Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of January 5 ... in which ... 69 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.09% yesterday. 889 posts were made. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 3 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 129 plants were added to the Plants Database. 15 comments were added to the Plants Database. 268 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 50 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 10 entries were added to Botanary. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Robert M. Pyle, American naturalist, author)

Forum Photo of the Day

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Brugmansias and Friends 100 posts. Prayer Requests 68 posts. PDB Pictures 66 posts. Identification 64 posts. Photos 56 posts. General Discussion 54 posts. Seed Trading 42 posts. Day Lilies 38 posts. Farm Life 29 posts. Parking Lot 28 posts. Health, Dieting and Beauty 27 posts. Pets 24 posts. Garden Talk 21 posts. Jokes and Chat 20 posts. Vines and Climbers 20 posts. Roundup 19 posts. Computer Talk 17 posts. Recipes 17 posts. Tropicals 15 posts. Saving Seeds 12 posts. Camera Talk 11 posts. Home Decorating 11 posts. Herbs 10 posts. Media 10 posts. Greenhouse 10 posts. Welcome Mat 10 posts. Plant Trading 9 posts. Hostas 9 posts. Pollbooth 7 posts. Bulbs 6 posts. Canadian Trading 6 posts. Co-Op 6 posts. Roses 5 posts. Tomatoes 5 posts. Propagation 4 posts. Vegetable Gardening 4 posts. Butterflies and Hummers 4 posts. Irises 3 posts. Cactus and Succulents 3 posts. Dirt Cheap 3 posts. Geraniaceae 3 posts. Annuals 2 posts. European 2 posts. Container Gardening 2 posts. Hydroponics 1 post. Home and Crafts 1 post. Wild Life 1 post. Gourds and Melons 1 post. Orchids 1 post. Mail Call! 1 post. Water Gardens 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning Duvaliandra   doo-val-ee-AN-druh   Named for its similarity to the genus Duvalia   smutsii   SMUTS-ee-eye   Named for Jan Smuts, 20th century South African Prime Minister and botanist   Larryleachia   lar-ree-LEE-chee-uh   Named for Leslie (Larry) C. Leach, 20th century English born, self taught botanist in Zimbabwe and South Africa who specialised in succulent Asclepiads and Euphorbias   smutsiana   smuts-ee-AY-nuh   Named for Jan Smuts, 20th century South African Prime Minister and botanist   Chasmatophyllum   chas-mat-oh-FIL-um   From the Greek chasme (gaping) and phyllon (leaf)   Hoodia   HOOD-ee-uh   Named for Mr. Hood, a 19th century English succulent grower   pole-evansii   pohl eh-VANS-ee-eye   Named for Dr. Illtyd Buller Pole Evans, 20th century plant pathologist and botanist who collected in South Africa   Aspidoglossum   as-pid-oh-GLOS-um   From the Greek aspidos (shield) and glossus (tongue)   physocarpa   fy-so-KAR-puh   From Greek phusa or physa (bladder) and karpos (fruit)   Huerniopsis   hew-ern-ee-OP-sis   Resembling Huernia (genus named for Justus Heurnius, 17th century Dutch missionary and botanist)

