Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 29, 2015

Covering the events of May 29, 2015

... in which ...
644 posts were made.
4 plants were added to PlantFiles.
18 comments were added to PlantFiles.
34 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
67 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

"I pine for you and sometimes balsam."

( -- Elwyn Brooks (EB) White, American poet, writer (born 7/11/1899))

Forum Activity

A grand total of 644 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 166 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 101 posts PlantFiles Pictures 73 posts Games 33 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 32 posts Mid-South Gardening 18 posts Beginner Vegetables 17 posts Northeast Gardening 15 posts Insect and Spider Identification 14 posts Daylilies 13 posts Sewing and Quilting 12 posts Central Midwest Gardening 11 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 10 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 9 posts Orchid Cactus 9 posts Vegetable Gardening 8 posts Seed Trading 8 posts Recipes 7 posts Bird Identification 6 posts Texas Gardening 6 posts Hydrangeas 5 posts Florida Gardening 5 posts Voting Booth 5 posts Weather 5 posts Seed Germination 5 posts Home Decorating 4 posts Morning Glories 4 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 3 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 3 posts Hostas 2 posts Organic Gardening 2 posts Perennials 2 posts Beginner Landscaping 2 posts Books, Movies, and TV 2 posts Container Gardening 2 posts Brugmansias 2 posts Irises 2 posts BugFiles How-to's 2 posts BugFiles Pictures 2 posts Heucheras and Friends 1 post Cottage Gardening 1 post Native Plants and Wild Plants 1 post Dahlias 1 post Beginner Fruit 1 post Swaps, Trades and Giveaways 1 post Hibiscus 1 post Roses 1 post Photos 1 post Plant Trading 1 post Beginner Flowers 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post Propagation 1 post Handyman 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

