Your National Gardening Association weekly news for February 11, 2017

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Gardening Ideas from other NGA Members:

Making Small Seedling Pots from Sports Drink Containers

By chris1948
February 5, 2017
Making Small Seedling Pots from Sports Drink Containers

Tired of needing to put your seedlings into pots only to find you don't have any to spare? (203 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database:

Photo of Coast Silk Tassel (Garrya elliptica 'James Roof')
By Polymerous:

Photo of Air Plant (Tillandsia ionantha)
By RuuddeBlock:

Photo of Orchid (Acanthophippium mantinianum)
By Ursula:

Photo of Blanket Flower (Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Fanfare')
By jmorth:

Photo of Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Star Turn')
By SassyCat:

Photo of Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Dawn Eternal')
By SassyCat:

Photo of Rose (Rosa 'Winter Sun')
By Sarafoot:

Photo of Rose (Rosa 'Bonica')
By HemNorth:

Photo of Echinops
By jmorth:

Photo of Orchid (Rhyncattleanthe Momilani Rainbow 'The Gypsy')
By csandt:

The most popular Landscape Photos from last week:

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

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Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

6 people gave for post #1368096 in "Mindless chatter" by tveguy3

6 people gave for the idea "Making Small Seedling Pots from Sports Drink Containers" by chris1948

5 people gave for post #1364082 in "Banner for February 4, 2017 by TsFlowers" by TsFlowers

5 people gave for post #1365422 in "Banner for February 6, 2017 by dirtdorphins" by dirtdorphins

5 people gave for post #1366859 in "Banner for February 8, 2017 by GoatDriver" by GoatDriver

3 people gave for a photo of Blanket Flower (Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Fanfare') by jmorth

3 people gave for post #1367524 in "Banner for February 9, 2017 by dirtdorphins" by dirtdorphins

2 people gave for post #1365853 in "Requesting an enhancement to the NGA Site Search function" by dave

2 people gave for post #1365078 in "Grumpy thread - 2017" by JamesAcclaims

2 people gave for post #1367351 in "Iris Database" by dirtdorphins

The most active threads this week:

Subject OP Area Replies
Iris Guessing Game 3UndertheSunIrises forum110
Buenos Aires to Santiago via AntarcticahawkaricaOrchids forum50
Do you use gloves to garden?RenaeCAsk a Question forum41
Does your garden have a name and if so how did you name it?FrillylilyAll Things Gardening forum32
Alana, MrsB and Janilulu. CSS extras up for grabsishareflowers2nd Annual "Not from the Seed Rack Seed Swap" Any seeds, all members.21
Rachel PappoJoebassLilies forum19
Lavender help neededG30Ask a Question forum19
Iris DatabaseKentPfeifferIrises forum19
Some new henryi type aurelian seedlingsJimSaskatoonLilies forum17

Check out these numbers from last week:

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