Dave's Garden Newsletter for May 22, 2013

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- William Shakespeare, English playwright, poet)

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PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description esteve59 Comment Sycamore Maple 'Leopoldii' Acer pseudoplatanus Terry Comment Lettuce, Butterhead Lettuce 'Northern Queen' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce 'Crawford' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Cos Lettuce 'Baronet' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Blackjack' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Crisphead Lettuce 'Crispino' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Blade' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Emerald Oak' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Batavia Lettuce 'Bergam's Green' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Green Vision' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Galactic' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Butterhead Lettuce 'Rotkopf' Lactuca sativa Sherilou Comment Zinnia 'Benary's Giant Coral' Zinnia elegans Terry Comment Lettuce, Batavia Lettuce 'Lettony' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Batavia Lettuce 'Magenta' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Red Tide' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Butterhead Lettuce 'Sylvesta' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce 'Pomegranate Crunch' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce 'Integrata Red' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Oscarde' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Cos Lettuce 'Eruption' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce 'Outredgeous' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Sunfire' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Carnival' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Butterhead Lettuce 'Kagraner Sommer' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Batavia Lettuce 'Arianna' Lactuca sativa Terry Comment Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Midnight Ruffles' Lactuca sativa weedsfree Comment Leafy Arnica, European Arnica, Leopard's Bane, Mountain Tobacco, Mountain Snuff, Sneezewort Arnica montana Terry Comment Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Refugio' Lactuca sativa camrichdesigns Comment Spruce Cone Cholla, Pine Cone Cactus, Pinecone Cactus Tephrocactus articulatus var. diadematus JMreed Comment Madagascar Palm Pachypodium lamerei lmantei Comment Fuchsia Fuchsia regia strawberry_girl Comment Double Late Tulip 'Pink Star' Tulipa Devinitra Comment Brahma Kamal Saussurea obvallata jimbean13 Comment Variegated Purple Fountain Grass 'Fireworks' Pennisetum setaceum plant_it Comment Pale Jewel Weed, Pale Touch-Me-Not, Yellow Jewelweed Impatiens pallida Suz11 Comment Lady Bells Adenophora latifolia sladeofsky Comment Small Flowered Clematis 'Rooguchi' Clematis sladeofsky Comment Sweet Sultan Centaurea moschata Recognita Comment Chilean Fire Bush, Flame Flower Embothrium coccineum var. lanceolatum Recognita Comment Chilean Fire Bush, Flame Flower Embothrium coccineum YeeFam Comment Asiatic Lily 'Tiny Bee' Lilium PupillaCharites Comment Apricot Vine, Maypop, Purple Passion Flower, Passionflower, Passionvine, Passion Vine Passiflora incarnata MassWarren Comment Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush, Pencil Euphorbia, Rubber Hedge Euphorbia Euphorbia tirucalli Anichamich Comment Athanasia Athanasia pinnata Kell Image Lehmann's Banksia, Yellow Lantern Banksia (Banksia lehmanniana) Kell Image Lehmann's Banksia, Yellow Lantern Banksia (Banksia lehmanniana) Kell Image Lehmann's Banksia, Yellow Lantern Banksia (Banksia lehmanniana) Kell