Dave's Garden Newsletter for April 25, 2018

Covering the events of April 25, 2018

... in which ...
263 posts were made.
10 plants were added to PlantFiles.
5 comments were added to PlantFiles.
5 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
190 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
15 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

"The garden is my salvation, I shall not leave a weed."

( -- Unknown)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 263 posts were made yesterday.

Forum	Posts
PlantFiles Pictures	191 posts
Plant Identification	24 posts
Games	11 posts
Morning Glories	5 posts
Sewing, Quilting & Needle Arts	5 posts
Weather	5 posts
Insect and Spider Identification	4 posts
Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener	4 posts
Propagation	4 posts
Orchids	2 posts
BugFiles Pictures	2 posts
BirdFiles Pictures	2 posts
Bloom of the Day Photos	1 post
Bird Watching	1 post
Tropical Zone Gardening	1 post
Recipes	1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

10 new plants.
5 new descriptions were added.
190 new images were added.
5 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member	Addition	Description
quirkybird	Comment	Starburst Bush, Shooting Star Clerodendrum quadriloculare
molind64	Comment	Novelty Double Orchid Dahlia 'Pink Giraffe' Dahlia
molind64	Comment	Double Orchid Dahlia 'Giraffe' Dahlia
00264167	Comment	Viburnum 'Le Bois Marquis' Viburnum
Duchess_of_dirt	Comment	Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Strawberries & Cream' Hydrangea macrophylla
Farmerdill	Image	Broccoli 'Luna' (Brassica oleracea)
Xenomorf	Image	Hester's Foxtail Cactus (Escobaria hesteri)
Xenomorf	Image	Thelocactus (Thelocactus macdowelii)
Kell	Image	Chinese Houses (Collinsia heterophylla)
Kell	Image	Chinese Houses (Collinsia heterophylla)
Kell	Image	Speckled Clarkia, Speckled Fairyfan, Cylindrical Clarkia (Clarkia cylindrica)
Kell	Image	Speckled Clarkia, Speckled Fairyfan, Cylindrical Clarkia (Clarkia cylindrica)
Kell	Image	Thick Leaf Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon crassifolium)
Kell	Image	Thick Leaf Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon crassifolium)
Kell	Image	Thick Leaf Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon crassifolium)
Kell	Image	Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum)
Kell	Image	Strawberry Hedgehog, Calico Cactus, Dagger-Spine Hedgehog, Engelmann's Hedgehog, Howe Hedgehog (Echinocereus engelmannii)
Kell	Image	Strawberry Hedgehog, Calico Cactus, Dagger-Spine Hedgehog, Engelmann's Hedgehog, Howe Hedgehog (Echinocereus engelmannii)
Kell	Image	Strawberry Hedgehog, Calico Cactus, Dagger-Spine Hedgehog, Engelmann's Hedgehog, Howe Hedgehog (Echinocereus engelmannii)
Kell	Image	Strawberry Hedgehog, Calico Cactus, Dagger-Spine Hedgehog, Engelmann's Hedgehog, Howe Hedgehog (Echinocereus engelmannii)
Kell	Image	Phlox heliotrope (Heliotropium convolvulaceum)
Kell	Image	Phlox heliotrope (Heliotropium convolvulaceum)
Kell	Image	Phlox heliotrope (Heliotropium convolvulaceum)
Kell	Image	Euphorbia (Euphorbia ocellata var. arenicola)
Kell	Image	Euphorbia (Euphorbia ocellata var. arenicola)
Kell	Image	Desert nemacladus, Desert threadplant, Rigid stemmed thread plant (Nemacladus rubescens)
Kell	Image	Erodium Species, Fillaree, Texas Storksbill, Pine Needle (Erodium texanum)
Kell	Image	Erodium Species, Fillaree, Texas Storksbill, Pine Needle (Erodium texanum)
