Dave's Garden Newsletter for August 9, 2015

Covering the events of August 9, 2015

... in which ...
505 posts were made.
1 plant was added to PlantFiles.
24 comments were added to PlantFiles.
36 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
100 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
3 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 spell lies on the Garden Summer sits with her finger on her lips as if she heard the steps of Autumn echo on the hill. "

( -- Unknown)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 505 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 143 posts PlantFiles Pictures 100 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 38 posts Games 25 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 17 posts Clean and Clutter-free 14 posts Cacti and Succulents 13 posts Insect and Spider Identification 10 posts Sewing and Quilting 9 posts Morning Glories 9 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 9 posts Central Midwest Gardening 8 posts Recipes 7 posts Weather 7 posts Equine Forum 7 posts Texas Gardening 7 posts Happy Birthday 6 posts Winter Sowing 5 posts Voting Booth 5 posts Accessible Gardening 5 posts Vegetable Gardening 5 posts Beginner Flowers 4 posts Perennials 4 posts Canadian Gardening 4 posts Northeast Gardening 4 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 3 posts Cottage Gardening 3 posts Daylilies 3 posts Tomatoes 3 posts Plant Trading 3 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 3 posts BugFiles How-to's 3 posts Shady Gardens 2 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 2 posts Dahlias 1 post Lilies 1 post Ferns, Mushrooms, Fungi and Mosses 1 post BugFiles Pictures 1 post Beauty and Fashion Tips 1 post Mid-South Gardening 1 post Heirloom Vegetables 1 post Florida Gardening 1 post Poppies 1 post Water Gardens 1 post Self-contained Box Gardens 1 post Daturas 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 1 post Cooking 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

