Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 26, 2010

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Tyler Whittle, author)

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PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description TheQueenBee Comment Loudermilk 'Lima Bean / Butterbean' Phaseolus lunatus var. lunonanus adevores Comment Large Flowered Climbing Rose 'Night Light' Rosa okieyard Comment Rough-leaf Dogwood Cornus drummondii two2lips Comment Elderberry, Black Elder, European Elder, Bourtree 'Eva' Sambucus nigra FlowerManiac Comment Speedwell, Veronica Veronica longifolia Lodewijkp Comment Kudzu Pueraria montana var. lobata ms_greenjeans Comment Siberian Bugloss, False Forget-Me-Not, Perennial Forget-Me-Not Brunnera macrophylla ms_greenjeans Comment Cranesbill, Hardy Geranium 'Tiny Monster' Geranium ms_greenjeans Comment Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Georgia Peach' Heuchera sugarlandgardner Comment Ball Moss Tillandsia recurvata Zaltys Comment Pussy Ears, Furry Kittens Cyanotis somaliensis vans277 Comment Dame's Rocket, Sweet Rocket Hesperis matronalis Zaltys Comment Snowdrop Anemone Anemone sylvestris Amanda4973 Comment English Rose, Austin Rose 'Abraham Darby' Rosa debles Comment Common Fennel, Bronze Fennel Foeniculum vulgare debles Comment Mexican Mint Marigold, Spanish Tarragon, Texas Tarragon, Sweet Mace, Yerbis Anis Tagetes lucida debles Comment Polyantha Rose 'Marie Pavie' Rosa debles Comment Bourbon Rose 'Zephirine Drouhin' Rosa debles Comment Large-Flowered Climbing Rose 'Fourth of July' Rosa n2joE Comment Pride of Madeira Echium candicans jpz14 Comment Cuban Mint, Mojito Mint Mentha x villosa Dale_S Comment Afghan Pine, Eldar Pine, Mondell Pine, Mondale Pine Pinus eldarica catblueplants Comment Angel Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet 'Frosty Pink' Brugmansia debles Comment Hybrid Musk Rose 'Buff Beauty' Rosa unkdon101 Comment Daylily 'Dawn Kennon' Hemerocallis antshrike Comment Drumstick Tree, Horseradish Tree, Ben Oil Tree, Moringa oleifera jratliff55 Comment Double-Flowering Japanese Kerria, Japanese Rose, Easter Rose, Yellow Rose of Texas 'Pleniflora' Kerria japonica carolyn1947 Comment Apricot Vine, Maypop, Purple Passion Flower, Passionflower, Passionvine, Passion Vine Passiflora incarnata susierosey Comment Flowering Dogwood, Eastern Dogwood Cornus florida braun06 Comment Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Mophead 'Maltisse' Hydrangea macrophylla carduus Comment English Rose, Austin Rose 'Crown Princess Margareta' Rosa braun06 Comment Missouri Evening Primrose, Ozark Sundrop Oenothera missouriensis Jeannie63 Comment test file 'test' test test Montani Comment Tomato 'Mortgage Lifter' Lycopersicon lycopersicum einhverfr Comment Centifolia Rose, Redoute Rose 'Burgundian Rose' Rosa Poochella Comment Fimbriated Dahlia 'Jennifer's Wedding' Dahlia russty Comment American Wisteria 'Amethyst Falls' Wisteria frutescens madgrace Comment Mazus Mazus reptans Kiyzersoze Comment Baobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree Adansonia digitata Kiyzersoze Comment Lipstick Plant, Basketvine, Basket Vine 'Rasta' Aeschynanthus LuvMyGreen Comment Yellow Variegated Windowleaf, Ceriman, Split-leaf Philodendron, Mexican Breadfruit 'Aurea Variegata' Monstera deliciosa spaceman_spiff Comment Four O'Clock, Marvel of Peru Mirabilis jalapa Kiyzersoze Comment Coral Vine Antigonon leptopus Kiyzersoze Comment Coral Aphelandra, Panama Queen Aphelandra sinclairiana Kiyzersoze Comment Orchid Tree, Butterfly Tree, Mountain Ebony, Geranium Tree, Purple Bauhinia Bauhinia purpurea shn02al Comment Grandiflora Rose 'Dream Come True' Rosa Kiyzersoze Comment White Variegated Orchid Tree, White Butterfly Tree, Buddhist Bauhinia, White Mountain Ebony Bauhinia variegata var. candida Kiyzersoze Comment Tropical Giant Salvia Brillantaisia nitens Kiyzersoze Comment Giant Salvia Brillantaisia ulugurica Kiyzersoze Comment Escova-de-Macaco Combretum rotundifolium Kiyzersoze Comment Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Peacock Flower, Gulmohar Delonix regia Kiyzersoze Comment Variegated Flax Lily 'Variegata' Dianella tasmanica Kiyzersoze Comment Star Grass, Star Rush, White Topped Sedge Dichromena colorata Kiyzersoze Comment White Star Grass, Star Rush, White Topped Sedge Dichromena latifolia Kiyzersoze Comment Wild Iris, Fortnight Lily, Cape Iris Dietes iridioides Kiyzersoze Comment Anchored Water Hyacinth, Peacock Hyacinth Eichhornia azurea vossner Image Rose Periwinkle, Cayenne Jasmine, Madagascar Periwinkle, Old Maid, Vinca 'Pacifica Icy Pink' (Catharanthus roseus) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash Zucchini 'Ishtar' (Cucurbita pepo) Farmerdill Image Summer Squash Zucchini 'Profit' (Cucurbita pepo) Xenomorf Image Pride of Barbados, Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) Xenomorf