Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Edmund Spenser, 16th century English poet)

Forum Photo of the Day   Subject: Fresh lettuce, anyone? By judyb

PlantFiles Photo of the Day   Night-blooming Cereus, Queen of the Night, Dutchman's Pipe Cactus Epiphyllum oxypetalum By ninjacam

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Comment Goldfinger 'Goldfinger' Musa acuminata panner Comment Shrub Marigold, Mexican Bush Marigold, Mount Lemmon Marigold, Copper Canyon Daisy Tagetes lemmonii beadfulheart Comment Barbados Gooseberry Pereskia aculeata azreno Comment Malabar nut Justicia adhatoda azreno Comment Hardy Water Lily, Waterlily 'Anne Emmet' Nymphaea melody Comment Tomato 'Paul Robeson' Lycopersicon lycopersicum rebecca101 Comment Chicory, Radicchio 'Rossa Di Chioggia' Cichorium intybus rebecca101 Comment Tatsoi, Tah Tsai, Spinach Mustard, Spoon Mustard Brassica rapa var. rosularis rebecca101 Comment Tatsoi, Tah Tsai, Spinach Mustard, Spoon Mustard 'Hon Tsai Tai' Brassica rapa var. rosularis rebecca101 Comment Chinese Cabbage, Napa, Michihli, Wong Bok 'Blues' Brassica rapa var. pekinensis stoner Comment Mexican Buckeye Ungnadia speciosa berrygirl Comment Abyssinian Gladiolus, Peacock Orchid Gladiolus callianthus frostweed Comment Chisos Mountain False Calico Loeselia greggii frostweed Comment Texasfan Meximalva filipes frostweed Comment Gregg's Saddlebush Mortonia greggii frostweed Comment Rio Grande Saddlebush Mortonia sempervirens Kell Comment Elephant Ear 'Green Velvet Variegated' Alocasia promethean_spar Comment Achuma, Aguacolla, Gigantón, Huachuma, San Pedro Cactus Echinopsis pachanoi Meredith79 Comment Leadwort, Hardy Blue Plumbago Ceratostigma plumbaginoides dmj1218 Comment Rain Lily, Fairy Lily, Zephyr Lily 'Apricot Queen' Zephyranthes dmj1218 Comment Engelmann's Sage Salvia engelmannii frostweed Comment Transpecos Cress Mancoa pubens Peter_Paul Comment Stonecrop 'Chubby Fingers' Sedum album jamie68 Image Shrub Rose 'Distant Drums' (Rosa ) KevinMc79 Image Spirea 'Pink Parasols' (Spiraea fritschiana) KevinMc79 Image Hardy ice plant, Trailing ice plant (Delosperma cooperi) KevinMc79 Image Shrub Rose 'Lady Elsie May' (Rosa ) Kell Image Kalanchoe 'Fang' (Kalanchoe beharensis) Kell Image Kalanchoe 'Fang' (Kalanchoe beharensis) Porphyrostachys Image Aloe (Aloe amudatensis) Porphyrostachys Image (Aloe droseroides) Porphyrostachys Image (Aloe compressa v. paucituberculata) Keyring Image 'Coral Sunset' (Achimenes ) Keyring Image 'Flair' (Sinningia ) Keyring Image Hardy White Gloxinia (Sinningia tubiflora) RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Image (Ipomoea grandifolia) Ursula Image Valley Lupine, Chick Lupine, Hierba del Traro (Lupinus subvexus) Ursula Image Valley Lupine, Chick Lupine, Hierba del Traro (Lupinus subvexus) Kell Image Texas Muhly Grass, Florida Muhly Grass 'Regal Mist' (Muhlenbergia capillaris) hooked Image Daylily 'Lunar Sea' (Hemerocallis ) hooked Image Daylily 'Minnie Morgan' (Hemerocallis ) hooked Image Daylily 'Morocco' (Hemerocallis ) jnana Image Chinese Rain Bell, Pink Strobilanthes, Vein Leaf Acanthus (Strobilanthes cusia) jnana Image Goldenrod, Wand Goldenrod (Solidago stricta) jnana Image Mast tree, Asoka Tree, Ashok Tree, Sorrowless Tree (Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula) Ursula Image Boquita de Vieja (Calceolaria purpurea) jamie68 Image Floribunda Rose 'Flirtatious' (Rosa ) Per_Andersen Image Japanese Maple 'Fireglow' (Acer palmatum) Per_Andersen Image Japanese Maple 'Mikawa yatsubusa' (Acer palmatum) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'I Can Fly' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Obsidian' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Sovereign Queen' (Hemerocallis ) pajaritomt Image Pumpkin, Winter Squash 'Marina di Chioggia' (Cucurbita maxima) rwmedic Image Dahlia 'Arabian Night' (Dahlia ) Sherlock221 Image Rose of Sharon, Althea (Hibiscus syriacus) Sherlock221 Image Rose of Sharon, Althea (Hibiscus syriacus) Sherlock221 Image Rose of Sharon, Althea (Hibiscus syriacus) PPCSPC Image Hinoki False Cypress 'Kamani Hiba' (Chamaecyparis obtusa) begoniacrazii Image Nematostylis (Nematostylis anthophylla) begoniacrazii Image Dermatobotrys (Dermatobotrys saundersii) begoniacrazii Image Kohleria (Kohleria bogotensis) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Against All Odds' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Augustine' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Balderdash' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Can't Touch This' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Aurelie' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Ebony Angel' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Elmer's Wild Rose' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Florentine Silk' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Inside Track' (Iris ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Shelby's Song' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Mysterious Ways' (Iris ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Puzzling Images' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'No Other Love' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Oasis