Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 1, 2015

Covering the events of May 1, 2015

... in which ...
525 posts were made.
19 plants were added to PlantFiles.
45 comments were added to PlantFiles.
128 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
39 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
20 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

"The Amen! of Nature is always a flower"

( -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, American author, poet (born 8/29/1809))

Forum Activity

A grand total of 525 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 135 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 74 posts PlantFiles Pictures 40 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 29 posts Games 24 posts Sewing and Quilting 13 posts Recipes 10 posts Weather 10 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 9 posts Mid-South Gardening 9 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 9 posts Irises 9 posts Garden Design 9 posts Daylilies 8 posts Soil and Composting 7 posts Morning Glories 7 posts Insect and Spider Identification 6 posts Seed Germination 6 posts Bird Watching 6 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 6 posts Georgia Gardening 5 posts Cacti and Succulents 5 posts Needle Arts 5 posts Central Midwest Gardening 5 posts Beginner Flowers 5 posts Orchid Cactus 4 posts Beginner Fruit 4 posts Voting Booth 4 posts Perennials 3 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 3 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 3 posts Cooking 3 posts Hydrangeas 3 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Beginner Vegetables 3 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 3 posts Beginner Houseplants 3 posts Plant Trading 3 posts BirdFiles Pictures 2 posts Seed Trading 2 posts Peonies 2 posts Photos 2 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 2 posts Garden Items For Sale 2 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 2 posts Beginner Landscaping 2 posts California Gardening 2 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 2 posts Propagation 1 post Water Gardens 1 post Northeast Gardening 1 post Carolina Gardening 1 post Florida Gardening 1 post Bird Identification 1 post BugFiles Pictures 1 post Dahlias 1 post Roses 1 post Hostas 1 post Cameras and Photography 1 post Vines and Climbers 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

