Covering the events of May 7, 2007
... in which ...
3,107 posts were made.
29 plants were added to PlantFiles.
23 comments were added to PlantFiles.
342 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
96 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
7 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
30 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
"I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden doing whatever the h@!! I want."
(from People with Dirty Hands: The Passion for Gardening)
"( -- Robin Chotzinoff, American writer)
| PlantFiles Photo of the Day |
Snowball Bush, European Snowball 'Roseum'
Viburnum opulus
By starshine
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Forum Activity
A grand total of 3,107 posts were made yesterday.
| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| salvatoris |
sal-va-TOR-iss |
From the Latin, meaning saving, healing or helping |
| nelii |
NEL-ee-eye |
Named for Gert Cornelius Nel, early 20th century botanist, authority on succulents, and professor of botany at Stellenbosch University in South Africa |
| Nelia |
NEL-ee-a |
Named for Gert Cornelius Nel, early 20th century botanist, authority on succulents, and professor of botany at Stellenbosch University in South Africa |
| Spyridium |
spy-RID-ee-um |
From the Greek, meaning tiny basket |
| Hereroa |
her-ER-oh-a |
Of Herero, Zimbabwe (South Africa) |
| prionitis |
pry-oh-NY-tis |
From the Greek priein (a saw) |
| novae-caledoniae |
NO-vay kal-lid-OH-nee-ay |
Of or from New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific near Australia |
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29 new plants.
23 new descriptions were added.
96 new images were added.
342 new content were checked off.
| Member |
Addition |
Description |
| bsharf |
Comment |
Red Verbena 'Aztec Red'
Verbena |
| msironi |
Comment |
Euphorbia
Euphorbia xantii |
| RaiderLep |
Comment |
Tiger Lily
Lilium lancifolium |
| escambiaguy |
Comment |
Japanese Cleyera
Ternstroemia gymnanthera |
| mike_freck |
Comment |
Giant Elephants ear
Colocasia formosana |
| mypetalpatch |
Comment |
Tall Bearded Iris 'Cranberry Ice'
Iris |
| bsharf |
Comment |
Bush Allamanda
Allamanda schottii |
| lisasmall |
Comment |
Hosta 'Bronze Age'
Hosta |
| Phytodealer |
Comment |
Lantana
Lantana camara |
| vossner |
Comment |
Daylily 'Velvet Eyes'
Hemerocallis |
| vossner |
Comment |
Daylily 'Vanilla Sorbet'
Hemerocallis |
| mike3764 |
Comment |
Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae 'Green Giant'
Thuja plicata |
| mike3764 |
Comment |
Red Cedar Juniper, Eastern Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana |
| mike3764 |
Comment |
Sourwood, Sorrel Tree, Lily of the Valley Tree
Oxydendrum arboreum |
| mike3764 |
Comment |
Sargent's Crabapple
Malus sargentii |
| hillfarm |
Comment |
Sisymbrium
Sisymbrium luteum |
| hillfarm |
Comment |
Monkshood, Wolfbane 'Spark's Variety'
Aconitum |
| burung |
Comment |
Golden Penda
Xanthostemon chrysanthus |
| acadia2431 |
Comment |
Clematis 'Marie Boisselot'
Clematis |
| hoosierfarmboy |
Comment |
Hot Pepper, Jalapeno Pepper 'Jalapeno'
Capsicum annuum |
| Joelle |
Comment |
Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost'
Euphorbia |
| Cretaceous |
Comment |
Black Tree Fern, Korau, Mamaku
Cyathea medullaris |
| Cretaceous |
Comment |
Wheki-ponga, Golden Tree-fern, Kuripaka, Woolly Tree Fern
Dicksonia fibrosa |
| honeybunny442 |
Image
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Calla Lily 'Solar Flare'
(Zantedeschia ) |
| honeybunny442 |
Image
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Strawberry Parfait Calla Lily 'Strawberry Parfait'
(Zantedeschia ) |
| sweezel |
Image
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Rattlesnake Master, Button Snakeroot
(Eryngium yuccifolium) |
| sweezel |
Image
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Basket Flower, American Star Thistle, American Knapweed, Thornless Thistle
(Centaurea americana) |
| JamesCO |
Image
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Triumph Tulip 'Helmar'
(Tulipa ) |
| JamesCO |
Image
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(Fritillaria acmopetala) |
| patnjbob |
Image
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Tall Bearded Iris 'Hoptoit'
(Iris ) |
| patnjbob |
Image
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Tall Bearded Iris 'Raquelle Anne'
(Iris ) |
| Kelli |
Image
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Double Late Tulip, Peony-flowered Tulip 'Comtesse'
(Tulipa ) |
| Kelli |
Image
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Tulip 'Yellow Spider'
(Tulipa ) |
| Maria2354 |
Image
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Rambler Rose 'Super Dorothy'
(Rosa ) |
| Maria2354 |
Image
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Hybrid Tea Rose 'Red Masterpiece'
(Rosa ) |
| Meighan |
Image
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Burkwood Viburnum
(Viburnum x burkwoodii) |
| Meighan |
Image
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Lake Lolog Barberry
(Berberis x lologenisis) |
| vossner |
Image