Elmer' (Iris ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Michael Bennett' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Okapi Poppy' (Iris ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Lee Reinke' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Pixel Hue' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Rachel J' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Rodeo Girl' (Iris ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Stone Ponies' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Silver City' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Slovak Prince' (Iris ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Bridgeton Fringed Fashion' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Stir Crazy' (Iris ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Golden Glory' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Sweet Emotions' (Iris ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Treasured' (Iris ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'For Annabelle' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Vienna Waltz' (Iris ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Forty Thieves' (Hemerocallis ) Margiempv Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Winterfest' (Iris ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'In Excess' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'In the Heart of It All' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Michael Bennett' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Mount Helena' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Mystery Lover' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Mystical Rainbow' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Oddly Magnificent' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Rose Storm' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Roswitha' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Edge Of Heaven' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Exotic Candy' (Hemerocallis ) htop Image Bearded Swallow-Wort (Cynanchum barbigerum) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Zip Boom Bah' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Zoot Sims' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Shake The Mountains' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Shake The Mountains' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Laura Girl' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Frank's Fire Opal' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Impromptu' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Third Witch' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Third Witch' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Third Witch' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Turtle Island' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Way Past Cool' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Woman's Scorn' (Hemerocallis ) htop Image Bearded Swallow-Wort (Cynanchum barbigerum) htop Image Bearded Swallow-Wort (Cynanchum barbigerum) Dinu Image Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) Dinu Image Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) htop Image Bearded Swallow-Wort (Cynanchum barbigerum) Dinu Image Pink Trumpet Vine (Podranea ricasoliana) Joy Image Star of Persia (Allium christophii) Joy Image Ornamental Onion, Tumbleweed Onion, Schubert Onion (Allium schubertii) Joy Image Allium 'Hair' (Allium ) marieortiz Image Carrion Plant, Starfish Flower, Starfish Cactus (Stapelia grandiflora) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'This Just In' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Winter Wonderland' (Hemerocallis ) debnes_dfw_tx Image Blue Passion Flower, Hardy Passionflower (Passiflora caerulea) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Enchanting Esmerelda' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Enchanting Esmerelda' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Beyond Riches' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Canadian Border Patrol' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Bayou Bride' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Bayou Bride' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Cuban Skies' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Byron' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Collectors Choice' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Dragon Heart' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Fanciful Favorite' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Forever Red' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Forever Red' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Good Old Boy' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Invitation To Imortality' (Hemerocallis ) Xenomorf Image Opuntia (Opuntia x occidentalis) Xenomorf Image Texas Sage, Texas Ranger, Silverleaf, Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens) Xenomorf Image Texas Sage, Texas Ranger, Silverleaf, Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens) Xenomorf Image Texas Sage, Texas Ranger, Silverleaf, Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Jerry