Your National Gardening Association weekly news for November 10, 2016

The 2016 National Gardening Association Photo Contest is now open for entries! Huge prizes offered by the photo contest sponsor, Gardener's Supply.

Articles you may enjoy:

Growing Giant Tomatoes

Collect Seeds for Spring Planting

Soil Building for Next Season

Gardening Ideas from other NGA Members:

DIY Aloe Vera Gel

By ChefDebbie
November 7, 2016

DIY Aloe Vera Gel

Don't waste money on store-bought aloe gel that doesn't offer relief but does drain your wallet! (481 words - Read the full article)

By thequeen770
November 5, 2016 An Arrangement for Each Season
An ivy draping over the side of a pot is always attractive, but being able to change the main event is even better. (137 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database:

Photo of Intermediate Bearded Iris (Iris 'Devil May Care')
By Totally_Amazing:

Photo of White Bat Flower (Tacca integrifolia)
By mjsponies:

Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'West Virginia Girl')
By Ahead:

Photo of Ground Orchids (Spathoglottis)
By plantladylin:

Photo of Celosia
By GrammaChar:

Photo of Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Candy Colours')
By HighdesertNiki:

Photo of Date Plum (Diospyros lotus)
By robertduval14:

Photo of Esperanza (Tecoma stans Bells of Fire™)
By GrammaChar:

Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Heavenly Angel Ice')
By scflowers:

Photo of Saxifrage (Saxifraga fortunei 'Pink Mist')
By kniphofia:

The most popular Landscape Photos from last week:

Click an image to view the names of the plants in each photo.

Photo by Paul2032:

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Photo by GrammaChar:

Photo by Gardenho:

Photo by QueenDreama:

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Photo by marsrover:

Photo by jmorth:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

4 people gave

for post #1314429 in "Share Your Photos" by GrammaChar

3 people gave for post #1313731 in "What did you do today?" by Leftwood

3 people gave for post #1313451 in "Bee Friends And Other Garden Guests - Chapter 6" by GrammaChar

3 people gave for a photo of White Bat Flower (Tacca integrifolia) by mjsponies

3 people gave for post #1314030 in "What did you do today?" by Joebass

3 people gave for post #1312733 in "November 2016 Butterflies, Moths & Larva" by GrammaChar

3 people gave for post #1314830 in "Bloom Season 2016 - Part 2" by DogsNDaylilies

3 people gave for post #1314600 in "November 2016 Butterflies, Moths & Larva" by ceci

3 people gave for post #1315302 in "Share Your Photos" by cwhitt

3 people gave for post #1313910 in "Fungi & Lichen Photos" by MISSINGROSIE

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
This thread won't last long but I gotta ask..real or artificial?	MISSINGROSIE	Sandbox forum	63
The My-Noid-ity Report	webesemps	Sempervivum and Jovibarba forum	47
Heuffelii - love 'em or leave 'em?	tcstoehr	Sempervivum and Jovibarba forum	26
Hobart Iris Show	gwhizz	Irises forum	24
Pots for mini Phals	chris1948	Orchids forum	20
Understanding the term Inflorescence	magnolialover	Lilies forum	19
Spraying English Ivy	TG	Ask a Question forum	18
My Iris in bloom today . . . .	AlanJ	Irises forum	15
What a boring day	PlantMania	All Things Gardening forum	14

Some new reviews from the Green Pages:

beckygardener recommended Perfect Plants and wrote:

I received 4 lovely Drift Rose bushes from Perfect Plants. Great service, fast shipment, and beautiful little roses!!! The shipping was the fastest that I have ever received! It took only 2 days from placing my order to receiving the plants! Of course, this company is located in Florida where I am, but there was no lag-time for processing this order. TWO days! Wow!!! I will definitely be watching their website in the Spring to see what they are offering as I am very impressed with this company! A++ nursery!

Check out these numbers from last week:

311 members joined.
3,503 posts written.
960 images posted to the plant database.
417 plants added to personal inventory lists.