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August 9, 2014

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

By dave August 9, 2014 The August 2014 Not-A-Raffle-Raffle! Once again it's time for another raffle! These are so fun!! As always, we've got great prizes from great companies, so come check out the details, dig into your acorn stash and buy your tickets! (448 words - Read the full article)

By dave August 8, 2014 Announcing the Winners of the Caladiums Photo Contest This week the members have been busy voting for their favorite photos submitted in the Caladium Bulbs 4 Less Photo Contest. The winners have now been revealed! Come on in and see who won. (105 words - Read the full article)

By dave August 7, 2014 ATP Podcast #67: In Praise of the Mighty Coneflower It's Daisies and Coneflowers week at All Things Plants so today we're going to talk about the noble Purple Coneflower, covering its history, its uses, how to grow it and a little bit about how it is used.

By Trish August 6, 2014 All About Coneflowers Easy to grow, beautiful to look at, preferred by butterflies, and good for the body. Every garden should include Echinaceas! (374 words - Read the full article)

By SongofJoy August 5, 2014 The Tennessee Coneflower: Endangered Species Success Story Once thought to be extinct, the Tennessee Coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis) had a place on the Endangered Species List for decades. Happily, it has now been removed from the list. (100 words - Read the full article)

By dave August 4, 2014 The Top 25 Coneflowers We have almost a thousand images of coneflowers in our database, covering nearly 200 different kinds. But which are the most popular among ATP members? Let's find out! (1,791 words - Read the full article)

By springcolor August 3, 2014 Echibeckia: Intergeneric Cross "Loves me, loves me not": When I was a teenager, this was a favorite game to tell me whether the current boyfriend loved me. You pulled the flower petals off the flower head and the last one told you the verdict. Daisy-like flowers have changed over the years. The latest plant trend is intergeneric crosses. (398 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Doctor Handsome') by floota: Photo of (Echinopsis eyriesii) by brendalea1957: Photo of Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Tropic Escape® Mango Daiquiri) by plantladylin: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Pardon Me') by plantladylin: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Elvis') by Growgirl: Photo of (Echinopsis eyriesii) by brendalea1957:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by eclayne: Multi-plant photo by clintbrown: Multi-plant photo by foraygardengirl: Multi-plant photo by alwaysbehindMN: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

4 people gave for the idea "Echibeckia: Intergeneric Cross" by springcolor 3 people gave for the idea "How To Make an Ant Moat for Your Hummingbird Feeder" by Xeramtheum 3 people gave for a photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Edge of Madness') by stilldew 3 people gave for a photo of (Echinopsis eyriesii) by brendalea1957 3 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #1831 by foraygardengirl 3 people gave for post #672154 in "Lilies in Bloom 2014" by grapus 3 people gave for a blog post by Calif_Sue 2 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #1825 by 4susiesjoy 2 people gave for post #673074 in "Extra Hot peppers" by cycadjungle 2 people gave for a photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Pardon Me') by plantladylin

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
Growing home grown veggies.	Newyorkrita	Mid Atlantic Gardening forum	74
OT - The Porch Swing	daylily	Daylilies forum	51
Grumpy Thread - Take 2	Kelli	Sandbox forum	47
My First Seeds!	Cat	Daylilies forum	46
Let's take more pics?	purpleinopp	Houseplants forum	33
Ideas and Plans for Field Trips and Regional Events	Catmint20906	Mid Atlantic Gardening forum	31
Garden Chat and Photos	Catmint20906	Mid Atlantic Gardening forum	31
What is your favorite Houseplant?	JB	Mid Atlantic Gardening forum	30
Need to add a specific 'look' to my collection...any recommendations?	chelle	Daylilies forum	29

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

• 176 members joined.
• 4,954 posts written.
• 1,412 images posted to the plant database.
• 860 plants added to personal inventory lists.