Dave's Garden Newsletter for January 7, 2008

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( -- (Sarah) Margaret Fuller, American writer, critic (born 5/23/1810))

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PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description MotherNature4 Comment Upright Elephant Ear, Giant Taro, Wild Taro 'Triangularis' Alocasia macrorrhiza einaudi Comment Snowflake Aralia, Snowflake Plant 'Micholitzii' Trevesia palmata MotherNature4 Comment Bromeliad, Aechmea Aechmea farinosa var. discolor TexasPuddyPrint Comment Mexican Flame Vine, Orange Glow Vine Senecio confusus MotherNature4 Comment Bromeliad, Neoregelia 'Anne Anderson' Neoregelia rednyr Comment Regal Lily 'Album' Lilium regale DaylilySLP Comment Orchid Odontobrassia Fangtastic Bob Henley einaudi Comment Mammey Apple Mammea americana htop Comment Bromeliad 'Tricolor' Nidularium Ohren Comment Amherstia, Queen of Flowering Trees, Pride of Burma Amherstia nobilis Cretaceous Comment Dicksonia Dicksonia mollis aliktit Comment Miracle Fruit, Miracle Berry Synsepalum dulcificum MKBen Comment Confederate Rose, Cotton Rose Hibiscus mutabilis Mudgunner Comment Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin Fledgeling Comment Scented Geranium 'Atomic Snowflake' Pelargonium rosspond Comment Wild Mock Orange, Lewis Mockorange Philadelphus lewisii NoLawns Comment Rose of Sharon, Althea Hibiscus syriacus bluespiral Comment Adenophora nikoensis FG Comment Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris Albizia julibrissin JerusalemCherry Image Bird's Nest Snake Plant, Good Luck Plant 'Hahnii' (Sansevieria trifasciata) htop Image Silk Oak, Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) einaudi Image Honduras Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) PPCSPC Image Ryusen Japanese Maple 'Ryusen' (Acer Palmatum) PPCSPC Image Weeping Jack Tree 'Linda Carol' (Sinojackia xylocarpa) PPCSPC Image Weeping Jack Tree 'Linda Carol' (Sinojackia xylocarpa) PPCSPC Image Weeping River Birch 'Summer Cascade' (Betula nigra) PPCSPC Image Hornbeam 'Vienna Weeping' (Carpinus betulus) PPCSPC Image Kousa Dogwood 'Lustgarten Weeping' (Cornus kousa) PPCSPC Image Weeping Honeylocust 'Emerald Kascade' (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis) PPCSPC Image Weeping Blackgum 'Autumn Cascade' (Nyssa sylvatica) PPCSPC Image Weeping Persian Ironwood 'Pendula' (Parrotia persica) PPCSPC Image Dwarf Fothergilla, Dwarf Witch Alder 'Harold Epstein' (Fothergilla gardenii) PPCSPC Image Dwarf Fothergilla, Dwarf Witch Alder 'Harold Epstein' (Fothergilla gardenii) PPCSPC Image Bald Cypress 'Peve Minaret' (Taxodium distichum) PPCSPC Image Snowrose, Tree of a Thousand Stars 'Sapporo' (Serissa foetida) PPCSPC Image White Spruce 'Sanderi' (Picea glauca) PPCSPC Image White Spruce 'Sanderi' (Picea glauca) TexasPuddyPrint Image Mexican Flame Vine, Orange Glow Vine (Senecio confusus) DaylilySLP Image Orchid (Odontobrassia Fangtastic Bob Henley) DaylilySLP Image Orchid (Odontobrassia Fangtastic Bob Henley) einaudi Image Mammey Apple (Mammea americana) htop Image Bromeliad 'Tricolor' (Nidularium ) htop Image Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia) htop Image Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia) htop Image Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia) htop Image Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia) htop Image Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia) htop Image Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia) htop Image Australian Pine, Horsetail Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia) Baoluo Image Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) aimeric Image Desert Petunia, Florida Bluebells, Mexican Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells 'Colobe Pink' (Ruellia brittoniana) Xenomorf Image Rough Verbena, Stiff Verbena, Sandpaper Verbena, Upright Verbena, Tuberous Vervain (Verbena rigida) Xenomorf Image Rough Verbena, Stiff Verbena, Sandpaper Verbena, Upright Verbena, Tuberous Vervain (Verbena rigida) Xenomorf Image Rough Verbena, Stiff Verbena, Sandpaper Verbena, Upright Verbena, Tuberous Vervain (Verbena rigida) Xenomorf Image Fragrant Sumac, Pubescent Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima) Xenomorf Image Fragrant Sumac, Pubescent Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima) Xenomorf Image Fragrant Sumac, Pubescent Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima) astcgirl Image Night-flowering Jasmine, Tree-of-Sorrow, Tree of Sadness (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) htop Image Silk Oak, Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) kennedyh Image Australian Beech (Nothofagus moorei) kennedyh Image Australian Beech (Nothofagus moorei) kennedyh Image Australian Beech (Nothofagus moorei) htop Image Silk Oak, Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) kennedyh Image Mother of Thyme, Broad-leaved Thyme, Large Thyme (Thymus pulegioides) kennedyh Image Mother of Thyme, Broad-leaved Thyme, Large Thyme (Thymus pulegioides) htop Image Silk Oak, Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) htop Image Silk Oak, Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) htop Image Silk Oak, Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) htop Image Silk Oak, Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) htop Image Silk Oak, Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) htop Image Silk Oak, Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta)

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Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description Betweentherows Positive Bringing Home Nature: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens Terry Positive A Cutting Garden for Florida, 3rd Ed.

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... January 7, 2008