Dave's Garden Newsletter for March 19, 2016

Covering the events of March 19, 2016

... in which ...
359 posts were made.
16 plants were added to PlantFiles.
18 comments were added to PlantFiles.
30 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
153 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
5 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

"Ham and Eggs: just a day's work for a chicken, but a lifetime commitment for a pig. "

( -- Unknown)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 359 posts were made yesterday.

Forum	Posts
PlantFiles Pictures	154 posts
Plant Identification	77 posts
Games	16 posts
Trees, Shrubs and Conifers	10 posts
Morning Glories	10 posts
Northeast Gardening	8 posts
Insect and Spider Identification	7 posts
Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener	7 posts
Weather	7 posts
Sewing, Quilting & Needle Arts	6 posts
Bird Watching	5 posts
Perennials	5 posts
Propagation	5 posts
Hybridizers	4 posts
Irises	4 posts
Texas Gardening	4 posts
Vegetable Gardening	4 posts
Happy Birthday	3 posts
Bird Identification	3 posts
Recipes	3 posts
Cooking & Preserving Foods	2 posts
BirdFiles Pictures	2 posts
Cacti and Succulents	2 posts
Home Talk	2 posts
Herbs	1 post
Tropical Zone Gardening	1 post
Bloom of the Day Photos	1 post
Pacific Northwest Gardening	1 post
Georgia Gardening	1 post
Garden Design	1 post
Tomatoes & Peppers	1 post
Group Buys	1 post
Water Gardening	1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