19 new plants.
45 new descriptions were added.
39 new images were added.
128 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description coriaceous Comment Trumpet Daffodil, Trumpet Narcissus 'Bravoure' Narcissus coriaceous Comment Creeping Speedwell 'Crater Lake Blue' Veronica teucrium carrie_seattle Comment Japanese Barberry 'Gold Pillar' Berberis thunbergii DeborahLA Comment Chameleon Plant 'Chameleon' Houttuynia cordata Chillybean Comment Deflexed Bottle Brush Sedge Carex retrorsa peachmcd Comment Dwarf Wax Myrtle, Southern Bayberry Morella cerifera botfeeder Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Mister Lincoln' Rosa Lily_love Comment Potato Vine Solanum laxum DaylilySLP Comment Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Camelot' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Long Cupped Daffodil, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Cameo Queen' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Short-cupped Narcissus, Small-cupped Daffodil 'Carbineer' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Cyclamineus Narcissus, Cyclamen Daffodil 'Carib' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Cyclamineus Narcissus, Cyclamen Daffodil 'Reggae' Narcissus cyclamineus DaylilySLP Comment Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Carlton' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Daffodil large cupped 'Caruso' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Poet's Narcissus, Poeticus Daffodil 'Cassandra' Narcissus poeticus DaylilySLP Comment Split-cupped Narcissus, Split-corona Daffodil, Butterfly Narcissus 'Cassata' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Ceylon' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Split-cupped Narcissus, Split-corona Daffodil, Butterfly Narcissus 'Chanterelle' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Double Narcissus, Double Daffodil 'Cheerfulness' Narcissus coriaceous Comment Rusty Foxglove 'Gigantea' Digitalis ferruginea DaylilySLP Comment Short-cupped Narcissus, Small-cupped Daffodil 'Cherry Spot' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Tazetta Narcissus, Paperwhite Daffodil, Paperwhites 'Chinita' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Miniature Narcissus, Miniature Jonquilla Daffodil 'Chit Chat' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Chromacolor' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Jonquilla Narcissus, Apodanthus Daffodil 'Circuit' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Split-cupped Narcissus, Split-corona Daffodil, Butterfly Narcissus 'Colblanc' Narcissus Kell Comment Chaparral Beardtongue, Yellow Penstemon, Yellow Bush Snapdragon Keckiella antirrhinoides DaylilySLP Comment Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Cool Flame' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Bulbocodium Hybrid Narcissus, Hoop-Petticoat Daffodil 'Conspicuus' Narcissus bulbocodium DaylilySLP Comment Short-cupped Narcissus, Small-cupped Daffodil 'Copper Queen' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Long-Cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Copperfield' Narcissus jbgregg Comment Flowering Quince 'Cameo' Chaenomeles DaylilySLP Comment Miniature, Miscellaneous Daffodil 'Cornish Chuckles' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Cornish Vanguard' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Daffodil, Narcissus 'Crackington' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Tazetta Narcissus, Paperwhite Daffodil, Paperwhites 'Cragford' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Long-Cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Croesus' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Double Narcissus, Double Daffodil 'Crowndale' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Long-cupped Narcissus, Large-cupped Daffodil 'Crystal Blanc' Narcissus DaylilySLP Comment Jonquilla Narcissus, Apodanthus Daffodil 'Curlew' Narcissus daynewrose Comment Floribunda Rose 'Charisma' Rosa daynewrose Comment Gardenia, Cape Jasmine, Gandharaj Gardenia jasminoides opal92nwf Comment Chinese Fan Palm, Fountain Palm Livistona chinensis opal92nwf Comment Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva Syagrus romanzoffiana Saulamus Image Hybrid Columbine 'Songbird Nightingale' (Aquilegia ) howconnie Image Winter Squash, Acorn Squash 'Sweet Reba' (Cucurbita pepo) RrrrrGrrrr Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Bowl of Beauty' (Paeonia lactiflora) Kell Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Kell Image Chaparral Beardtongue, Yellow Penstemon, Yellow Bush Snapdragon (Keckiella antirrhinoides) Kell Image Chaparral Beardtongue, Yellow Penstemon, Yellow Bush Snapdragon (Keckiella antirrhinoides) Kell Image Chaparral Beardtongue, Yellow Penstemon, Yellow Bush Snapdragon (Keckiella antirrhinoides) Joan Image Petunia, Trailing Petunia 'Sweetunia Mystery' (Petunia ) Joan Image Lantana 'Santana Red Orange' (Lantana camara) Joan Image Fan Flower, Fanflower 'Fancy' (Scaevola aemula) Joan Image Trailing Verbena 'Lanai Blue Denim' (Verbena ) Joan Image Verbena 'Magelana Plum Frost' (Verbena ) Joan Image Verbena 'Lanai Peach' (Verbena hybrida) Joan Image Verbena 'Lanai Dark Red' (Verbena hybrida) Joan Image Verbena 'Twister Pink' (Verbena hybrida) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mme. Cheri' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mme. Cheri' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mme. Cheri' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mme. Cheri' (Iris ) howconnie Image Butternut Squash, Winter Squash 'Greek Sweet Red' (Cucurbita moschata) howconnie Image Zucchini, Courgette, Summer Squash 'Cocozelle' (Cucurbita pepo) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'China Maid' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'China Maid' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'China Maid' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'China Maid' (Iris ) RosinaBloom Image Dianthus, Sweet William 'Black Cherry' (Dianthus barbatus) RosinaBloom Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Margaret Davis' (Camellia japonica) RosinaBloom Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Margaret Davis' (Camellia japonica) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Dark Chocolate' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Dark Chocolate' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Dark Chocolate' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Dark Chocolate' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Potawatomi' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Potawatomi' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Potawatomi' (Iris ) themikesmom Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Potawatomi' (Iris ) jbgregg Image Flowering Quince 'Cameo' (Chaenomeles ) RosinaBloom Image Christmas Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Zygocactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) RosinaBloom Image Paspalum, Dallis Grass (Paspalum dilatatum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description sss56 Positive Violet Barn (Rob's Min-O-Lets) sss56 Positive Gary's Out of Africa (Gary S. Mikita) FarminMan Negative Direct Gardening lcadem Negative Greer Gardens bobec Positive Pine Knot Farms RBIA Positive Greenwood Nursery sunshimmer Positive Romence Gardens & Greenhouses Qdangson Positive Almost Eden Plants flowermaiden2 Positive Springhill EeeZee Negative Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) gregardener Positive Keeping It Green Nursery jon4de Positive Sooner Plant Farm (Shop Smarter Shop Sooner) kleczynski Positive Glasshouse Works jasarthur Negative Garden Delights Online Plant Nursery Arizona12 Negative Jackson & Perkins mdmarz Positive Gardensoyvey.com orb217 Positive Brian's Botanicals mylittletrees Negative Forestfarm mylittletrees Negative Burnt Ridge Nursery

Garden Bookworm Activity:

No new books were added to the database.
No new ratings/comments were added to the database.

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... May 1, 2015