1 new plant.
24 new descriptions were added.
100 new images were added.
36 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Homescuba Comment Swan Plant, Balloon Plant, Cotton-bush, Oscar, Hairy Balls, Giant Swan Milkweed Gomphocarpus physocarpus Paulsur Comment Weeping Lantana, Trailing Lantana 'Trailing Lavender' Lantana montevidensis ellenfoster Comment Kamschatca Stonecrop, Russian Stonecrop Sedum kamtschaticum ellenfoster Comment Showy Stonecrop 'Xenox' Sedum ellenfoster Comment Two-row Stonecrop 'Purple Carpet' Sedum spurium ellenfoster Comment Sedum, Carpet Stonecrop 'Red Wiggle' Sedum ochroleucum ellenfoster Comment Hardy Stonecrop 'Lime Zinger' Sedum NancySLAZ Comment Rebutia Rebutia mentosa ellenfoster Comment Showy Stonecrop 'Thundercloud' Sedum ellenfoster Comment Showy Stonecrop 'Maestro' Sedum Henzelli Comment Mandrake, Devil's Apple, Dudaim, Love Apple Mandragora officinarum Henzelli Comment Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Paris' Heuchera Henzelli Comment Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Prince' Heuchera Henzelli Comment Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Beaujolais' Heuchera JReinelt Comment Muña / Tipo / Tipollo / Poleo Minthostachys mollis cattleya53 Comment Butterfly Leaf 'Stripe' Christia obcordata sunkissed Comment Aloe 'Lizard Lips' Aloe Rickwebb Comment Blue Vervain Verbena hastata Rickwebb Comment New York Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis Rickwebb Comment Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata Rickwebb Comment Apple Malus pumila Rickwebb Comment Siberian Crabapple 'Dolgo' Malus baccata Cherry_Mtn_Farm Comment Tree Tomato, Tamarillo Cyphomandra betacea TheTon Comment Tomato 'Rapunzel' Lycopersicon lycopersicum DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Bama Music' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Bougainvillea 'Pink Pixie' (Bougainvillea ) DaylilySLP Image Bougainvillea 'Pink Pixie' (Bougainvillea ) DaylilySLP Image Bougainvillea 'Pink Pixie' (Bougainvillea ) DaylilySLP Image Canna Lily 'Orange Punch' (Canna x generalis) DaylilySLP Image Canna Lily 'Orange Punch' (Canna x generalis) DaylilySLP Image Canna Lily 'Orange Punch' (Canna x generalis) DaylilySLP Image Wheatstraw Celosia (Spicata Group) 'Flamingo Feather Purple' (Celosia argentea var. spicata) DaylilySLP Image Wheatstraw Celosia (Spicata Group) 'Flamingo Feather Purple' (Celosia argentea var. spicata) DaylilySLP Image Wheatstraw Celosia (Spicata Group) 'Flamingo Feather Purple' (Celosia argentea var. spicata) DaylilySLP Image Wheatstraw Celosia (Spicata Group) 'Flamingo Feather Purple' (Celosia argentea var. spicata) dawndoll2 Image Bush Lily, Clivia Lily, St. John's Lily, Boslelie, Fire Lily (Clivia miniata) dawndoll2 Image Bush Lily, Clivia Lily, St. John's Lily, Boslelie, Fire Lily (Clivia miniata) dawndoll2 Image Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica) dawndoll2 Image Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica) dawndoll2 Image Butterfly Bush, Oxford Bush, Cambridge Bush 'Ugandense' (Rotheca myricoides) dawndoll2 Image Livingstone Daisy, Livingston Daisy, Ice Plant (Dorotheanthus bellidiformis) dawndoll2 Image Pimpernel 'Wildcat Blue' (Anagallis ) dawndoll2 Image Columbine, European Columbine, European Crowsfoot, Granny's Bonnets 'Tower Light Blue' (Aquilegia vulgaris) dawndoll2 Image Toad Flax, Baby Snapdragon 'Dwarf Fairy Bouquet Mix' (Linaria maroccana) sunkissed Image Agave (Agave geminiflora) dawndoll2 Image Toad Flax, Baby Snapdragon 'Dwarf Fairy Bouquet Mix' (Linaria maroccana) dawndoll2 Image Bleeding Heart 'Alba' (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) dawndoll2 Image Horned Pansy, Horned Violet 'Bowles Black' (Viola cornuta) dawndoll2 Image Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Shredded White' (Brugmansia ) dawndoll2 Image Woolly Blue Violet, Sister Violet 'Freckles' (Viola sororia) dawndoll2 Image Florist's Cineraria (Pericallis cruenta) dawndoll2 Image Meadow Sage 'Madeline' (Salvia pratensis) dawndoll2 Image Bloodflower, Swallow-wort, Butterfly Weed, Mexican Milkweed, Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) dawndoll2 Image Gold Moss Sedum, Carpet Stonecrop 'Oktoberfest' (Sedum acre) dawndoll2 Image Meadow Sage 'Madeline' (Salvia pratensis) dawndoll2 Image Gold Moss Sedum, Carpet Stonecrop 'Oktoberfest' (Sedum acre) dawndoll2 Image Bee Larkspur, Candle Delphinium 'Pacific Giant' (Delphinium ) dawndoll2 Image Northern Catalpa, Western Catalpa, Western Catawba, Indian Cigar Tree, Fish-Bait Tree (Catalpa speciosa) dawndoll2 Image Zinnia 'Queen Red Lime' (Zinnia elegans) dawndoll2 Image Zinnia 'Queen Red Lime' (Zinnia elegans) dawndoll2 Image Bloody Mary, Bloody William, Dusty Miller, Lychnis, Mullein Pinks, Rose Campion (Silene coronaria) dawndoll2 Image Foxglove, Common Foxglove, Purple Foxglove, Lady's Glove (Digitalis purpurea) dawndoll2 Image Common Milkweed, Common Silkweed, Silk Grass, Virginia Silk, Silky Swallow Wort, Virginian Silk (Asclepias syriaca) dawndoll2 Image Golden Dew Drop, Sky Flower, Pigeon Berry 'Sapphire Showers' (Duranta erecta) dawndoll2 Image Japanese Morning Glory 'Chocolate' (Ipomoea ) dawndoll2 Image Bolivian Begonia 