Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of February 17, 2004 ... in which ... 115 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.14% yesterday. 760 posts were made. 27 plants were added to the Plants Database. 64 comments were added to the Plants Database. 1,437 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 45 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 0 entries were added to Botanary. 1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog. 10 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 0 books were added to the Garden Bookworm. 0 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

( -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (born 2/6/1807))

Forum Photo of the Day  Subject: What's wrong with this brug? By Kaufmann

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Chile Pepper 'Tabasco' Capsicum frutescens By Thaumaturgist

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New Botanary Words

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Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description sockeye Comment Malabar Chestnut, Wild Chestnut Pachira insignis astanton Comment Bird of Paradise, Crane Flower 'Mandela's Gold' Strelitzia reginae Terry Comment Gallica Rose 'Crimson Gallica (NR)' Rosa palmbob Comment Central Mexico Pipe Organ. Organo, Fence Post Cactus Pachycereus marginatus Terry Comment Gallica Rose 'Elegant Gallica (aka Elegante Gallica)' Rosa palmbob Comment Ferocactus emoryi ssp rectispinus Terry Comment Centifolia Rose 'Fantin-Latour (1800)' Rosa Terry Comment Gallica Rose, Shrub Rose 'James Mason (1982)' Rosa Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Sweetie' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Terry Comment Gallica Rose 'Jenny Duval (1821; aka Jeanne Duval, Jenny by Duval)' Rosa Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Sweet Quartz' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Shark Skin Agave Agave ferdinand-regis X scabra Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Sweet Cluster' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Agave Agave fourcroydes Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Sweet Baby Girl' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Sweepstakes' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Agave Agave gigantensis Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Surecrop' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'SureFire' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Red Margin Agave Agave attenuata X shawii Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Supersteak VFN' Lycopersicon lycopersicum vagardener Comment Zebra Plant Aphelandra squarrosa Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Supersonic' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Furcraea foetida Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Supermarket' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Aloe pseudorubroviolacea Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Superman' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Superior' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Superb Hybrid' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Super Star' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Super Red F1' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Super Marzano' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Aloe comosa Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Super K' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Farmerdill Comment Tomato 'Super Gold Hybrid' Lycopersicon lycopersicum palmbob Comment Aloe framesii palmbob Comment Romulea monadelpha rkclimbr434 Comment Siebold Viburnum Viburnum sieboldii Terry Comment Gallica Rose 'Président de Sèze (1836; aka Madame Hébert)' Rosa Terry Comment Gallica Rose 'Rose des Maures (1947; Sissinghurst Castle)' Rosa Terry Comment Gallica Rose 'Superb Tuscan (1837; aka Superb Tuscany, Tuscany Superb)' Rosa Happenstance Comment Plectranthus plectranthus socotranus palmbob Comment Mammillaria perbella Happenstance Comment Variegated Natal Ivy, Variegated Flowering Ivy Senecio macroglossus (variegated) palmbob Comment Mammillaria sonorensis movensis wnstarr Comment Hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium skypup Comment Harlequin Wax Plant 'Royal Hawaiian Purple', 'Chimera ', 'Philippine Black' Hoya pubicalyx Monocromatico Comment Split-leafed Cyclanthus Cyclanthus