Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of February 12, 2004 ... in which ... 115 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.14% yesterday. 935 posts were made. 14 plants were added to the Plants Database. 28 comments were added to the Plants Database. 568 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 53 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 9 entries were added to Botanary. 1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog. 14 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 34 books were added to the Garden Bookworm. 19 ratings were added to the Garden Bookworm. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Gardening Quote of the Day

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Forum Photo of the Day  In reply to: New Thompson Morgan catalog By rootdoctor

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Dr. Seuss' Brugmansia By sialia

Forum Activity

Forum Posts PDB Pictures 79 posts General Discussion 72 posts Day Lilies 57 posts Seed Trading 54 posts Co-Op 46 posts Brugmansias and Friends 45 posts Computer Talk 45 posts Dave's Garden 42 posts Roundup 40 posts Recipes 36 posts Photos 34 posts Pets 33 posts Roses 27 posts Jokes and Chat 26 posts Plant Trading 26 posts Cactus and Succulents 24 posts Prayer Requests 21 posts Propagation 20 posts Parking Lot 17 posts Irises 15 posts Tropicals 14 posts Vegetable Gardening 13 posts Vines and Climbers 12 posts Tomatoes 11 posts Garden Talk 10 posts Bulbs 9 posts Hostas 9 posts Welcome Mat 8 posts Health, Dieting and Beauty 7 posts Saving Seeds 6 posts Farm Life 6 posts Herbs 6 posts Butterflies and Hummers 6 posts Mail Call! 6 posts Trees & Shrubs 6 posts Identification 6 posts Perennials 5 posts Pollbooth 4 posts Stay at Home Moms 4 posts Market Growers 4 posts Home and Crafts 3 posts Water Gardens 3 posts Frequently Asked Questions 3 posts Canadian Trading 3 posts Grass and Bamboo 3 posts Media 2 posts Fruit Trees 2 posts Landscaping 2 posts Greenhouse 1 post Home Decorating 1 post Wild Life 1 post

New Botanary Words

Plants Database Activity:

Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description DOTIZY1942 Comment Queen's Tears, Friendship Plant Billbergia nutans palmbob Comment Agave macrocantha palmbob Comment Agave Agave murpheyi pins2006 Comment Air Potato Dioscorea bulbifera handhelpers Comment Shrub Rose 'Knock Out (1999; aka Knockout, RADrazz)' Rosa Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF Earlypak 909' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF Earlypak' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF 365' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF 36' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF 270' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF 198' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF 145 F5' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF 145 B1' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF 145' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF 14' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF 10' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'VF 109' Lycopersicon lycopersicum maggiemoo Comment Abutilon Bella, Chinese Lantern, Flowering Maple 'Bella' Abutilon x hybridum Farmerdill Comment Sweet Cherry 'Black Tartarian' Prunus avium NCplantsman Comment Chilean Bellflower Lapageria rosea Katelliff Comment Giant Bird of Paradise Strelitzia nicolai judy3163 Comment Silk Oak, Silky Oak Grevillea robusta Monocromatico Comment Bromeliad Vriesea neoglutinosa Michaelp Comment Bushel Gourd 'Weeks World Record Variety' Cucurbita pepo Michaelp Comment Giant Cantaloupe 'Weeks NC Giant' Cucumis melo Michaelp Comment Pumpkin 'Weeks NC Giant' Cucurbita maxima palmbob Comment Agave Agave salmiana v. salmiana palmbob Comment Agave scabra palmbob Image Tufted Honey Flower (Melianthus comosus) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe cameronii) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe ferox) palmbob Image Bird of Paradise, Crane Flower 'Mandela's Gold' (Strelitzia reginae) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe x vryheidensis) palmbob Image Aloe (Aloe cryptopoda) Jeff_Beck Image Florida Mahogany, Redbay (Persea borbonia) Jeff_Beck Image Florida Mahogany, Redbay (Persea borbonia) Jeff_Beck Image Florida Mahogany, Redbay (Persea borbonia) Jeff_Beck Image Florida Mahogany, Redbay (Persea borbonia) Jeff_Beck Image Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) Jeff_Beck Image Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) Jeff_Beck Image Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) Jeff_Beck Image Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) Thaumaturgist Image Pummelo 'Pink' (Citrus grandis) Thaumaturgist Image Pummelo 'Pink' (Citrus grandis) Thaumaturgist Image Grapefruit 'Pink' (Citrus x paradisi) Thaumaturgist Image Grapefruit 'Pink' (Citrus x paradisi) Thaumaturgist Image Tangelo Tree 'Minneola' (Citrus x tangelo) Thaumaturgist Image Ugli Fruit, Uniq Fruit, Unique Fruit (Citrus hybrid) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mam Zella (Sutton, 2002)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Cannonball (Schreiner, 1994)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Oasis Patches (Chadwick, 2002)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Eleanor Kirkpatrick (Black, 1990)' (Iris ) mountaineer Image Iris 'Dragon's Fancy (Blyth 1996)' (Iris Tall Bearded) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Son Of Star (Plough, 1968)' (Iris ) kennedyh Image European Larch (Larix decidua) kennedyh Image Orcutt's Globe Mallow (Sphaeralcea orcuttii) kennedyh Image Stinkwood (Zieria arborescens) kennedyh Image Sandfly Zieria (Zieria smithii) kennedyh Image Sandfly Zieria (Zieria smithii) ideboda Image Queen of the Night (Selenicereus grandiflorus) ideboda Image Queen of the Night (Selenicereus grandiflorus) ideboda Image Queen of the Night (Selenicereus grandiflorus) ideboda Image Queen of the Night (Selenicereus grandiflorus) ideboda Image Queen of the Night (Selenicereus grandiflorus) albleroy Image Monanthes (Monanthes praegeri) patnjbob Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Forever in Love (Mahan, 1993)' (Iris ) patnjbob Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Devil's Riot (Blyth, 1993)' (Iris ) patnjbob Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Ida Red (Clark, 1978)' (Iris ) patnjbob Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Edith Wolford (Hager, 1984)' (Iris ) patnjbob Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Great Gatsby (McWhirter, 1993)' (Iris ) patnjbob Image Miniature Tall Bearded Iris 'Honorabile (Lémon, 1840)' (Iris ) htop Image Arum Lily, Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) henkmaters2 Image Flower Of An Hour, Venice Mallow (Hibiscus trionum) Monocromatico Image Rose Painted Calathea (Calathea roseopicta) Monocromatico Image Rose Painted Calathea (Calathea roseopicta) Monocromatico Image Rose Painted Calathea (Calathea roseopicta) Heidi Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Brass Tacks' (Iris ) maggiemoo Image Abutilon Bella, Chinese Lantern, Flowering Maple 'Bella' (Abutilon x hybridum) maggiemoo Image Abutilon Bella, Chinese Lantern, Flowering Maple 'Bella' (Abutilon x hybridum) Happenstance Image Tree Dahlia (Dahlia tenuicaulis) htop Image Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description carnivorous23 Positive Oak Hill Gardens Shelly221 Positive Karchesky Canna Shelly221 Positive Country Garden seawards Neutral Gempler's seawards Positive Golden Harvest Organics DaveHarrison Positive Frostproof Growers carnivorous23 Neutral Plantron Inc. carnivorous23 Positive Cook's Carnivorous Plants carnivorous23 Neutral Lee's Botanical Gardens undercover_owl Neutral Whatcom Seed Company (also dba Seedrack.com) Mabel Negative Solar Prism Greenhouses Terry Company Message Seeds for Survival wlpoulsen Positive Buried Treasures

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description gardener413 Positive Antique Roses for the South gardener413 Positive 100 English Roses for the American Garden (Smith & Hawken) Paulwhwest Positive Taylor's Guide to Bulbs: How to Select and Grow More Than 400 Summer-Hardy and Tender Bulbs henryr10 Positive Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants: A Gardener's Guide Paulwhwest Positive Taylor's Guide to Perennials Paulwhwest Positive Taylor's Guide to Roses: How to Select and Grow 380 Roses, Including the New Hardy Ever-Blooming Varieties tweezle Positive 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden (Smith & Hawken) tweezle Positive Taylor's Guide to Heirloom Vegetables: A Complete Guide to the Best Historic and Ethnic Varieties Kelli Positive Western Garden Book Terry Positive Taylor's Guide to Roses: How to Select and Grow 380 Roses, Including the New Hardy Ever-Blooming Varieties Kelli Positive American Garden Guides: Dry Climate Gardening with Succulents Terry Positive Taylor's Guide to Annuals: How to Select and Grow more than 400 Annuals, Biennials, and Tender Perennials Kelli Positive The Cactus Family tweezle Positive Four Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long Honeybee Positive From Seed to Bloom Kelli Positive Exceptional Trees of Los Angeles Horseshoe Positive The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden & Yard Healthy Without Chemicals Horseshoe Positive Great Garden Formulas: The Ultimate Book of Mix-It-Yourself Concoctions for Your Garden Paulwhwest Positive Roses for Dummies

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... February 12, 2004