Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of April 30, 2004 ... in which ... 234 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.25% yesterday. 1,062 posts were made. 30 plants were added to the Plants Database. 73 comments were added to the Plants Database. 1,370 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 74 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 5 entries were added to Botanary. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 31 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 1 book was added to the Garden Bookworm. 5 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

( -- S. J. Perelman, American screenwriter (born 2/1/1904))

Forum Photo of the Day  Subject: I went out to check on my seedlings........ By Calalily

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Blue Rug Juniper, Creeping Juniper 'Wiltonii (aka Wiltoni, Blue Rug™)' Juniperus horizontalis By poppysue

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New Botanary Words

Plants Database Activity:

Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description palmbob Comment Pritchardia Pritchardia affinis GILHOULEYHORSE Comment Good King Henry, Goosefoot, English Mercury Chenopodium bonus-henricus GILHOULEYHORSE Comment Swiss Chard, Seakale Beet 'Bright Lights' Beta vulgaris Happenstance Comment Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Red Charm' Paeonia astanton Comment Glory-of-the-Sun Leucocoryne Laura_Richmond Comment Japanese Painted Fern Athyrium niponicum var. pictum Toxicodendron Comment Meadow Salsify, Oyster Plant, Yellow Goat's Beard, Jack-Go-To-Bed-At-Noon Tragopogon pratensis Toxicodendron Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Heirloom (1972; aka JACbloom)' Rosa angelam Comment Heather 'Improved Form' Erica melanthera angelam Comment Woolly Grevillea 'Mt Tamboritha' Grevillea lanigera luv2garden211 Comment Pincushion Flower Scabiosa columbaria anix Comment Red-Tipped Photinia, Fraser Photinia Photinia x fraseri anix Comment Hybrid Musk Rose 'Daybreak (1918; aka Day Break)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Chinese Juniper 'Blue Point' Juniperus chinensis Paulwhwest Comment Gold Dust Plant 'Variegata' Aucuba japonica anix Comment Large-flowered Climber 'Blaze (intr. 1932)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Carolina Cherry Laurel Prunus caroliniana Paulwhwest Comment Red-Tipped Photinia, Fraser Photinia Photinia x fraseri Paulwhwest Comment Bugle, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugle Ajuga reptans Paulwhwest Comment Texas Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis cclou Comment Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet Brugmansia hybrid sweezel Comment Red-Tipped Photinia, Fraser Photinia Photinia x fraseri jjkkwalk Comment Euryops, Yellow Bush Daisy Euryops pectinatus MotherNature4 Comment Camellia 'Mathotiana' Camellia japonica sweezel Comment Grandiflora Rose 'Candelabra (1998)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis indica MotherNature4 Comment Hong Kong Orchid Tree Bauhinia x blakeana Paulwhwest Comment Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry Duchesnea indica Paulwhwest Comment Chinese Witch Hazel, Chinese Fringe Flower 'Hines Purpleleaf (aka Plum Delight™)' Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum Barandy Comment Polka Dot Plant, Freckle Face 'Carmina' Hypoestes phyllostachya Farmerdill Comment Onion 'Aranex (Granex 7092)' Allium cepa foodiesleuth Comment Ti plant, Hawaiian Ti, Good Luck Plant Cordyline fruticosa Farmerdill Comment Onion 'Henry's Special' Allium cepa foodiesleuth Comment African Tulip Tree, Flame of The Forest, Fountain Tree, Firebell Spathodea campanulata foodiesleuth Comment Malay Apple Syzygium malaccense Lophophora Comment Golden Stars Bloomeria crocea NellPercy Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Caliente' Iris oldan Comment Ashe Juniper, Post Cedar, Mountain Cedar, Blueberry Juniper Juniperus ashei NellPercy Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Catalyst' Iris WalterT Comment Guadalupe Cypress, Tecate Cypress Cupressus guadalupensis NellPercy Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Dusky Challenger (Schreiner's, 1986)' Iris frostweed Comment Mexican Plum, Fall Plum, Bigree Plum Prunus mexicana grandie Comment Oakleaf Hydrangea Hydrangea quercifolia frostweed Comment Rough-leaf Dogwood Cornus drummondii NellPercy Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Edenite' Iris champignonvert Comment Jupiter's Beard, Keys to Heaven, Red Valerian Centranthus ruber frogsrus Comment Blue