20 July, 2009 gallery additions

This week there are a lot of photos from our local Master Gardener's Idea Garden. The rest have been sitting in the queue for a while and are finally making it in to the gallery. Unfortunately, the queue is emptying, so I'd better go shoot some new pics before I run out!

I'm continuing to work on a database restructuring which will make things much cooler. Hopefully we'll see the benefits within a month or so! At that point I'll start going through the gallery page by page and verifying/updating all plant names and photos.

I also have an idea for a page redesign that I think will make the gallery much more useful, visually appealing, and easier to navigate. I may do that before the database restructure — we'll see. If I buy a new hard drive for my laptop I can run hort.net anywhere I go and design/test changes without impacting the new site, so that will speed up the processes too.

I'm loving this cool weather and it's really extending my planting time in the garden. I hope you are all enjoying it too!

Christopher Lindsey, gallery maintainer

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Acer saccharum (Sugar maple):
  • Acer saccharum habit
Browallia americana (Amethyst flower):
  • Browallia americana flowers
Dahlia 'Dati' (Dalina® Midi Mariana) (Dalina® Midi Mariana dahlia):
  • Dahlia 'Dati' (Dalina® Midi Mariana) flowers Dahlia 'Dati' (Dalina® Midi Mariana) flowers
Dahlia 'Maxi Colima' (Dalina® Grande Colima) (Dalina® Grande Colima dahlia):
  • Dahlia 'Maxi Colima' (Dalina® Grande Colima) flowers Dahlia 'Maxi Colima' (Dalina® Grande Colima) flowers Dahlia 'Maxi Colima' (Dalina® Grande Colima) flowers
Dracocephalum argunense 'Fuji Blue' (Fuji Blue dragonhead):
  • Dracocephalum argunense 'Fuji Blue' flowers
Geranium x cantagbrigiense 'Karmina' (Karmina geranium):
  • Geranium x cantagbrigiense 'Karmina' flowers
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Loraine Sunshine' (Loraine Sunshine false sunflower):
  • Heliopsis helianthoides 'Loraine Sunshine' habit Heliopsis helianthoides 'Loraine Sunshine' flowers
Hosta 'Sweet Home Chicago' (Sweet Home Chicago hosta):
  • Hosta 'Sweet Home Chicago' habit
Kalimeris yomena 'Shogun' (Shogun false aster):
  • Kalimeris yomena 'Shogun' leaves
Oenothera 'InnOeno131' (Lemon Drop PBR) (Lemon drop primrose):
  • Oenothera 'InnOeno131' (Lemon Drop PBR) flowers
Picea glauca 'Rainbow's End' (Rainbow's End white spruce):
  • Picea glauca 'Rainbow's End' habit
Rosa eglanteria (Sweetbriar rose):
  • Rosa eglanteria flowers
Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight' (Moonlight Japanese hydrangea vine):
  • Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight' flowers
Vinca minor 'Alba' (White common periwinkle):
  • Vinca minor 'Alba' flowers
Vinca minor 'Dart's Blue' (Dart's Blue common periwinkle):
  • Vinca minor 'Dart's Blue' flowers