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Covering the events of March 10, 2006
... in which ...
2,581 posts were made.
99 plants were added to PlantFiles.
40 comments were added to PlantFiles.
2,531 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
65 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
15 entries were added to Botanary.
3 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
14 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
0 books were added to the Garden Bookworm.
0 ratings were added to the Garden Bookworm.
"For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth
forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God..."
Gardening Quote of the Day
"For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.
For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad."( -- Edwin Way Teale, American naturalist, writer, photographer (born 6/2/1899))
| PlantFiles Photo of the Day |
Weeping Pussywillow, Kilmarnock Willow, Goat Willow 'Pendula'
Salix caprea
By lupinelover
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New PlantScout subscriptions- Neem Tree Farms (Tier 1, added Mar 10, 2006 6:16 AM)
- Cactus Dean (Tier 0, added Mar 10, 2006 2:08 PM)
- W.W. Greenhouses, Inc. (Tier 0, added Mar 10, 2006 2:09 PM)
- Newhouse Nursery (Tier 0, added Mar 10, 2006 2:30 PM)
- GardeningBulbs.com (Tier 4, added Mar 10, 2006 3:16 PM)
- Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Company (Tier 3, added Mar 10, 2006 3:45 PM)
- SmallPlants.com (Tier 1, added Mar 10, 2006 11:11 PM)
Forum Activity
A grand total of 2,581 posts were made yesterday.
| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| hillmanii |
hil-MAN-ee-eye |
Named for Frederick Hebard Hillman, 20th century botanist with the USDA |
| Burbidgea |
bur-BIDJ-ee-a |
Named for Frederick William Burbidge, 19th century botanist, author, gardener at Kew and curator of the Trinity College garden at Dublin |
| burbidgeana |
bur-bidj-ee-AH-na |
Named for Frederick William Burbidge, 19th century botanist, author, gardener at Kew and curator of the Trinity College garden at Dublin |
| burbidgeanum |
bur-bidj-ee-AH-num |
Named for Frederick William Burbidge, 19th century botanist, author, gardener at Kew and curator of the Trinity College garden at Dublin |
| burbidgeanus |
bur-bidj-ee-AH-nus |
Named for Frederick William Burbidge, 19th century botanist, author, gardener at Kew and curator of the Trinity College garden at Dublin |
| burbidgei |
bur-BIDJ-ee-eye |
Named for Frederick William Burbidge, 19th century botanist, author, gardener at Kew and curator of the Trinity College garden at Dublin |
| moorcroftiana |
moor-kroft-ee-AH-na |
Named for William Moorcroft, 19th century British veterinarian who explored Ladakh and Tibet with the East India Company |
| penstemonoides |
pen-stem-on-OY-deez |
Resembles Penstemon (genus name meaning five-stamens) |
| valdezianus |
val-dez-ee-AH-nus |
Named for L. Möller-Valdez, sister-in-law to Heinrich Möller |
| valdeziana |
val-dez-ee-AH-na |
Named for L. Möller-Valdez, sister-in-law to Heinrich Möller |
| Porana |
por-AH-na |
Derivation is obscure |
| x viticella |
vy-tee-CHELL-uh |
Hybrid meaning small vine |
| visnaga |
vis-NAH-ga |
Toothpick; hence the common name and the variant spelling bisnaga for a barrel cactus whose spines are also used as a toothpick) |
| Elegia |
el-EE-jee-a |
Possibly from the Greek word meaning song of mourning or lament |
| Cliftonia |
klif-TON-ee-a |
Named for William Clifton, Esq. 18th century English barrister appointed as the first attorney general for the state of Georgia (U.S.) |
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99 new plants.
40 new descriptions were added.
65 new images were added.
