Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of December 24 ... in which ... 32 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.04% yesterday. 528 posts were made. 1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog. 1 rating was added to the Garden Watchdog. 7 plants were added to the Plants Database. 4 comments were added to the Plants Database. 49 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 28 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 8 entries were added to Botanary. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Proverb)

Forum Photo of the Day

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Brugmansias and Friends 131 posts. Photos 66 posts. PDB Pictures 44 posts. General Discussion 31 posts. Pets 29 posts. Recipes 27 posts. Prayer Requests 25 posts. Parking Lot 22 posts. Farm Life 19 posts. Seed Trading 17 posts. Welcome Mat 14 posts. Roundup 13 posts. Jokes and Chat 12 posts. Tomatoes 9 posts. Mail Call! 9 posts. Identification 8 posts. Canadian Trading 7 posts. Bulbs 6 posts. Health, Dieting and Beauty 5 posts. Tropicals 4 posts. Geraniaceae 4 posts. Plant Trading 4 posts. Irises 3 posts. Dave's Garden 3 posts. Co-Op 2 posts. Gourds and Melons 2 posts. Wild Life 2 posts. Propagation 2 posts. Organic Gardening 1 post. Garden Talk 1 post. Saving Seeds 1 post. Greenhouse 1 post. Dirt Cheap 1 post. European 1 post. Butterflies and Hummers 1 post. Master Gardeners 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning godseffianum   god-seff-ee-AY-num   Named for Joseph Godseff, 20th century English plant collector   harringtonia   har-ring-TOH-nee-uh   Named for the Earl of Harrington, who admired the species   signatus   sig-NAY-tus   Marked   webbiana   web-bee-AY-nuh   Named for Philip Barker Webb, 19th century botanist and the first person to collect in the Tetuan Mountains of Morocco   webbianum   web-bee-AY-num   Named for Philip Barker Webb, 19th century botanist and the first person to collect in the Tetuan Mountains of Morocco   webbianus   web-bee-AY-nus   Named for Philip Barker Webb, 19th century botanist and the first person to collect in the Tetuan Mountains of Morocco   horstiana   horst-ee-AY-nuh   Named for Leopoldo Horst, 21st century Brazilian plant collector   Bignoniaceae   big-no-nih-AY-see   The Bignonia family, named for the Abbe Jean Paul Bignon, early 18th century New Latin librarian to Louis XIV

Journal Activity

2 new items.
12 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

Member Addition Description palmbob Comment Sonoran Tree Bear Grass Nolina matapensis palmbob Comment Blue Nolina, Nelson's Bear Grass Nolina nelsoni palmbob Comment Chamaedorea woodsoniana palmbob Comment Chamaedorea sullivanorum palmbob Image Licuala (Licuala peltata var. sumawongii) palmbob Image Licuala (Licuala peltata var. sumawongii) palmbob Image Licuala (Licuala peltata) palmbob Image Licuala (Licuala radula) palmbob Image Licuala (Licuala radula) palmbob Image Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium geayi) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Rhonda Fleming' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Santana' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'So Fine' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Ted Shiner' (Iris Tall Bearded) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Tropical Encounter' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Words And Music (Grosvenor, 1984)' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Caption (Ghio, 1985)' (Iris ) kennedyh Image Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus) kennedyh Image 'Perfection' (Clematis petriei x marmoraria) kennedyh Image Silky Blue Grass (Dicanthium sericeum) kennedyh Image Silky Blue Grass (Dicanthium sericeum) carolann Image Daylily 'Sherry Sherree' (Hemerocallis ) ocimum_nate Image Thanksgiving Cactus, Holiday Cactus, Crab Cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) Ulrich Image Oxalis 'Grand Duchess' (Oxalis purpurea) htop Image Prairie Mimosa, Illinois Bundleflower, Spider Bean (Mimosa illinoensis) htop Image Prairie Mimosa, Illinois Bundleflower, Spider Bean (Mimosa illinoensis) htop Image Mexican Flame Vine, Orange Glow Vine (Senecio confusus) PanamonCreel Image Hoya, Wax Plant (Hoya kentiana) PanamonCreel Image Shooting Star Hoya (Hoya multiflora) kennedyh Image Spuria Iris (Iris orientalis) kennedyh Image Spuria Iris (Iris orientalis) Paulwhwest Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Double Delight (1972)' (Rosa )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Iann Neutral Seeds By Size

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... December 24, 2003