The PlantFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of July 14, 2016, on which 32 members joined.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"[Baseball] is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone."

(Angelo Barlett Giamatti, former president, Yale; baseball commissioner (born 4/4/1938))

Activity Report:

5 new plants were added to the database.
15 new descriptions were added.
38 new images were added.
213 new options were checked off.

Comments

Member Addition Description
goulot Positive CommentSnap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Rattlesnake'
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Hensley861 Neutral CommentAppleblossom Grass, Lindheimer's Beeblossom 'Gaudi Red'
(Gaura lindheimeri)
Timberplot Positive CommentCanadian Hemlock, Eastern Hemlock
(Tsuga canadensis)
janelp_lee Positive CommentMountain Laurel 'Minuet'
(Kalmia latifolia)
treetoronto333 Positive CommentJapanese Maple 'Azuma murasaki'
(Acer palmatum)
coriaceous Neutral CommentCanadian Hemlock, Eastern Hemlock
(Tsuga canadensis)
coriaceous Positive CommentBowles Golden Grass, Golden Millet Grass, Golden Wood Millet 'Aureum'
(Milium effusum)
nativetex Neutral CommentEvolvulus, Blue Daze, Hawaiian Blue Eyes 'Blue Daze'
(Evolvulus glomeratus)
coriaceous Positive CommentEvolvulus, Blue Daze, Hawaiian Blue Eyes 'Blue Daze'
(Evolvulus glomeratus)
coriaceous Neutral CommentRedflower False Yucca, Red Yucca 'Brakelights'
(Hesperaloe parviflora)
cheyotto Positive CommentOrnamental Oregano 'Kent Beauty'
(Origanum rotundifolium)
coriaceous Neutral CommentCycad
(Ceratozamia latifolia)
coriaceous Neutral CommentCycad
(Ceratozamia kuesteriana)
triceratops2 Positive CommentBleeding Heart, Queensland Poplar
(Homalanthus populifolius)
RosinaBloom Positive CommentMountain Alyssum 'Golden Spring'
(Alyssum wulfenianum)

Images

Member Addition Description
KellImageNarrow-leaved Cotton Grass
(Eriophorum angustifolium)
FuscaImageAguaje Palm, Moriche Palm, Burití
(Mauritia flexuosa)
FuscaImageAguaje Palm, Moriche Palm, Burití
(Mauritia flexuosa)
BayAreaTropicsImageLemon Guava, Kuawa-lemi
(Psidium cattleianum subsp. lucidum)
RosinaBloomImageKnotweed, Fleece Flower, Tovara 'Red Dragon'
(Persicaria microcephala)
RosinaBloomImageKnotweed, Fleece Flower, Tovara 'Red Dragon'
(Persicaria microcephala)
RosinaBloomImageEastern Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida)
RosinaBloomImageEastern Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida)
RosinaBloomImageEastern Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida)
RosinaBloomImageEastern Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida)
RosinaBloomImageEastern Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida)
RosinaBloomImageVenus' Looking-glass
(Triodanis perfoliata)
RosinaBloomImageVenus' Looking-glass
(Triodanis perfoliata)
RosinaBloomImageJapanese Holly Fern, Rochford's Holly Fern 'Rochfordianum'
(Cyrtomium falcatum)
RosinaBloomImageWeigela 'Wine & Roses'
(Weigela florida)
RosinaBloomImageWeigela 'Wine & Roses'
(Weigela florida)
scirpidiellaImageBuck Yam, Fiji Yam, Fiveleaf Yam
(Dioscorea pentaphylla)
scirpidiellaImageBuck Yam, Fiji Yam, Fiveleaf Yam
(Dioscorea pentaphylla)
scirpidiellaImageChmielewsky's Wild Tomato
(Lycopersicon chmielewski)
scirpidiellaImageChmielewsky's Wild Tomato
(Lycopersicon chmielewski)
scirpidiellaImageGalapagos Island Wild Tomato
(Lycopersicon galapagense)
scirpidiellaImageRough-leaved Michauxia
(Michauxia campanuloides)
RosinaBloomImageBigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Mariesii Variegata'
(Hydrangea macrophylla)
RosinaBloomImageBigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Mariesii Variegata'
(Hydrangea macrophylla)
RosinaBloomImageKnotweed, Fleece Flower, Tovara 'Red Dragon'
(Persicaria microcephala)
RosinaBloomImageKnotweed, Fleece Flower, Tovara 'Red Dragon'
(Persicaria microcephala)
RosinaBloomImageJapanese Holly Fern, Rochford's Holly Fern 'Rochfordianum'
(Cyrtomium falcatum)
TimberplotImageCanadian Hemlock, Eastern Hemlock
(Tsuga canadensis)
TimberplotImageCanadian Hemlock, Eastern Hemlock
(Tsuga canadensis)
Ted_BImageLá Giang, River Leaf, Sour-Sop Creeper
(Aganonerion polymorphum)
scirpidiellaImageEgyptian Henbane
(Hyoscyamus reticulatus)
KellImagePink Santa Barbara Daisy
(Erigeron x moerheimii)
KellImageKangaroo Paw, Cat's Paw 'Harmony'
(Anigozanthos flavidus)
KellImageKangaroo Paw, Cat's Paw 'Harmony'
(Anigozanthos flavidus)
KellImageKangaroo Paw, Cat's Paw 'Harmony'
(Anigozanthos flavidus)
KellImageKangaroo Paw, Cat's Paw 'Harmony'
(Anigozanthos flavidus)
KellImageGlandularia 'De la Mina'
(Glandularia lilacina)
KellImageRedspot Clarkia, Pismo Clarkia
(Clarkia speciosa subsp. immaculata)

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning
rotundiflora  ro-tun-dih-FLOR-a  Round flower  
rotundiflorum  ro-tun-dih-FLOR-um  Round leaf  
rotundiflorus  ro-tun-dih-FLOR-us  Round leaf  

Plants Added Yesterday:

Plant
Egyptian Henbane
Hyoscyamus reticulatus
Small Henbane
Hyoscyamus pusillus
Swiss Cheese Plant
Monstera freidrichstalii
Pink Santa Barbara Daisy
Erigeron x moerheimii
Kangaroo Paw, Cat's Paw 'Harmony'
Anigozanthos flavidus

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... July 14, 2016