Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 29, 2017

Covering the events of May 29, 2017

... in which ...
263 posts were made.
6 plants were added to PlantFiles.
7 comments were added to PlantFiles.
21 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
135 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
7 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

"Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."

( -- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), American author)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 263 posts were made yesterday.

Forum	Posts
PlantFiles Pictures	137 posts
Plant Identification	59 posts
Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener	13 posts
Perennials	11 posts
Morning Glories	7 posts
Propagation	7 posts
Texas Gardening	5 posts
Sewing, Quilting & Needle Arts	5 posts
Recipes	3 posts
Insect and Spider Identification	2 posts
Voting Booth	2 posts
Weather	2 posts
Shade Gardening	1 post
Bulbs	1 post
Cacti and Succulents	1 post
Books, Movies, and TV	1 post
Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins	1 post
Garden Pests and Diseases	1 post
Site Help	1 post
Bird Identification	1 post
Irrigation Systems	1 post
Bloom of the Day Photos	1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

6 new plants.
7 new descriptions were added.
135 new images were added.
21 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member	Addition	Description
Farmerdill	Comment	Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Kitchen King' Phaseolus vulgaris
vbinsc	Comment	Agastache, Anise-Hyssop, Blue Giant Hyssop, Licorice Mint 'Golden Jubilee' Agastache foeniculum
TulipPolar84	Comment	Japanese Flowering Crabapple Malus floribunda
TulipPolar84	Comment	Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Clint07	Comment	Bishop's Weed, Goutweed, Ground Elder 'Variegatum' Aegopodium podagraria
Clint07	Comment	European Filbert, Hazelnut 'Red Dragon' Corylus avellana
gwenitx	Comment	Kiwano, African Horned Melon 'African Horned' Cucumis metuliferus
Farmerdill	Image	Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Kitchen King' (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Farmerdill	Image	Snap Bean (Green, French Bean) 'Cabot' (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Farmerdill	Image	Cucumber 'Diomede' (Cucumis sativus)
mygardens	Image	Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
mygardens	Image	Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
mygardens	Image	Silkyleaf Woadwaxen 'Vancouver Gold' (Genista pilosa)
mygardens	Image	Silkyleaf Woadwaxen 'Vancouver Gold' (Genista pilosa)
mygardens	Image	Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)
MariannaM	Image	Spider Plant 'Minimus' (Chlorophytum )
DaylilySLP	Image	Hoptree, Stinking Ash, Wafer Ash (Ptelea trifoliata)
DaylilySLP	Image	Hoptree, Stinking Ash, Wafer Ash (Ptelea trifoliata)
DaylilySLP	Image	Hoptree, Stinking Ash, Wafer Ash (Ptelea trifoliata)
DaylilySLP	Image	Spiderwort, Virginia Spiderwort, Lady's Tears 'Leonora' (Tradescantia x andersoniana)
DaylilySLP	Image	Spiderwort, Virginia Spiderwort, Lady's Tears 'Leonora' (Tradescantia x andersoniana)
DaylilySLP	Image	Spiderwort, Virginia Spiderwort, Lady's Tears 'Leonora' (Tradescantia x andersoniana)
DaylilySLP	Image	Spiderwort, Virginia Spiderwort, Lady's Tears 'Leonora' (Tradescantia x andersoniana)
DaylilySLP	Image	Linaria 'Neon Lights' (Linaria aeruginea)
DaylilySLP	Image	Linaria 'Neon Lights' (Linaria aeruginea)
DaylilySLP	Image	Linaria 'Neon Lights' (Linaria aeruginea)
DaylilySLP	Image	Linaria 'Neon Lights' (Linaria aeruginea)
DaylilySLP	Image	Linaria 'Neon Lights' (Linaria aeruginea)
DaylilySLP	Image	Digitalis, Common Foxglove, Lady's Glove 'Dalmatian Peach' (Digitalis purpurea)
DaylilySLP	Image	Digitalis, Common Foxglove, Lady's Glove 'Dalmatian Peach' (Digitalis purpurea)
DaylilySLP	Image	Digitalis, Common Foxglove, Lady's Glove 'Dalmatian Peach' (Digitalis purpurea)
DaylilySLP	Image	Digitalis, Common Foxglove, Lady's Glove 'Dalmatian Peach' (Digitalis purpurea)
DaylilySLP	Image	Digitalis, Common Foxglove, Lady's Glove 'Dalmatian Peach' (Digitalis purpurea)
