Dave's Garden Newsletter Covering the events of May 29, 2004 ... in which ... 216 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.21% yesterday. 1,195 posts were made. 83 plants were added to the Plants Database. 99 comments were added to the Plants Database. 1,007 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database. 50 snapshots were added to the Plants Database. 1 entry was added to Botanary. 1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog. 24 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

( -- Alfred Austin, British poet laureate)

Forum Photo of the Day  Subject: So hard to commit murder! By kell

Plants Database Photo of the Day  Verbascum, Mullein 'Pink Petticoats PPAF' Verbascum By poppysue

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New Botanary Words

Plants Database Activity:

Plants Database Additions:

Member Addition Description deborahsongs Comment Curly Parsley Petroselinum crispum sharmoogle Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans ladyrowan Comment Large-cupped Daffodil (Division II) 'Camelot' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Large-cupped Daffodil (Division II) 'Brackenhurst' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Large-cupped Daffodil (Division II) 'Avalon' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Large-cupped Daffodil (Division II) 'Accent' Narcissus sparkysmom Comment Milk Bush, Pencil Euphorbia Euphorbia tirucalli Lobivopsis Comment Cardboard Palm Zamia furfuracea lilooker Comment Variegated Agave 'Marginata' Agave americana Tammy Comment Alpine Lady's Mantle, Mountain Lady's Mantle Alchemilla alpinus Monocromatico Comment Orchid, Cinnabar Laelia Laelia cinnabarina palmbob Comment Calyptrocalyx stenoschista Todd_Boland Comment 'Kolpa's Gem' Tulipa kolpakowskiana palmbob Comment Clinostigma exorrhizum mountaineer Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Special Feature (Osborne, 1987)' Iris Todd_Boland Comment Hybrid Darwin Tulip 'Gudoshnik' Tulipa palmbob Comment Clinostigma haerestigma bugaboo22 Comment Evening Primrose 'Lemon Silver' Oenothera fremontii palmbob Comment Clinostigma harlandii indy2283 Comment Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy Gerbera jamesonii palmbob Comment Clinostigma ponapense palmbob Comment Clinostigma samoense kooger Comment Regal Pelargonium (UK), Martha Washington Pelargonium (US) Pelargonium x domesticum drascal Comment Clematis 'Nelly Moser' Clematis Happenstance Comment Wojo's Jem Vinca 'Wojo's Jem PPAF' Vinca major Farmerdill Comment Blueberry Southern High Bush 'Star' Vaccinium Virgatus palmbob Comment Clinostigma savoryanum InDaDirt Comment Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens Randu Comment Brazilian Pepper Tree Schinus terebinthifolius christyla Comment Desert Petunia, Florida Bluebells, Mexican Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells 'Mexican Carpet' Ruellia brittoniana WillowWasp Comment Sago Palm Cycas revoluta palmbob Comment Copernicia glabrescens palmbob Comment Colpothrinax cookii WillowWasp Comment Shrimp Plant Justicia brandegeana Dan_Brown Comment Garden Phlox 'Starfire' Phlox paniculata spaceman_spiff Comment Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree, Red Silk Cotton Tree Bombax ceiba spaceman_spiff Comment Sweet Shrub, Carolina Allspice, Strawberry Shrub, Pineapple Shrub Calycanthus floridus melody Comment Greek Oregano, Winter Marjoram Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Gold Pak' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Oxheart' Daucus carota mamamoondancer Comment Giant Italian Parsley, Flat-Leaf Parsley 'Prezzemolo Gigante d'Italia' Petroselinum crispum Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Temptation' Daucus carota purplepetunia Comment Shrimp Plant Justicia brandegeana Farmerdill Comment carrot 'Primo' Daucuc carota beverlyf Comment Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis Farmerdill Comment carrot 'Ingot' Daucus carota purplepetunia Comment Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Kuroda' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Adelaide' Daucus