ARTICLES TO READ

All About Basil Basil is one of the most popular culinary herbs and is used in cooking around the world. It is very symbolic and has a rich history. Planning for Lettuce from Spring to Fall The first homegrown salad of the season is an eagerly awaited treat, made from tender lettuce picked fresh from the garden. Weeds: Lambquarter Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) is a fast-growing summer annual. Your Guide to Salvias Salvias are a large group of garden plants that includes annuals, biennials, perennials, and shrubs. The perennial salvias are mainstays of the midsummer garden border. Another common name is sage. Growing Bleeding Heart (Dicentra) Bleeding heart has attractive mounded foliage with arching stems of delicate, heart-shaped flowers in spring. It thrives in moist woodland gardens along with ferns and other shade-lovers.

AWESOME NEW PHOTOS FROM THIS WEEK

Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris (Iris 'Shindig'), by Lestv: Rose (Rosa 'Savannah'), by lovemyhouse: Golden Penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus), by carolem: Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris (Iris 'Blueberry Tart'), by cliftoncat: Grecian Windflower (Anemone coronaria 'Lord Lieutenant'), by evermorelawnless: Desert Rose (Adenium 'Supernova'), by GaNinFl: Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa), by dawiz1753: Landscape view by plantladylin: Landscape view by valleylynn: Landscape view by frankrichards16: Landscape view by plantladylin:

NOTABLE DISCUSSIONS FROM OUR FORUMS

Subject	Area	Replies
Flying Acorns!	The April Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!	89
Have you ever seen a daylily that made you gasp?	Daylilies forum	45
Before and after. Bye bye thistles!!	All Things Gardening forum	37
What do you think my CHILD will look like - Prediction Game #2?	Daylilies forum	35
Bird Photos - April 2018	Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum	35
A few acorns for new members: so many great prizes!	The April Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!	26
Winter losses?	Daylilies forum	26
Banner for April 8, 2018 by Marilyn	Site Banners forum	25
Echinopsis synonyms	Cactus and Tender Succulents forum	25

THE NUMBERS FROM LAST WEEK:

1,126 members joined. 5,930 posts written in our forums. 2,082 photos posted to the plant database. 1,359 plants added to personal inventory lists.