Kell	Image	Erodium Species, Fillaree, Texas Storksbill, Pine Needle (Erodium texanum)
Kell	Image	Spiny Hopsage (Grayia spinosa)
Kell	Image	Spiny Hopsage (Grayia spinosa)
Kell	Image	Opuntia, Prickly Pear Cactus 'Exquisite' (Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea)
Kell	Image	Opuntia, Prickly Pear Cactus 'Exquisite' (Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea)
Kell	Image	Opuntia, Prickly Pear Cactus 'Exquisite' (Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea)
Kell	Image	Lupinus (Lupinus odoratus)
Kell	Image	Lupinus (Lupinus odoratus)
Kell	Image	Lupinus (Lupinus odoratus)
Kell	Image	Lupinus (Lupinus odoratus)
Kell	Image	Strawberry Hedgehog, Calico Cactus, Dagger-Spine Hedgehog, Engelmann's Hedgehog, Howe Hedgehog (Echinocereus engelmannii)
Kell	Image	Teddy Bear Cholla, Cholla Guera, Golden-Spined Jumping Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)
Kell	Image	Teddy Bear Cholla, Cholla Guera, Golden-Spined Jumping Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)
Kell	Image	Teddy Bear Cholla, Cholla Guera, Golden-Spined Jumping Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)
Kell	Image	Teddy Bear Cholla, Cholla Guera, Golden-Spined Jumping Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)
Kell	Image	Teddy Bear Cholla, Cholla Guera, Golden-Spined Jumping Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)
Kell	Image	Teddy Bear Cholla, Cholla Guera, Golden-Spined Jumping Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)
Kell	Image	California Barrel Cactus, Compass Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)
Kell	Image	California Barrel Cactus, Compass Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)
Kell	Image	Opuntia Species, Prickly Pear Cactus, Beavertail Cactus, Beavertail Pricklypear (Opuntia basilaris)
Kell	Image	Lilac sunbonnet (Langloisia setosissima var. punctata)
BlueOddish	Image	Oregon Boxleaf, False Box, Mountainlover (Paxistima myrsinites)
BlueOddish	Image	Oregon Boxleaf, False Box, Mountainlover (Paxistima myrsinites)
BlueOddish	Image	Black Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa)
BlueOddish	Image	Black Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa)
BlueOddish	Image	Black Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa)
BlueOddish	Image	Big Tooth Maple, Canyon Maple (Acer grandidentatum)
BlueOddish	Image	Big Tooth Maple, Canyon Maple (Acer grandidentatum)
BlueOddish	Image	Climbing Hydrangea 'Miranda' (Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris)
BlueOddish	Image	White-Flowered Chocolate Vine, Five-Leaf Akebia, Raisin Vine 'Shirobana' (Akebia quinata)
BlueOddish	Image	White-Flowered Chocolate Vine, Five-Leaf Akebia, Raisin Vine 'Shirobana' (Akebia quinata)
BlueOddish	Image	Spring Beauty, Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
lasertrimman	Image	Opuntia Species, Prickly Pear Cactus, Violet Prickly Pear (Opuntia gosseliniana)
smcatl	Image	Tall Bearded Iris 'Machismo' (Iris )
smcatl	Image	Tall Bearded Iris 'Machismo' (Iris )
smcatl	Image	Tall Bearded Iris 'Dracula's Kiss' (Iris )
smcatl	Image	Tall Bearded Iris 'Dracula's Kiss' (Iris )
smcatl	Image	Tall Bearded Iris 'Anything Goes' (Iris )
smcatl	Image	Tall Bearded Iris 'Wench' (Iris )
smcatl	Image	Salvia, Autumn Sage, Cherry Sage, Gregg's Sage, Texas Sage 'Radio Red' (Salvia greggii)
nothingfails	Image	Oriental Paper Bush (Edgeworthia chrysantha)
