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May 19, 2014

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

By Dutchlady1 May 19, 2014 Gloriosa Lily Gloriosa superba is a striking plant, and the only climbing lily in existence. (183 words - Read the full article)

By SongofJoy May 18, 2014 Four O'Clocks Most people who have experience with these tuberous plants that thrive in the heat of summer seem to have definite opinions about Four o'Clocks. Because they are prolific re-seeders, some find them an annoyance to be yanked out of the garden asap. Others love them, as I do. (304 words - Read the full article)

By dave May 17, 2014 The 2014 All Things Plants Top 25 Summer Bulbs and Tubers What a fun and diverse group of plants! Come on in and check out the report of the top 25 most active summer bulbs and tuber entries in our plants database. You will be surprised at some of the plants that made the list! (5,350 words - Read the full article)

By Eric4home May 16, 2014 Movable Garden Paths Do you need walkways in your garden? I've been using used carpet for my pathways for years. It's easy on the knees while planting and weeding, holds moisture in the soil, reduces soil compaction, and blocks weeds (160 words - Read the full article)

By TBGDN May 15, 2014 How Does Your Garden Grow? Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells and pretty maids all in a row. (All smiling, of course.) This old nursery rhyme leads us to believe there was an orderly garden decked out in flowers and pretty maidens lined up in a row! But, read on for a different train of thought. (784 words - Read the full article)

By dave May 14, 2014 ATP Podcast #56: Saving Money by Growing Your Own Food In today's podcast, we discuss the ways you can dramatically help your grocery budget by growing vegetables! We focus on the easiest to grow plants that will also give you the most "bang for your buck." We also have our usual other segments, plus a bonus pinboard of bad ideas! (59 words - Read the full article)

By farmerdill May 13, 2014 Vole Wars Growing plants entails a constant battle with the elements, insects, viruses, and bacteria. Even when we learn to live with these, other mammals slip in and upset our best efforts. Deer, groundhogs, and raccoons are major problems, but there are other small mammals that are both elusive and very destructive. (596 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Hosta (Hosta 'White Feather') by Hazelcrestmikeb: Photo of Hoya (Hoya pubicalyx 'Royal Hawaiian Purple') by mjsponies: Photo of Iris (Iris 'Picasso Moon') by Sharon: Photo of Iris (Iris 'Chocolate Soup') by ARUBA1334: Photo of English Pea (Pisum sativum 'Green Arrow') by farmerdill: Photo of Coneflower (Echinacea 'White Mist') by petruske:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by Calif_Sue: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by Calif_Sue: Multi-plant photo by valleylynn: Multi-plant photo by ge1836: Multi-plant photo by valleylynn:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

6 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #1327 by Calif_Sue 5 people gave for post #615976 in "Banner for May 17, 2014 by Sharon" by Sharon 5 people gave for post #613433 in "Banner for May 14, 2014 by TBGDN" by TBGDN 4 people gave for the idea "Vole Wars" by farmerdill 4 people gave for post #614289 in "Banner for May 15, 2014 by Natalie" by Natalie 4 people gave for the idea "Four O'Clocks" by SongofJoy 4 people gave for post #612530 in "Banner for May 13, 2014 by Calif_Sue" by Calif_Sue 3 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #1331 by valleylynn 3 people gave for post #614222 in "Iris Database" by pardalinum 3 people gave for the idea "ATP Podcast #56: Saving Money by Growing Your Own Food" by dave

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
Introducing the Green Pages!	dave	Site Talk forum	56
Historics... which ones are standouts in your garden?	Henhouse	Irises forum	49
Announcing the winners!	dave	The May Shade Gardens and Tropical Bulbs Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!	49
Sempervivum 'Flamingo'	banker07	Sempervivum and Jovibarba forum	41
Scheduled maintenance tomorrow	dave	Site Talk forum	39
Beautiful Beards.....some close-ups.	Paul2032	Irises forum	25
Well It's Official	Cat	Daylilies forum	24
Mounting Orchids (and some talk about Bulbos)	terrafirma	Orchids forum	23
Banner for May 14, 2014 by TBGDN	TBGDN	Site Banners forum	23

Some new reviews from the ATP Green Pages:

HamiltonSquare recommended Annie's Annuals & Perennials and wrote: Love to visit the Richmond location. The display garden is a delight. Its organization is top notch. Interesting and unusual plants. We have purchased many perennials and biennials from there and from a local nursery that stocks some of her plants. She has visited The Historic City Cemetery and the Hamilton Square Perennial Garden here to see how her plants do in our location. We're big fans of Annie's Annuals & Perennials and I think she is a fan of ATP. She donated a raffle prize recently!

woofie recommended Diane's Flower Seeds and wrote: Diane's Flower Seeds is an excellent source for not only seeds, but also a selection of daylilies and daylily seeds.

mom2goldens recommended Munchkin Nursery & Gardens and wrote: I've ordered several times from Munchkin Nursery and have been very pleased with the size and quality of the plants. Shipping is prompt and plants have arrived in excellent condition. Great website with excellent information on plants that are not commonly found in many nurseries.

mom2goldens recommended The Sample Seed Shop and wrote: I've ordered from Sample Seed Shop for several years and have had great customer service and excellent seed germination. Offers a great variety of tomato seeds that aren't easily found. I appreciate that the seed packets are small and inexpensive for a gardener that only wants to grow a few plants. Nice variety of herb, flower, and other veggie seeds as well.

4susiesjoy recommended Hallson Gardens and wrote: I ordered Hostas for the first time this year from Hallson's and was very impressed with the plants I got. The roots were very big and the plants were a lot bigger than I expected. They sent a very pretty bonus plant with the order, which was unexpected and very appreciated. I highly recommend them!

We keep growing, because ATP is where all the excitement is these days! Check out these numbers from last week:

• 247 members joined.
• 5,377 posts written.
• 1,753 images posted to the plant database.
• 1,066 plants added to personal inventory lists.