Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 28, 2015

Covering the events of May 28, 2015

... in which ...
596 posts were made.
10 plants were added to PlantFiles.
14 comments were added to PlantFiles.
38 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
59 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
24 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

"A garden is a thing of beauty and a job forever."

( -- Richard Briers, British actor)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 596 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 165 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 108 posts PlantFiles Pictures 59 posts Games 28 posts Daylilies 19 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 17 posts Insect and Spider Identification 15 posts Northeast Gardening 13 posts Mid-South Gardening 11 posts Central Midwest Gardening 9 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 9 posts Recipes 9 posts Beginner Flowers 8 posts Vegetable Gardening 8 posts Florida Gardening 7 posts Texas Gardening 6 posts Beginner Vegetables 5 posts Morning Glories 5 posts Beginner Landscaping 5 posts Shady Gardens 5 posts Photos 5 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 5 posts Happy Birthday 5 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 5 posts Beginner Houseplants 5 posts Roses 4 posts Fruits and Nuts 4 posts Bird Identification 4 posts Voting Booth 4 posts Irises 3 posts Sewing and Quilting 3 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 3 posts Weather 3 posts Gingers 3 posts Bulbs 2 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 2 posts Beginner Fruit 2 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 2 posts Books, Movies, and TV 2 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 2 posts Cottage Gardening 2 posts Water Gardens 2 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 2 posts Cut Flowers and Floral Design 1 post Propagation 1 post BugFiles Pictures 1 post Seed Germination 1 post Pets 1 post Georgia Gardening 1 post Hydrangeas 1 post Clematis 1 post Garden Pests and Diseases 1 post Poultry and Livestock 1 post Perennials 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