'Bonfire' (Begonia boliviensis) dawndoll2 Image Bolivian Begonia 'Bonfire' (Begonia boliviensis) dawndoll2 Image Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus) dawndoll2 Image Orange Hummingbird Mint, Jewel of the Sierra Madre, Hyssop 'Apricot Sprite' (Agastache aurantiaca) dawndoll2 Image Elephant Ear, Taro 'Black Coral' (Colocasia esculenta) dawndoll2 Image Blue Passion Flower, Hardy Passionflower, Passion Vine, Passionvine (Passiflora caerulea) dawndoll2 Image Japanese Water Iris, Japanese Flag, Russian Iris 'Crystal Halo' (Iris ensata) dawndoll2 Image Heliotrope, Common Heliotrope, Cherry Pie Flower, Peruvian Heliotrope, Peruvian Turnsole 'Fragrant Delight' (Heliotropium arborescens) dawndoll2 Image Delphinium 'Magic Fountain Mix' (Delphinium ) dawndoll2 Image Garden Phlox 'Franz Schubert' (Phlox paniculata) Lodewijkp Image Thornless Blackberry 'Black Satin' (Rubus fruticosus) Lodewijkp Image Thornless Blackberry 'Black Satin' (Rubus fruticosus) Lodewijkp Image Thornless Blackberry 'Black Satin' (Rubus fruticosus) Lodewijkp Image Sun-Opener, Sinicuichi (Heimia salicifolia) DaylilySLP Image Cockscomb, Plume Plant, Feathered Amaranth (Plumosa Group) 'New Look Red' (Celosia argentea var. plumosa) DaylilySLP Image Cockscomb, Plume Plant, Feathered Amaranth (Plumosa Group) 'New Look Red' (Celosia argentea var. plumosa) DaylilySLP Image Cockscomb, Plume Plant, Feathered Amaranth (Plumosa Group) 'New Look Red' (Celosia argentea var. plumosa) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis, Tickseed 'Garnet' (Coreopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis, Tickseed 'Garnet' (Coreopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis, Tickseed 'Garnet' (Coreopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Coreopsis, Tickseed 'Garnet' (Coreopsis ) DaylilySLP Image Coneflower 'Purple Emperor' (Echinacea ) DaylilySLP Image Coneflower 'Purple Emperor' (Echinacea ) DaylilySLP Image Maidenhair Tree 'Goldspire' (Ginkgo biloba) DaylilySLP Image Maidenhair Tree 'Goldspire' (Ginkgo biloba) DaylilySLP Image Maidenhair Tree 'Goldspire' (Ginkgo biloba) DaylilySLP Image Maidenhair Tree 'Goldspire' (Ginkgo biloba) DaylilySLP Image Maidenhair Tree 'Goldspire' (Ginkgo biloba) DaylilySLP Image Maidenhair Tree 'Spring Grove' (Ginkgo biloba) DaylilySLP Image Maidenhair Tree 'Spring Grove' (Ginkgo biloba) DaylilySLP Image Maidenhair Tree 'Spring Grove' (Ginkgo biloba) DaylilySLP Image Maidenhair Tree 'Spring Grove' (Ginkgo biloba) DaylilySLP Image Panicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Pearls n' Pink' (Hydrangea paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Panicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Pearls n' Pink' (Hydrangea paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Panicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Pearls n' Pink' (Hydrangea paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Panicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Pearls n' Pink' (Hydrangea paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Panicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Pearls n' Pink' (Hydrangea paniculata) arries Image Goosefoot, Pigweed, Inca Wheat, Quinoa 'Shelly 25 Black' (Chenopodium quinoa) jmc1987 Image Tomato 'Indigo Apple' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) ViburnumValley Image Fringe Tree, Old Man's Beard, Grancy Graybeard 'Spring Fleece' (Chionanthus virginicus) Rickwebb Image Black Maple (Acer saccharum subsp. nigrum) purrbert Image Corkscrew Vine (Vigna caracalla) beclu727 Image Tomato 'Roughwood Golden Tiger' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) beclu727 Image Tomato 'Roughwood Golden Tiger' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) beclu727 Image Tomato 'Roughwood Golden Tiger' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) sunkissed Image Aloe 'Lizard Lips' (Aloe ) Rickwebb Image Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum) Rickwebb Image Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum) Rickwebb Image Slippery Elm, Red Elm (Ulmus rubra) Rickwebb Image Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) Rickwebb Image New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) Rickwebb Image New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) Rickwebb Image Siberian Crabapple 'Dolgo' (Malus baccata) Rickwebb Image Siberian Crabapple 'Dolgo' (Malus baccata) chinabitbit Image Lotus 'Mrs. Perry D. Slocum' (Nelumbo ) chinabitbit Image Hardy Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow 'Midnight Marvel' (Hibiscus moscheutos) DaylilySLP Image Houseleek, Hen-and-Chickens, Old Man and Woman, Roof House Leek 'Pink Pearl' (Sempervivum calcareum) DaylilySLP Image Houseleek, Hen-and-Chickens, Old Man and Woman, Roof House Leek 'Pink Pearl' (Sempervivum calcareum) DaylilySLP Image Houseleek, Hen-and-Chickens, Old Man and Woman, Roof House Leek 'Pink Pearl' (Sempervivum calcareum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description Phenolic Positive Hardyplants.com harvey21143 Positive Empress Tree Nurseries (aka Fast Growing Trees, Paulownia Supply & fastgrowingtree.com)

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... August 9, 2015