Image Pride of Barbados, Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) Xenomorf Image Pride of Barbados, Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) Xenomorf Image Pride of Barbados, Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) Xenomorf Image Pride of Barbados, Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) Xenomorf Image Pride of Barbados, Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) Xenomorf Image Sweet Alyssum, Sweet Alison, Seaside Lobularia (Lobularia maritima) Xenomorf Image Sweet Alyssum, Sweet Alison, Seaside Lobularia (Lobularia maritima) Xenomorf Image Indian Rushpea, Hog Potato Flower, Pig Nut (Hoffmannseggia glauca) Xenomorf Image Indian Rushpea, Hog Potato Flower, Pig Nut (Hoffmannseggia glauca) Xenomorf Image Indian Rushpea, Hog Potato Flower, Pig Nut (Hoffmannseggia glauca) Xenomorf Image Indian Rushpea, Hog Potato Flower, Pig Nut (Hoffmannseggia glauca) Xenomorf Image Smooth Agave, Dwarf Century Plant (Agave desmettiana) Xenomorf Image Smooth Agave, Dwarf Century Plant (Agave desmettiana) Xenomorf Image Smooth Agave, Dwarf Century Plant (Agave desmettiana) Xenomorf Image Smooth Agave, Dwarf Century Plant (Agave desmettiana) Xenomorf Image Winter Squash, Spaghetti Squash 'Vegetable Spaghetti' (Cucurbita pepo) Xenomorf Image Winter Squash, Spaghetti Squash 'Vegetable Spaghetti' (Cucurbita pepo) Xenomorf Image Smooth Mountain Prickly Pear, Indian Fig, Mission Cactus, Tuberous Prickly Pear, Nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) Xenomorf Image Smooth Mountain Prickly Pear, Indian Fig, Mission Cactus, Tuberous Prickly Pear, Nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) Xenomorf Image Smooth Mountain Prickly Pear, Indian Fig, Mission Cactus, Tuberous Prickly Pear, Nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) Xenomorf Image Smooth Mountain Prickly Pear, Indian Fig, Mission Cactus, Tuberous Prickly Pear, Nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) Xenomorf Image Smooth Mountain Prickly Pear, Indian Fig, Mission Cactus, Tuberous Prickly Pear, Nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) Xenomorf Image Smooth Mountain Prickly Pear, Indian Fig, Mission Cactus, Tuberous Prickly Pear, Nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) Xenomorf Image Prickly Pear, Barbary Fig (Opuntia ficus-indica var. linguiformis) Xenomorf Image Prickly Pear, Barbary Fig (Opuntia ficus-indica var. linguiformis) Xenomorf Image Pride of Barbados, Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) kniphofia Image 'Aureum' (Jasminum officionale) jamesIB Image test file 'test' (test test) cactus_lover Image Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe laetivirens)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description NoahBawdy Negative Hawaiian-Tropical-Flowers.com, LLC lilyq Positive Northern Lights Daylilies MorsisX Neutral Michigan Bulb dawar Negative Rockwood Gardens silverglitz23 Positive Free Trees and Plants oldhomestead Negative Gardener's Choice MorsisX Positive David Austin Roses (US) awilli1997 Negative Gorge Top Gardens (also dba perennial-gardening.com) MorsisX Positive Cooley's Gardens GQemployee Negative Growquest Growers (also dba Olive-Trees.net and Surf & Sierra Wholesale Nurseries, LLC) MorsisX Positive Schreiner's Iris Gardens MorsisX Positive Jung Seed MorsisX Positive Musser Forests, Inc. kc00037 Positive Miller Nurseries MorsisX Positive Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Company kc00037 Negative Burnt Ridge Nursery MorsisX Positive Jonsteen Company gorillaz Positive Jung Seed gorillaz Positive Richter's Herb Specialists DawnSterling Negative Meyer Hatchery AnnieBBB Positive Classic Viburnums zenju Positive Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery DramaBB82 Negative Henry Field's Seed & Nursery harstvedt Neutral AnythingGreen.com CGWA Negative Direct Gardening drewpayette Positive Diane's Flower Seeds indianafanatic Negative Breck's Bulbs zoysiafarmstink Negative Zoysia Farm Nurseries trapperdave Negative Honeycreek Nurseries TishSparr Positive Michigan Bulb NorthSC Negative Rare Seed Source TishSparr Positive Breck's Bulbs TishSparr Positive Four Seasons Nursery JiminRingoes Positive Mason Hollow Nursery TishSparr Positive Brent & Becky's Bulbs Neillbell Positive Almost Eden Plants cjconover Negative Gurney's Seed & Nursery Detour0824 Positive Hobbs Farm & Greenery LolaGypsy Positive Pedricks Corner thatg33kgirl Neutral Burpee (W. Atlee Burpee) thatg33kgirl Positive Dutch Gardens TrixGin Neutral American Meadows tmaciol Negative Garden Harvest Supply jgandrg02 Positive Willhite Seed Inc. mgurley Positive Everwilde Farms, Inc. mgurley Positive Swallowtail Garden Seeds

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

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