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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:

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Introduction to spotted aloes, by Geoff Stein

This article is partly to help the reader clear up some of the confusion that is common with identifying and growing spotted aloes.... but as most readers of these articles couldn't really care less about which spotted aloe is which, I have to admit writing this article is mostly a mentally cathartic process to help me clear my own mind up, as much as possible, concerning this quagmire of spotted aloe idenfication.

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Life is Just a Bowl of Cherry...Tomatoes!, by Jill M. Nicolaus

Do you like the little pint containers of grape or cherry tomatoes in the grocery store? They’re easy to grow, and they’re even tastier fresh off the vine. They come in a rainbow of colors, too!

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Aunt Bett's Story about the Devil's Plant, by Sharon Brown

I asked Aunt Bett why we couldn't pick that beautiful white flower that bloomed in the evening and on into the night. She sat me down right then and there and told me the story of near death and destruction brought about by the misuse of the Devil's Plant. And she made me promise to never touch Devil's Plant no matter what, 'cause the devil got ahold of anybody who did.

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Map: Garden Centers, Garden Supplies

Hatcher's Greenhouse

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I have purchased various trees and shrubs from Hatcher's and couldn't be happier. I Love just walking through the nursery...
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Flora Exotica

Review by jujubetexas:

I purchased some seeds on 6/13/08 and paid by Paypal. The order went thru but I didnt hear from him via email or phone so...
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PLANTFILES:

PlantFiles: African Daisy 'Side Show Purple' (Osteospermum )

African Daisy 'Side Show Purple'

(Osteospermum )

The Side Show series is more compact than other Osteospermum, ideal for small pots. ...
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BUGFILES:

BugFiles: Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia)

Giant Leopard Moth

(Hypercompe scribonia)

July 12, 2008 Algonquin, IL Found it fluttering its wings on a planter pot during daylight on the front porch. Looked...
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GARDENING ARTICLES:

Newbies Growing Oldies

Newbies Growing Oldies, by Horseshoe Griffin

The world of hand-me-down seeds, also known as heirlooms.

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GARDEN BOOKWORM:

Gardening Book: La Connaissance des Sauges

La Connaissance des Sauges

Review by Gerris2:

I have a copy of this book and it should be on the shelf of all Salvia gardeners. You will see exquisite photographs of...
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TODAY IN THE FORUMS

Lobster Flower, Blue Coleus (Plectranthus neochilus)

Lobster Flower, Blue ColeusPlectranthus neochilus


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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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