Dave's Garden Newsletter for March 30, 2015

Covering the events of March 30, 2015

... in which ...
401 posts were made.
53 plants were added to PlantFiles.
17 comments were added to PlantFiles.
3,676 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
49 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 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

"Potatoes keep their eyes peeled"

( -- Unknown)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 401 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 61 posts PlantFiles Pictures 51 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 32 posts Games 25 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 20 posts Voting Booth 12 posts Australian and New Zealand Gardening 11 posts Dahlias 10 posts Recipes 10 posts Irises 10 posts Florida Gardening 9 posts Texas Gardening 9 posts Central Midwest Gardening 8 posts Happy Birthday 7 posts Insect and Spider Identification 7 posts Sewing and Quilting 7 posts Northeast Gardening 7 posts Weather 6 posts Photos 6 posts Morning Glories 6 posts Plant Trading 6 posts Beginner Landscaping 6 posts Cacti and Succulents 5 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 5 posts Water Gardens 5 posts Coneflowers 5 posts Seed Germination 4 posts Bird Watching 4 posts Clematis 4 posts Soil and Composting 3 posts Beginner Vegetables 3 posts Cottage Gardening 3 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 3 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 3 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 2 posts Equine Forum 2 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 2 posts Beginner Flowers 2 posts Shady Gardens 2 posts Tomatoes 2 posts Bulbs 2 posts Homesteading 1 post Strawbale Gardening 1 post Mid-South Gardening 1 post BugFiles How-to's 1 post Cooking 1 post Japanese Maples 1 post Poultry and Livestock 1 post Palms and Cycads 1 post Hibiscus 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post Native Plants and Wild Plants 1 post Home Decorating 1 post Beginner Fruit 1 post Tropical Zone Gardening 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

