Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of May 24, 2004 ... in which ... 216 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.22% yesterday. 1,169 posts were made. 54 plants were added to the Plants Database. 70 comments were added to the Plants Database. 545 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 64 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 0 entries were added to Botanary. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 21 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog. 0 books were added to the Garden Bookworm. 6 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

( -- William Jennings Bryan, American politician, orator (born 3/19/1860))

Forum Photo of the Day  Subject: Mango Crush is sooooo pretty By Calalily

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Phalsa, Falsa Grewia subinaequalis By Thaumaturgist

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Brugmansias and Friends 165 posts PDB Pictures 106 posts Day Lilies 90 posts Tropicals 68 posts Dave's Garden 65 posts General Discussion 50 posts Photos 41 posts Welcome Mat 40 posts Pets 32 posts Identification 32 posts Parking Lot 32 posts Prayer Requests 31 posts Wild Life 27 posts Cactus and Succulents 26 posts Hostas 24 posts Vines and Climbers 23 posts Irises 22 posts Plant Trading 21 posts Jokes and Chat 21 posts Vegetable Gardening 20 posts Roses 19 posts Recipes 14 posts Garden Talk 13 posts Pollbooth 13 posts Water Gardens 13 posts Bulbs 13 posts Farm Life 12 posts Peonies 12 posts Perennials 11 posts Dirt Cheap 11 posts Roundup Pictures 10 posts Garden Foes 10 posts Landscaping 7 posts Hoyas 7 posts Canadian Trading 7 posts Home and Crafts 6 posts Dave's Garden FAQ 5 posts Seed Trading 5 posts Co-Op 5 posts Computer Talk 5 posts Round Robin Trading 4 posts Mail Call! 3 posts Container Gardening 3 posts Handyman 3 posts Organic Gardening 3 posts Geraniaceae 3 posts Camera Talk 2 posts Tomatoes 2 posts Media 2 posts Orchids 2 posts Roundup 2 posts Trees & Shrubs 1 post Gourds and Melons 1 post Hydroponics 1 post The Tool Shed 1 post Butterflies and Hummers 1 post Disabled Gardeners 1 post

New Botanary Words

Plants Database Activity:

Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description kooger Comment Black-Eyed Susan, Orange Coneflower 'Goldsturm' Rudbeckia fulgida kooger Comment 'Ruby Star' Coneflower 'Ruby Star' Echinacea purpurea silverwolf359 Comment King Palm, Bangalow Palm Archontophoenix cunninghamiana foodiesleuth Comment Bamboo Orchid Arundina graminifolia LynneSun Comment African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum Osteospermum hybrid purplepetunia Comment Yellow Walking Iris, Apostle Plant Neomarica longifolia kooger Comment Bloody Cranesbill Geranium sanguineum koreilly Comment Daylily 'Romantic Rose' Hemerocallis kooger Comment Cranesbill, Hardy Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' Geranium hybrid kooger Comment White Coneflower 'White Swan' Echinacea purpurea Dan_Brown Comment Amaryllis Hippeastrum striatum kooger Comment Globe Thistle Echinops ritro kooger Comment Russell Lupine 'Russell hybrid' Lupinus polyphyllus kooger Comment Silver Speedwell, Wooly Speedwell Veronica incana kooger Comment Garden Phlox 'Laura' Phlox paniculata kooger Comment German Statice Limonium tataricum koreilly Comment Daylily 'Double Charm (Hardy, 1969)' Hemerocallis kooger Comment Cupid's Dart Catananche caerulea nanette0269 Comment Crucifix Orchid Epidendrum Radicans cinemike Comment Paeony 'Flore Pleno' Paeonia officinalis Razorbacks Comment Spiraea 'Anthony Waterer' Spiraea x bumalda 1cav Comment Weigela Weigela florida mrbyrd Comment Java Plum, Jambolan Plum Syzygium cumini TamiMcNally Comment Crape Jasmine, Crepe Jasmine 'Flore Pleno' Tabernaemontana divaricata dbinnix Comment Giant Bamboo Dendrocalamus giganteus hemlady Comment Daylily 'Techny Spider (Reckamp-Klehm, 1987)' Hemerocallis hemlady Comment Daylily 'Techny Peach Lace' Hemerocallis Blangsto Comment Tomato 'Lemon Boy' Lycopersicon lycopersicum ccwales Comment Anise Hyssop, Licorice Mint Agastache foeniculum Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Choctaw' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Navaho' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Prime Cut 59' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'SUN 255' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment carrot 'SX3317 CE' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment carrot 'SX8502 CE' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'SX 8503 CE' daucus carota htop Comment Texas Thistle Cirsium texanum Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Triple Play 58' daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Eagle' Daucus carota Monocromatico Comment Orchid Sophronitis coccinea frostweed Comment Maximillian Sunflower, Prairie Sunflower Helianthus maximilianii Hatteraschick Comment Oleander Nerium oleander Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Burpees A#1' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Orange Rocket' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Short and Sweet' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Sweet Rocket' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Sweet Sunshine' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Sweet Treat' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Touchon' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Toudo II' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment carrot 'Viva La France' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Big Top' Daucus carota Turtlegirlie Comment Pregnant Onion Ornithogalum longibracteatum cplate2775 Comment Cigar Flower, Firecracker Vine, Candy Corn Vine Manettia luteorubra kooger Comment Pincushion Flower 'Pink Mist' Scabiosa columbaria htop Comment Twin-leaf Senna, Two-leaf Senna, Twin-leaved Senna, Two-leaved Senna Senna roemeriana Baa Comment White Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis var. albiflorus Baa Comment Navelwort 'Cherry Ingram' Omphalodes cappadocica Digitalis Comment Vitex, Chaste Tree, Lilac Chaste Tree, Monk's Pepper Vitex agnus-castus wnstarr Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Well Endowed' Iris samijo02 Comment Morning Glory, Grannyvine Ipomoea tricolor TamiMcNally Comment Petunia 'Tidal Wave® Silver' Petunia TamiMcNally Comment Tropical Soda Apple Solanum viarum purplepetunia Comment Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans purplepetunia Comment Gold Lantana, Pineland Trailing Lantana Lantana depressa clantonnaomi Comment Baby Sage, Blackcurrant Sage, Cherry Sage, Delta Sage, Graham's Sage, Little Leaf Sage 'Hot Lips' Salvia microphylla Paulwhwest Comment Shrub Rose 'Sea Foam (1964)' Rosa Monocromatico Comment Erva Baleera Cordia verbenacea JaxFlaGardener Comment Stokes' Aster, Stokes Aster, Cornflower Aster Stokesia laevis jeffreylee Comment Colorado Spruce, Blue Spruce Picea pungens Frederiksen Image Hosta 'Bunchoko' (Hosta ) htop Image Reiger Begonia (Begonia x hiemalis) jody Image Hosta 'Wintergreen' (Hosta ) rylaff Image Cigar Plant (Cuphea melvillea) RoyB Image Japanese Pieris, Andromeda, Lily of the Valley Shrub 'Mountain Fire' (Pieris japonica) gman500 Image Tomato 'Taps' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) langbr Image Sage 'Ostfriesland (East Friesland)' (Salvia nemorosa) DaveH Image Passion Flower 'Nancy Garrison' (Passiflora edulis) Lophophora Image Red Globe Lily (Calochortus albus var. rubellus) WilliamsMark Image Daylily 'Barberry Corsar' (Hemerocallis ) puttytat Image Tall Bearded Iris 'All Lit Up' (Iris ) Thaumaturgist Image Phalsa, Falsa (Grewia subinaequalis) CaptMicha Image Bromeliad (Guzmania sprucei) KMAC Image Storksbill, Pelargonium (Pelargonium x ardens) Terry Image Flowering Pear, Callery Pear 'Bradford' (Pyrus calleryana) palmbob Image (Astrocaryum alatum) mountaineer Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Circus Dancer' (Iris ) sweezel Image Great Coneflower, Cabbage Leaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia maxima) Kelli Image Pereskia (Pereskia saccharosa) dbinnix Image Himalayan Blue Bamboo (Himalayacalamus hookerianus) kennedyh Image Creeping Bellflower, Rampion Bellflower, June Bell (Campanula rapunculoides) TamiMcNally Image Red-Tipped Photinia, Fraser Photinia (Photinia x fraseri) DaraMV Image Smooth Mountain Prickly Pear, Indian Fig, Mission Cactus, Tuberous Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) laketahoe Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Over Alaska' (Iris ) Happenstance Image Siberian Bugloss, False Forget-Me-Not 'Variegata (aka Dawson's White)' (Brunnera macrophylla) MzMunchken Image Tropical Hibiscus 'Marilyn Quayle' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) KimGaither Image Bugle, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugle 'Bronze Beauty' (Ajuga reptans) carolann Image Daylily 'Wisest Of Wizards (Salter, 1994)' (Hemerocallis ) EnglishBob Image Indian Mallow (Abutilon x suntense) aking1a Image Costa Rican Crinum (Crinum ugandense) Todd_Boland Image Double daffodil (Division IV) 'Palmares' (Narcissus ) LouisianaSweetPea Image Dwarf Snowbush 'Minima' (Breynia disticha) WalterT Image Cherimoya, Custard Apple (Annona cherimola) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Razzle (Hansen, 1992)' (Hemerocallis ) Shirley1md Image Weigela 'Variegata' (Weigela florida) deborahsongs Image Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) Howard_C Image Bird in the Bush, Fumewort (Corydalis solida) sundry Image Daylily 'Grand Opera (Munson, 1978)' (Hemerocallis ) monterey Image Honeysuckle 'Gold Flame' (Lonicera x heckrottii) eileenmlamb Image Apple 'Melrose' (Malus domestica) Baa Image Singleseed Hawthorn, Oneseed Hawthorn, May, Whitethorn, Quickthorn (Crataegus monogyna) lilysteel Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Jillaroo' (Iris ) patp Image Wax Plant 'Pink Silver (aka Silver Pink, Splash)' (Hoya pubicalyx) shadowlam Image English Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) HJohnston Image Double Amaryllis, St. Joseph's Lily (Hippeastrum x johnsonii) iairis Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Megglethorp' (Iris ) kabitan Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Butter Pecan' (Iris ) rockth Image Devil's Trumpet, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple 'Black Currant Swirl' (Datura metel) Alyssum Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Storm Center' (Iris ) PotEmUp Image Delphinium 'Blue Bird' (Delphinium elatum) hczone6 Image Great Coneflower, Cabbage Leaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia maxima) piedmthq Image Jerusalem Cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum) Wandasflowers Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Urban Star' (Iris ) crd40 Image Cry Baby, Cockspur, Fireman's Cap Tree, Brazillian Coral Tree (Erythrina crista-galli) lvcjowen Image Clematis Niobe 'Niobe' (Clematis ) Big_Red Image Dry Bean 'Vermont Cranberry (Bush)' (Phaseolus vulgaris) Xenomorf Image Arizona Turk's Head (Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii) gvmac Image China Rose 'Ducher (1869; aka Bengale Ducher)' (Rosa ) silverwolf359 Image King Palm, Bangalow Palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana) DonnaB Image Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Adora' (Brugmansia ) Osteole Image Bog Rosemary, Common Bog Rosemary, Marsh Andromeda (Andromeda polifolia) Eliza Image Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) bigdogs Image Black Calla Lily (Arum palaestinum) goldenfish Image Chinese Forget-Me-Not 'Mystery Rose' (Cynoglossum amabile)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description moyesii Positive Klehm's Song Sparrow Perennial Farm moyesii Positive Antique Rose Emporium mote Negative Royal Dutch Garden silkieweaver Positive Nichols Garden Nursery silkieweaver Positive Antonelli Brothers Begonia Gardens silkieweaver Positive Geraniaceae Coni Negative Burpee, W. Atlee & Co. NatureWalker Neutral Spring River Nurseries Inc Annis Positive Big Dipper Farm Annis Neutral Roots and Rhizomes belle_michele Negative Fork & Spade (also dba Scenic Nursery) Fosson Negative National Arbor Day Foundation AS Neutral National Home Gardening Club (also dba North American Membership Group Inc) elynngo Positive Going Bananas NickiK Positive Nichols Garden Nursery NickiK Positive Evergreen Y.H. Enterprises mbillips Negative Direct Gardening NickiK Positive L'Atelier Vert meecko Positive Dutch Gardens Holland Bulbs greenfieldfarm Positive Antique Rose Emporium greenfieldfarm Negative Wayside Gardens

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description hopflower Positive Square Foot Gardening hopflower Positive Flowers for Sale: Growing and Marketing Cut Flowers: Backyard to Small Acreage (A Bootstrap Guide) hopflower Positive Western Garden Book hopflower Positive Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul, 101 Stories to Sow Seeds of Love, Hope and Laughter hopflower Positive New Kitchen Garden SleestakJC Positive Paradise Found: Growing Tropicals in Your Own Backyard

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... May 24, 2004