Spur Flower, Speckled Spur Flower, Candlestick Plant 'Zulu Wonder' Plectranthus ciliatus AngelinaB Comment Jerusalem Sage Phlomis russeliana NellPercy Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Everything Plus' Iris frostweed Comment American Elder, Common Elderberry Sambucus canadensis AngelinaB Comment Prairie Larkspur Delphinium carolinianum NellPercy Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Ginger Swirl' Iris NellPercy Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Glad Rags' Iris MaryBarrow Comment Englemann's Prickly Pear Cactus, Texas Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia engelmannii Farmerdill Comment Onion 'Primavera' Allium cepa Farmerdill Comment Onion 'Super X' Allium cepa Farmerdill Comment Onion 'Rio Unico' Allium cepa mistywaters Comment Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy Gerbera jamesonii palmbob Comment Palm Lytocaryum weddellianum Farmerdill Comment Onion 'Rio Blanco Grande' Allium cepa mistywaters Comment Spiraea 'Anthony Waterer' Spiraea x bumalda Farmerdill Comment Onion 'Savannah Sweet' Allium cepa shawnkilpatrick Comment Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa shawnkilpatrick Comment Loblolly Pine, Southern Yellow Pine Pinus taeda shawnkilpatrick Comment Aleppo Pine Pinus halepensis shawnkilpatrick Comment Scots Pine, European Redwood Pinus sylvestris OhioBreezy Comment Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid Cypripedium calceolus KDePetrillo Comment Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Az Ap' Iris Farmerdill Comment Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Bountiful Stringless' Phaseolus vulgaris palmbob Comment Buccaneer Palm, Cherry Palm Pseudophoenix sargentii MaryBarrow Comment Sweet Woodruff, Our Lady's Lace, Sweetscented Bedstraw Galium odoratum nnnnnn Comment Elephant Ear Alocasia plumbea nnnnnn Comment Loblolly Pine, Southern Yellow Pine Pinus taeda Happenstance Image Giant Ornamental Beet 'Bull's Blood' (Beta vulgaris) palmbob Image Ice Plant, Carpet Weed (Trichodiadema mirabile) puttytat Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Shy Violet' (Iris ) puttytat Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Siamese Kitten' (Iris ) palmbob Image Mountain Organ Pipe (Stenocereus montanus) Monocromatico Image Sacred Water Lily, Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) Monocromatico Image Sacred Water Lily, Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) Lophophora Image Sekkoku (Dendrobium moniliforme) Lophophora Image Sekkoku (Dendrobium moniliforme) kennedyh Image Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea) kennedyh Image Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) Happenstance Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'First Prize (1970)' (Rosa ) htop Image Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) htop Image Texas Wild Olive, White Geiger (Cordia boissieri) Paulwhwest Image Faassen's Catmint, Ornamental Catmint 'Walker's Low' (Nepeta x faassenii) Paulwhwest Image New Mexico Century Plant (Agave neomexicana) stevenova Image Cypress Spurge, Bonaparte's Crown, Graveyard Moss (Euphorbia cyparissias) stevenova Image Trillium, Wake Robin (Trillium grandiflorum) Toxicodendron Image Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis) Toxicodendron Image Leatherwood (Dirca palustris) WillowWasp Image Tall Morning Glory 'Milky Way' (Ipomoea purpurea) WillowWasp Image Tall Morning Glory 'Star of Yelta' (Ipomoea purpurea) DiOhio Image Wood Betony, Lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis) dbinnix Image Columbian Thorny Bamboo (Guadua angustifolia) DiOhio Image Wood Betony, Lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis) dbinnix Image Columbian Thorny Bamboo (Guadua angustifolia) DanaFL78 Image Chile Pepper 'Bolivian Rainbow' (Capsicum frutescens) DanaFL78 Image Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage 'Forest Fire' (Salvia coccinea) tigerlily Image California groundcone (Boschniakia strobilacea) PotEmUp Image California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica var. martima) Jeff_Beck Image Blue Flax 'Appar' (Linum lewisii) Jeff_Beck Image Scarlet Penstemon (Penstemon triflorus) sweezel Image Ornamental Onion, Tumbleweed Onion, Schubert Onion (Allium schubertii) Thaumaturgist Image Malay Apple (Syzygium malaccense) Thaumaturgist Image Malay Apple (Syzygium malaccense) Abutilon Image Canna Lily 'Katha Rice' (Canna x generalis) Farmerdill Image Onion 'Granex 33' (Allium cepa) Farmerdill Image Onion 'Granex 33' (Allium cepa) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Magician's