16 new plants.
18 new descriptions were added.
153 new images were added.
30 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member	Addition	Description
Lucylockett	Comment	Giant Star Potato Tree Solanum macranthum
coriaceous	Comment	Rosary Pea, Crab's Eye, Precatory Bean, Jequeriti, olho-de-cabra, Abrus precatorius
coriaceous	Comment	Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina Casuarina equisetifolia
coriaceous	Comment	Latherleaf, Asian Nakedwood, Asian Snakeroot, Hoop Withe, Asiatic Colubrina Colubrina asiatica
coriaceous	Comment	Cat's Claw Macfadyena unguis-cati
coriaceous	Comment	Guava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba Psidium guajava
Rock73	Comment	Madagascar Palm Pachypodium lamerei
Clint07	Comment	Yellow Wax Bells Kirengeshoma palmata
RustyB	Comment	Billbergia Bromeliad, Queen’s-Tears Billbergia nutans
Clint07	Comment	Closed Gentian, Bottle Gentian, Gall Flower, Sampson's Snakeroot Gentiana andrewsii
vossner	Comment	Amaryllis 'Scarlet Baby' Hippeastrum
Susi_So_Callif	Comment	Aloe, Aloe Ecru Aloe camperi
Zoolake	Comment	Rain Lily, Rainlily, Fairy Lily, Zephyr Lily Zephyranthes nymphaea
lainieh	Comment	Flame Acanthus, Hummingbird Bush, Texas Firecracker Plant Anisacanthus quadrifidus
coriaceous	Comment	Flame Vine, Golden Shower, Orange Trumpet Creeper Pyrostegia venusta
saskboy	Comment	Iron Cross Oxalis, Good Luck Plant 'Iron Cross' Oxalis tetraphylla
saskboy	Comment	Helichrysum, Licorice Plant 'Limelight' Helichrysum petiolare
saskboy	Comment	Fan Flower, Fanflower 'Blue Wonder' Scaevola aemula
DaylilySLP	Image	Love Story Lily, Oriental Lily 'Love Story' (Lilium )
DaylilySLP	Image	Love Story Lily, Oriental Lily 'Love Story' (Lilium )
BayAreaTropics	Image	Bronze Loquat (Eriobotrya deflexa)
CactusJordi	Image	Graptopetalum (Graptopetalum amethystinum)
tardis	Image	Tall Morning Glory 'Grandpa Ott's' (Ipomoea purpurea)
palmbob	Image	Cretan Date Palm (Phoenix theophrasti)
palmbob	Image	Species Orchid, Linden's Phragmipedium (Phragmipedium lindleyanum)
palmbob	Image	Butterwort (Pinguicula agnata)
palmbob	Image	Butterwort (Pinguicula moranensis)
palmbob	Image	Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)
palmbob	Image	Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)
palmbob	Image	Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)
palmbob	Image	Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)
palmbob	Image	Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora)
palmbob	Image	Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora)
palmbob	Image	Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora)
palmbob	Image	Johannis pine (Pinus johannis)
palmbob	Image	Johannis pine (Pinus johannis)
palmbob	Image	Johannis pine (Pinus johannis)
palmbob	Image	Ocote Chino (Pinus oocarpa)
palmbob	Image	Ocote Chino (Pinus oocarpa)
palmbob	Image	Ocote Chino (Pinus oocarpa)
palmbob	Image	Ocote Chino (Pinus oocarpa)
palmbob	Image	Japanese White Pine, Japanese Five-Needled Pine (Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla)
palmbob	Image	Japanese White Pine, Japanese Five-Needled Pine (Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla)
palmbob	Image	Japanese White Pine, Japanese Five-Needled Pine (Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla)
palmbob	Image	Japanese Stone Pine, Dwarf Siberian Pine (Pinus pumila)
palmbob	Image	Japanese Stone Pine, Dwarf Siberian Pine (Pinus pumila)
palmbob	Image	Mexican Mountain Pine, Hartweg's Pine (Pinus hartwegii)
palmbob	Image	Mexican Mountain Pine, Hartweg's Pine (Pinus hartwegii)
palmbob	Image	Plectranthus (Plectranthus cremnus)
palmbob	Image	Plectranthus (Plectranthus cremnus)
palmbob	Image	Plectranthus (Plectranthus cremnus)
palmbob	Image	Fern (Pleopeltis guttata)
palmbob	Image	Colenso's Poa, Blue Tussock (Poa colensoi)
palmbob	Image	Hall's Tōtara, Mountain Tōtara or Thin-Barked Tōtara (Podocarpus cunninghamii)
palmbob	Image	Hall's Tōtara, Mountain Tōtara or Thin-Barked Tōtara (Podocarpus cunninghamii)
palmbob	Image	Hall's Tōtara, Mountain Tōtara or Thin-Barked Tōtara (Podocarpus cunninghamii)
palmbob	Image	Totara 'Aurea' (Podocarpus totara)
palmbob	Image	Totara 'Aurea' (Podocarpus totara)
palmbob	Image	Totara 'Aurea' (Podocarpus totara)
palmbob	Image	Totara 'Aurea' (Podocarpus totara)
palmbob	Image	Sikkim Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum punctatum)
palmbob	Image	(Polymnia sonchfigolia)
palmbob	Image	Polypodium (Polypodium guttatum)
palmbob	Image	Mother Shield Fern (Polystichum proliferum)
palmbob	Image	Mother Shield Fern (Polystichum proliferum)
palmbob	Image	Monvillea (Monvillea cavendishii)
palmbob	Image	Burchell's Sugarbush (Protea burchellii)
palmbob	Image	Chilean Mesquite (Prosopis chilensis)
palmbob	Image	Chilean Mesquite (Prosopis chilensis)
palmbob	Image	Brown-beard Sugarbush (Protea speciosa)
palmbob	Image	Brown-beard Sugarbush (Protea speciosa)
palmbob	Image	Brown-beard Sugarbush (Protea speciosa)
palmbob	Image	Coastal Five Finger, Houpara (Pseudopanax lessonii)
palmbob	Image	Coastal Five Finger, Houpara (Pseudopanax lessonii)
palmbob	Image	Whisk fern, moa, moa nahele, pipi, o'o moa (Psilotum complanatum)
palmbob	Image	Whisk fern, moa, moa nahele, pipi, o'o moa (Psilotum complanatum)
palmbob	Image	Blouker, Fountain Bush, Blue Broom (Psoralea affinis)
palmbob	Image	Blouker, Fountain Bush, Blue Broom (Psoralea affinis)