carota jrenee25 Comment Baby's Tears; Angel's Tears, Mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Canada Gold' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Columbia' daucus carota mlayala Comment Bougainvillea 'Barbara Karst' Bougainvillea Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Pacific Gold' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment carrot 'SCR 1312' Daucus carota palmbob Comment Chamaedorea glaucifolia Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Spearhead' Daucus carota Farmerdill Comment Carrot 'Trinity' Daucus carota mamamoondancer Comment Mandevilla, Dipladenia 'Red Riding Hood' Mandevilla splendens angelap Comment Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead 'Vivid' Physostegia virginiana beverlyf Comment Summer Poinsettia, Joseph's Coat 'Early Splendor' Amaranthus tricolor palmbob Comment Gasteria Gasteria ellaphieae palmbob Comment Monadenium reflexum palmbob Comment Monadenium erubescens mountaineer Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Snow Spoon (Hager, 1982)' Iris palmbob Comment Gasteria Gasteria glomerata Terry Comment Variegated Japanese Hops 'Variegatus' Humulus japonicus palmbob Comment Rootspine Palm Cryosophila stauracantha ladyrowan Comment Superbells™ 'Blue' Calibrachoa x hybridus ladyrowan Comment Purple Superbells™ 'Superbells™ Purple' Calibrachoa x hybridus palmbob Comment Rootspine Palm, Guáguara Palm, Broom Palm Cryosophila warscewiczii ladyrowan Comment Large-cupped Daffodil (Division II) 'Geranium' Narcissus Paulwhwest Comment Tea Rose 'Dr Grill (Bonnaire, 1886) aka Doctor Grill, Docteur Grill' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Dr Eckener (Berger,1930) aka Docteur Eckener' Rosa ladyrowan Comment Split-Corona Daffodil (Division XI) 'Buff Belle' Narcissus palmbob Comment Palm Cyrtostachys elegans Esther2001 Comment Strawberry Foxglove, Merton's Foxglove Digitalis x mertonensis palmbob Comment Deckenia nobilis ladyrowan Comment Split-Corona Daffodil (Division XI) 'Broadway Star' Narcissus palmbob Comment Drymophloeus oliviformis ladyrowan Comment Split-Corona Daffodil (Division XI) 'Trepolo' Narcissus palmbob Comment Palm Drymophloeus pachycladus ladyrowan Comment Cyclameineous Daffodil (Division VI) 'Kaydee' Narcissus PanamonCreel Comment Hoya Hoya lacunosa ladyrowan Comment Cyclameineous Daffodil (Division VI) 'Elizabeth Ann' Narcissus nanawaters Comment Moses-in-a-Basket, Boatlily, Oyster Plant Tradescantia spathacea ladyrowan Comment Cyclameineous Daffodil (Division VI) 'Rapture' Narcissus ladyrowan Comment Poeticus Daffodil (Division IX) 'Dreamlight' Narcissus nanawaters Comment Wax Plant, Porcelain Flower Hoya carnosa Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (Muller, 1899)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Large-flowered Climber 'Climbing American Beauty (Hoopes Bros. and Thomas, 1909)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Hybrid Multiflora 'Trier (Lambert, 1904)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Old Garden Rose 'Double Cherokee, (1840; aka Bank's de Fortune, Fortuneana, Fortuniana)' Rosa Paulwhwest Comment Large-flowered climber 'Polka (1996; aka Lord Byron, Polka 91, Scented Dawn, MEItosier)' Rosa PanamonCreel Comment Hoya Hoya fungii PotEmUp Comment Monkey Hand Tree, Hand Plant Tree Chiranthodendron pentadactylon purplepetunia Comment Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet, Tree Datura Brugmansia arborea PanamonCreel Comment Wax Plant 'Pink Silver (aka Silver Pink, Splash)' Hoya pubicalyx Happenstance Comment Variegated Kalanchoe 'Hybrida' 'Hybrida' Kalanchoe hybrid aewatson74 Image Reblooming Tall Bearded Iris 'Champagne Elegance (Niswonger, 1986)' (Iris ) trois Image Yellow Water Snowflake (Nymphoides crenata) Big_Red Image Broccoli 'Early Dividend' (Brassica oleracea) Baa Image Bush Vetch (Vicia sepium) Happenstance Image Scented Geranium 'Lime' (Pelargonium nervosum) Xenomorf Image Variegated Agave 'Marginata' (Agave americana) palmbob Image Fishtail Palm (Caryota mitis) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Baby