2531 new content were checked off.
| Member |
Addition |
Description |
| toymaker |
Comment |
Pheasant's Tail
Anthurium schlechtendalii |
| krk4079 |
Comment |
Amaryllis
Hippeastrum striatum |
| penpen |
Comment |
Triphylla Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt'
Fuchsia |
| penpen |
Comment |
Red Buckeye, Firecracker Plant
Aesculus pavia |
| sallyg |
Comment |
Tiger Lily
Lilium lancifolium |
| SW_gardener |
Comment |
Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Palace Purple'
Heuchera micrantha |
| SW_gardener |
Comment |
Coralbells, Alumroot, Alum Root 'Silver Scrolls'
Heuchera |
| SW_gardener |
Comment |
Bugle, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugle
Ajuga reptans |
| SW_gardener |
Comment |
Chinese Ground Orchid 'Alba'
Bletilla striata |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Maestro'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Magic Red'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Magnum Bonum'
Solanum tuberosum |
| TBGDN |
Comment |
Hugonis Rose 'Father Hugo's Rose'
Rosa |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Magnum'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Mainechip'
Solanum tuberosum |
| PurplePetal |
Comment |
Sweet Woodruff, Our Lady's Lace, Sweetscented Bedstraw
Galium odoratum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Mainestay'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Majestic'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Mandel'
Solanum tuberosum |
| SW_gardener |
Comment |
Branched Bugbane, Black Snakeroot, Black Cohosh 'Atropurpurea'
Cimicifuga ramosa |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Manon'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Manuela'
Solanum tuberosum |
| TBGDN |
Comment |
Snow Crocus, Golden Crocus 'Blue Pearl'
Crocus chrysanthus |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Marabel'
Solanum tuberosum |
| SW_gardener |
Comment |
Hosta 'Midwest Magic'
Hosta |
| TBGDN |
Comment |
Miniature Tall Bearded Iris 'Honorabile'
Iris |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Maranca'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Marfona'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Mariana'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Marijke'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Marine'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Maris Anchor'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Maritta'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Farmerdill |
Comment |
Potato 'Marius'
Solanum tuberosum |
| Xenomorf |
Comment |
Arthrocereus
Arthrocereus glaziovii |
| ilima |
Comment |
Macaw Flower, Lobster Claw, Caetê-vermelho
Heliconia bihai |
| alamoaimee |
Comment |
Meyer's Lemon Tree 'Improved Meyer'
Citrus x meyeri |
| SW_gardener |
Comment |
Lily 'Pixie Red&White'
Lilium |
| SW_gardener |
Comment |
Oriental Lily 'White Horse'
Lilium |
| raydio |
Comment |
Species Narcissus, Wild Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. moschatus |
| TBGDN |
Image
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Miniature Tall Bearded Iris 'Among Friends'
(Iris ) |
| TBGDN |
Image
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Tall Bearded Iris 'Lady Friend'
(Iris ) |
| palmbob |
Image
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Trichodiadema
(Trichodiadema bulbosum) |
| JamesCO |
Image
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Japanese Fiber Banana, Japanese Hardy Banana
(Musa basjoo) |
| JamesCO |
Image
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African Violet 'Optimara EverHarmony'
(Saintpaulia ) |
| kell |
Image
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Grevillea 'Long John'
(Grevillea ) |
| 12344 |
Image
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Daylily 'Open Hearth'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| 12344 |
Image
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Daylily 'Post Time'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Senita, Whisker Cactus
(Pachycereus schottii) |
| palmbob |
Image
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Medusa Head
(Euphorbia flanaganii) |
| kell |
Image
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New Guinea Impatiens 'Sonic Magic Pink'
(Impatiens x hawkeri) |
| giancarlo |
Image
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Philodendron 'Zulu Prince'
(Philodendron ) |
| PPCSPC |
Image
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Japanesa Cedar 'Spiralis'
(Cryptomeria japonica) |
| PPCSPC |
Image
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Japanese Cedar 'Hime Sugi'
(Cryptomeria japonica) |
| Dinu |
Image
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Mexican Flame Vine, Orange Glow Vine
(Senecio confusus) |
| Dinu |
Image
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Running Pop, Love-In-A-Mist, Stinking Passion Flower
(Passiflora foetida) |
| kbaumle |
Image
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Amaryllis 'La Paz'
(Hippeastrum ) |
| giancarlo |
Image
 |
(Tillandsia intermedia) |
| thistlesifter |
Image
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Aloe
(Aloe versicolor) |
| MzMunchken |
Image
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Giant Bird of Paradise
(Strelitzia nicolai) |
| Poochella |
Image
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Ball Dahlia 'Cornel'
(Dahlia ) |
| Poochella |
Image
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'Camano Denali'
(Dahlia ) |
| victorgardener |
Image
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Japanese Windflower, Japanese Anemone, Japanese Thimbleflower 'Honorine Jobert'
(Anemone ) |
| victorgardener |