Pate Williams' (Hemerocallis ) Xenomorf Image Cucumber 'Metki White Serpent' (Cucumis melo var. flexuosus) Xenomorf Image Cucumber 'Metki White Serpent' (Cucumis melo var. flexuosus) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Kiowa Sunset' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Lori Goldston' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Lunar Max' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Clouds Of Kisses' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Carolicolossal' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Etosha' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Grand Old Flag' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Grand Old Flag' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Little Flock' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Little Flock' (Hemerocallis ) beadfulheart Image Climbing Cactus, Hooker's Orchid Cactus (Epiphyllum hookeri) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Magic Carpet Ride' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Magic Obsession' (Hemerocallis ) beadfulheart Image Climbing Cactus, Hooker's Orchid Cactus (Epiphyllum hookeri) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Mary Jane Carpenter' (Hemerocallis ) beadfulheart Image Climbing Cactus, Hooker's Orchid Cactus (Epiphyllum hookeri) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Momentum' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Opera Elegance' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'I See Stars' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Furnaces Of Babylon' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Grace My Love' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Holiday Party' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Palace Garden Beauty' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Penny Pinsley' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Persimmon Punch' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Persimmon Punch' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Pink Super Spider' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Princess Ellen' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Priscilla's Rainbow' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Ra Hansen' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Ra Hansen' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Ram' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Red Twister' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Robert Oliver' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Rosy Rhino' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Rosy Wren' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Rosy Wren' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Scarlet Pansy' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Simply Divine' (Hemerocallis ) azreno Image Malabar nut (Justicia adhatoda) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Victoria's Secret' (Hemerocallis ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Susan Weber' (Hemerocallis ) azreno Image Tropical Water Lily, Waterlily 'June Allison' (Nymphaea ) Calif_Sue Image Daylily 'Techny Spider' (Hemerocallis ) azreno Image Tropical Day-Blooming Water Lily, Waterlily 'Star Of Siam' (Nymphaea ) melody Image Tomato 'Paul Robeson' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) melody Image Tomato 'Paul Robeson' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) claypa Image Hummingbird Sage, Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage 'Forest Fire' (Salvia coccinea) claypa Image Hummingbird Sage, Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage 'Forest Fire' (Salvia coccinea) rebecca101 Image Chicory, Radicchio 'Rossa Di Chioggia' (Cichorium intybus) rebecca101 Image Tatsoi, Tah Tsai, Spinach Mustard, Spoon Mustard (Brassica rapa var. rosularis) rebecca101 Image Chinese Cabbage, Napa, Michihli, Wong Bok 'Blues' (Brassica rapa var. pekinensis) kennedyh Image Powdery Live-forever (Dudleya farinosa) kennedyh Image Powdery Live-forever (Dudleya farinosa) kennedyh Image Branched Goodenia (Goodenia paniculata) kennedyh Image Branched Goodenia (Goodenia paniculata) kennedyh Image Swamp Goodenia (Goodenia humilis) kennedyh Image Swamp Goodenia (Goodenia humilis) pajaritomt Image Sunflower 'Moulin Rouge' (Helianthus annuus) Xeramtheum Image Tigers Foot Morning Glory (Ipomoea pes-tigridis) Lhouselover Image Para Cress, Toothache Plant, Eyeball Plant 'Peek-A-Boo' (Spilanthes oleracea) GardenGuyKin Image Flowering Maple, Parlour Maple, Indian Mallow 'Souvenir de Bonn' (Abutilon )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description CWinge Negative Direct Gardening karyn1 Positive Zone 9 Tropicals (Zone9Tropicals.com) beigestonehill Negative Bluestone Perennials leah3 Negative Chalk Hill Clematis NancyKHawes Positive Rare Find Nursery fakecanadia Neutral Spring Hill Nurseries kjme Negative Autumn Ridge Nursery rskeen Negative Delafield Gardens (Lyndale Garden Center) wattley Positive Hortico Nurseries Inc. isisaset Positive Wayside Gardens lesley020180 Positive Superior Growers Supply (SGS)

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... October 10, 2006