Your All Things Plants weekly news: May 25, 2013

There were 7 new gardening ideas posted last week:

By canadanna May 25, 2013 Clematis It would seem that clems would not fit into my gardening style of naturalized settings with easy-care adapted and native plants. The fact that I can grow them should encourage you if you want to try them. My experience is in a warm southern climate, so the bloom times are generally better in the spring and fall. (900 words - Read the full article) (one comment)

By goldfinch4 May 24, 2013 Vines as Ground Covers When most people think of vines, they think vertical growth. However, many types of vines can also be used as ground covers. (548 words - Read the full article) (6 comments)

By zuzu May 23, 2013 Training Climbing Roses Climbing roses produce colorful vertical accents in your gardening landscape, create a frame for the fenced portions of your garden, and are particularly valuable to space-challenged gardeners, producing a huge impact while taking up only a little room on the ground. (724 words - Read the full article) (14 comments)

By dave May 22, 2013 ATP Podcast #19: Vines and Climbers with Dan Long of Brushwood Nursery In today's podcast we are joined with everyone's favorite vines and climber guy: Dan Long! You are in for a real treat as Dan shares his favorite tips and ideas for growing these great plants. (65 words - Read the full article) (2 comments)

By Char May 21, 2013 Discovering Passion, the Flowers of Passiflora The genus Passiflora contains some of the most beautiful and intriguing flowers in the world of tropical plants. With their mysterious blooms, Passionflowers will add an exotic touch to your garden or container planting. (1,124 words - Read the full article) (15 comments)

By dave May 20, 2013 A Vines and Climbers Themed Not-A-Raffle-Raffle This month's raffle is, of course, all about vines and climbers, sponsored by our friends at Brushwood Nursery. (146 words - Read the full article) (49 comments)

By goldfinch4 May 19, 2013 The Importance of Pruning Clematis If you’ve ever seen a clematis that is one big mountain of tangled up stems, it’s almost enough to scare you away from growing them. But let’s take a look at why, when, and how to prune these remarkable vines and you’ll find it’s not as difficult as it seems. (1,442 words - Read the full article) (9 comments)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Iris (Iris 'Hot Spice') by KentPfeiffer: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Quiet Riot') by tink3472: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Dragonfly Tattoo') by tink3472: Photo of Louisiana Iris (Iris 'Ann Chowning') by virginiarose: Photo of Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Santa Fe') by Zencat: Photo of Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Raspberry Ice') by goldfinch4:

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
And the WINNER is.......	tink3472	Daylilies forum	41
Who are your favorite suppliers?	crittergarden	Daylilies forum	36
Watch button for members?	valleysdaughter	Site Talk forum	32
The Geiger Project	twitcher	Sempervivum and Jovibarba forum	32
Another Great Raffle!!	plantladylin	A Vines and Climbers Themed Not-A-Raffle-Raffle	25
And the winners are!!!!	dave	A Vines and Climbers Themed Not-A-Raffle-Raffle	22
Evergreen - needled and broadleafed	eclayne	Plant Database forum	21
Let's get this show on the road!	tveguy3	Irises forum	18
My Deck Garden 2013	ge1836	Containers forum	15

Some new recommendations from our members:

dmurray407 recommended Caladium Bulbs 4 Less and wrote: I have ordered Caladium bulbs from Caladiums 4 Less several times over the past 5 or 6 years . I just received this year's order and am extremely happy with my bulbs-super fast delivery, great packing and humongous healthy bulbs. Last year I ran out of time and purchased my bulbs from a local nursery-they were small and very expensive compared to Bill's!

Skiekitty recommended Bluestone Perennials and wrote: I just ordered from them for the first time and, I have to say I'm impresssed! I ordered 6 Sunshine Bluebeards & 3 Veronica Aztec Gold and they came in today. Beautiful plants, VERY nicely packed, everything looks wonderful! I will definitely be keeping this on my list of companies to order from!

Some numbers from last week:

• 57 new members.
• 140 new threads.
• 3,751 new posts.
• 1,012 new images to the plant database.
• 265 new comments in the plant database.