Dave's Garden Newsletter for February 26, 2010

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Logan Pearsall Smith, American essayist, aphorist (born 10/18/1865))

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New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description certified Comment Eastern Redbud, Canadian Redbud, Judas Tree 'Forest Pansy' Cercis canadensis jackstangle Comment Rhododendron 'Lucy Lou' Rhododendron HK22 Comment Triangle Palm Dypsis decaryi HK22 Comment Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm Trachycarpus fortunei HK22 Comment Kentia Palm, Sentry Palm, Paradise Palm Howea forsteriana greenthumb99 Comment Woadwaxen, Dyer's Greenwood, Dyer's Greenweed Genista tinctoria dlbailey Comment Tomato 'Dad's Barber Paste' Lycopersicon lycopersicum Meredith79 Comment Four O'Clock 'Salmon Sunset' Mirabilis jalapa TwyliteFlyer Comment Lipstick Plant, Basketvine, Basket Vine Aeschynanthus radicans solipsil Comment Bird's Nest Fern, Crow's Nest Fern Asplenium nidus vossner Comment Yellow Grape Hyacinth 'Golden Fragrance' Muscari macrocarpum vossner Comment Trumpet Daffodil, Trumpet Narcissus 'Golden Rain' Narcissus pgcarroll Comment Acalypha 'Firestorm' Acalypha godseffiana altagardener Comment Loosestrife Lysimachia lichiangensis pgcarroll Comment Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis kennedyh Image Scaly Everlasting, Kerosene Bush (Ozothamnus hookeri) kennedyh Image Gully Buttercup (Ranunculus scapiger) kennedyh Image Gully Buttercup (Ranunculus scapiger) kennedyh Image Gully Buttercup (Ranunculus scapiger) kennedyh Image Gully Buttercup (Ranunculus scapiger)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description partyonpete Positive Uncle Jim's Worm Farm 2244_4422 Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. liannenc Positive Tomato Bob's Heirloom Tomatoes liannenc Positive Gleckler Seedsmen 280 Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. h2o2wine Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. musaboru Positive Almost Eden Plants CACool1 Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. jchwek Positive Steven Hammer's Sphaeroid Institute jchwek Neutral Arid Lands Greenhouses jchwek Positive Tee Dee Cacti mrs_colla Positive Burnt Ridge Nursery stefmama3 Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. mrs_colla Positive Whitman Farms bucky523 Positive Gurney's Seed & Nursery Penn_Jeff Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. yaquigrande Positive Reimer Seeds yaquigrande Positive Seeds Trust Drahkk Negative Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) Silverdare Positive Gilbert H. Wild and Son LABegoniac Positive Simmons Berry Farm fullmetal Negative Wormman's Worm Farm Silverdare Neutral White Flower Farm Teawench Neutral Thompson and Morgan (US) Teawench Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. Miria2 Positive High Country Gardens kjoseph Positive Swallowtail Garden Seeds yardener Positive Hartmann's Plant Company katygirl2 Positive Thyme After Thyme JeanK Positive E.F.G. Orchids Inc. lorikeith Negative Gardener's Choice jollyjapes Positive Chris Bowers & Sons Whispering Trees Nurseries larobi Negative Florida Plants Online (floridaplants.com)

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... February 26, 2010