Kell	Image	Large Gnat Orchid, Winter Gnat Orchid, Mosquito Orchid (Cyrtostylis robusta)
Kell	Image	Large Gnat Orchid, Winter Gnat Orchid, Mosquito Orchid (Cyrtostylis robusta)
Kell	Image	Large Gnat Orchid, Winter Gnat Orchid, Mosquito Orchid (Cyrtostylis robusta)
Kell	Image	Large Gnat Orchid, Winter Gnat Orchid, Mosquito Orchid (Cyrtostylis robusta)
Kell	Image	Curled-tongue Shell Orchid (Pterostylis rogersii.)
Kell	Image	Curled-tongue Shell Orchid (Pterostylis rogersii.)
Kell	Image	Curled-tongue Shell Orchid (Pterostylis rogersii.)
Kell	Image	Cut-Leaf Banksia 'Red' (Banksia praemorsa)
Kell	Image	Cut-Leaf Banksia (Banksia praemorsa)
Kell	Image	Cut-Leaf Banksia (Banksia praemorsa)
Kell	Image	Cut-Leaf Banksia (Banksia praemorsa)
Kell	Image	Cut-Leaf Banksia (Banksia praemorsa)
Kell	Image	Granite bunny orchid (Eriochilus pulchellus)
Kell	Image	Granite bunny orchid (Eriochilus pulchellus)
Kell	Image	Granite bunny orchid (Eriochilus pulchellus)
Kell	Image	Granite bunny orchid (Eriochilus pulchellus)
Kell	Image	Granite bunny orchid (Eriochilus pulchellus)
Kell	Image	Granite bunny orchid (Eriochilus pulchellus)
Kell	Image	Granite bunny orchid (Eriochilus pulchellus)
Kell	Image	Granite bunny orchid (Eriochilus pulchellus)
Kell	Image	Cockies Tongues (Templetonia retusa)
Kell	Image	Cockies Tongues (Templetonia retusa)
Kell	Image	Banksia (Banksia ilicifolia)
Kell	Image	Banksia (Banksia ilicifolia)
Kell	Image	Banksia (Banksia ilicifolia)
Kell	Image	Banksia (Banksia ilicifolia)
Kell	Image	Banksia (Banksia ilicifolia)
Kell	Image	Roselle, Jamaican Tea, Maple-Leaf Hibiscus, Florida Cranberry, October Hibiscus, Red Sorrell (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
Kell	Image	Swamp Bunny Orchid (Eriochilus helonomos)
Kell	Image	Swamp Bunny Orchid (Eriochilus helonomos)
Kell	Image	Swamp Bunny Orchid (Eriochilus helonomos)
Kell	Image	Swamp Bunny Orchid (Eriochilus helonomos)
Kell	Image	Swamp Bunny Orchid (Eriochilus helonomos)
Kell	Image	Swamp Bunny Orchid (Eriochilus helonomos)
Kell	Image	Swamp Bunny Orchid (Eriochilus helonomos)
Kell	Image	Tangled Smokebush (Conospermum flexuosum)
Kell	Image	Tangled Smokebush (Conospermum flexuosum)
Kell	Image	Tangled Smokebush (Conospermum flexuosum)
Kell	Image	Narrow-Leaf Milkweed, Mexican Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)
daisygirl_01	Image	Hybrid Tea Rose 'Broadway' (Rosa )
daisygirl_01	Image	Hybrid Tea Rose 'Broadway' (Rosa )
daisygirl_01	Image	Hybrid Tea Rose 'Broadway' (Rosa )
DaylilySLP	Image	Hybrid Columbine 'Spring Magic Rose and White' (Aquilegia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Hybrid Columbine 'Spring Magic Rose and White' (Aquilegia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Hybrid Columbine 'Spring Magic Rose and White' (Aquilegia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Bergenia, Pigsqueak 'Pink Dragonfly' (Bergenia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Bergenia, Pigsqueak 'Pink Dragonfly' (Bergenia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Bergenia, Pigsqueak 'Pink Dragonfly' (Bergenia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Bergenia, Pigsqueak 'Pink Dragonfly' (Bergenia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Decorative Dahlia 'XXL Hidalgo' (Dahlia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Decorative Dahlia 'XXL Hidalgo' (Dahlia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Decorative Dahlia 'XXL Hidalgo' (Dahlia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Decorative Dahlia 'XXL Hidalgo' (Dahlia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Dahlia 'XXL Veracruz' (Dahlia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Dahlia 'XXL Veracruz' (Dahlia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Dahlia 'XXL Veracruz' (Dahlia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Dahlia 'XXL Veracruz' (Dahlia )
Kell	Image	Bushman Poison (Boophone disticha)
DaylilySLP	Image	Dianthus, Double Pinks, Garden Pinks 'Early Bird Chili' (Dianthus )
DaylilySLP	Image	Dianthus, Double Pinks, Garden Pinks 'Early Bird Chili' (Dianthus )
