Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of May 19, 2004 ... in which ... 227 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.23% yesterday. 1,284 posts were made. 104 plants were added to the Plants Database. 87 comments were added to the Plants Database. 827 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 56 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 5 entries were added to Botanary. 1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog. 34 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

( -- Erma Bombeck, American humorist (born 2/21/1927))

Forum Photo of the Day  In reply to: Meet Rothkirch By catsmeow

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Stalked Bulbine Bulbine frutescens By Wingnut

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Plants Database Activity:

Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description Cherish67 Comment Henbit, Deadnettle Lamium amplexicaule acu1 Comment Sweet Corn (Se) 'Ruby Queen' Zea mays palmbob Comment Koa Acacia koa palmbob Comment Areca triandra dineacem Comment Patchouli Pogostemon cablin Happenstance Comment Blue Hibiscus, Lilac Hibiscus, Purple Hibiscus, California Hibiscus Alyogyne huegelii Petsitterbarb Comment Daylily 'Spacecoast Extreme Fashion (Kinnebrew, 2000)' Hemerocallis Petsitterbarb Comment Daylily 'Clothed In Glory (Grace, 1996)' Hemerocallis Petsitterbarb Comment Daylily 'Siloam Double Classic (Henry, 1985)' Hemerocallis Petsitterbarb Comment Daylily 'My Girl (Stamile, 1993)' Hemerocallis MotherNature4 Comment Gardenia, Cape Jasmine 'Veitchii' Gardenia angusta gthill27 Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Fragrant Cloud™ (1963; aka Duftwolke, Nuage Parfumé, TANellis)' Rosa weinerdog Comment American Lily of the Valley Convallaria majuscula cinemike Comment European Beech Fagus sylvatica palmbob Comment Peach Palm BActris gasipaes mbock Comment Fuchsia 'Voodoo' Fuchsia bayouposte Comment Fan Flower, Fanflower Scaevola aemula plantfreedom Comment Southern Wormwood, Southernwood, Lad's Love, Old Man Artemisia abrotanum misspatrice Comment Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin Dan_Brown Comment Water Spider Lily, Carolina Spiderlily Hymenocallis caroliniana sapowell Comment Freesia Freesia x hybrida easybeinggreen Comment Peperomia Peperomia scandens WalterT Comment Tree Mallow Lavatera assurgentiflora TiaMaria Comment Hardy Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow Hibiscus moscheutos Horseshoe Comment Cow Pea 'Pinkeye Purple Hull' Vigna unguiculata Kelli Comment Hollywood Juniper, Twisted Juniper 'Torulosa (aka Kaizuka)' Juniperus chinensis ambest Comment Cosmos 'Sonata Series Mixed' Cosmos bipinnatus dbinnix Comment Tortoise Shell Bamboo 'Heterocycla' Phyllostachys edulis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Chartreuse II' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis ambest Comment Red Angel Trumpet, Red Angel's Trumpet, Eagle Tree Brugmansia sanguinea Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Baldo' Brassica oleracea var botrytis KarinaAngelique Comment Gayfeather, Blazing Star, Button Snakeroot Liatris spicata dbinnix Comment Giant Thorny Bamboo Bambusa bambos DaisyJen Comment Chinese Indigo Indigofera kirilowii dbinnix Comment Teddy Bear Bamboo Dendrocalamus brandisii Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Minute man' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Pathfinder' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Attribute' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Wentworth' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Briljans' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Cumberland' Brassica oleracea var.botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'White Sails' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Serrano' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis Farmerdill Comment Cauliflower 'Freedom CMS' Brassica oleracea var. botrytis yayaqueen Comment Shasta Daisy Leucanthemum x superbum