Covering the events of January 13, 2010
... in which ...
2,258 posts were made. 26 plants were added to PlantFiles. 34 comments were added to PlantFiles. 431 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles. 78 snapshots were added to PlantFiles. 4 entries were added to Botanary. 0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog. 11 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
"When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant."( -- Paul Dickson, Author of The Official Rules at Home) Forum Activity
A grand total of 2,258 posts were made yesterday.
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Northeast Gardening | 322 posts | Southwest Gardening | 96 posts | Irises | 94 posts | PlantFiles Pictures | 81 posts | Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins | 71 posts | Plant and Tree Identification | 68 posts | Cottage Gardening | 63 posts | Pets | 63 posts | Rocky Mountain Gardening | 57 posts | Games | 56 posts | Bird Watching | 55 posts | Daylilies | 51 posts | Mid-Atlantic Gardening | 49 posts | Recipes | 49 posts | Pacific Northwest Gardening | 47 posts | Vegetable Gardening | 47 posts | Florida Gardening | 43 posts | Tropical Plants | 42 posts | Poultry and Livestock | 40 posts | Books, Movies, and TV | 40 posts | Sewing and Quilting | 38 posts | Texas Gardening | 35 posts | Winter Sowing | 34 posts | Annuals | 33 posts | Weather | 30 posts | Healthy Living | 26 posts | Garden Talk | 24 posts | Australian Gardening | 23 posts | Ohio River Valley Gardening | 21 posts | Amaryllis and Hippeastrums | 20 posts | African Violets and Gesneriads | 19 posts | Tomatoes | 19 posts | Hoyas | 18 posts | California Gardening | 18 posts | Seed Trading | 18 posts | Photos | 17 posts | Cacti and Succulents | 17 posts | Coleus | 15 posts | Happy Birthday | 15 posts | Voting Booth | 14 posts | Cut Flowers and Floral Design | 14 posts | Hibiscus | 14 posts | Trees, Shrubs and Conifers | 14 posts | Hostas | 13 posts | Orchids | 13 posts | Georgia Gardening | 11 posts | Perennials | 11 posts | Dahlias | 11 posts | Roses | 10 posts | Garden Design | 10 posts | Upper Midwest Gardening | 9 posts | Beginner Landscaping | 9 posts | Organic Gardening | 9 posts | Homesteading | 8 posts | Tropical Zone Gardening | 8 posts | Market Growers | 8 posts | Brugmansias | 8 posts | Water Gardens | 7 posts | Bird Identification | 6 posts | Beginner Gardening Questions | 6 posts | BugFiles Pictures | 6 posts | Cool Climate Gardening | 6 posts | Plant Trading | 6 posts | Greenhouse | 6 posts | Wildlife | 5 posts | Trash to Treasure | 5 posts | Gardening by the Moon | 5 posts | Jokes & Humor | 5 posts | Computer Talk | 5 posts | Cameras and Photography | 5 posts | Mid-South Gardening | 5 posts | Clean and Clutter-free | 5 posts | Agastaches and Salvias | 5 posts | Begonias | 4 posts | Cars and Trucks | 4 posts | Sustainable Alternatives | 4 posts | Pottery, Clay and Ceramics | 4 posts | Indoor Gardening and Houseplants | 4 posts | Propagation | 4 posts | Roundup Pictures | 4 posts | Palms and Cycads | 4 posts | Equine Forum | 4 posts | Caudiciforms | 4 posts | Beginner Houseplants | 3 posts | Grass and Bamboo | 3 posts | Canadian Gardening | 3 posts | Xeriscape Gardening | 3 posts | Fuchsias | 3 posts | Cooking | 3 posts | Orchid Cactus | 3 posts | Seed Germination | 3 posts | Farm Life | 3 posts | Needle Arts | 2 posts | Michigan Gardening | 2 posts | Lilies | 2 posts | BirdFiles Pictures | 2 posts | Bloom of the Day