DaylilySLP	Image	Dianthus, Double Pinks, Garden Pinks 'Early Bird Chili' (Dianthus )
DaylilySLP	Image	Dianthus, Double Pinks, Garden Pinks 'Early Bird Chili' (Dianthus )
DaylilySLP	Image	Dianthus, Double Pinks, Garden Pinks 'Early Bird Fizzy' (Dianthus )
DaylilySLP	Image	Dianthus, Double Pinks, Garden Pinks 'Early Bird Fizzy' (Dianthus )
DaylilySLP	Image	Dianthus, Double Pinks, Garden Pinks 'Early Bird Fizzy' (Dianthus )
DaylilySLP	Image	Dianthus, Double Pinks, Garden Pinks 'Early Bird Fizzy' (Dianthus )
DaylilySLP	Image	Leopard's Bane 'Little Leo' (Doronicum orientale)
DaylilySLP	Image	Leopard's Bane 'Little Leo' (Doronicum orientale)
DaylilySLP	Image	Leopard's Bane 'Little Leo' (Doronicum orientale)
DaylilySLP	Image	Leopard's Bane 'Little Leo' (Doronicum orientale)
DaylilySLP	Image	Tall Bearded Iris 'Orange Harvest' (Iris )
DaylilySLP	Image	Tall Bearded Iris 'Orange Harvest' (Iris )
DaylilySLP	Image	Petunia 'Night Sky' (Petunia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Petunia 'Night Sky' (Petunia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Petunia 'Night Sky' (Petunia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Petunia 'Night Sky' (Petunia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Petunia 'Night Sky' (Petunia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Petunia 'Night Sky' (Petunia )
DaylilySLP	Image	Japanese Pieris, Hybrid Andromeda 'Brouwer's Beauty' (Pieris )
DaylilySLP	Image	Japanese Pieris, Hybrid Andromeda 'Brouwer's Beauty' (Pieris )
DaylilySLP	Image	Japanese Pieris, Hybrid Andromeda 'Brouwer's Beauty' (Pieris )
DaylilySLP	Image	Japanese Pieris, Hybrid Andromeda 'Brouwer's Beauty' (Pieris )
DaylilySLP	Image	Japanese Pieris, Hybrid Andromeda 'Brouwer's Beauty' (Pieris )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'Holden' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'Holden' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'Holden' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'Holden' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'Karin Seleger' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'Karin Seleger' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'Karin Seleger' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'Karin Seleger' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'Karin Seleger' (Rhododendron )
Kell	Image	Lace Net Grevillea (Grevillea stenomera)
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'PJM' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'PJM' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'PJM' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Rhododendron 'PJM' (Rhododendron )
Kell	Image	Thryptomene (Thryptomene baeckeacea)
DaylilySLP	Image	Azalea, Rhododendron 'Purple Splendor' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Azalea, Rhododendron 'Purple Splendor' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Azalea, Rhododendron 'Purple Splendor' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Azalea, Rhododendron 'Purple Splendor' (Rhododendron )
DaylilySLP	Image	Azalea, Rhododendron 'Purple Splendor' (Rhododendron )
Kell	Image	Yellow Flame Grevillea, the Desert Grevillea (Grevillea eriostachia)
DaylilySLP	Image	Hiryu Azalea, Kurume Azalea 'Tradition' (Rhododendron x obtusum)
DaylilySLP	Image	Hiryu Azalea, Kurume Azalea 'Tradition' (Rhododendron x obtusum)
DaylilySLP	Image	Hiryu Azalea, Kurume Azalea 'Tradition' (Rhododendron x obtusum)
DaylilySLP	Image	Hiryu Azalea, Kurume Azalea 'Tradition' (Rhododendron x obtusum)
DaylilySLP	Image	Hiryu Azalea, Kurume Azalea 'Tradition' (Rhododendron x obtusum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member	Addition	Description
Contutti	Positive	Hummingbird Farm
widowpoole	Negative	Earl May Seed & Nursery
NCMstGardener	Positive	MrMaple (Nichol's Nursery)
Debussy	Positive	Romence Gardens & Greenhouses
joandud	Negative	Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com)
raspberrypicket	Positive	Burpee (W. Atlee Burpee)
raspberrypicket	Positive	Select Seeds Antique Flowers

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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