Dave's Garden Newsletter for February 10, 2009

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PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description lori4370 Comment Triumph Tulip 'Calgary' Tulipa somamonkey Comment Ska Pastora, La Maria, Diviner's Sage Salvia divinorum max2musFL Comment Dianthus, China Pinks 'Floral Lace Picotee' Dianthus chinensis max2musFL Comment Petunia 'Ultra Red' Petunia turektaylor Comment Deer Brush Ceanothus integerrimus cedar18 Comment Common Fennel, Bronze Fennel Foeniculum vulgare htop Comment Agarita, Agrito, Algerita Mahonia trifoliolata Ans Comment New Zealand Tea Tree, New Zealand Tea Bush, Manuka 'Ruby Glow' Leptospermum scoparium lorilynnand Comment Tomato 'Early Girl' Lycopersicon lycopersicum mjsponies Comment Bloodflower, Swallow-wort, Butterfly Weed, Mexican Milkweed, Scarlet Milkweed 'Silky Deep Red' Asclepias curassavica max2musFL Comment Egyptian Star Cluster, Star Flower, Pentas Pentas lanceolata chrisw99 Comment Winter Honeysuckle Lonicera fragrantissima violabird Comment Hybrid Camellia 'Fragrant Pink' Camellia bizygal Comment Sweet Corn (SH2) 'Vision' Zea mays var. rugosa LucasCatChow Comment Miniature Rose 'Snow Bride' Rosa Toffy Comment Dragon's Blood Tree, Socotra Dragon Tree Dracaena cinnabari angele Image Mountain Mustard, Slim-leaf Plains Mustard, Slim-leaf Purple Mustard (Schoenocrambe linearifolia) angele Image Mountain Mustard, Slim-leaf Plains Mustard, Slim-leaf Purple Mustard (Schoenocrambe linearifolia) ardesia Image Sasanqua Camellia, Autumn Camellia 'Leslie Ann' (Camellia sasanqua) TheRoseGirl Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Mathotiana' (Camellia japonica) TheRoseGirl Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Professor Charles Sargent' (Camellia japonica) TheRoseGirl Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Professor Charles Sargent' (Camellia japonica) TheRoseGirl Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Guilio Nuccio' (Camellia japonica) TheRoseGirl Image Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Guilio Nuccio' (Camellia japonica) angele Image Dakota Mock Vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata) angele Image Dakota Mock Vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata) patience888 Image Daylily 'Hot Ember' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Hot Scheme' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Howdy Do' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Howdy Partner' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Ice Cream Dream' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Imagine Me' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'In His Glory' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'In the Heart of It All' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Indy Long Legs' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Indy Seductress' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Indy Shocker' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Indy Spirit Walk' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Invitation To Immortality' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Irish Morning' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Irish Rover' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Island Eyes' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Island Glamorous Guest' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Island Romance' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Isle Of Zanzibar' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'It Is Finished' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'It's A Miracle' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jabberwocky' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jacki Kropf' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jamaican Midnight' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jamaican Music' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jan And Bob' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jane Meyer' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Janet Gayle' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jazz' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jean High' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jelly Maker' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jelly Roll Truffle' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jennifer's Fault' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jenny Kissed Me' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jeweled Tiara' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jim McKinney' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jim Spencer' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'John Douglas Sullivan' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jon Hughes Sr.' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'John Kinnebrew' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Johnny Cash' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Josephine Marina' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Joy And Laughter' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Joyce My Love' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Judy Lowe' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Juggler' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'July Gold' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jumbo' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'June Lace' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Jungle Butterfly' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Just For Joanne' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Kama Sutra' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Kea Lihi' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Kendra Jannell' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Kevin Walek' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Killer' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'King Arthur's Court' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'King Henry' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'King Kahuna' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'King Of Swing' (Hemerocallis ) patience888 Image Daylily 'Kiss Of Red' (Hemerocallis ) Bec_No_Va Image Phalaenopsis Mini Mark (Phalaenopsis ) Kell Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Remember Me' (Rosa ) Kell Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Remember Me' (Rosa ) Kell Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Remember Me' (Rosa ) JamesCO Image Leafless Broom (Carmichaelia aligera) JamesCO Image Star Fruit (Averrhoa carambola) JamesCO Image Star Fruit (Averrhoa carambola) JamesCO Image Spanish Bayonet, Harriman's Yucca (Yucca harrimaniae) Kell Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Remember Me' (Rosa ) JamesCO Image Red Twig Dogwood, Redosier Dogwood, Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea) Kell Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Remember Me' (Rosa ) JamesCO Image Masdevallia Copper Angel (Masdevallia ) JamesCO Image Masdevallia Copper Angel (Masdevallia ) JamesCO Image Spanish Bayonet, Harriman's Yucca (Yucca harrimaniae) JamesCO Image Bellflower, Harebell 'Birch Hybrid' (Campanula ) Kell Image Autumn Sage, Cherry Sage, Gregg's Sage, Texas Sage 'Purple Pastel' (Salvia greggii) Kell Image Autumn Sage, Cherry Sage, Gregg's Sage, Texas Sage 'Purple Pastel' (Salvia greggii) Asia_Alexandra Image Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) Kell Image Autumn Sage, Cherry Sage, Gregg's Sage, Texas Sage 'Rose Pink' (Salvia greggii) Kell Image Autumn Sage, Cherry Sage, Gregg's Sage, Texas Sage 'Rose Pink' (Salvia greggii) violabird Image Camellia ''Harriet Bisbee'' (Camellia japonica) violabird Image Camellia ''Harriet Bisbee'' (Camellia japonica) violabird Image Camellia 'Snowman' (Camellia japonica) violabird Image Camellia 'Snowman' (Camellia japonica) violabird Image Camellia 'Easter Morn' (Camellia japonica) violabird Image Hybrid Camellia 'Fragrant Pink' (Camellia ) violabird Image Hybrid Camellia 'Fragrant Pink' (Camellia ) violabird Image Hybrid Camellia 'Fragrant Pink' (Camellia ) violabird Image Hybrid Camellia 'Fragrant Pink' (Camellia ) htop Image Agarita, Agrito, Algerita (Mahonia trifoliolata) htop Image Agarita, Agrito, Algerita (Mahonia trifoliolata) htop Image Agarita, Agrito, Algerita (Mahonia trifoliolata) htop Image Agarita, Agrito, Algerita (Mahonia trifoliolata) htop Image Agarita, Agrito, Algerita (Mahonia trifoliolata) plantladylin Image Million Hearts (Dischidia ruscifolia) MiniPonyFarmer Image Dutch Hyacinth 'Pink Frosting' (Hyacinthus orientalis) MiniPonyFarmer Image Darwin Hybrid Tulip 'Pink Impression' (Tulipa ) MiniPonyFarmer Image Darwin Hybrid Tulip 'Pink Impression' (Tulipa ) MiniPonyFarmer Image Darwin Hybrid Tulip 'Pink Impression' (Tulipa ) Elphaba Image Floribunda Rose 'Burgundy Iceberg' (Rosa ) MiniPonyFarmer Image Darwin Hybrid Tulip 'Daydream' (Tulipa ) MiniPonyFarmer Image Darwin Hybrid Tulip 'Daydream' (Tulipa ) MiniPonyFarmer Image Darwin Hybrid Tulip 'Apeldoorn Elite' (Tulipa ) MiniPonyFarmer Image Darwin Hybrid Tulip 'Apeldoorn Elite' (Tulipa ) Kelli Image Toyon, California Holly, Christmasberry (Heteromeles arbutifolia) kennedyh Image Veined Bristle-fern (Crepidomanes venosum) kennedyh Image Veined Bristle-fern (Crepidomanes venosum) Kelli Image Cardinal Catchfly, Red Catchfly (Silene laciniata subsp. major) kennedyh Image Erigeron (Erigeron paludicola) kennedyh Image Erigeron (Erigeron paludicola) kennedyh Image Erigeron (Erigeron paludicola) kennedyh Image Alpine Bottlebrush (Callistemon pityoides) kennedyh Image Alpine Bottlebrush (Callistemon pityoides) max2musFL Image Dianthus, China Pinks 'Floral Lace Picotee' (Dianthus chinensis) kennedyh Image Large Tongue-orchid, Duckbill Orchid, Moose Tongue Orchid (Cryptostylis subulata) kennedyh Image Large Tongue-orchid, Duckbill Orchid, Moose Tongue Orchid (Cryptostylis subulata) kennedyh Image Large Tongue-orchid, Duckbill Orchid, Moose Tongue Orchid (Cryptostylis subulata) Asia_Alexandra Image Desert Rose (Adenium socotranum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Bec_No_Va Positive Oak Hill Gardens patience888 Positive Ladybug Daylilies falfel41 Positive Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants gizzosabme Positive Happy Holler Gardens Mmill87 Positive Bountiful Gardens TheRoseGirl Positive Seedman.com Pixydish Positive Seedhunt NADoc Positive Tall Pines Greenhouses NADoc Positive Bricko Farms Inc fiddle Negative Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) NADoc Positive Woodlanders Inc. Azizam Negative Reimer Seeds Gardenpoint Positive Ison's Nursery & Vineyard joannabanana Negative Floralight Gardens joannabanana Neutral Lee Valley Tools, Ltd. NorthernDaylily Positive Jordan's Daylilies cateinafrica Negative Buried Treasures echinaceamaniac Neutral Green Thumbs Galore echinaceamaniac Negative Van Bourgondien Dutch Bulbs plantRN Positive Summer Hill Seeds 301roxanne Positive Orchids.com (Norman's Orchids) sandyinar251 Positive Ison's Nursery & Vineyard thebairns Positive Victoriana Nursery Gardens shmeki Negative Sporestore (Sporestore.com) flowerfantasy Positive Buried Treasures Eileenb58 Negative Viola Valley Wildflowers

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... February 10, 2009