Paulwhwest Comment Floribunda Rose 'Sheila's Perfume (1982; HARsherry)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Secret (1992; HILaroma)' Rosa yayaqueen Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'Peace (1945; aka Béke, Fredsrosen, Gioia, Gloria Dei, Madame Antoine Meilland)' Rosa eclipsed21 Comment Snowball Bush, European Snowball 'Roseum' Viburnum opulus DrJerry Comment Asiatic Jasmine Trachelospermum asiaticum pauhana Comment Bat-Face Cuphea, St. Peter's Plant, Tiny Mice, Bunny Ears Cuphea llavea dbinnix Comment Bamboo 'Mei-nung' Dendrocalamus latiflorus dbinnix Comment Bamboo Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea TamiMcNally Comment Firespike, Cardinal Guard, Scarlet Flame Odontonema strictum smiln32 Comment Blue Bush Acacia covenyi smiln32 Comment Kalanchoe, Desert Cabbage 'Bronze Sculpture' Kalanchoe thyrsiflora TamiMcNally Comment Swamp Lily, açucena-do-brejo Crinum erubescens smiln32 Comment Forest Bell Bush Mackaya bella smiln32 Comment Small-leafed Westringia Westringia brevifolia smiln32 Comment Glossy Abelia 'Edward Goucher' Abelia x grandiflora smiln32 Comment Australian Willow, Wilga Geijera parviflora smiln32 Comment Arrowhead, Duck Potato Sagittaria latifolia smiln32 Comment African Olive Olea africana Grandpastree Comment Southern Catalpa, Catawba, Indian Bean Tree, Fish-Bait Tree Catalpa bignonioides JJJWADA Comment Candylily X Pardancanda norrisii JJJWADA Comment Hardy Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow 'Fireball' Hibiscus moscheutos TamiMcNally Comment Red-Tipped Photinia, Fraser Photinia Photinia x fraseri smiln32 Comment Fascicularia pitcairnifolia smiln32 Comment Flower Dust Plant Kalanchoe pumila smiln32 Comment Hybrid Gladiolus 'Carolina Primrose' Gladiolus dalenii smiln32 Comment River Wattle Acacia cognota smiln32 Comment Yellow Mallow, Yellow Pavonia Pavonia praemorsa smiln32 Comment Red Edge Echeveria, Lipstick Echeveria Echeveria agavoides smiln32 Comment Echeveria 'Maria' Echeveria agavoides smiln32 Comment Echeveria Echeveria smiln32 Comment Echeveria Echeveria lauii smiln32 Comment Echeveria Echeveria pulidonis smiln32 Comment Blue Echeveria Echeveria glauca smiln32 Comment Echeveria gigantea smiln32 Comment Echeveria Echeveria nodulosa smiln32 Comment Dudleya anomala smiln32 Comment Dudleya Dudleya antonyi smiln32 Comment Bow Tie Vine, Costa Rican Butterfly Vine Dalechampia dioscoreifolia smiln32 Comment Mexican Grass Tree Dasylirion longissima smiln32 Comment Dendrocalamus, Giant Bamboo Dendrocalamus asper urbanite Comment Bengal Clock Vine, Blue Sky Vine Thunbergia grandiflora Nocturnerose Comment Norfolk Island Pine, Star Pine Araucaria heterophylla MSJen Image Daylily 'Holy Spirit (Guidry, 1979)' (Hemerocallis ) palmbob Image Gymnocalycium (non-grafted form) (Gymnocalycium mihanovichii) puttytat Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Black Sergeant' (Iris ) Monocromatico Image Calabash Nutmeg, Jamaica Nutmeg (Monodora myristica) Jeff_Beck Image Crown Vetch (Coronilla varia) CaptMicha Image Salvia 'Caradonna' (Salvia nemorosa) jody Image Hosta 'Moon River' (Hosta ) htop Image Desert Willow, Desert Catalpa, Flowering Willow, Orchid of the Desert (Chilopsis linearis) busy_bee_or Image Mountain sandwort (Arenaria montana) frogsrus Image Tomato 'Sweet 100' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) DaveH Image Fuchsia Begonia, corazone-de-jesus (Begonia fuchsioides) carolann Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Light 'N Easy' (Iris ) Todd_Boland Image 'Toronto' (Tulipa greigii) KMAC Image Snowflake (Leucojum autumnale) Melissa_Ohio Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Melissa Sue' (Iris ) gman500 Image Tomato 'Isis Candy' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) gman500 Image Tomato 'Ace 55' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) rylaff Image Red Banana Tree 'Zebrina' (Musa zebrina) henryr10 Image Rex Begonia, Painted Begonia 'Fireworks' (Begonia Rex) langbr Image False Indigo (Baptisia australis) RoyB Image