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Daylily 'Star Of India'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| ladyannne |
Image
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Hens and Chicks
(Echeveria x imbricata) |
| ladyannne |
Image
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Jupiter's Beard, Keys to Heaven 'Alba'
(Centranthus ruber) |
| trois |
Image
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Delicate Prickly Pear, Plains Prickly Pear, Starvation Prickly Pear, Tuberous-Rooted Prickly Pear
(Opuntia macrorhiza) |
| vossner |
Image
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Daylily 'Awesome Blossom'
(Hemerocallis ) |
| kizilod |
Image
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Common Sage, Garden Sage
(Salvia officinalis) |
| kizilod |
Image
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Hybrid Lavender 'Sawyers'
(Lavandula ) |
| frmdeath2life |
Image
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Hosta 'Emerald Edger'
(Hosta ) |
| JanetS |
Image
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Tall Bearded Iris 'Dorothy Devenport'
(Iris ) |
| TBGDN |
Image
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Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Tweety Bird'
(Iris ) |
| TBGDN |
Image
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Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Puddy Tat'
(Iris ) |
| ebough |
Image
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Camphor Tree, Camphor Laurel
(Cinnamomum camphora) |
| ebough |
Image
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Giant Sequoia, Big Tree
(Sequoiadendron giganteum) |
| frostweed |
Image
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Tall Scurfy Pea
(Psoralea cuspidata) |
| Porphyrostachys |
Image
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Aloe
(Aloe austroarabica) |
| Porphyrostachys |
Image
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Aloe
(Aloe classenii) |
| frostweed |
Image
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Texas Yellow Star
(Lindheimera texana) |
| DebinSC |
Image
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Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina
(Nandina domestica) |
| JeanneTX |
Image
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Late, Large-Flowered Clematis 'Tie Dye'
(Clematis ) |
| Gerris2 |
Image
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Brazos Penstemon, Gulf Coast Penstemon
(Penstemon tenuis) |
| Gerris2 |
Image
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Dandelion, Lion's Tooth, Bitterwort, Chicoria, Fortune-Teller, Wild Endive, Puffball
(Taraxacum officinale) |
| Equilibrium |
Image
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Ghost Orchid, Frog Orchid, White Butterfly Orchid, Lindens's Angunck, Palm Polly
(Polyrrhiza lindenii) |
| EmmaGrace |
Image
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Hardy Amaryllis, St. Joseph's Lily
(Hippeastrum x johnsonii) |
| EmmaGrace |
Image
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Hardy Amaryllis, St. Joseph's Lily
(Hippeastrum x johnsonii) |
| timrann |
Image
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(Barleria unknown) |
| timrann |
Image
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(Barleria unknown) |
| IslandJim |
Image
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Rose Apple, Malabar Plum, Plum Rose, Pomarosa, Wax Apple 'Alston'
(Syzygium jambos) |
| ViburnumValley |
Image
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Arrowwood, Southern Arrowwood, Roughish Arrowwood 'Autumn Jazz'
(Viburnum dentatum) |
| house8475 |
Image
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Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy
(Gerbera jamesonii) |
| house8475 |
Image
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Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Gerber Daisy
(Gerbera jamesonii) |
| DaveH |
Image
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Encrusted Saxifrage, Silver Saxifrage 'Rosea'
(Saxifraga paniculata) |
| DaveH |
Image
|
Encrusted Saxifrage, Silver Saxifrage 'Rosea'
(Saxifraga paniculata) |
| Dafdriver |
Image
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Mexican Orange Blossom, Mexican Mock Orange 'Aztec Pearl'
(Choisya ) |
| Dafdriver |
Image
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Mexican Orange Blossom, Mexican Mock Orange 'Aztec Pearl'
(Choisya ) |
| linuxogre |
Image
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Japanese Pieris, Andromeda, Lily of the Valley Shrub 'Mountain Fire'
(Pieris japonica) |
| HedychiumGuy |
Image
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Wind Poppy
(Stylomecon heterophylla) |
| ViburnumValley |
Image
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Raspberry Tart arrowwood viburnum 'Raspberry Tart'
(Viburnum dentatum) |
| Rain1950 |
Image
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Fremont's Leather Flower, Fremont's Crowsfoot
(Clematis fremontii) |
| bonitin |
Image
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Bitter Vetch
(Lathyrus linifolius) |
