Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 12, 2015

Covering the events of May 12, 2015

... in which ...
506 posts were made.
3 plants were added to PlantFiles.
19 comments were added to PlantFiles.
27 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
21 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
27 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

"There is one thing that you will find practically impossible to carry into your own greenhouse and that is tension. "

( -- Charles Potter, American gardener)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 506 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 167 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 63 posts PlantFiles Pictures 28 posts Games 22 posts Daylilies 18 posts Irises 17 posts Bird Identification 15 posts Vegetable Gardening 13 posts Sewing and Quilting 11 posts Beginner Vegetables 10 posts Water Gardens 8 posts Canadian Gardening 8 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 8 posts Beginner Flowers 8 posts Central Midwest Gardening 7 posts Recipes 7 posts Beginner Fruit 6 posts California Gardening 6 posts Propagation 5 posts Beginner Landscaping 5 posts Voting Booth 5 posts Weather 5 posts Morning Glories 4 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 4 posts Insect and Spider Identification 4 posts Northeast Gardening 4 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 4 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 3 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 3 posts Beginner Houseplants 3 posts Soap and Candle-making 3 posts Fragrant Gardening 3 posts Cannas 2 posts Seed Trading 2 posts Orchid Cactus 2 posts Seed Germination 2 posts Mid-South Gardening 2 posts Texas Gardening 2 posts Sustainable Alternatives 1 post Poppies 1 post Pacific Northwest Gardening 1 post Cooking 1 post Photos 1 post PlantFiles How-to's 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post BirdFiles Pictures 1 post Home Decorating 1 post Wildlife 1 post Shady Gardens 1 post Tomatoes 1 post Cacti and Succulents 1 post BugFiles Pictures 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

3 new plants.
19 new descriptions were added.
21 new images were added.
27 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Cheryl83 Comment Balfour's Touch Me Not, Balfour's Impatien, Poor Man's Orchid Impatiens balfourii coriaceous Comment Ladybells Adenophora triphylla DonShirer Comment Violet Sage, Ornamental Meadow Sage, Balkan Clary, Perennial Woodland Sage 'New Dimension Blue' Salvia nemorosa Sequoiadendron4 Comment Rosebay Rhododendron, Great Laurel Rhododendron maximum Sequoiadendron4 Comment Rhododendron 'Capistrano' Rhododendron Sequoiadendron4 Comment Rhododendron 'Blue Boy' Rhododendron Sequoiadendron4 Comment Rhododendron 'Sappho' Rhododendron Sequoiadendron4 Comment Dwarf Rhododendron, Yak Rhododendron 'Yaku Prince' Rhododendron Sequoiadendron4 Comment Chionoides Rhododendron 'Chionoides' Rhododendron Sequoiadendron4 Comment Doublefile Viburnum, Japanese Snowball Bush 'Summer Snowflake' Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum willoveless Comment Camphor Tree, Camphor Laurel Cinnamomum camphora BrieMiddleton Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Snowfire' Rosa CapeCodCookie Comment American Wisteria 'Amethyst Falls' Wisteria frutescens JustStan Comment Pink Jasmine, White Jasmine Jasminum polyanthum thistlesifter Comment Mexican Pony Tail Palm, Sotolin Beaucarnea gracilis sashaeffer Comment Ptychosperma Ptychosperma burretianum coriaceous Comment Tellmann's Honeysuckle Lonicera x tellmanniana Sequoiadendron4 Comment Oriental Photinia Photinia villosa DaylilySLP Comment Garden Peony, Hybrid species cross 'Scarlett O'Hara' Paeonia Shapeshft Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Open Your Eyes' (Iris ) SallieKr Image Japanese Windflower, Japanese Anemone, Japanese Thimbleflower 'Whirlwind' (Anemone ) Cactus68NM Image Black-Spine Prickly Pear, Purple Prickly Pear, Red-joint Prickly Pear, Texas Santa Rita (Opuntia macrocentra) Cactus68NM Image Black-Spine Prickly Pear, Purple Prickly Pear, Red-joint Prickly Pear, Texas Santa Rita (Opuntia macrocentra) DMersh Image Austrocylindropuntia (Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica) Cactus68NM Image Agosteña, Pitaya, Porcupine Hedgehog, Sanjuanera, Straw-colored Hedgehog, Spiney Strawberry Hedgehog (Echinocereus stramineus) jim43054 Image Daylily 'Randy Stephens' (Hemerocallis ) Sequoiadendron4 Image Dwarf Rhododendron, Yak Rhododendron 'Ken Janeck' (Rhododendron degronianum subsp. yakushimanum) Sequoiadendron4 Image Dwarf Rhododendron, Yak Rhododendron 'Ken Janeck' (Rhododendron degronianum subsp. yakushimanum) Sequoiadendron4 Image Rhododendron 'Blue Boy' (Rhododendron ) Sequoiadendron4 Image Oriental Photinia (Photinia villosa) arries Image Creeping Thyme 'Magic Carpet' (Thymus serpyllum) Ithiel Image Black-Eyed Susan, Orange Coneflower 'Goldsturm' (Rudbeckia fulgida) Ithiel Image Daylily 'Pandora's Box' (Hemerocallis ) Ithiel Image Foxglove Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Talus Slope Penstemon, Smooth Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis) Ithiel Image Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Blaumeise' (Hydrangea macrophylla) Ithiel Image Eastern Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Ithiel Image Wild Petunia (Ruellia humilis) CAndersen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Aurifero' (Iris ) CAndersen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Aurifero' (Iris ) CAndersen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Aurifero' (Iris )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description ruinedfingernai Negative Roots and Rhizomes southerncottage Positive Colonial Creek Farm SetterX2 Positive Mail-Order Natives (Mail Order Natives) southerncottage Positive Heirloom Roses southerncottage Positive Mills Magic Rose Mix (Beaty Fertilizer Company) southerncottage Positive Mountain Valley Growers merrydancer Positive Burpee (W. Atlee Burpee) jhill024 Negative Grass4sale.com ddonahue Positive Iriswarehouse GreenBugger Negative Ison's Nursery & Vineyard Bmarkel Positive Century Farm Orchards Jan_in_NJ Positive American Meadows Starrdust Neutral Flora Exotica DSharrow Positive Honeyberry USA TonyAdams Positive Willis Orchard Company lk14 Positive Annie's Magic Garden AimeeLane Negative Bob Smoley's Gardenworld thahalibut Negative Blue J Iris gardeninggreens Negative Orchids of Los Osos clantonnaomi Positive Romence Gardens & Greenhouses Bmarkel Negative Edible Landscaping UNH12345 Positive Merrymeeting Daylilies Ronni92 Positive Onalee's Seeds, LLC b9cyst Negative Burnt Ridge Nursery b9cyst Positive Nourse Farms Inc.

Garden Bookworm Activity:

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

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... May 12, 2015