Masterpiece' (Iris ) Terry Image Chinese Witch Hazel, Chinese Fringe Flower 'Burgundy (aka Sizzling Pink)' (Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum) gardenwife Image Forsythia (Forsythia hybrid) gardenwife Image Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) miss_kitty Image Tree Philodendron, Cut-leaf Philodendron, Selloum (Philodendron bipinnatifidum) martina Image Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) poppysue Image Glory of the Snow (Chionodoxa forbesii) poppysue Image Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica) jad Image Blue Flax (Linum perenne) sandraking Image Englemann's Prickly Pear Cactus, Texas Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) sandraking Image Englemann's Prickly Pear Cactus, Texas Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) Ulrich Image Opium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy, Lettuce Leaf Poppy (Papaver somniferum) Ulrich Image Opium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy, Lettuce Leaf Poppy (Papaver somniferum) patnjbob Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Peppermint Cream' (Iris ) patnjbob Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Dandy Candy' (Iris ) handhelpers Image Trout Lily, Adder's-Tongue (Erythronium americanum) Ralph_Desmond Image Carrion Plant, Starfish Flower, Starfish Cactus (Stapelia grandiflora) msb1685 Image Chinese Foxglove (Rehmannia elata) angelam Image Heather 'Improved Form' (Erica melanthera) rylaff Image Yerba Mansa, Lizard Tail (Anemopsis californica) rylaff Image Yerba Mansa, Lizard Tail (Anemopsis californica) angelam Image Woolly Grevillea 'Mt Tamboritha' (Grevillea lanigera) anix Image Red-Tipped Photinia, Fraser Photinia (Photinia x fraseri) anix Image Hybrid Musk Rose 'Daybreak (1918; aka Day Break)' (Rosa ) Floridian Image Florida Bluebell (Campanula floridana) trois Image Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket, Brown Eyed Susan (Gaillardia aristata) trois Image Blanket Flower, Indian Blanket, Brown Eyed Susan (Gaillardia aristata) Lophophora Image Eastern Blue-eyed Grass, Bicknell Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium atlanticum) dave Image Cotton Lavender, Gray Santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus) dave Image Siberian Iris 'Caesar's Brother (Morgan, 1932)' (Iris sibirica) NellPercy Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Black Fantasy' (Iris ) keely Image Heartleaf Ice Plant, Heart Leaf Iceplant, Baby Sunrose (Aptenia cordifolia) frogsrus Image Bugle Lily (Watsonia pillansii) WalterT Image Guadalupe Cypress, Tecate Cypress (Cupressus guadalupensis) AngelinaB Image Roadside Gaura, Wild honeysuckle, Bee Blossom, Kisses (Gaura suffulta ssp. suffulta) OhioBreezy Image Trillium, Wake Robin (Trillium grandiflorum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Ryck Positive Just Fruit & Exotics austintexas Negative Burgess Seed Philly Positive Stokes Tropicals Philly Positive Weird Dude's Plant Zoo Philly Positive 4 Tropical Plants alf87 Positive Forestfarm eleanor Positive Crownsville Nursery sylvi74 Positive Wayside Gardens beck02 Positive Van Engelen, Inc. mngardenaddict Positive Prairie Moon Nursery mngardenaddict Positive Prairie Nursery Inc. melted Positive Hybrid Poplar Trees mngardenaddict Positive Gardening Badger Copperbaron Neutral Gardener's Supply Company mplucky7 Positive eFlowerGarden kumadog Negative JDS Gardens mbillips Positive Jan's Nursery cmcc Positive Bloom River Gardens DaCooknGy Positive Winn Soldani's Fancy Hibiscus sylvi74 Negative Spring Hill Nurseries mdehners Positive Kartuz Greenhouses mdehners Positive Lauray of Salisbury mdehners Positive Trees of Antiquity (formerly Sonoma Antique Apple Nursery) sadiemaewebb Positive Homestead Farms goatster Positive Chamblee's Rose Nursery ladytrish Negative Park Seed Company wrightc Positive The Water Garden marisag Positive Growquest ARFKO1 Neutral Gardener's Choice Cgardener Positive Northwest Bulb & Perennial Ramnyc Negative Jackson and Perkins

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description tcfromky Positive Tough Plants For Northern Gardens: Low Care, No Care, Tried and True Winners tcfromky Positive The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants Horseshoe Positive Preserving Summer's Bounty: A Quick and Easy Guide to Freezing, Canning, and Preserving, and Drying What You Grow Horseshoe Positive Rodales's Color Handbook of Garden Insects mariajose Positive Grasses: Versatile Partners for Uncommon Garden Design

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... April 30, 2004