| bonitin |
Image
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Bitter Vetch
(Lathyrus linifolius) |
| passiflora07 |
Image
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White Water Lily, Waterlily
(Nymphaea odorata) |
| dmj1218 |
Image
 |
Prairie Skullcap
(Scutellaria resinosa) |
| angihansen |
Image
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Kaufmanniana Tulip 'Ice Stick'
(Tulipa ) |
| angihansen |
Image
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Dwarf Wild Columbine 'Canyon Vista'
(Aquilegia canadensis) |
| RaiderLep |
Image
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Flowering Onion 'Purple Sensation'
(Allium aflatunense) |
| RaiderLep |
Image
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Hybrid Tea Rose 'Peace'
(Rosa ) |
| DebinSC |
Image
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African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum
(Osteospermum ecklonis) |
| mgarr |
Image
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Turkish Cedar
(Cedrus libani var. stenocoma) |
| mygardens |
Image
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Rue Anemone, Wood Anemone, Windflower, Crowfoot
(Anemonella thalictroides) |
| mygardens |
Image
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Quince 'Geisha Girl'
(Chaenomeles speciosa) |
| mgarr |
Image
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Cutleaf Stephanandra, Lace Shrub 'Crispa'
(Stephanandra incisa) |
| frmdeath2life |
Image
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Hosta 'Zippity Do Dah'
(Hosta ) |
| Dobe |
Image
 |
Haworthia
(Haworthia cooperi var. truncata) |
| Dobe |
Image
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purple aeonium cristata 'Schwarzkopf'
(Aeonium arboreum var. atropurpureum 'cristata') |
| dmj1218 |
Image
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Copper Lily, Rain Lily, Stagger Grass
(Habranthus tubispathus) |
| msironi |
Image
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Euphorbia
(Euphorbia xantii) |
| msironi |
Image
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Euphorbia
(Euphorbia xantii) |
| Windy |
Image
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Carolina Modiola
(Modiola caroliniana) |
| scutler |
Image
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Clematis 'Arctic Queen'
(Clematis ) |
| BlueGlancer |
Image
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Queen's Wreath, Bluebird Vine, Sandpaper Vine
(Petrea volubilis) |
| langbr |
Image
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Longiflorum-Asiatic (L.A.) Hybrid Lily 'Rodeo'
(Lilium ) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Octopus Agave, Amole
(Agave vilmoriniana) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Goat's Horns, Bishop's Hat, Bishop's Cap
(Astrophytum capricorne) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Goat's Horns, Bishop's Hat, Bishop's Cap
(Astrophytum capricorne) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
 |
Huntington's Organ Pipe
(Cereus huntingtonianus) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Chilean Mesquite
(Prosopis chilensis) |
| Xenomorf |
Image
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Chilean Mesquite
(Prosopis chilensis) |
| htop |
Image
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Gaura, Kisses
(Gaura suffulta) |
| htop |
Image
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Gaura, Kisses
(Gaura suffulta) |
| htop |
Image
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Gaura, Kisses
(Gaura suffulta) |
| htop |
Image
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Gaura, Kisses
(Gaura suffulta) |
| htop |
Image
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Gaura, Kisses
(Gaura suffulta) |
| htop |
Image
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Gaura, Kisses
(Gaura suffulta) |
| htop |
Image
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Gaura, Kisses
(Gaura suffulta) |
| Farmerdill |
Image
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English Pea 'Mr. Big'
(Pisum sativum) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Buckhorn Cholla
(Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Buckhorn Cholla
(Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Buckhorn Cholla
(Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Winged Spyridium
(Spyridium vexilliferum) |
| kennedyh |
Image
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Winged Spyridium
(Spyridium vexilliferum) |
| htop |
Image
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Twistleaf Yucca, Twist-leaf Yucca, Twisted-leaf Yucca, Rock Yucca, Texas Yucca
(Yucca rupicola) |
| htop |
Image
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Twistleaf Yucca, Twist-leaf Yucca, Twisted-leaf Yucca, Rock Yucca, Texas Yucca
(Yucca rupicola) |
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No new companies were added to the database.
30 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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And that's the way it was... May 7, 2007 |
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