nothingfails	Image	Daphne 'Eternal Fragrance' (Daphne x transatlantica)
BlueOddish	Image	Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia)
BlueOddish	Image	Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia)
BlueOddish	Image	Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia)
BlueOddish	Image	Climbing Hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris)
BlueOddish	Image	Euphorbia, Mediterranean Spurge 'Glacier Blue' (Euphorbia characias)
BlueOddish	Image	Grape Hyacinth (Muscari botryoides)
BlueOddish	Image	Common Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle, Flower-of-Death (Vinca minor)
BlueOddish	Image	Common Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle, Flower-of-Death (Vinca minor)
BlueOddish	Image	Himalayan Blackberry, Armenian Blackberry, Arizona Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
BlueOddish	Image	Species, Wild Rose, Nootka Rose, Nutka Rose (Rosa nutkana)
BlueOddish	Image	Boxelder, Box Elder Maple, Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo)
BlueOddish	Image	Boxelder, Box Elder Maple, Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo)
BlueOddish	Image	Species Iris, Yellow Flag, Yellow Iris, Water Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
BlueOddish	Image	Creeping Barberry, Creeping Hollygrape, Creeping Mahonia (Mahonia repens)
BlueOddish	Image	Species, Wild Rose, Briar Rose, Dog Rose, White-flowered Rose, Dog Briar, Hondsroos, Redoute Rose (Rosa canina)
BlueOddish	Image	Species, Wild Rose, Briar Rose, Dog Rose, White-flowered Rose, Dog Briar, Hondsroos, Redoute Rose (Rosa canina)
BlueOddish	Image	Species, Wild Rose, Briar Rose, Dog Rose, White-flowered Rose, Dog Briar, Hondsroos, Redoute Rose (Rosa canina)
sunkissed	Image	Neoregelia Bromeliad 'Purple Star' (Neoregelia )
sunkissed	Image	Neoregelia Bromeliad 'Purple Star' (Neoregelia )
BlueOddish	Image	Primula, English Primrose 'Belarina Buttercup' (Primula vulgaris)
BlueOddish	Image	Lilac 'Rhythm & Bloom Purple' (Syringa )
thisiscrazy	Image	Clematis, Heracleifolia Clematis, Tube Clematis 'New Love' (Clematis )
thisiscrazy	Image	Clematis, Heracleifolia Clematis, Tube Clematis 'New Love' (Clematis )
thisiscrazy	Image	Rhododendron 'Nancy Evans' (Rhododendron )
thisiscrazy	Image	Rhododendron 'Nancy Evans' (Rhododendron )
thisiscrazy	Image	Ornamental Cherry 'Fudanzakura' (Prunus serrulata)
thisiscrazy	Image	Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema consanguineum)
BlueOddish	Image	Japanese Barberry 'Aurea Nana' (Berberis thunbergii)
BlueOddish	Image	Bearberry, Kinnikinnick, Manzanita 'Massachusetts' (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
BlueOddish	Image	Miniature Rose 'Cherry Sunblaze' (Rosa )
BlueOddish	Image	Rose 'At Last' (Rosa )
BlueOddish	Image	Glabrate Rubber Rabbitbrush, Hanoshiv�pi (Ericameria nauseosa var. graveolens)
BlueOddish	Image	Colorado Buckhorn Cholla, Colorado Desert Cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. coloradoensis)
Kell	Image	Silver Cholla, Golden Cholla, Wiggin's Cholla, Ground Chilla (Cylindropuntia echinocarpus)
Kell	Image	Buckhorn Cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa)
Kell	Image	Santa Ana River woolystar (Eriastrum densifolium subsp. sanctorum)
Kell	Image	Clustered Broomrape (Orobanche fasciculata)
Kell	Image	Chaparral broomrape (Aphyllon tuberosum)
Kell	Image	Borya (Borya constricta)
Kell	Image	Lacy Coral Lichen (Cladia ferdinandii)
Kell	Image	Lacy Coral Lichen (Cladia ferdinandii)
