (Helleborus ) RosinaBloom Image Christmas Rose, Black Hellebore 'Ruby Glow' (Helleborus ) RosinaBloom Image Red Boronia Hybrid 'Purple Jared' (Boronia heterophylla) Terri1948 Image Wine Grape 'Purpurea' (Vitis vinifera) Terri1948 Image Wine Grape 'Purpurea' (Vitis vinifera) Terri1948 Image Hops 'Aureus' (Humulus lupulus) Terri1948 Image Hops 'Aureus' (Humulus lupulus) Terri1948 Image Clematis, Italian Leather Flower, Italian Clematis, Viticella Clematis 'Etoile Rose' (Clematis viticella) Terri1948 Image Clematis, Italian Leather Flower, Italian Clematis, Viticella Clematis 'Etoile Rose' (Clematis viticella) Terri1948 Image Clematis, Italian Leather Flower, Italian Clematis, Viticella Clematis 'Etoile Rose' (Clematis viticella) Terri1948 Image Bosnian Pine 'Satellit' (Pinus heldreichii) Terri1948 Image Bosnian Pine 'Satellit' (Pinus heldreichii) marsrover Image Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Pink Velour' (Lagerstroemia ) PrairieFolly Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Jude the Obscure Climbing' (Rosa ) PrairieFolly Image English Rose, Austin Rose 'Jude the Obscure Climbing' (Rosa ) marsrover Image Easter Lily (Lilium longiflorum) southpines Image Japanese Morning Glory 'Red Speckled' (Ipomoea nil) rickcea Image Daylily 'Mighty Chestnut' (Hemerocallis ) RosinaBloom Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) manueldalmeida Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Marilyn Monroe' (Rosa ) RosinaBloom Image Brown Boronia (Boronia megastigma) RosinaBloom Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) RosinaBloom Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) RosinaBloom Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) RosinaBloom Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) RosinaBloom Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) RosinaBloom Image Pansy 'Wine Flash' (Viola x wittrockiana) RosinaBloom Image Pansy 'Wine Flash' (Viola x wittrockiana) RosinaBloom Image Pansy 'Delta Lavender Rose' (Viola x wittrockiana) RosinaBloom Image Polyanthus Primrose (Primula x polyantha) RosinaBloom Image Polyanthus Primrose (Primula x polyantha) RosinaBloom Image Polyanthus Primrose (Primula x polyantha) RosinaBloom Image Polyanthus Primrose (Primula x polyantha) RosinaBloom Image Polyanthus Primrose (Primula x polyantha) RosinaBloom Image Polyanthus Primrose (Primula x polyantha) RosinaBloom Image Lime Tree 'Citrus Lime Cocktail' (Citrus ) RosinaBloom Image Lime Tree 'Citrus Lime Cocktail' (Citrus ) RosinaBloom Image Lime Tree 'Citrus Lime Cocktail' (Citrus ) RosinaBloom Image Magnolia 'Red As' (Magnolia ) RosinaBloom Image Magnolia 'Red As' (Magnolia ) RosinaBloom Image Magnolia 'Cleopatra' (Magnolia soulangeana) RosinaBloom Image Magnolia 'Cleopatra' (Magnolia soulangeana) RosinaBloom Image Zieria 'Pink Chrystals' (Zieria ) RosinaBloom Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Happy Hour®' (Rosa ) RosinaBloom Image Orchid (Cymbidium ) RosinaBloom Image Orchid (Cymbidium ) Terri1948 Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Autumn Leaves' (Heuchera ) Terri1948 Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Autumn Leaves' (Heuchera ) Terri1948 Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Cherry Cola' (Heuchera ) Terri1948 Image Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Cherry Cola' (Heuchera ) mlmlakestevens Image Showy Stonecrop 'Hab Gray' (Sedum maximum subsp. ruprechtii) mlmlakestevens Image Korean Fir 'Horstmann's Silberlocke' (Abies koreana) Terri1948 Image Coral Bells 'Paprika' (Heuchera ) Terri1948 Image Coral Bells 'Paprika' (Heuchera ) Terri1948 Image Coral Bells 'Paprika' (Heuchera ) Terri1948 Image Foamy Bells 'Brass Lantern' (X Heucherella ) Rickwebb Image Hybrid Chokeberry, Purple-fruited Chokeberry (Aronia x prunifolia) Rickwebb Image Hybrid Chokeberry, Purple-fruited Chokeberry (Aronia x prunifolia) Rickwebb Image Hybrid Chokeberry, Purple-fruited Chokeberry (Aronia x prunifolia) Rickwebb Image Hybrid Chokeberry, Purple-fruited Chokeberry (Aronia x prunifolia) Rickwebb Image Hybrid Chokeberry, Purple-fruited Chokeberry (Aronia x prunifolia) vossner Image Ornamental Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine 'Sweet Caroline Bewitched Purple' (Ipomoea batatas) vossner Image Ornamental Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine 'Illusion Emerald Lace' (Ipomoea batatas) marsrover Image Showy Stonecrop 'Neon' (Sedum spectabile) marsrover Image Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Pink Velour' (Lagerstroemia ) vossner Image Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Mint Mocha' (Solenostemon scutellarioides) Rickwebb Image Black Chokeberry 'Autumn Magic' (Aronia melanocarpa) Rickwebb Image Black Chokeberry 'Autumn Magic' (Aronia melanocarpa) Rickwebb Image Black Chokeberry 'Autumn Magic' (Aronia melanocarpa) Rickwebb Image Black Chokeberry 'Autumn Magic' (Aronia melanocarpa)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description Peaches187 Positive Rarexoticseeds SunshineSher Positive High Country Gardens Patty57 Positive Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden skykik16 Positive J.L. Hudson, Seedsman ghopper Positive Jung Seed landreyev Positive Cooldaylilies.com (Bennett & Daughters Daylily Nursery) beesberet Positive J.L. Hudson, Seedsman landreyev Negative Iriswarehouse beesberet Positive Easy to Grow Bulbs beesberet Negative Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) beesberet Positive Bay Flora onegoodman1955 Positive Maryott's 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... August 21, 2014