Photos | 2 posts | Herbs | 2 posts | Outdoor Living: porches, decks, patios, pools, etc | 2 posts | Handyman | 2 posts | Fruits and Nuts | 1 post | Peppers | 1 post | Accessible Gardening | 1 post | Insect and Spider Identification | 1 post | Cannas | 1 post | Bulbs | 1 post | Retirees | 1 post | Morning Glories | 1 post | Welcome Mat | 1 post | Beginner Flowers | 1 post | Self-contained Box Gardens | 1 post | Vermicomposting | 1 post | Carolina Gardening | 1 post | Beauty and Fashion Tips | 1 post | Shady Gardens | 1 post | Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening | 1 post | Clematis | 1 post | Geraniums, Pelargoniums and Erodiums | 1 post | Scrapbooking and Paper Crafts | 1 post |
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Name | Pronunciation | Meaning |
adigratana | | adigrat is a city in a tigrary region of Ethiopia | graciflora | grass-i-FLOR-uh | Having graceful, slender flowers | Andamanica | AN-DA-MA-NIKA | reffering to andaman island in the bay of Bengal | Heritieria | her-ee-tee-ER-ee-a | Named for Charles Louis de Brutelle L'Heritier, 19th century French botanist who is best known for naming Eucalyptus |
| 26 new plants. 34 new descriptions were added. 78 new images were added. 431 new content were checked off.
Member | Addition | Description |
Napsak | Comment | Indian Hawthorn, Pink Indian Hawthorn 'Pink Lady' Rhaphiolepis indica | Farmerdill | Comment | Winter Squash, Spaghetti Squash 'Pasta' Cucurbita pepo | Farmerdill | Comment | Onion 'Ranier' Allium cepa | Marilynbeth | Comment | Coleus, Painted Nettle, Flame Nettle 'Little Twister' Solenostemon scutellarioides | Marilynbeth | Comment | Coleus 'Livewire' Solenostemon scutellarioides | Marilynbeth | Comment | Coleus, Painted Nettle, Flame Nettle 'Mahogany Giant' Solenostemon scutellarioides | Marilynbeth | Comment | Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Mariposa' Solenostemon scutellarioides | SleepyFox | Comment | Turbinella Oak, Desert Scrub Oak, Shrub Live Oak Quercus turbinella | Campfiredan | Comment | Loquat, Japanese Plum Eriobotrya japonica | IRFAN_LODHI | Comment | Aruba cedron Simaba cedron | bed24 | Comment | Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris, Persian Silk Tree Albizia julibrissin | IRFAN_LODHI | Comment | axlewood bakli , dhau, dhawa, dhawra, or dhaora takhian-nu and raam Anogeissus latifolia | SleepyFox | Comment | Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Two-Needle Pinon Pine, Nut Pine Pinus edulis | Tylersays | Comment | Spring Grove Dogwood 'Grovflor' Cornus florida | IRFAN_LODHI | Comment | Anogeissus leiocarpus | Brekkie | Comment | Climbing Cactus, Hooker's Orchid Cactus Epiphyllum hookeri | JaxFlaGardener | Comment | Rattlesnake Plant Calathea insignis | IRFAN_LODHI | Comment | Arabian lalob, hidjihi, and heglig. Hausa's aduwa, Swahili mduguyu, Amharic bedena. Balanites aegyptiaca | hodijoschka | Comment | Kashmir Cypress Cupressus cashmeriana | hankeat | Comment | Weeping Fig, Chinese Banyan 'Starlight' Ficus benjamina | larrylb | Comment | American Water Willow Dianthera americana | IRFAN_LODHI | Comment | Looking-glass Mangrove Sundari, Sundarban's sundari, Sundarban's Mangrove Heritiera littoralis | Centerofthewebb | Comment | Bower Vine, Jasmine 'Southern Belle' Pandorea jasminoides | alazon183 | Comment | Gold-Striped Hakone Grass, Golden Japanese Forest Grass 'Aureola' Hakonechloa macra | SleepyFox | Comment | Bristlecone Pine, Foxtail Pine, Hickory Pine Pinus aristata | Farmerdill | Comment | Snap Bean (Green, French Bean) 'Pierroton' Phaseolus vulgaris | Farmerdill | Comment | Broccoli 'Sarasota' Brassica oleracea | Farmerdill | Comment | Broccoli 'Summerfield' Brassica oleracea | Farmerdill | Comment | Snap Bean (String, Green or French Bean) 'Masai' Phaseolus vulgaris | cam2 | Comment | New Zealand Tea Tree, New Zealand Tea Bush, Manuka Leptospermum scoparium | cam2 | Comment | Standing Cypress Ipomopsis rubra | AngelaChurch | Comment | American Smoketree, Chittamwood, Wild Smoke Tree, Yellow Wood Cotinus obovatus | texasflora_com | Comment | Kale 'Jersey Walking Stick' Brassica oleracea | spurge0z | Comment | Nepal Cinquefoil, Potentilla 'Melton Fire' Potentilla nepalensis | kennedyh | Image
| Blood Orange 'Tarocco' (Citrus sinensis) | kennedyh | Image
| Blood Orange 'Tarocco' (Citrus sinensis) | kennedyh | Image
| Austral Forget-me-not (Myosotis australis) | kennedyh | Image
| Austral Forget-me-not (Myosotis australis) | kennedyh | Image
| Dwarf Boronia (Boronia nana var. hyssopifolia) | kennedyh | Image
| Dwarf Boronia (Boronia nana var. hyssopifolia) | Betja | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Dancing With Irene' (Iris ) | CactusJordi | Image
| Mojave Prickly Pear, Tulip Prickly Pear, New Mexico Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha) | brical1 | Image
| Desert Petunia, Florida Bluebells, Mexican Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells (Ruellia tweediana) | birdstalker | Image
| Fishtail Palm, Clustered Fishtail Palm (Caryota mitis) | Eglantyne | Image
| Amaryllis 'Melusine' (Hippeastrum ) | hydroponicwizz | Image
| Lettuce 'Devil's Tongue' (Lactuca sativa) | Clary | Image
| Pitcher Sage, Wild Blue Sage 'Grandiflora' (Salvia azurea) | Loretta_NJ | Image
| Peony 'Hot Chocolate' (Paeonia lactiflora) | kdjoergensen | Image
| Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) | Joy | Image
| Shasta Daisy 'Esther Reed' (Leucanthemum x superbum) | lindseyp | Image
| Blue Anise Sage, Brazilian Sage 'Van Remsen' (Salvia guaranitica) | JaxFlaGardener | Image
| Rattlesnake Plant (Calathea insignis) | mattsmom | Image
| Oriental Lily 'Muscadet' (Lilium ) | nana01 | Image
| Crassula (Crassula streyi) | luddydog | Image
| Devil's Ivy, Golden Pothos, Centipede Tonga-vine 'Marble Queen' (Epipremnum pinnatum) | mjsponies | Image
| Scarlet Sage, Scarlet Salvia, Red Sage, Red Salvia 'Sizzler Red Stripe' (Salvia splendens) | onewish1 | Image
| Rock Soapwort (Saponaria ocymoides) | Meadstone | Image
| Cherry Ballart, Native Cherry (Exocarpos cupressiformis) | mcash70 | Image
| Daylily 'Lacy Doily' (Hemerocallis ) | mygardens | Image
| Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) | Poochella | Image
| 'Jayleene G' (Dahlia ) | timrann | Image
| Fiji Fan Palm (Pritchardia pacifica) | revlar | Image
| Clivia miniata 'Conway's Ramona' (Clivia ) | rshadlow | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Risky Business' (Iris ) | onlyChange | Image
| Elephant Ear (Alocasia watsoniana) | plantladylin | Image
| Loquat, Japanese Plum (Eriobotrya japonica) | Stake | Image
| Argentine Giant (Echinopsis candicans var. gladiatus) | SleepyFox | Image
| Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Two-Needle Pinon Pine, Nut Pine (Pinus edulis) | WQP | Image
| Crown of Thorns, Christ Plant, Siamese Lucky Plant (Euphorbia milii) | TUTMOS | Image
| Opium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy, Lettuce Leaf Poppy (Papaver somniferum) | CactusJordi | Image
