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Welcome to Dave's Garden, the website where friends share their triumphs and dilemmas in their home gardens and their lives. Dave's Garden is also a place for gardeners to share seeds or plants with other gardeners, and has so much to offer, you are certainly going to find something that will have you coming back daily, as well as making you proud to tell your friends and family about your new gardening home on the net. Here are some of the features you can access right away:

TODAY'S FEATURES

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Mistletoe, Birds and Butterflies, by Kennedy Harris

Drooping Mistletoe is a common mistletoe in Southern Australia, growing mainly on Eucalyptus and Acacia trees. It is mainly dispersed by one little bird, the Mistletoe Bird and it is the food plant for a beautiful butterfly, the Imperial White and a beautiful moth, the Mistletoe Moth.

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Montauk Daisies, Nipponanthemum nipponicum, by Sally G. Miller

Montauk daisies, Nipponanthemum nipponicum – never heard of them. But the lush greenery filling the large pots looked too good to pass up. I bought three on faith alone. Only after I came home and started researching did I fully appreciate my new acquisitions.

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Lilacia Park Lilac Festival, by Lois Tilton

The Village of Lombard Illinois is known as the Lilac Village, and its showcase is Lilacia Park in the center of town. Every May, Lombard celebrates its Lilac Festival when the lilacs in the park are at their peak of bloom and fragrance.

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Milaeger's Gardens

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The people there all seem to have excellent knowledge of product. I travel 40 miles every year to go to Mileagers because...
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Direct Source Hostas

Review by pthweatt:

I have been burned several times by mail-order nurseries, but I wanted to give this company a chance as it was highly recommended...
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PLANTFILES:

PlantFiles: English Rose 'Abraham Darby' (Rosa )

English Rose 'Abraham Darby'

(Rosa )

This is my favorite rose in my garden, Florida 9b. It's only 1 year old and I get 8-10 roses each week from it, perfect for...
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BUGFILES:

BugFiles: Oak Beauty (Nacophora quernaria)

Oak Beauty

(Nacophora quernaria)

Host Plants: Balsm, basswood, hawthorn, quaking aspen, wild cherry, willow, white birch and white elm....
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GARDENING ARTICLES:

Double Digging Basics

Double Digging Basics, by Tamara Galbraith

You've probably heard the term "double digging" before. And if you heard it during a conversation among gardeners, the words were probably followed by a collective groan.

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GARDEN BOOKWORM:

Gardening Book: High and Dry: Gardening With Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants

High and Dry: Gardening With Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants

Review by maihuenia:

High and Dry: Gardening with cold-hardy plants Robert Nold 420 pages, photographs and watercolors by Cindy Nold Timber...
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TODAY IN THE FORUMS

is this rebubecka or a weed

is this rebubecka or a weed it has fuzzy leaves. my friend says no
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With close to 300,000 members, Dave's Garden is an amazing resource for beginning and experienced gardeners alike. Inside, you'll find over 200 forums dedicated to just about every type of gardening pursuit and plant issue you can think of. From annuals and bonsai trees to vegetable gardening and winter sowing; from tips on seeds and planting to advice on regional gardening - it's a gold mine for knowledge from experienced gardeners from around the world.

Enthusiasts of all types of gardening niches will find fertile soil here for growth as gardeners and as community members. Be it water gardens, vegetable gardens, hanging gardens, flower garden, container gardens, or raised bed gardens, there is a place here where you are going to fit right in!

Among our interactive forums, we have an amazing plant identification database with over 36,000 species of plants and 140,000-plus images. Another great resource is our bug identification database. It's essentially an insect encyclopedia with over 4,500 insects listed and showing over 3,000 insect images.

We invite you to sign up and stay awhile. Your participation is always encouraged and you gardening and plant knowledge is valuable.

We're glad you could stop by! Since 2000, we've strived to be a comprehensive gardening community with gardening forums for discussion on a wide variety of topics. We have members who are knowledgeable on soil, weather, watering, just about every kind of plant, and just about every kind of insect. Our special section on trading seeds and plants continues to grow in popularity as does our section on the home life and leisurely pursuits of our gardening enthusiasts (we can't always be with spade in hand, behind a rototiller, or out harvesting our ripe produce).

Glad to see you and hope you stop by again soon!


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