Dave's Garden Newsletter for August 7, 2013

Covering the events of August 7, 2013

... in which ...
861 posts were made.
10 plants were added to PlantFiles.
12 comments were added to PlantFiles.
83 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
105 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
15 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

"Flowers...are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. "

( -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, philosopher)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 861 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts PlantFiles Pictures 106 posts Plant Identification 97 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 96 posts Games 96 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 61 posts Perennials 34 posts Pets 24 posts Insect and Spider Identification 21 posts Daylilies 21 posts Vegetable Gardening 21 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 18 posts Cacti and Succulents 14 posts Morning Glories 14 posts Australian Gardening 13 posts Northeast Gardening 13 posts Irrigation Systems 12 posts Bird Identification 12 posts Texas Gardening 12 posts Florida Gardening 9 posts Lilies 9 posts Tomatoes 9 posts Wildlife 8 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 7 posts Bird Watching 7 posts Happy Birthday 6 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 6 posts Water Gardens 6 posts Voting Booth 6 posts Brugmansias 5 posts Clean and Clutter-free 5 posts Poultry and Livestock 5 posts Recipes 4 posts Passifloras 4 posts Market Growers 4 posts Beginner Landscaping 4 posts Beginner Vegetables 4 posts Hoyas 4 posts Plant Trading 4 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 3 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 3 posts Cooking 3 posts Mid-South Gardening 3 posts Southwest Gardening 2 posts Weather 2 posts Beginner Fruit 2 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 2 posts Rocky Mountain Gardening 2 posts Container Gardening 2 posts Sewing and Quilting 2 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 2 posts Central Midwest Gardening 2 posts PlantFiles How-to's 2 posts Fruits and Nuts 2 posts Garden Shed 2 posts Aroids 1 post Home Repairs and Maintenance 1 post Photos 1 post Needle Arts 1 post Coleus 1 post Beginner Gardening Questions 1 post Carolina Gardening 1 post Cannas 1 post Orchid Cactus 1 post Clematis 1 post Poppies 1 post Tropical Plants 1 post Caudiciforms 1 post BugFiles Pictures 1 post Garden Design 1 post Roses 1 post Garden Hortiscopes & History 1 post Irises 1 post Antiques and Collectibles 1 post Hydrangeas 1 post Gardening by the Moon 1 post Hybridizers 1 post Native Plants and Wild Plants 1 post Classified Ads 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