10 new plants.
14 new descriptions were added.
59 new images were added.
38 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description coriaceous Comment Dutchman's Pipe, Broadleafed Birthwort Aristolochia macrophylla joelith Comment Pink Mother of Thousands 'Pink Butterflies' Kalanchoe lilwren Comment Heartleaf Skullcap, Heart-leaf Skullcap Scutellaria ovata subsp. bracteata Gina2 Comment Creeping Spurge, Donkey Tail, Myrtle Spurge Euphorbia myrsinites Pamanela Comment Painted Tongue Salpiglossis sinuata krishnaraoji88 Comment Cycas shanyagensis MossyOwls Comment Variegated Chinese Privet 'Sunshine' Ligustrum sinense Spanatina Comment Floribunda, Hybrid Tea, Polyantha Rose 'Gruss an Aachen' Rosa Spanatina Comment Echeveria 'Afterglow' Echeveria minnielynn Comment African Daisy, Cape Daisy 'Flowerpower Spider White/Purple' Osteospermum Buddysbuddy Comment Panicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Grandiflora' Hydrangea paniculata RosemaryK Comment Hybrid Juniper 'Blue Chiffon' Juniperus x pfitzeriana DenisBronxite Comment Pinkshell Azalea Rhododendron vaseyi KathyOlyView Comment Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Orange-eye Butterfly Bush 'Buzz Magenta' Buddleja davidii Beach_Barbie Image Verbena 'Meteor Shower' (Verbena bonariensis) echoes Image Shrub Rose 'Morden Snowbeauty' (Rosa ) stephenp Image Brazilian Fuchsia (Justicia rizzinii) RosinaBloom Image Poinsettia, Flor de Nochebuena (Christmas Eve Flower) (Euphorbia pulcherrima) RosinaBloom Image Poinsettia, Flor de Nochebuena (Christmas Eve Flower) (Euphorbia pulcherrima) RosinaBloom Image Poinsettia, Flor de Nochebuena (Christmas Eve Flower) (Euphorbia pulcherrima) RosinaBloom Image Poinsettia, Flor de Nochebuena (Christmas Eve Flower) (Euphorbia pulcherrima) jbgregg Image Peony (Paeonia peregrina) CactusJordi Image Hedgehog (Echinocereus forbesii) CactusJordi Image Hedgehog (Echinocereus forbesii) RosinaBloom Image Luculia (Luculia gratissima) RosinaBloom Image Luculia (Luculia gratissima) RosinaBloom Image Luculia (Luculia gratissima) RosinaBloom Image Luculia (Luculia gratissima) marsrover Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Kansas' (Paeonia lactiflora) marsrover Image Elepidote Rhododendron 'Vulcan' (Rhododendron ) altagardener Image Silene (Silene bolanthoides) altagardener Image Silene (Silene bolanthoides) altagardener Image Silene (Silene bolanthoides) altagardener Image Silene (Silene bolanthoides) altagardener Image Rosularia 'Alba' (Rosularia sedoides) altagardener Image Rheum (Rheum delavayi) altagardener Image Rheum (Rheum delavayi) altagardener Image Rheum (Rheum delavayi) altagardener Image Rheum (Rheum delavayi) altagardener Image Irish Moss, Sandwort, Arenaria (Arenaria kansuensis) altagardener Image Irish Moss, Sandwort, Arenaria (Arenaria kansuensis) altagardener Image Horehound (Marrubium lutescens) altagardener Image Horehound (Marrubium lutescens) altagardener Image Primula (Primula yuparensis) altagardener Image Matthiola (Matthiola trojana) altagardener Image Matthiola (Matthiola trojana) altagardener Image Matthiola (Matthiola trojana) altagardener Image Matthiola (Matthiola trojana) altagardener Image Matthiola (Matthiola trojana) altagardener Image Plantago (Plantago nivalis) altagardener Image Plantago (Plantago nivalis) altagardener Image Wallowa Beardtongue (Penstemon spathulatus) altagardener Image Wallowa Beardtongue (Penstemon spathulatus) altagardener Image Wallowa Beardtongue (Penstemon spathulatus) altagardener Image Nuttall's Oxytrope (Oxytropis multiceps) altagardener Image Nuttall's Oxytrope (Oxytropis multiceps) altagardener Image Rough-fruited Fairybells (Disporum trachycarpum) altagardener Image Rough-fruited Fairybells (Disporum trachycarpum) altagardener Image Dracocephalum (Dracocephalum paulsenii) altagardener Image Dracocephalum (Dracocephalum paulsenii) altagardener Image Primula (Primula palmata) altagardener Image Primula (Primula palmata) altagardener Image Oak Fern, Western Oak Fern, Western Oakfern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris) MossyOwls Image Floribunda Rose 'Nearly Wild' (Rosa ) MossyOwls Image Variegated Chinese Privet 'Sunshine' (Ligustrum sinense) MossyOwls Image Bigflower Coreopsis, Largeflowered Tickseed, Tickseed Coreopsis 'Golden Sphere' (Coreopsis grandiflora) Kell Image American Wisteria 'Amethyst Falls' (Wisteria frutescens) altagardener Image Desert Yellow Fleabane (Erigeron linearis) daylily_dreamer Image Daylily 'Boogie Band' (Hemerocallis ) daylily_dreamer Image Daylily 'Kate Carpenter' (Hemerocallis ) Kell Image Siberian Iris (Iris sibirica) Kell Image Flowering Onion (Allium hollandicum) Kell Image Eastern Bluestar, Woodland Blue Star, Willow Amsonia, Blue Dogbane 'Blue Ice' (Amsonia tabernaemontana)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description HM2015 Positive Willis Orchard Company captbobe Positive Leaves and Petals Garden Center HM2015 Positive Empress Tree Nurseries (aka Fast Growing Trees, Paulownia Supply & fastgrowingtree.com) HM2015 Positive Gurney's Seed & Nursery HM2015 Positive Michigan Bulb HM2015 Positive Nourse Farms Inc. Lovehum Negative Silicon Solar Inc. pveytsman Positive Deer Country Gardens southerncottage Positive Angel Gardens Inc. southerncottage Positive Burlington Rose Nursery whosdenny Negative Grass4sale.com southerncottage Neutral Chamblee's Rose Nursery Ibulena Negative Direct Gardening cassilouwho Positive Select Seeds Antique Flowers Dot1951 Negative Four Seasons Nursery MinnSheila Negative Classy Groundcovers RBIA Positive Romence Gardens & Greenhouses applejelly Negative Ferry-Morse Seed Company HM2015 Negative Direct Gardening Bmarkel Negative Edible Landscaping jim7738937 Positive Thuja Gardens (formerly PlantsRus) Peony64 Negative Direct Gardening

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 28, 2015