Jane Hudson (Petit, 2003)' (Hemerocallis ) Farmerdill Image Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Bountiful' (Phaseolus vulgaris) Melissa_Ohio Image Daylily 'Bookmark (Munson, 1982)' (Hemerocallis ) Michaelp Image White Guinea Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) dahlia_lover Image Peregrina, Spicy Jatropha (Jatropha integerrima) kennedyh Image Veined Bristle-fern (Crepidomanes venosum) TamiMcNally Image Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) WillowWasp Image Japanese Morning Glory 'Akatsuki no Beni' (Ipomoea ) Horseshoe Image Oriental persimmon 'Sheng' (Diospyros kaki) Jeff_Beck Image Fringed Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe digitata) Terry Image False Indigo (Baptisia australis) monterey Image Passion Flower 'Blue Horizon' (Passiflora x hybrid) jody Image Hosta 'So Sweet' (Hosta ) nokats Image (Stenocactus hastatus) Alohahoya2000 Image Hoya (Hoya diptera) akgriff Image Heartleaf Bergenia, Pigsqueak (Bergenia cordifolia) bootandall Image Tree Dahlia (Dahlia imperialis) KactusKathi Image Queen of the Night, Andes Organ Pipe (Cereus hildmannianus) ladyrowan Image Trumpet Daffodil (Division I) 'Marieke' (Narcissus ) philomel Image Large-flowered Climber 'Eden Climber (1987; aka Eden 88, Eden Rose 85, Pierre de Ronsard, MEIviolin)' (Rosa ) SandPiper Image Dwarf Dahlia 'Dahlietta Connie' (Dahlia ) Toxicodendron Image Angle-pod, Oldfield Milkvine (Matelea decipiens) jrc1618 Image Angle-pod, Maroon Carolina Milkvine (Matelea carolinensis) mountaineer Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Ever Cool (Aitken, 2001)' (Iris ) Uladech Image Double Early Tulip 'Abba' (Tulipa ) rylaff Image Rice-Paper Tree (Tetrapanax papyriferus) butterflygal Image Daylily 'Orchids And Diamonds' (Hemerocallis ) Alyssum Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mary Frances (Gaulter, 1971)' (Iris ) htop Image Vitex, Chaste Tree, Lilac Chaste Tree, Monk's Pepper (Vitex agnus-castus) strever Image Norfolk Island Pine, Star Pine (Araucaria heterophylla) carolann Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Coalignition (Burseen, 1991)' (Iris ) handhelpers Image Geranium, Cranesbill 'Rozanne' (Geranium hybrid) cbrandenburg Image Variegated Sedum,Striped Sedum 'Mediovariegatum' (Sedum erythrostictum) Monocromatico Image Wild Guaraná (Paullinia weinmannifolia) Elvira_14 Image Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia) tyke Image Pearl Tree, Sawtooth Pearlbush 'Northern Pearls' (Exochorda serratifolia) lilysteel Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Theatre (Keppel, 1981)' (Iris ) lankfordjl Image Southern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) feoneafey Image Borage (Borago officinalis) kooger Image Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro) gman500 Image Tomato 'Glacier' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) careyjane Image Mediterranean saltbush (Atriplex halimus) BluesBeans Image Lion's Tail (Leonotis menthifolia)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description shewolf Positive Cactus King Nursery RClarke Positive Leonard W. Butt Heatherweh Positive Graceful Gardens cupoftea Positive Paradise Garden heelpin Negative Richter's Herb Specialists SLUGDOG Negative Spring River Nurseries Inc angel_jim Positive S&W Greenhouse 8Frogmom Positive Logee's Greenhouses, Ltd. jultur Negative Van Bourgondien Dutch Bulbs 8Frogmom Positive Renee's Garden Seeds 8Frogmom Positive Select Seeds Antique Flowers irishluck13 Positive Gardener's Choice 8Frogmom Positive Burpee, W. Atlee & Co. 8Frogmom Positive Seeds of Change (Formerly Deep Diversity) 8Frogmom Positive Gardener's Supply Company TryTryAgain Positive J & J Aquafarms danelleleigh Positive Windy Ridge Farm Daylily Gardens emmmma Positive Paradise Garden redtwig Positive Bluestone Perennials redtwig Negative Nature Hills Nursery (formerly 2ShopTrees.com) devcat Positive No Thyme Productions devcat Positive Mulberry Creek Herb Farm moyesii Positive S&W Greenhouse LLoydia Positive Bob Scott's Nursery

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... May 29, 2004