Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 23, 2015

Covering the events of May 23, 2015

... in which ...
507 posts were made.
19 plants were added to PlantFiles.
7 comments were added to PlantFiles.
425 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
122 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

"No two gardens are the same. No two days are the same in one garden."

( -- Hugh Johnson)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 507 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts PlantFiles Pictures 128 posts Plant Identification 77 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 41 posts Sewing and Quilting 37 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 30 posts Games 25 posts Insect and Spider Identification 12 posts Morning Glories 12 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 12 posts Mid-South Gardening 11 posts Bird Watching 9 posts Vegetable Gardening 8 posts Perennials 8 posts Beginner Fruit 7 posts Central Midwest Gardening 7 posts Daylilies 7 posts Seed Germination 6 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 6 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 4 posts Beginner Flowers 4 posts Happy Birthday 4 posts Seed Trading 4 posts Tomatoes 4 posts Beginner Vegetables 4 posts Wildlife 3 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 3 posts Bird Identification 3 posts Container Gardening 3 posts Texas Gardening 3 posts Beginner Landscaping 2 posts Propagation 2 posts Beekeeping 2 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 2 posts Cacti and Succulents 2 posts Beginner Houseplants 2 posts Weather 2 posts Bulbs 2 posts Poppies 1 post Australian and New Zealand Gardening 1 post Photos 1 post Voting Booth 1 post Irises 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post Market Growers 1 post Cooking 1 post Strawbale Gardening 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