10 new plants.
12 new descriptions were added.
105 new images were added.
83 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description frantisek Comment Tomato 'Black Russian' Lycopersicon lycopersicum 01zingara Comment Gold Moss Sedum, Golden Carpet Stonecrop Sedum acre mehitabel45 Comment Mountain Cornflower, Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower 'Amethyst Dream' Centaurea montana mehitabel45 Comment Shrub Rose 'Knockout' Rosa flowrjunkie Comment Grevillea 'Long John' Grevillea DurwoodE Comment Heartleaf Noseburn Tragia cordata Phellos Comment Texas Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis patriciabs Comment Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper, Cow-Itch Vine Campsis radicans xarifa Comment Oregon Grape, Oregon Grape Holly, Holly-leaved Barberry Mahonia aquifolium Michael1time Comment Weigela 'Wine & Roses' Weigela florida Siirenias Comment Las Pilitas Sage 'Celestial Blue' Salvia Haworthia405 Comment Variegated English Boxwood ''Aureo-variegata'' Buxus sempervirens anapatty83 Image Árbol del Matrimonio, Cruz del Matrimonio, Guititache (Pereskia lychnidiflora) anapatty83 Image Árbol del Matrimonio, Cruz del Matrimonio, Guititache (Pereskia lychnidiflora) Gabrielle Image Rocket Larkspur 'Giant Imperial Mix' (Consolida ambigua) Gabrielle Image Baby's Breath 'Perfecta' (Gypsophila paniculata) Gabrielle Image Gayfeather, Blazing Star, Button Snakeroot (Liatris spicata) Gabrielle Image Tiger Lily (Lilium lancifolium) NanTzu Image Texas Snoutbean (Rhynchosia senna) DonnaMack Image Greater Meadow Rue, Columbine Meadow Rue 'Sparkler' (Thalictrum aquilegifolium) purplesun Image Blue Bamboo (Phyllostachys glauca) purplesun Image White Stinkwood (Celtis africana) purplesun Image Bamboo (Phyllostachys atrovaginata) purplesun Image Bamboo (Phyllostachys atrovaginata) purplesun Image Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla var. pubescens) purplesun Image David Bisset Bamboo (Phyllostachys bissetii) purplesun Image Beautiful Bamboo (Phyllostachys decora) purplesun Image Umbrella Bamboo 'Simba' (Fargesia murielae) purplesun Image Bamboo (Fargesia robusta) purplesun Image Clumping Bamboo (Fargesia huaningensis) purplesun Image Blue Fountain Bamboo, Hardy Blue Bamboo 'Jiuzhaigou' (Fargesia nitida) purplesun Image Dwarf Whitestripe Bamboo (Pleioblastus fortunei) purplesun Image Dwarf Bamboo (Pleioblastus pumilus) purplesun Image Chishima Zasa (Sasa kurilensis) purplesun Image Arrow Bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) purplesun Image Broadleaf Bamboo (Indocalamus latifolius) purplesun Image Bamboo 'Kimmei' (Semiarundinaria yashadake) purplesun Image Bamboo (Pleioblastus oleosus) purplesun Image Kowhai, large-leaved kowhai, North Island kowhai (Sophora tetraptera) purplesun Image Chinese Pistache, Chinese Pistachio (Pistacia chinensis) purplesun Image Blackberry Lily, Leopard Lily (Belamcanda chinensis) purplesun Image Rodway Black Gum (Eucalyptus aggregata) Aphthona Image Asiatic Lily 'Crimson Noble' (Lilium ) Aphthona Image Asiatic Lily 'Crimson Noble' (Lilium ) Aphthona Image Oriental-Trumpet Lily Hybrid 'Lavon' (Lilium ) Aphthona Image Asiatic Lily 'Monet' (Lilium ) Aphthona Image Asiatic Lily 'Monet' (Lilium ) Aphthona Image Asiatic Lily 'Nutmegger' (Lilium ) Aphthona Image Asiatic Lily 'Nutmegger' (Lilium ) Aphthona Image Asiatic Lily 'Pink Champagne' (Lilium ) Aphthona Image Asiatic Lily 'Pink Champagne' (Lilium ) Aphthona Image Asiatic Lily 'Pink Champagne' (Lilium ) Aphthona Image Asiatic Lily 'Rosy Cheeks' (Lilium ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Blue Ivory' (Hosta ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Cherry Berry' (Hosta ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Fire Island' (Hosta ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Gold Drop' (Hosta ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Golden Tiara' (Hosta ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Krossa Regal' (Hosta ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Krossa Cream Edge' (Hosta ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Purple Profusion' (Hosta ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Purple Profusion' (Hosta ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Sea Fire' (Hosta ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Sea Fire' (Hosta ) Aphthona Image Hosta 'Shade Fanfare' (Hosta ) BUFFY690 Image Sweet Autumn Clematis, Sweet Autumn Virgin's Bower, Japanese Clematis (Clematis terniflora) rteets Image Beauty Bush 'Dream Catcher' (Kolkwitzia amabilis) xerichick Image Agave Cactus, Prism Cactus, Cob Cactus (Leuchtenbergia principis) marsrover Image Hardy Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow 'Robert Fleming' (Hibiscus moscheutos) marsrover Image Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Pink Velour' (Lagerstroemia ) Juan_Jimenez_V Image Maiden's Quiver Tree (Aloe ramosissima) Juan_Jimenez_V Image Maiden's Quiver Tree (Aloe ramosissima) Juan_Jimenez_V Image Maiden's Quiver Tree (Aloe ramosissima) RMelick Image Soapwort, Bouncing Bet, Goodbye Summer (Saponaria officinalis) mygardens Image Foam Flower, Foamflower 'Oak Leaf' (Tiarella ) keithp2012 Image Rose Of Sharon 'Danica' (Hibiscus syriacus) keithp2012 Image Rose Of Sharon 'Danica' (Hibiscus syriacus) keithp2012 Image Rose Of Sharon 'Danica' (Hibiscus syriacus) keithp2012 Image Rose Of Sharon 'Danica' (Hibiscus syriacus) N_R_23 Image Pitcher Plant 'Tarnok' (Sarracenia ) Aphthona Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Nippon Beauty' (Paeonia lactiflora) N_R_23 Image Gooseberry-leaved Geranium 'Coconut' (Pelargonium grossularioides) N_R_23 Image Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) N_R_23 Image Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) N_R_23 Image Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper 'Nana' (Juniperus procumbens) N_R_23 Image Echeveria 'Lola' (Echeveria ) Aphthona Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Red Charm' (Paeonia ) Aphthona Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Red Charm' (Paeonia ) Aphthona Image Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Red Charm' (Paeonia ) Aphthona Image Virginia Spiderwort, Widow's-Tears 'Osprey' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) Aphthona Image Virginia Spiderwort, Widow's-Tears 'Pink Chablis' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) Aphthona Image Virginia Spiderwort, Widow's-Tears 'Pink Chablis' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) Aphthona Image Virginia Spiderwort, Widow's-Tears 'Red Cloud' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) Aphthona Image Virginia Spiderwort, Widow's-Tears 'Snow Cap' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) Aphthona Image Peony 'Scarlet O'Hara' (Paeonia ) Aphthona Image Peony 'Scarlet O'Hara' (Paeonia ) Aphthona Image Virginia Spiderwort, Widow's-Tears 'Zwanenburg Blue' (Tradescantia x andersoniana) Aphthona Image Milky Bellflower (Campanula lactiflora) Aphthona Image Milky Bellflower (Campanula lactiflora) Aphthona Image Carpathian Harebell, Carpathian Bellflower, Tussock Bellflower 'Blue Clips' (Campanula carpatica) Terri1948 Image Sage 'Royal Bumble' (Salvia ) Terri1948 Image Sage 'Royal Bumble' (Salvia ) Terri1948 Image Buchanan's Sage, Purple Autumn Sage (Salvia buchananii) Terri1948 Image Buchanan's Sage, Purple Autumn Sage (Salvia buchananii) Southview5 Image Daylily 'Spacecoast Behavior Pattern' (Hemerocallis ) Terri1948 Image Yarrow, Milfoil, Staunchweed, Sanguinary, Thousandleaf, Soldier's Woundwort 'Summer Wine' (Achillea millefolium) Terri1948 Image Garden Phlox 'Miss Pepper' (Phlox paniculata) Terri1948 Image Yarrow, Milfoil, Staunchweed, Sanguinary, Thousandleaf, Soldier's Woundwort 'Feuerland' (Achillea ) Terri1948 Image Yarrow 'Lucky Break' (Achillea ) Terri1948 Image Yarrow 'Lucky Break' (Achillea ) MeMow Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Grateful Red' (Iris ) MeMow Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Grateful Red' (Iris ) OldHouseGardens Image Semi Cactus Dahlia 'Arab Queen' (Dahlia ) Gabrielle Image Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead 'Miss Manners' (Physostegia virginiana) suad71 Image Martagon Lily, Common Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium martagon) Gabrielle Image Eulalia, Maiden Grass, Zebra Grass, Chinese Silvergrass 'Dixieland' (Miscanthus sinensis) Gabrielle Image Switch Grass, Wand Panic Grass 'Prairie Sky' (Panicum virgatum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

No new companies were added to the database.
15 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description planter52 Positive Schreiner's Iris Gardens Smithster Positive AZ Ponds & Supplies, Inc. (Al Zimmer's Ponds & Supplies) birchoil Neutral High Mowing Organic Seeds GardenPonders Positive NoMowGrass.com cassiopeia2 Positive Hummingbird Farm heirloom_annie Negative Fieldstone Gardens farmer78 Negative Whatcom Seed Company (Seedrack.com) mimosa9 Negative Nature Hills Nursery pamela_isley Positive American Meadows otiliarts Neutral Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) KanapahaLEW Positive Bamboo Plantation rastgurlz1 Negative Direct Gardening 21bret40 Positive Bouncing Bear Botanicals

Garden Bookworm Activity:

No new books were added to the database.
No new ratings/comments were added to the database.

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... August 7, 2013