4 new plants.
18 new descriptions were added.
67 new images were added.
34 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description coriaceous Comment Rocket Larkspur 'Chorus Violet' Consolida ambigua coriaceous Comment Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Rave On' Heuchera Farmerdill Comment Watermelon 'Captivation' Citrullus lanatus Farmerdill Comment Watermelon 'SV0258WA' Citrullus lanatus Farmerdill Comment Watermelon 'Triplesweet' Citrullus lanatus Morganza Comment Corn Cockle Agrostemma githago JonnyEcho Comment Saltmarsh Morning Glory Ipomoea sagittata crobles04 Comment Sweet Shrub, Carolina Allspice, Strawberry Shrub, Bubby Bush, Sweet Betsy, Florida Spice Bush, Flori Calycanthus floridus EllaTiarella Comment Dame's Rocket, Sweet Rocket Hesperis matronalis crobles04 Comment Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica thequietearth Comment Taiwan Cryptomeria, Formosan Redwood Taiwania cryptomerioides kizilod Comment Lily Flowered Tulip 'Maytime' Tulipa coriaceous Comment Sweet Shrub, Carolina Allspice, Strawberry Shrub, Bubby Bush, Sweet Betsy, Florida Spice Bush, Flori Calycanthus floridus Joyous Comment Blue Anise Sage, Brazilian Sage 'Black and Blue' Salvia guaranitica lokidog Comment Pole Bean 'Yoeme Purple String Bean' Phaseolus vulgaris DirtyGirl_in_Z3 Comment Garden Globeflower 'Orange Princess' Trollius x cultorum bobbieberecz Comment Scarlet Hedge Nettle, Scarlet Hedgenettle, Seven-up Plant, Texas Betony, Texas Woundwort 'Hidalgo' Stachys coccinea Kell Comment Prince's Plume, Desert Plume, Golden Prince's Plume Stanleya pinnata palmbob Image Giant Tree Cholla, Tree Cholla, Candelabrum Cactus, Cane Cactus, Cane Cholla, Walking Stick Cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata) palmbob Image Giant Tree Cholla, Tree Cholla, Candelabrum Cactus, Cane Cactus, Cane Cholla, Walking Stick Cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata) palmbob Image Agave (Agave pendula) palmbob Image Espadin, Espadillo, Guapilla, Soyate, Sotolito (Agave striata subsp. falcata) palmbob Image Woolly Rose 'Doris Taylor' (Echeveria ) palmbob Image Old Man of the Andes (Oreocereus celsianus) palmbob Image Old Man of the Andes (Oreocereus celsianus) KathyOlyView Image Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Orange-eye Butterfly Bush 'Buzz Magenta' (Buddleja davidii) Terri1948 Image Siberian Iris 'Sparkling Rose' (Iris sibirica) Terri1948 Image Siberian Iris 'Ottawa' (Iris sibirica) Terri1948 Image Strawberry Cinquefoil, Woolly Cinquefoil (Potentilla megalantha) Terri1948 Image Strawberry Cinquefoil, Woolly Cinquefoil (Potentilla megalantha) Terri1948 Image Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Alba' (Centaurea montana) Terri1948 Image Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Alba' (Centaurea montana) Lily_love Image Edamame, Vegetable Soybean (Glycine max) Lily_love Image Edamame, Vegetable Soybean (Glycine max) kizilod Image Tall Bearded Iris 'The Red Douglas' (Iris ) kizilod Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Hades' (Iris ) kizilod Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Hades' (Iris ) kizilod Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Claret Mahogany' (Iris ) kizilod Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Country Deejay' (Iris ) kizilod Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Ozark Rebounder' (Iris ) kizilod Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Northern Spy' (Iris ) Terri1948 Image Cushion Spurge (Euphorbia polychroma) Terri1948 Image Avens, Geum 'Karlskaer' (Geum ) Terri1948 Image Avens, Geum 'Karlskaer' (Geum ) kizilod Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Ida Red' (Iris ) Terri1948 Image Avens, Geum 'Flames of Passion' (Geum ) Terri1948 Image Avens, Geum 'Flames of Passion' (Geum ) Terri1948 Image Avens, Geum 'Flames of Passion' (Geum ) Terri1948 Image Snowball bush 'Triumph' (Viburnum plicata ) Terri1948 Image Snowball bush 'Triumph' (Viburnum plicata ) Terri1948 Image Snowball bush 'Triumph' (Viburnum plicata ) Terri1948 Image Snowball bush 'Triumph' (Viburnum plicata ) Terri1948 Image Veronica, Gentian Speedwell 'Barbara Sherwood' (Veronica gentianoides) Terri1948 Image Veronica, Gentian Speedwell 'Barbara Sherwood' (Veronica gentianoides) Terri1948 Image Veronica, Gentian Speedwell 'Barbara Sherwood' (Veronica gentianoides) RosinaBloom Image Butterspoon, Butter Knife Bush, Red Alder (Cunonia capensis) RosinaBloom Image Butterspoon, Butter Knife Bush, Red Alder (Cunonia capensis) RosinaBloom Image Butterspoon, Butter Knife Bush, Red Alder (Cunonia capensis) RosinaBloom Image Butterspoon, Butter Knife Bush, Red Alder (Cunonia capensis) RosinaBloom Image Butterspoon, Butter Knife Bush, Red Alder (Cunonia capensis) RosinaBloom Image Butterspoon, Butter Knife Bush, Red Alder (Cunonia capensis) Terri1948 Image Spurge 'Redwing' (Euphorbia ) Terri1948 Image Spurge 'Redwing' (Euphorbia ) Kell Image Prince's Plume, Desert Plume, Golden Prince's Plume (Stanleya pinnata) Kell Image Prince's Plume, Desert Plume, Golden Prince's Plume (Stanleya pinnata) Kell Image Prince's Plume, Desert Plume, Golden Prince's Plume (Stanleya pinnata) Kell Image Curved-spine Prickly Pear, Searchlight Prickly Pear (Opuntia x curvospina) Kell Image Curved-spine Prickly Pear, Searchlight Prickly Pear (Opuntia x curvospina) Kell Image Firecracker Penstemon (Penstemon eatonii) Kell Image Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) Kell Image Utah Agave, Yant (Agave utahensis) Kell Image Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) Kell Image Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa) Kell Image Soaptree Yucca, Soapweed (Yucca elata) Kell Image Sand Penstemon, Bush Penstemon, Moth Penstemon, Phlox Penstemon, Gilia Penstemon, Cows Tobacco (Penstemon ambiguus) Kell Image Sego Lily, Nuttall's Mariposa (Calochortus nuttallii) Kell Image Silver Leaf Yucca, Blue Yucca, Palmilla (Yucca rigida) Kell Image Eve's Needle, Faxon Dagger, Giant Spanish Dagger, Spanish Bayonet, Carneros Yucca, Palma Samandoca (Yucca faxoniana) Kell Image (Opuntia diploursina) Kell Image Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Kell Image Strawberry Hedgehog, Calico Cactus, Dagger-Spine Hedgehog, Engelmann's Hedgehog, Howe Hedgehog (Echinocereus engelmannii) palmbob Image Mountain Mint Bush, Alpine Mint Bush 'Badja Peak' (Prostanthera cuneata) palmbob Image Mountain Mint Bush, Alpine Mint Bush 'Badja Peak' (Prostanthera cuneata) palmbob Image Mountain Mint Bush, Alpine Mint Bush 'Badja Peak' (Prostanthera cuneata) palmbob Image Mountain Mint Bush, Alpine Mint Bush 'Badja Peak' (Prostanthera cuneata)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description NCgardener42 Negative White Flower Farm jessc007 Positive NewGardenPlants.com (New Garden Plants) narina77 Positive Great Garden Plants rdtjr05 Positive WildThings Rescue Nursery Blackbark Negative Raintree Nursery Canarykeeper Positive Forestfarm jwhende Positive Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses, Inc. Canarykeeper Neutral Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery SailorSkip Positive The Hosta Farm Firewife777 Negative Summerstone Nursery shisomadness Negative Summerstone Nursery shisomadness Positive Easy to Grow Bulbs shisomadness Positive Bay Flora shisomadness Positive Bluestone Perennials marine0311 Negative Brighter Blooms Nursery VDJ Positive Southmeadow Fruit Gardens (Grootendorst Nurseries) narina77 Positive Bluestone Perennials narina77 Positive Santa Rosa Gardens rschlegel Positive Schreiner's Iris Gardens JDLarsen Negative Digging Dog Nursery HostaManana Positive In The Country Garden & Gifts HostaManana Positive Wade and Gatton Nursery Acacius48 Positive Hidden Valley Hibiscus

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... May 29, 2015