Image
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Coleus, Painted Nettle 'Tilt-a-Whirl'
(Solenostemon scutellarioides) |
| kniphofia |
Image
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Devil's Tongue Barrel, Crow's Claw Cactus, Fish Hook Cactus
(Ferocactus latispinus var. latispinus) |
| ilima |
Image
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Travelers Palm
(Ravenala madagascariensis) |
| DaylilySLP |
Image
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Daylily 'Watchyl Lady Butterfly'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| Big_Red |
Image
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Peach 'Hale Haven'
(Prunus persica) |
| Melissa_Ohio |
Image
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Daylily 'Skeezix'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| Melissa_Ohio |
Image
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Daylily 'Stick Figure'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| elorasmom |
Image
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Double Narcissus, Double Daffodil 'Sir Winston Churchill'
(Narcissus ) |
| elorasmom |
Image
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Daffodil, Narcissus 'Tete-a-Tete'
(Narcissus ) |
| kimskreations |
Image
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Daylily 'Elfin Etching'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| kimskreations |
Image
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Daylily 'Spacecoast Surprise Purple'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| kniphofia |
Image
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Ox Tongue
(Gasteria glomerata) |
| conifers |
Image
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Serbian Spruce 'Berliners Weeper'
(Picea omorika) |
| conifers |
Image
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Serbian Spruce 'Nana'
(Picea omorika) |
| franj |
Image
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Arizona Ruby Rainbow Hedgehog
(Echinocereus rigidissimus subsp. rubispinus) |
| timrann |
Image
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Red Latan Palm
(Latania lontaroides) |
| timrann |
Image
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Red Latan Palm
(Latania lontaroides) |
| MzMunchken |
Image
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Million Bells 'Silver Sky'
(Calibrachoa Coloha) |
| franj |
Image
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Texas Nipple Cactus
(Mammillaria prolifera subsp. prolifera) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Aleppo Pine
(Pinus halepensis) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Common Everlasting
(Chrysocephalum apiculatum) |
| wallaby1 |
Image
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Hybrid Hellebore, Lenten Rose 'Queen Of The Night'
(Helleborus x hybridus) |
| Wandasflowers |
Image
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Daylily 'Mynelle's Starfish'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| Wandasflowers |
Image
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Daylily 'Olive Bailey Langdon'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| Big_Red |
Image
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Cabbage 'Bonnie Hybrid'
(Brassica oleracea var. capitata) |
| jnana |
Image
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Baby Rubber Plant, Blunt Leaf Peperomia
(Peperomia obtusifolia) |
| parkerpt |
Image
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Rock soapwort
(Saponaria ocymoides) |
| jnana |
Image
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Early Flowering Jessamine, Red Cestrum, Early Jessamine 'Newellii'
(Cestrum fasciculatum) |
| thistlesifter |
Image
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(aloe Humulus var. echinata) |
| Kevin_5 |
Image
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Deam's Viburnum
(Viburnum deamii) |
| branches |
Image
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Wild Lupine, Sundial Lupine
(Lupinus perennis) |
| Farmerdill |
Image
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Potato 'Franceline'
(Solanum tuberosum) |
| Todd_Boland |
Image
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Darwin Barberry
(Berberis darwinii) |
| Todd_Boland |
Image
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Cornelian Cherry Dogwood
(Cornus mas) |
| gumlla |
Image
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Poison Bulb, Variegated Grand Crinium Lily 'Variegatum'
(Crinum asiaticum) |
| athomedaddy |
Image
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Texas Mountain Laurel, Mescal Bean
(Sophora secundiflora) |
| DaylilySLP |
Image
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Daylily 'Mayfair Season'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| Veshengo |
Image
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Azure Monkshood, Fischer's Monkshood
(Aconitum fischeri) |
| Clare_CA |
Image
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Plumeria, Frangipani, Temple Tree, Pagoda Tree, Temple Flower 'Hurricane'
(Plumeria rubra) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Chicory
(Cichorium intybus) |
| JoanJ |
Image
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Tall Bearded Iris 'Oasis Lorna'
(Iris ) |
| JoanJ |
Image
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Tall Bearded Iris 'Oasis Mike'
(Iris ) |
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3 new companies were added to the database.
14 new ratings/comments were added to the database.
No new books were added to the database.
No new ratings/comments were added to the database.
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