Kell	Image	Lacy Coral Lichen (Cladia ferdinandii)
Kell	Image	Lacy Coral Lichen (Cladia ferdinandii)
Kell	Image	Borya (Borya constricta)
Xenomorf	Image	Mammillaria (Mammillaria voburnensis subsp. eichlamii)
Xenomorf	Image	Thelocactus (Thelocactus bicolor var. bolaensis)
Kell	Image	Prickly Dryandra (Banksia horrida)
Kell	Image	Prickly Dryandra (Banksia horrida)
Kell	Image	Prickly Dryandra (Banksia horrida)
Kell	Image	Prickly Dryandra (Banksia horrida)
Kell	Image	Prickly Dryandra (Banksia horrida)
Kell	Image	Prickly Dryandra (Banksia horrida)
Xenomorf	Image	Nuevo Leon Living Rock Cactus, Orejas de Conejo, Orejitas (Ariocarpus scaphirostris)
Kell	Image	Chuckwalla Cholla (Cylindropuntia chuckwallensis)
Kell	Image	Chuckwalla Cholla (Cylindropuntia chuckwallensis)
Kell	Image	Chuckwalla Cholla (Cylindropuntia chuckwallensis)
Kell	Image	Chuckwalla Cholla (Cylindropuntia chuckwallensis)
Kell	Image	Chuckwalla Cholla (Cylindropuntia chuckwallensis)
Kell	Image	Chuckwalla Cholla (Cylindropuntia chuckwallensis)
Kell	Image	Cholla (Cylindropuntia wolfii)
Kell	Image	Cholla (Cylindropuntia wolfii)
Kell	Image	San Felipe Cholla (Cylindropuntia sanfelipensis)
Kell	Image	Calmalliana Cholla (Cylindropuntia calmalliana)
Kell	Image	Calmalliana Cholla (Cylindropuntia calmalliana)
Kell	Image	Cyrtanthus 'Saturn' (Cyrtanthus )
Kell	Image	Cyrtanthus 'Saturn' (Cyrtanthus )
Kell	Image	Chuckwalla Cholla (Cylindropuntia chuckwallensis)
Kell	Image	Desert fivespot (Eremalche rotundifolia)
Kell	Image	Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens)
Kell	Image	Coyote Willow (Salix exigua)
Kell	Image	Coyote Willow (Salix exigua)
Kell	Image	Goodding's Willow (Salix gooddingii)
Kell	Image	Rock nettle (Eucnide rupestris)
Kell	Image	Rock nettle (Eucnide rupestris)
Kell	Image	Rock nettle (Eucnide rupestris)
Kell	Image	Rock nettle (Eucnide rupestris)
Kell	Image	Rock nettle (Eucnide rupestris)
Kell	Image	Rock nettle (Eucnide rupestris)
Kell	Image	Nemacladus (Gymnocladus tenuis var. aliformis)
Kell	Image	Desert woollystar (Eriastrum eremicum)
Kell	Image	Desert woollystar (Eriastrum eremicum)
Kell	Image	Desert Death Camas (Toxicoscordion brevibracteatum)
Kell	Image	Desert Death Camas (Toxicoscordion brevibracteatum)
Kell	Image	Desert Death Camas (Toxicoscordion brevibracteatum)
Kell	Image	White Bursage, Burro Weed, Burro Bush, Desert Bur Sage, Desert Ragweed (Ambrosia dumosa)
Kell	Image	Ambrosia Species, Burrobush, Cheesebush, Winged Ragweed, Desert Pearl (Ambrosia salsola)
Kell	Image	Ambrosia Species, Burrobush, Cheesebush, Winged Ragweed, Desert Pearl (Ambrosia salsola)
Kell	Image	Ambrosia Species, Burrobush, Cheesebush, Winged Ragweed, Desert Pearl (Ambrosia salsola)
Kell	Image	Ambrosia Species, Burrobush, Cheesebush, Winged Ragweed, Desert Pearl (Ambrosia salsola)
Kell	Image	Ambrosia Species, Burrobush, Cheesebush, Winged Ragweed, Desert Pearl (Ambrosia salsola)
Kell	Image	Redspined Fishhook Cactus, Hermit Cactus, Mojave Devil's-claw Cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus)
Kell	Image	Redspined Fishhook Cactus, Hermit Cactus, Mojave Devil's-claw Cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus)
Kell	Image	Redspined Fishhook Cactus, Hermit Cactus, Mojave Devil's-claw Cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus)
Kell	Image	Redspined Fishhook Cactus, Hermit Cactus, Mojave Devil's-claw Cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus)