19 new plants.
7 new descriptions were added.
122 new images were added.
425 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description coriaceous Comment Showy Medinilla Medinilla magnifica coriaceous Comment Common Toadflax, Bread and Butter, Brideweed, Bridewort, Butter and Eggs Linaria vulgaris woofess Comment Rungia Rungia klossii mritter Comment Chandler's Craglily, Shooting Star Lily Echeandia chandleri CrowMeris Comment Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead Physostegia virginiana coriaceous Comment Corsican Pansy Viola corsica CrowMeris Comment Pineleaf Penstemon Penstemon pinifolius iowhen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Tristram' (Iris ) iowhen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Latin Hideaway' (Iris ) iowhen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Golly Gee Whiz' (Iris ) iowhen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Red Fringe' (Iris ) iowhen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Kinkajou Shrew' (Iris ) iowhen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Kinkajou Shrew' (Iris ) Muddy1 Image Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica) iowhen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Brimstone' (Iris ) Muddy1 Image Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica) iowhen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mount Timp' (Iris ) cocoajuno Image Border Bearded Iris 'Desert Legacy' (Iris ) cocoajuno Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Eugenia King' (Iris ) cocoajuno Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Connection' (Iris ) cocoajuno Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Connection' (Iris ) stephanietx Image Tomato 'Marmande' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) mritter Image Chandler's Craglily, Shooting Star Lily (Echeandia chandleri) opal92nwf Image Longleaf Pine, Georgia Pine, Southern Yellow Pine (Pinus palustris) opal92nwf Image Longleaf Pine, Georgia Pine, Southern Yellow Pine (Pinus palustris) opal92nwf Image Scrub Pine, Sand Pine (Pinus clausa) opal92nwf Image Scrub Pine, Sand Pine (Pinus clausa) rkwright85 Image Rosy Wave Daphne 'Rosy Wave' (Daphne ) RosinaBloom Image Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper 'Nana' (Juniperus procumbens) RosinaBloom Image Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper 'Nana' (Juniperus procumbens) RosinaBloom Image Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper 'Nana' (Juniperus procumbens) RosinaBloom Image Japanese Persimmon, Oriental Persimmon, Sharon Fruit, Kaki 'Fuyu' (Diospyros kaki) RosinaBloom Image Japanese Persimmon, Oriental Persimmon, Sharon Fruit, Kaki 'Fuyu' (Diospyros kaki) RosinaBloom Image Japanese Persimmon, Oriental Persimmon, Sharon Fruit, Kaki 'Fuyu' (Diospyros kaki) DaveH Image King Begonia, Painted Begonia, Painted Leaf Begonia, Rex Begonia 'Fireflush' (Begonia ) DaveH Image King Begonia, Painted Begonia, Painted Leaf Begonia, Rex Begonia 'Fireflush' (Begonia ) Farmerdill Image Scallop Squash, Patty Pan Squash, Summer Squash 'Daize' (Cucurbita pepo) palmbob Image Forked Drosera, Forked Sundew (Drosera binata) palmbob Image (Dryopteris decipiens) palmbob Image (Dryopteris decipiens) palmbob Image (Dryopteris decipiens) palmbob Image Sunset Fern (Dryopteris lepidopoda) palmbob Image Sunset Fern (Dryopteris lepidopoda) palmbob Image Textured Wood Fern (Dryopteris sublacera) palmbob Image Live-forever (Dudleya anomala) palmbob Image Silver Dollar Plant (Dudleya brittonii) palmbob Image Silver Dollar Plant (Dudleya brittonii) palmbob Image Silver Dollar Plant (Dudleya brittonii) palmbob Image Reinelt Coastal Dudleya 'Frank Reinelt' (Dudleya caespitosa) palmbob Image Chalk Lettuce, Live-Forever (Dudleya pulverulenta) palmbob Image Chalk Lettuce, Live-Forever (Dudleya pulverulenta) palmbob Image Live-forever (Dudleya anthonyi) palmbob Image (Dyckia ferox) palmbob Image Dyckia (Dyckia velascana) palmbob Image Manambe Palm (Dypsis decipiens) palmbob Image Manambe Palm (Dypsis decipiens) palmbob Image Echeveria Chalk Rose (Echeveria runyonii) palmbob Image Mexican Snowball, Mexican Gem, Pearl Echeveria, White Mexican Rose (Echeveria elegans var. simulans) palmbob Image Mojave Mound Cactus, Giant Claret Cup, Salmon-flowered Hedgehog, Spiny Hedgehog (Echinocereus polyacanthus) palmbob Image (Echinocereus sciurus) palmbob Image Cacto, Quisco (Echinopsis chiloensis) palmbob Image Cacto, Quisco (Echinopsis chiloensis) palmbob Image Scarlet Cob (Echinopsis hertrichiana) palmbob Image Scarlet Cob (Echinopsis hertrichiana) palmbob Image Desert's Blooming Jewel, Red Torch (Echinopsis huascha) palmbob Image Desert's Blooming Jewel, Red Torch (Echinopsis huascha) palmbob Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis ibicuatensis) palmbob Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis ibicuatensis) palmbob Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis korethroides) palmbob Image Echinopsis (Echinopsis lateritia) palmbob Image Easter Lily Cactus, Violet Easter Lily Cactus (Echinopsis obrepanda) palmbob Image Puzzle Tree (Ehretia rigida) palmbob Image Puzzle Tree (Ehretia rigida) palmbob Image Puzzle Tree (Ehretia rigida) palmbob Image (Elaphoglossum crassifolium) palmbob Image (Elaphoglossum cuspidatum) palmbob Image (Elaphoglossum grayumii) palmbob Image (Elaphoglossum paleaceum) palmbob Image (Elaphoglossum subcuspidatum) palmbob Image (Elaphoglossum subcuspidatum) palmbob Image (Elaphoglossum vestitum) palmbob Image (Elaphoglossum vestitum) palmbob Image (Elaphoglossum peltatum) palmbob Image Kaapsehoop Cycad (Encephalartos laevifolius) palmbob Image Kaapsehoop Cycad (Encephalartos laevifolius) palmbob Image Drakensberg Cycad (Encephalartos ghellinckii) palmbob Image (Ephedra chilensis) palmbob Image (Ephedra chilensis) palmbob Image (Ephedra chilensis) palmbob Image (Ephedra chilensis) palmbob Image (Ephedra chilensis) palmbob Image (Ephedra intermedia) palmbob Image Narrowleaf California Fuchsia, Hoary Fuchsia, Hummingbird Trumpet (Epilobium canum) palmbob Image Mesembryanthemum (Erepsia lacera) palmbob Image Mesembryanthemum (Erepsia lacera) palmbob Image Bridal Heath (Erica bauera) palmbob Image Bridal Heath (Erica bauera) palmbob Image Bridal Heath (Erica bauera) palmbob Image Erica (Erica glandulosa) palmbob Image Erica (Erica glandulosa) palmbob Image Mealie Heath (Erica patersonii) palmbob Image Mealie Heath (Erica patersonii) palmbob Image Erica (Erica plukenetii) palmbob Image Erica (Erica plukenetii) palmbob Image Erica (Erica plukenetii) palmbob Image (Eriogonum arcuatum) palmbob Image Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) palmbob Image Sea Holly (Eryngium venustum) palmbob Image Fuchsia Gum (Eucalyptus forrestiana) palmbob Image Fuchsia Gum (Eucalyptus forrestiana) palmbob Image Fuchsia Gum (Eucalyptus forrestiana) palmbob Image Giant Pineapple Lily (Eucomis pole-evansii) palmbob Image Blue guarri (Euclea crispa) palmbob Image Blue guarri (Euclea crispa) palmbob Image Eulychnia (Eulychnia iquiquensis) palmbob Image Eulychnia (Eulychnia iquiquensis) palmbob Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia arbuscula) palmbob Image Confinalis (Euphorbia confinalis) palmbob Image Confinalis (Euphorbia confinalis) palmbob Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia fiherensis) palmbob Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia fiherensis) palmbob Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia heterochroma) palmbob Image Milk Barrel (Euphorbia horrida) palmbob Image (Euphorbia pekinensis) palmbob Image (Euphorbia pekinensis) palmbob Image Euphorbia (Euphorbia viguieri var. ankarafantsiensis) palmbob Image Euryops (Euryops lateriflorus) palmbob Image Euryops (Euryops lateriflorus) palmbob Image Euryops (Euryops tysonii)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description Nschaner Positive Romence Gardens & Greenhouses 1nusha1 Negative Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Company SharonSix Positive Stokes Seeds dougfish Positive Mail-Order Natives (Mail Order Natives) oemoc001 Positive Kigi Nursery karenmsmith7 Positive Michigan Native Butterfly Farm DonnaMack Positive J.L. Hudson, Seedsman marshallb Negative Nature Hills Nursery msdst8 Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. onegoodman1955 Positive Hummingbird Farm onegoodman1955 Neutral Richard Owen Nursery / Exciting Gardens SpringPeeper Positive Joy Creek 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 23, 2015