Image Lehmann's Banksia, Yellow Lantern Banksia (Banksia lehmanniana) Kell Image Lehmann's Banksia, Yellow Lantern Banksia (Banksia lehmanniana) Kell Image Lehmann's Banksia, Yellow Lantern Banksia (Banksia lehmanniana) Kell Image Golden Ball Banksia (Banksia laevigata ssp. fuscolutea) Kell Image Golden Ball Banksia (Banksia laevigata ssp. fuscolutea) Kell Image Golden Ball Banksia (Banksia laevigata ssp. fuscolutea) Kell Image Golden Ball Banksia (Banksia laevigata ssp. fuscolutea) Kell Image Ice Plant, Purple vygie (Lampranthus hoerleinianus) Kell Image Ice Plant, Purple vygie (Lampranthus hoerleinianus) Kell Image Ice Plant, Purple vygie (Lampranthus hoerleinianus) Kell Image Ice Plant, Purple vygie (Lampranthus hoerleinianus) Kell Image Blouker, Fountain Bush (Psoralea pinnata) Kell Image Blouker, Fountain Bush (Psoralea pinnata) Kell Image Erica (Erica lateralis) Kell Image Blue Daisy, Blue Marguerite, Shrub Aster, Blue Margarito, Marguerite Daisy (Felicia fruticosa) Kell Image Blue Daisy, Blue Marguerite, Shrub Aster, Blue Margarito, Marguerite Daisy (Felicia fruticosa) Kell Image Blue Daisy, Blue Marguerite, Shrub Aster, Blue Margarito, Marguerite Daisy (Felicia fruticosa) RosinaBloom Image Puka, Puke Puke Leaf Tree (Meryta sinclairii) RosinaBloom Image Puka, Puke Puke Leaf Tree (Meryta sinclairii) RosinaBloom Image Puka, Puke Puke Leaf Tree (Meryta sinclairii) kniphofia Image African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Sunny Sheila' (Osteospermum ) Terry Image Penstemon 'Dark Towers' (Penstemon ) Terry Image Swiss Chard 'Magenta Sunset' (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla) firefly7 Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Tiffany' (Rosa ) momoftwo607 Image Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Double Your Fun' (Iris ) Terry Image Impatiens, Hybrid Impatiens, Spreading Impatiens 'SunPatiens Compact Orange' (Impatiens ) Sherilou Image Cherry Tomato 'Red Pisa Date' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) Sherilou Image Zinnia 'Benary's Giant Coral' (Zinnia elegans) sunkissed Image Egyptian Star Cluster, Star Flower, Pentas (Pentas lanceolata) sunkissed Image Egyptian Star Cluster, Star Flower, Pentas (Pentas lanceolata) sunkissed Image White Chilean Jasmine 'Alba' (Mandevilla sanderi) sunkissed Image Blue Anise Sage, Brazilian Sage 'Black and Blue' (Salvia guaranitica) sunkissed Image Mandevilla, Dipladenia (Mandevilla splendens) strawberry_girl Image Double Late Tulip 'Pink Star' (Tulipa ) sunkissed Image Egyptian Star Cluster, Star Flower, Pentas 'Butterfly Light Lavender' (Pentas lanceolata) sunkissed Image Egyptian Star Cluster, Star Flower 'Kaleidoscope Appleblossom' (Pentas lanceolata) sunkissed Image Egyptian Star Cluster, Star Flower 'New Look Red' (Pentas lanceolata) sunkissed Image Egyptian Star Cluster, Star Flower 'New Look Red' (Pentas lanceolata) esteve59 Image Sycamore Maple 'Leopoldii' (Acer pseudoplatanus) Terry Image Beardtongue, Beard Tongue 'Prairie Twilight' (Penstemon ) Terry Image Snapdragon 'Black Prince' (Antirrhinum majus) Terry Image Louisiana Iris 'Willow Mint' (Iris ) Terry Image Louisiana Iris 'Byron Bay' (Iris ) Terry Image Louisiana Iris 'Destiny's Call' (Iris ) Terry Image Louisiana Iris 'Little Ruby Slippers' (Iris ) Terry Image Louisiana Iris 'Honey Galore' (Iris ) Terry Image Louisiana Iris 'From This Moment' (Iris ) Terry Image Louisiana Iris 'From This Moment' (Iris ) Terry Image Louisiana Iris 'Dot Marie' (Iris ) Terry Image Nemesia 'Angelart Orange' (Nemesia ) Terry Image Nemesia 'Angelart Strawberry' (Nemesia ) Terry Image Fuchsia 'Barcelona' (Fuchsia ) Terry Image Panicle Hydrangea, Tree Hydrangea 'Vanilla Strawberry' (Hydrangea paniculata)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... May 22, 2013