Doublefile Viburnum (Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum) Baa Image White Ivy-Leaved Toadflax 'Nana Alba' (Cymbalaria muralis) tortoisekeeper Image Daylily 'Edge Of Darkness (Stamile, 1997)' (Hemerocallis ) Dea Image Floribunda Rose 'Fred Loads (1967)' (Rosa ) Howard_C Image Kolpakowski's Tulip (Tulipa kolpakowskiana) kennedyh Image Scouler's Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys scouleri) WilliamsMark Image Daylily 'Constant Comment (Kennedy, 1963)' (Hemerocallis ) ladyrowan Image Gymnocalycium (non-grafted form) (Gymnocalycium mihanovichii) monterey Image Cape Fuchsia 'Trewidden Pink' (Phygelius x rectus) Toxicodendron Image African Marigold (Tagetes erecta) guanabanaboy Image Gardenia, Cape Jasmine 'Veitchii' (Gardenia angusta) Floridian Image Southern Beeblossom, Morning Honeysuckle, Southern Gaura (Gaura angustifolia) Lophophora Image Butterfly Mariposa, White Mariposa, Beautiful Mariposa (Calochortus venustus) smiln32 Image Division II - Pink Pride 'Pink Pride' (Narcissus ) Lanan Image Daylily 'Strawberry Fields Forever (Stamile, 1997)' (Hemerocallis ) poppysue Image Woolly Blue Violet, Confederate Violet 'Priceana' (Viola sororia) Happenstance Image Sweet William 'Sooty' (Dianthus barbatus nigrescens) Thaumaturgist Image Phalsa, Falsa (Grewia subinaequalis) Denis_Canada Image Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) sweezel Image Golden male fern (Dryopteris affinis) KactusKathi Image Canna Lily 'Tropicanna (aka Phaison, Orange Durban)' (Canna x generalis) gardenwife Image Clematis 'Elsa Späth (Xerxes)' (Clematis ) Horseshoe Image Broad Bean, Fava Bean 'Broad Windsor' (Vicia faba) Terry Image Variegated Virginia Creeper 'Variegata' (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) dahlia_lover Image Daylily 'Butterscotch Ruffles (Harling, 1978)' (Hemerocallis ) Kelli Image Santa Rita Prickly Pear (Opuntia violacea var. santa-rita) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Desert Mist (Williamson, 1979)' (Iris ) Mike_G Image Lychnis (Lychnis yunnanensis) Chilidawg Image Large-flowered Climber 'Altissimo®' (Rosa ) Alyssum Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Raspberry Blush' (Iris ) Rarri Image Fan Flower, Fanflower (Scaevola aemula) uofagirl Image Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) Shelly221 Image Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) EROCTUSE2 Image Regeliocyclus Iris 'Dardanus (1962)' (Iris ) trois Image Devil's Trumpet 'Double Golden Queen' (Datura metel) mbock Image Fuchsia 'Voodoo' (Fuchsia )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description gumbydammit Positive Evergreen Gardenworks Ramnyc Positive Passion Flower Farms hogank2001 Neutral Paradise Garden carlady Positive Autumn Ridge Nursery giniag Positive Frostproof Growers mm1 Negative Wayside Gardens charlesgrey Positive Homestead Farms angel57 Negative Spring River Nurseries Inc charlesgrey Positive Gilbert H. Wild & Son patantwo Positive Dune Lane Nursery patantwo Positive Homestead Farms Daq Positive Michigan Bulb Daq Positive Direct Gardening Daq Neutral Gurney's Seed & Nursery Tribeola Positive Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Company lizzy49712 Negative Autumn Ridge Nursery geestwo Positive Hoot Owl Hollow Nursery geowyn Negative Well-Sweep Herb Farm sheree803 Positive Paradise Garden Ompus Positive Floral Architecture machaut Negative Green Mountain Transplants, Inc. Lizbeth_A_King Positive Bentley Gardens.com Lizbeth_A_King Positive Jim's Hostas LarryD Negative Southmeadow Fruit Gardens (also dba Grootendorst Nurseries) tsbccowboy Positive Kuk's Forest Nursery Amber_O Positive Flower Art & Soul devcat Negative Nichols Garden Nursery jldj Positive Cross Country Nurseries Debbie1950 Positive Outsidepride.com nanabama Negative Gardener's Choice ediechev Negative Green Mountain Transplants, Inc. Ramnyc Positive Flower Scent Gardens jcbethune Positive Frostproof Growers Johnebook Positive Mountain Maples

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... May 19, 2004