Kell	Image	Redspined Fishhook Cactus, Hermit Cactus, Mojave Devil's-claw Cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus)
Kell	Image	Redspined Fishhook Cactus, Hermit Cactus, Mojave Devil's-claw Cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus)
Kell	Image	Redspined Fishhook Cactus, Hermit Cactus, Mojave Devil's-claw Cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus)
Kell	Image	Hairy milkweed (Funastrum hirtellum)
Kell	Image	Hairy milkweed (Funastrum hirtellum)
Kell	Image	Hairy milkweed (Funastrum hirtellum)
Kell	Image	Notch-Leafed Phacelia, Crenate Phacelia (Phacelia crenulata)
Kell	Image	Notch-Leafed Phacelia, Crenate Phacelia (Phacelia crenulata)
Kell	Image	Golden suncup (Chylismia brevipes)
Kell	Image	Desert poppy (Eschscholzia glyptosperma)
Kell	Image	Desert poppy (Eschscholzia glyptosperma)
Kell	Image	Opuntia Species, Prickly Pear Cactus, Beavertail Cactus, Beavertail Pricklypear (Opuntia basilaris)
Kell	Image	Opuntia Species, Prickly Pear Cactus, Beavertail Cactus, Beavertail Pricklypear (Opuntia basilaris)
Kell	Image	Brittle Bush, White Brittlebush, Incienso (Encelia farinosa)
Kell	Image	White tackstem (Calycoseris wrightii)
Kell	Image	Nicotiana Species, Desert Tobacco (Nicotiana obtusifolia)
Kell	Image	Nicotiana Species, Desert Tobacco (Nicotiana obtusifolia)
Kell	Image	Yellow Nightshade Ground Cherry, Thick-leafed Groundcherry, Desert Ground Cherry (Physalis crassifolia)
Kell	Image	Yellow Nightshade Ground Cherry, Thick-leafed Groundcherry, Desert Ground Cherry (Physalis crassifolia)
BlueOddish	Image	Cutleaf Japanese Maple, Threadleaf Japanese Maple 'Seiryu' (Acer palmatum)
BlueOddish	Image	English Laurel, Common Laurel, Cherry Laurel 'Otto Luyken' (Prunus laurocerasus)
BlueOddish	Image	Creeping Phlox, Moss Phlox 'Emerald Blue' (Phlox subulata)
BlueOddish	Image	Red Yucca, Red Flower False Yucca 'Yellow Sun' (Hesperaloe parviflora)
BlueOddish	Image	Sulfur Buckwheat, Sulphur Buckwheat 'Kannah Creek' (Eriogonum umbellatum var. aureum)
BlueOddish	Image	Starry False Solomon's Seal, Starry Solomon's Plume, Starry Smilac, Spikenard (Maianthemum stellatum)
BlueOddish	Image	Chocolate Vine 'Purple Rose' (Akebia quinata)
Xenomorf	Image	Devil's Tongue Barrel, Crow's Claw Cactus, Fish Hook Cactus (Ferocactus latispinus)
Kell	Image	Scallop Shell (Marrubium supinum)
Xenomorf	Image	Aztekium (Aztekium hintonii)
Xenomorf	Image	Strombocactus (Strombocactus disciformis)
Xenomorf	Image	Strombocactus (Strombocactus disciformis)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member	Addition	Description
onilollaig	Neutral	The Growers Exchange (aka The Grower's Exchange)
Yellowstone244	Positive	The Earthworks (The Fuchsia Lady
reeve1	Negative	David Austin Roses (US)
wolfie7873	Negative	Burgess Seed
mjbivens	Neutral	Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
DonnaMack	Positive	Greenmantle Nursery
stewardess	Positive	Arrowhead Dahlias
stewardess	Positive	Chocolate Flower Farm
JDCrow	Positive	Gardens Alive!
jklausner	Negative	Gurney's Seed & Nursery
reeve1	Positive	Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
reeve1	Positive	Kartuz Greenhouses
susanel	Negative	West Coast Seeds
chipstein	Positive	Sooner Plant Farm (Shop Smarter Shop Sooner)
dotm8rix	Positive	Rosy Dawn Gardens

Garden Bookworm Activity:

No new books were added to the database.
No new ratings/comments were added to the database.

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