Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of June 13

... in which ...

184 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.35% yesterday.
921 posts were made.
5 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
15 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
46 plants were added to the Plants Database.
29 comments were added to the Plants Database.
166 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
64 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
11 entries were added to Botanary.

happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"We have descended into the garden and caught 300 slugs. How I love the mixture of the beautiful and the squalid in gardening. It makes it so lifelike."

( -- Evelyn Underhill, English poet (born 12/6/1875))

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: for kell
By Bward

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Purple Velvet Plant, Purple Passion Vine, Purple Nettle
Gynura aurantiaca
By tiG

Forum Activity

A grand total of 921 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Brugmansias and Friends 198 posts.

Photos 120 posts.

PDB Pictures 83 posts.

Plant Trading 72 posts.

Dave's Garden 40 posts.

Co-Op 33 posts.

Tropicals 32 posts.

Roses 29 posts.

Prayer Requests 27 posts.

Health and Dieting 23 posts.

Garden Talk 22 posts.

Shady Gardens 20 posts.

Farm Life 19 posts.

Parking Lot 18 posts.

Welcome Mat 18 posts.

Hostas 17 posts.

Roundup Pictures 16 posts.

General Discussion 16 posts.

Pets 14 posts.

Identification 11 posts.

Seed Trading 9 posts.

Water Gardens 8 posts.

Perennials 7 posts.

Annuals 6 posts.

Mail Call! 5 posts.

Grass and Bamboo 5 posts.

Recipes 4 posts.

Fruit Trees 4 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 4 posts.

Test 4 posts.

Roundup 4 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 4 posts.

Dirt Cheap 3 posts.

Saving Seeds 3 posts.

Landscaping 3 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 3 posts.

Tomatoes 2 posts.

Garden Foes 2 posts.

Propagation 2 posts.

Home Decorating 2 posts.

European 1 post.

Trees & Shrubs 1 post.

Greenhouse 1 post.

Geraniaceae 1 post.

Pollbooth 1 post.

Wild Life 1 post.

Market Growers 1 post.

Bulbs 1 post.

Camera Talk 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

Actinospermum ak-tin-oh-SPER-mum From the Greek aktinos (ray) and spermus (seed)
rosaefolius roh-say-FOH-lee-us Having leaves like Rosa (Rose genus); also spelled rosifolius
rosaefolia roh-say-FOH-lee-uh Having foliage like Rosa (Rose genus); also spelled rosifolia
Ammosperma am-mo-SPER-muh From the Greek ammos (sand) and sperma (seed)
rosifolia roh-sih-FOH-lee-uh Having leaves like Rosa (Rose genus); also spelled rosaefolia
rosifolius roh-sih-FOH-lee-us Having leaves like Rosa (Rose genus); also spelled rosaefolius
hyemale hy-EH-may-lee Alternate spelling of hiemale, from the Latin hiems, meaning winter, winter-flowering
fimbriatula fim-bry-AH-too-luh Somewhat fringed
fimbriatulum fim-bry-AH-too-lum Somewhat fringed
fimbriatulus fim-bry-AH-too-lus Somewhat fringed
Anogramma an-oh-GRAM-uh From the Greek ano (upward or above) and gramma (lined, written), referring to the sori maturing first near the tips

Journal Activity

23 new items.
3 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

46 new plants.
29 new descriptions were added.
64 new images were added.
166 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

5 new companies were added to the database.
15 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description
Coolplanter Positive Ensata Gardens
hczone6 Positive Plant Delights Nursery
Noodles Positive Lee Valley Tools, Ltd.
Noodles Positive Forestfarm
Noodles Neutral Langeveld Bulb Co Inc
Noodles Positive St. Lawrence Nurseries
pinkangel420 Negative Reimer Seeds
nevadagdn Neutral Langeveld Bulb Co Inc
gardengym Positive EZPlant.com
plocht Positive Lee Valley Tools, Ltd.
Leetjr Positive Whatcom Seed Co.
Missyinbama Positive Chesterfield Dahlia Farm
drmulch Positive Harmony Farm Supply & Nursery
monitor Positive Tradewinds Bamboo
RosesRred Positive Valley K Greenhouses

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... June 13, 2003