palmbob	Image	Blouker, Fountain Bush, Blue Broom (Psoralea affinis)
palmbob	Image	Austral Bracken (Pteridium esculentum)
palmbob	Image	Austral Bracken (Pteridium esculentum)
palmbob	Image	Fern (Pteris semipinnata)
palmbob	Image	Fern (Pteris semipinnata)
palmbob	Image	Horseshoe Felt-fern (Pyrrosia confluens)
palmbob	Image	Oriental White Oak (Quercus aliena)
palmbob	Image	Oriental White Oak (Quercus aliena)
palmbob	Image	Cedros Island Oak (Quercus cedrosensis)
palmbob	Image	Japanese Blue Oak, Ring Cupped Oak (Quercus glauca)
palmbob	Image	Japanese Blue Oak, Ring Cupped Oak (Quercus glauca)
palmbob	Image	Palmer's Oak (Quercus palmeri)
palmbob	Image	Palmer's Oak (Quercus palmeri)
palmbob	Image	Huckleberry Oak (Quercus vaccinifolia)
palmbob	Image	Huckleberry Oak (Quercus vaccinifolia)
palmbob	Image	Cape Beech (Rapanea melanophloeos)
RosinaBloom	Image	Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva (Syagrus romanzoffiana)
RosinaBloom	Image	Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva (Syagrus romanzoffiana)
RosinaBloom	Image	Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva (Syagrus romanzoffiana)
RosinaBloom	Image	Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva (Syagrus romanzoffiana)
ltspines	Image	Euphorbia 'Snow Flake' (Euphorbia polygona)
palmbob	Image	Cape Beech (Rapanea melanophloeos)
palmbob	Image	Ravenea Palm (Ravenea madagascariensis)
palmbob	Image	Repu (Rhaphithamnus spinosus)
palmbob	Image	Repu (Rhaphithamnus spinosus)
palmbob	Image	Slender Lady Palm (Rhapis humilis)
palmbob	Image	Bushy Restio (Rhodocoma fruticosa)
palmbob	Image	Giant Restio, Dekriet (Rhodocoma gigantea)
palmbob	Image	Giant Restio, Dekriet (Rhodocoma gigantea)
palmbob	Image	Giant Restio, Dekriet (Rhodocoma gigantea)
palmbob	Image	Rhododendron (Rhododendron burmanicum)
palmbob	Image	Rhododendron (Rhododendron burmanicum)
palmbob	Image	'Scott's Valentine' (Rhododendron )
palmbob	Image	Species Orchid, Giant Rhynchostylis (Rhynchostylis gigantea)
palmbob	Image	Bug Plant (Roridula gorgonias)
palmbob	Image	Climber, Hybrid Musk, Lambertiana, Polyantha Rose 'Excellenz von Schubert' (Rosa )
palmbob	Image	Climber, Hybrid Musk, Lambertiana, Polyantha Rose 'Excellenz von Schubert' (Rosa )
palmbob	Image	Climber, Hybrid Musk, Lambertiana, Polyantha Rose 'Excellenz von Schubert' (Rosa )
palmbob	Image	(Rubus schmidelioides)
palmbob	Image	(Rubus schmidelioides)
palmbob	Image	Nepal Dock (Rumex nepalensis)
palmbob	Image	Nepal Dock (Rumex nepalensis)
palmbob	Image	Ruschia (Ruschia marianae)
palmbob	Image	Texas Palmetto, Oaxacan Palmetto (Sabal mexicana)
palmbob	Image	Texas Palmetto, Oaxacan Palmetto (Sabal mexicana)
palmbob	Image	Llanos Palmetto (Sabal rosei)
palmbob	Image	Salvia (Salvia semiatrata)
palmbob	Image	Salvia (Salvia semiatrata)
palmbob	Image	Salvia (Salvia semiatrata)
palmbob	Image	(Sansevieria perriotii)
palmbob	Image	Sarcostemma (Sarcostemma viminale)
palmbob	Image	Pale Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia alata)
palmbob	Image	Pale Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia alata)
palmbob	Image	Pale Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia alata)
palmbob	Image	Tall Pitcher (Sarracenia flava var. ornata)
palmbob	Image	(Sarracenia flava var. cuprea)
palmbob	Image	(Sarracenia flava var. cuprea)
palmbob	Image	White Trumpet Pitcher Plant, White Topped Pitcher Plant 'Schnell's Ghost' (Sarracenia leucophylla)
palmbob	Image	White Trumpet Pitcher Plant, White Topped Pitcher Plant 'Schnell's Ghost' (Sarracenia leucophylla)
palmbob	Image	Green Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia oreophila)
palmbob	Image	(Scabiosa africana)
palmbob	Image	(Scabiosa africana)
palmbob	Image	(Scabiosa africana)
palmbob	Image	(Scabiosa africana)
palmbob	Image	(Scabiosa africana)
palmbob	Image	(Scabiosa africana)
palmbob	Image	(Scabiosa africana)
palmbob	Image	(Schinus johnstonii)
palmbob	Image	(Schinus johnstonii)
palmbob	Image	(Schinus johnstonii)
palmbob	Image	(Schoenocaulon macrocarpum)
palmbob	Image	(Schoenocaulon macrocarpum)
palmbob	Image	(Searsia glauca)
palmbob	Image	(Searsia glauca)
palmbob	Image	Sedum (Sedum hintonii)
palmbob	Image	(Sedum leibmannianum)
palmbob	Image	(Sedum leibmannianum)
palmbob	Image	Sedum (Sedum oaxacanum)
palmbob	Image	Sedum 'Aurora' (Sedum x rubrotinctum)
palmbob	Image	Moss Fern (Selaginella pallescens)
palmbob	Image	Fireweed (Senecio macrocephalus)
palmbob	Image	Fireweed (Senecio macrocephalus)
palmbob	Image	Senecio (Senecio pyramidatus)
palmbob	Image	Crape Jasmine, Crepe Jasmine, Banana Bush, Native Gardenia (Tabernaemontana pandacaqui)
palmbob	Image	Crape Jasmine, Crepe Jasmine, Banana Bush, Native Gardenia (Tabernaemontana pandacaqui)
palmbob	Image	False Dracaena (Talbotia elegans)
palmbob	Image	(Tectaria coadunata)
palmbob	Image	(Tectaria melanocaulis)
palmbob	Image	Japanese Cleyera (Ternstroemia gymnanthera)
palmbob	Image	Japanese Cleyera (Ternstroemia gymnanthera)
palmbob	Image	(Thamnochortus cinereus)
palmbob	Image	(Thamnochortus cinereus)
palmbob	Image	(Thamnochortus cinereus)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member	Addition	Description
keropie2	Positive	Bottoms Nursery LLC
Lithobolia	Positive	Big Horse Creek Farm
Jonnieso	Positive	Toadshade Wildflower Farm
Pistil	Positive	Heirloom Roses
rosepetal2	Negative	Burgess Seed

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

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