| Hanging Cactus, Pitayita, Snake Cactus (Echinocereus pensilis) | brical1 | Image
| Desert Petunia, Florida Bluebells, Mexican Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells 'Dwarf White' 'Dwarf White' (Ruellia tweediana) | Betja | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Dancing With Irene' (Iris ) | mattsmom | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Deliberately Different' (Iris ) | Loretta_NJ | Image
| Stachyurus, Kibusi 'Magpie' (Stachyurus praecox) | kdjoergensen | Image
| Crape Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) | hydroponicwizz | Image
| Lettuce 'Devil's Tongue' (Lactuca sativa) | Joy | Image
| Longiflorum Hybrid Lily 'Serrada' (Lilium ) | luddydog | Image
| Brilliant-flowered Sanchezia , Zebra Plant (Sanchezia nobilis var. glaucophylla) | Clary | Image
| Maximillian Sunflower, Prairie Sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii) | mcash70 | Image
| Daylily 'Cool It' (Hemerocallis ) | timrann | Image
| Screw Pine, Vacoas (Pandanus vandermeerschii) | plantladylin | Image
| Schefflera, Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree (Schefflera actinophylla) | revlar | Image
| Clivia Conway Jean Delphine 'Conway's Jean Delphine' (Clivia ) | Poochella | Image
| 'Windhaven Blush' (Dahlia ) | WQP | Image
| Yellow Jacobinia (Justicia aurea) | rshadlow | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Scottish Lass' (Iris ) | onlyChange | Image
| Crested Elephant Ear, Backbone Elephant Ear, Monstrose Arrow Leaf 'Lineatum' (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) | mygardens | Image
| Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) | SleepyFox | Image
| Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Two-Needle Pinon Pine, Nut Pine (Pinus edulis) | brical1 | Image
| Desert Petunia, Florida Bluebells, Mexican Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells 'Dwarf White' 'Dwarf White' (Ruellia tweediana) | Poochella | Image
| 'Hissy Fitz' (Dahlia ) | timrann | Image
| Vacoas (Pandanus eydouxia) | mattsmom | Image
| Oriental Lily 'Buenos Aires' (Lilium ) | plantladylin | Image
| Sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry (Celtis laevigata) | CactusJordi | Image
| Mojave Prickly Pear, Tulip Prickly Pear, New Mexico Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha) | revlar | Image
| Bush Lily, Clivia Lily, St. John's Lily, Boslelie, Fire Lily 'Citrina' (Clivia miniata) | Loretta_NJ | Image
| Tall Skullcap (Scutellaria altissima) | hydroponicwizz | Image
| Lettuce 'Devil's Tongue' (Lactuca sativa) | kdjoergensen | Image
| Hybrid Tea Rose 'Royal William' (Rosa ) | Clary | Image
| Oriental Lily 'Aubade' (Lilium ) | rshadlow | Image
| Tall Bearded Iris 'Penguin Party' (Iris ) | onlyChange | Image
| Elephant Ear (Alocasia watsoniana) | mcash70 | Image
| Daylily 'Cool It' (Hemerocallis ) | SleepyFox | Image
| Parry's Agave (Agave parryi) | WQP | Image
| Crown of Thorns, Christ Plant, Siamese Lucky Plant (Euphorbia milii) | Todd_Boland | Image
| Bomarea (Bomarea glaucescens) | Todd_Boland | Image
| Slipper Flower, Pocket Flower (Calceolaria crenata) | Todd_Boland | Image
| Slipper Flower, Pocket Flower (Calceolaria crenata) | Todd_Boland | Image
| Clover (Dalea coerulea) | Todd_Boland | Image
| Rose Painted Calathea (Calathea roseopicta) | Todd_Boland | Image
| (Gasteranthus crispus) |
| No new companies were added to the database. 11 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... January 13, 2010 |