bipartitus skypup Comment Hoya Hoya sariae wnstarr Comment Staghorn Fern, Elkhorn Fern, Antelope Ears Platycerium bifurcatum Monocromatico Comment Staghorn Fern, Elkhorn Fern, Antelope Ears Platycerium bifurcatum gotmel Comment Sundew Drosera montana xyris Comment Palmetto, Saw Palmetto, Scrub Palmetto Serenoa repens xyris Comment Texas Frog-Fruit Lippia nodiflora pakang Comment Blue Fescue, Sheep's Fescue, Hard Fescue Festuca trachyphylla palmbob Comment Mammillaria magnifica palmbob Comment Mammillaria lenta pakang Comment Dwarf Alberta Spruce 'Albertiana Conica' Picea glauca palmbob Comment Mammillaria voburensis ssp eichlamii palmbob Comment Mammillaria crucigera palmbob Comment Mammillaria karwinskiana palmbob Comment Mammillaria formosa ssp microthele palmbob Comment Cereus horribarbis palmbob Comment 'variegata' Coleocephalocereus aureus palmbob Image Fee Sickle Fern (Pellaea falcata) palmbob Image Cliff Brake Fern (Pellaea ovata) palmbob Image Hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) palmbob Image Staghorn Fern, Elkhorn Fern, Antelope Ears (Platycerium bifurcatum) palmbob Image Stiff Staghorn, Green Staghorn, Northern Elkhorn (Platycerium hillii) palmbob Image Stiff Staghorn, Green Staghorn, Northern Elkhorn (Platycerium hillii) Jeff_Beck Image Texas Frog-Fruit (Lippia nodiflora) Jeff_Beck Image Cowpen Daisy, Golden Crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides) Jeff_Beck Image Cowpen Daisy, Golden Crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides) Jeff_Beck Image Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) Jeff_Beck Image Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) Jeff_Beck Image Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) Thaumaturgist Image Tahitian Lime, Persian Lime 'Bearss' (Citrus latifolia) Thaumaturgist Image Grapefruit 'Red' (Citrus X paradisi) Thaumaturgist Image Key Lime, Mexican Lime (Citrus aurantifolia) Thaumaturgist Image Meyer's Lemon Tree 'Meyer' (Citrus x meyeri) Thaumaturgist Image Meyer's Lemon Tree 'Meyer' (Citrus x meyeri) Thaumaturgist Image Meyer's Lemon Tree 'Meyer' (Citrus x meyeri) kniphofia Image White-Flowered Wandering Jew, Inch Plant, Small-leaf Spiderwort, River Spiderwort (Tradescantia fluminensis) kniphofia Image White-Flowered Wandering Jew, Inch Plant, Small-leaf Spiderwort, River Spiderwort (Tradescantia fluminensis) kniphofia Image Wandering Jew, Inch Plant (Tradescantia zebrina) kniphofia Image Bird's Nest Snake Plant, Good Luck Plant 'Golden Hahnii' (Sansevieria trifasciata) kniphofia Image Sansevieria (Sansevieria kirkii var. pulchra) albleroy Image Old Lady Cactus (Mammillaria woodsii) albleroy Image Snowball Cactus (Mammillaria bocasana) albleroy Image Snowball Cactus (Mammillaria bocasana) albleroy Image Snowball Cactus (Mammillaria bocasana) albleroy Image Snowball Cactus (Mammillaria bocasana) albleroy Image Snowball Cactus (Mammillaria bocasana) jesup Image Persian Fritillary (Fritillaria persica) Emaewest Image Leopard's Bane (Doronicum orientale) Happenstance Image Pregnant Onion (Ornithogalum longibracteatum) Happenstance Image Pregnant Onion (Ornithogalum longibracteatum) Happenstance Image Pregnant Onion (Ornithogalum longibracteatum) house_vixen Image Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) Mitjo Image Cannon Ball Tree (Couroupita guianensis) PalmFreak Image Red Powder Puff (Calliandra haematocephala) Monocromatico Image Brazil Wood (Caesalpinia echinata) Monocromatico Image Brazil Wood (Caesalpinia echinata) kennedyh Image Celery Pine, New Zealand Celery Pine (Phyllocladus trichomanoides) kennedyh Image Celery Pine, New Zealand Celery Pine (Phyllocladus trichomanoides) kennedyh Image Mountain Toatoa (Phyllocladus alpinus) kennedyh Image Celery-top Pine (Phyllocladus asplenifolius) Happenstance Image Plectranthus (plectranthus socotranus) geelerie69 Image Hawaiian Snowbush, Snow-on-the-Mountain (Breynia nivosa)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description gardenquick Positive Nichols Garden Nursery jesup Positive Greer Gardens boobudsmom Positive Rainbow Iris Farms thorspippi Negative Direct Gardening thorspippi Positive Seeds of Change (Formerly Deep Diversity) mjplants Positive Yucca Do Nursery Tabassam Positive Fine Gardening twitser Positive J.L. Hudson, Seedsman Azalea Positive Touch of Nature, Inc. twinoaksgirlelv Negative Tidewater Workshop Classic Outdoor Furnishings

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... February 17, 2004