Your National Gardening Association weekly news for October 15, 2016

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By dave October 14, 2016

The October Not-A-Raffle-Raffle! This is it! The final raffle of the year, and we've got some fantastic prizes set up for you. (1,153 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database:

Photo of Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
By Fleur569:

Photo of Weeping Larch (Larix decidua 'Pendula')
By Patty:

Photo of Zonal Geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum 'Appleblossom Rosebud')
By bootandall:

Photo of Wax Plant (Hoya campanulata)
By mjsponies:

Photo of Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Brilliance')
By Paul2032:

Photo of Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Momentum')
By Totally_Amazing:

Photo of Salvia (Salvia 'Amistad')
By HamiltonSquare:

Photo of Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)
By Gleni:

Photo of Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta 'Cappuccino')
By kniphofia:

Photo of Lily (Lilium 'Zvaigznu Sagsa')
By William:

The most popular Landscape Photos from last week:

Photo by Fleur569:

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Photo by William:

Photo by Fleur569:

Photo by 4susiesjoy:

Photo by Gardenho:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

3 people gave for post #1296762 in "Banner for October 13, 2016 by OldGardener" by OldGardener

3 people gave for a photo of Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) by Fleur569

2 people gave for a photo of Wax Plant (Hoya campanulata) by mjsponies

2 people gave for post #1293528 in "Spring Bulb Area" by Cinta

2 people gave for post #1296259 in "Grumpy Thread 2016" by RoseBlush1

2 people gave for post #1297366 in "Bird Photos, October 2016" by Gleni

2 people gave for a photo of Lily (Lilium 'Saldas Atminas') by William

One person gave for post #1296174 in "Daylily of the Day: Addie Branch Smith" by Maryl

One person gave for post #1296024 in "October 2016 Butterflies, Moths & Larva" by krobra

The most active threads this week:

Some new reviews from the Green Pages:

Check out these numbers from last week:

• 418 members joined.
• 4,685 posts written.
• 625 images posted to the plant database.
• 843 plants added to personal inventory lists.