Journal Activity

6 new items.
3 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

Member Addition Description smashedcricket Comment Mexican Fan Palm Washingtonia robusta htop Comment Zinnia 'Profusion Orange' Zinnia hybrid Belmont1 Comment Tomato 'Merced' Lycopersicon lycopersicum sandraking Comment Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia Terry Comment Faucaria Faucaria felina Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Merced' Lycopersicon lycopersicum valleygrow Comment Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Enchanted Double White' Brugmansia Terry Comment Winter Squash 'Jarrahdale' Cucurbita maxima VeganGurl20 Comment Pansy Viola x wittrockiana VeganGurl20 Comment Cucumber 'Straight 8' Cucumis sativus TexasLady Comment Oleander Nerium oleander Floridian Comment Tahitian Bridal Veil Gibasis geniculata xyris Comment Bloodflower, Swallow-wort, Butterfly Weed, Mexican Milkweed, Scarlet Milkweed Asclepias curassavica KactusKathi Comment Water Pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata Margiempv Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Touched By Angels' Iris OhioBreezy Image Rose of Sharon 'Red Heart' (Hibiscus syriacus) palmbob Image Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa (Syagrus romanzoffianum) palmbob Image Arikury Palm (Syagrus schizophylla) palmbob Image Arikury Palm (Syagrus schizophylla) palmbob Image Arikury Palm (Syagrus schizophylla) palmbob Image Arikury Palm (Syagrus schizophylla) palmbob Image Arikury Palm (Syagrus schizophylla) palmbob Image Blue Rock Coconut Palm (Syagrus glaucescens) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Special Feature (Osborne, 1987)' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Spiced Tiger (Kasperek, 1994)' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Arilbred Iris 'Walker Ross (Ross, 1996)' (Iris ) palmbob Image String of Beads (Senecio rowleyanus) kennedyh Image Naked Broomrape, One-flowered Cancer-root (Orobanche uniflora) Timmyj Image Pansy 'Jolly Joker (F2)' (Viola x wittrockiana) kennedyh Image Short Purple-flag (Patersonia fragilis) kennedyh Image Long Purple-flag (Patersonia occidentalis) Thaumaturgist Image Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) Thaumaturgist Image Tangerine 'Murcott' (Citrus reticulata) Abutilon Image Canna Lily 'Tangled Web' (Canna x generalis) pigeon1943 Image Daylily 'Autumn Blaze' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Image Daylily 'Fuchsia Dream' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Image Daylily 'Imperial Impression' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Image Daylily 'Glendevon' (Hemerocallis ) smashedcricket Image Mexican Fan Palm (Washingtonia robusta) Thaumaturgist Image Tangerine 'Sunburst' (Citrus reticulata) htop Image Zinnia 'Profusion Orange' (Zinnia hybrid) bootandall Image Milky Bellflower (Campanula lactiflora) bootandall Image Milky Bellflower (Campanula lactiflora) sinny Image Amaryllis (Hippeastrum hybrid) OhioBreezy Image Rose of Sharon 'Hamabo' (Hibiscus syriacus) OhioBreezy Image Rose of Sharon 'Hamabo' (Hibiscus syriacus) htop Image French Marigold 'Harmony' (Tagetes patula) kennedyh Image Tufted Centrolepis (Centrolepis fascicularis) kennedyh Image Tadgell's Bluebell (Wahlenbergia multicaulis) kennedyh Image Wallflower Orchid (Diuris corymbosa) kennedyh Image Wallflower Orchid (Diuris corymbosa) kennedyh Image Wallflower Orchid (Diuris corymbosa) Terry Image Sea Holly, Leavenworth Eryngo (Eryngium leavenworthii) Terry Image Camassia 'Alba' (Camassia leichtlinii) Terry Image Cusick's Quamash (Camassia cusickii) Terry Image Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare) Terry Image Sand Leek (Allium scorodoprasum ssp. jajlae) Floridian Image Tahitian Bridal Veil (Gibasis geniculata) Floridian Image Tahitian Bridal Veil (Gibasis geniculata) Floridian Image Beach Sunflower (Helianthus debilis) smashedcricket Image Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica) carolann Image Daylily 'Uninhibited' (Hemerocallis ) carolann Image Daylily 'Tu Tu Beautiful' (Hemerocallis ) Thaumaturgist Image Tangerine 'Sunburst' (Citrus reticulata) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Timescape (Hager, 1989)' (Iris )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description fergus9 Positive Anioleka Seed Company (Seed Fest) Terry Company Message Flores & Watson im5kidsmom Neutral W.R. Vanderschoot, Inc.

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... January 5, 2003