53 new plants.
17 new descriptions were added.
49 new images were added.
3676 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Delayneplants Comment Variegated Spider plant, Airplane Plant 'Variegatum' Chlorophytum comosum Delayneplants Comment Croton 'Petra' Codiaeum variegatum abken Comment False Freesia Anomatheca laxa CAndersen Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Autumn King' Iris alexgr1 Comment Woolly Pawpaw, Polecat Bush Asimina incana cam2 Comment Pink Wood Sorrel Oxalis articulata subsp. rubra rockgardenplants Comment Desert Willow, Desert Catalpa, Flowering Willow, Orchid of the Desert Chilopsis linearis eolivas103 Comment Narcissus Trumpet British Gamble 'British Gamble' Narcissus eolivas103 Comment Spring Snowflake, St. Agnes' Flower Leucojum vernum poeciliopsis Comment Luckhoffia 'Cristate' Luckhoffia beukmanii rwouhaybi Comment Tomato 'Sweet Mojo' Lycopersicon lycopersicum eolivas103 Comment Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Teagan' Iris Farmerdill Comment Winter Squash 'Turkeyneck' Cucurbita moschata Kell Comment Green Gila Manroot Marah gilensis BayAreaTropics Comment Croton 'Petra' Codiaeum variegatum Kell Comment Purplemat Nama demissum Brazilcat Comment Milky Way Tree, Lecheso Tabernaemontana litoralis RosinaBloom Image Red Skin Plum 'Billington' (Prunus ) RosinaBloom Image Red Skin Plum 'Billington' (Prunus ) RosinaBloom Image Red Skin Plum 'Billington' (Prunus ) RosinaBloom Image Pink Trumpet Vine, Port St. Johns Creeper, Zimbabwe Creeper, Queen of Sheba, Port John’s Creeper (Podranea ricasoliana) RosinaBloom Image Pink Trumpet Vine, Port St. Johns Creeper, Zimbabwe Creeper, Queen of Sheba, Port John’s Creeper (Podranea ricasoliana) nlafrance3 Image Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra) nlafrance3 Image Silver Maple, Soft Maple, River Maple, Silverleaf Maple, White Maple (Acer saccharinum) nlafrance3 Image Silver Maple, Soft Maple, River Maple, Silverleaf Maple, White Maple (Acer saccharinum) nlafrance3 Image Silver Maple, Soft Maple, River Maple, Silverleaf Maple, White Maple (Acer saccharinum) RosinaBloom Image Friar's Cowl (Arisarum vulgare) RosinaBloom Image Friar's Cowl (Arisarum vulgare) RosinaBloom Image Friar's Cowl (Arisarum vulgare) RosinaBloom Image Friar's Cowl (Arisarum vulgare) Dana_D Image Floribunda Rose, Cluster Flowered Rose 'Lions-Rose' (Rosa ) Dana_D Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Fairest Cape' (Rosa ) Dana_D Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Fairest Cape' (Rosa ) Dana_D Image Floribunda Rose 'Lavaglut' (Rosa ) Delayneplants Image Variegated Spider plant, Airplane Plant 'Variegatum' (Chlorophytum comosum) CAndersen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Autumn King' (Iris ) CAndersen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Autumn King' (Iris ) alexgr1 Image Woolly Pawpaw, Polecat Bush (Asimina incana) alexgr1 Image Woolly Pawpaw, Polecat Bush (Asimina incana) Kell Image Broad-leaf Yucca, Banana Yucca, Banana Yucca, Fleshy-Fruited Yucca, Datil Yucca (Yucca baccata) Kell Image California Bluebells, Desert Bluebells (Phacelia campanularia) Kell Image California Barrel Cactus, Compass Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus) Kell Image Green Gila Manroot (Marah gilensis) Kell Image Mexican Gold Poppy (Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana) eolivas103 Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Teagan' (Iris ) eolivas103 Image Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Teagan' (Iris ) eolivas103 Image Spring Snowflake, St. Agnes' Flower (Leucojum vernum) eolivas103 Image Narcissus Trumpet British Gamble 'British Gamble' (Narcissus ) CAndersen Image Tall Bearded Iris 'Blue Gown' (Iris ) vossner Image Freesia 'Ballerina' (Freesia ) Kell Image Purplemat (Nama demissum) Kell Image Arroyo Lupine, Succulent Lupine (Lupinus succulentus) Kell Image Red Barberry, Desert Barberry, Red Mahonia (Mahonia haematocarpa) Kell Image Red Barberry, Desert Barberry, Red Mahonia (Mahonia haematocarpa) Kell Image Blackfoot Daisy, Black Foot Daisy, Plains Black Foot Daisy (Melampodium leucanthum) Kell Image Northwestern Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja angustifolia var. dubia) Kell Image Turpentine Bush, Aguirre, Larchleaf Goldenweed (Ericameria laricifolia) Kell Image Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) Kell Image Desert Star, Pygmy Daisy, Mojave Desert Star (Monoptilon bellioides) Kell Image Desert Star, Pygmy Daisy, Mojave Desert Star (Monoptilon bellioides) Kell Image Desert Star, Pygmy Daisy, Mojave Desert Star (Monoptilon bellioides) Kell Image Ocotillo, Candlewood (Fouquieria splendens) Kell Image Fremont's Dalea, Fremont's Indigo Bush, Mojave Dalea (Psorothamnus fremontii) Kell Image Fremont's Dalea, Fremont's Indigo Bush, Mojave Dalea (Psorothamnus fremontii) Kell Image Spiral Aloe (Aloe polyphylla) Kell Image Spiral Aloe (Aloe polyphylla)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description celticchrys Positive Everwilde Farms, Inc. Kjani Positive Almost Eden Plants lindaisling Positive 5 Acre Farm Daylilies Kriblett Positive Annie's Annuals and Perennials FarminMan Positive Direct Gardening kgross Negative Four Seasons Nursery MikeDavison Negative Willis Orchard Company buggzter Neutral Burgess Seed auroraaura4 Positive A Nearly Native Nursery ericjp Negative Willis Orchard Company

Garden Bookworm Activity:

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

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Dave

 

And that's the way it was... March 30, 2015