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I am relatively new to personal gardening, but am heavily involved in native plant restoration in the local area (California coast). I don't have many plants or seeds to exchange, but can probably get the following by request:

SEEDS, CUTTINGS, OR PLANTS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

Coastal Live Oak (Quecus agrifolia)
Cardinal Monkey Flower (Mimulus cardinalis)
Western Redbud (Cercis occidentalis)
Yellow Bush Lupine (Lupinus arborius)
French Broom, Montpellier broom (Cytisus monspessulanus) - INVASIVE IF PLANTED NEAR WILD AREAS
Garden Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) - INVASIVE IN WILD, MOIST AREAS
Periwinkle (Vinca minor) - INVASIVE IF PLANTED NEAR SOME WILD AREAS
Passion Vine, Passionflower (Passiflora sprucei) - INVASIVE IN SOME WILD, MOIST AREAS
California Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)
Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
Red Alder (Alnus rubra)
Western Creek Dogwood (Cornus sericea sericea)
Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)
Montery Pine (Pinus radiata)
Native Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa)
Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum)
Forked Tooth Ookow (Dichelostemma congestum)
Coyote Bush (Brush) (Baccharis pularis)
Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster sp.)
Coffe Berry (Rhamnus californica californica)
Eucalyptus, Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus) - INVASIVE GIANT TREE/WEED, DO NOT USE NEAR WILD AREAS
Blue Eye Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)
Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana)
Monkey Flower, Seep-spring (Common) (Mimulus guttatus)
Monkey Flower, Seep-spring (RARE PINK/SALMON-COLOR) (Mimulus guttatus) - Subspecies/Variety/Cultivar is UNKNOWN, possibly a hybrid with Sticky Monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus).
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)
Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis)
Native Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewisii)

PLANTS OR SEEDS ON MY "WISH LIST":
Western Dog Violet (Viola adunca)
California "Johnny Pump-up" Violet (Viola pedunculata) - Don't ask me where that common name came from?!?
Western Coast Trillium (Trillium ovatum)
Giant Trillium (Trillium chloropetalum)
Sweet Trillium (Trillium albidum)
Slim Solomon's Seal, Starry Solomon's Seal (Smilacine stellata)
Soap Plant Lily (Chlorogalum pomeridianum)
Salmon Berry (Rubus spectabilis)
Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
Manzanita Groundcover (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
Other Manzanitas (Arctostaphylos SP.) I LOVE MANZANITAS!!!
Various Ceanothus (Ceanothus SP.) I ALSO LOVE CEANOTHUS!!!
Arroyo Lupine (Lupinus succulentus)
African Iris (Dietes [vegeta OR macrophylla OR iridioides])
Bush Poppy (Dendromecon rigida) WHO KNOWS WHERE TO GET THIS?
California Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron californicum)
California Sage Brush (Artemisia californica)
Island Bush Poppy (Dendromecon harfordii) WHO KNOWS WHERE TO GET THIS?
Silk Tassel Bush (Garrya veatchii)
Cream Bush (Holodiscus discolor)
Deer Grass (Muhlenbergia rigens)
Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale)
Native Coast Rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum)
California Bay Laurel (Umbellularia californica)
Giant Chain Fern (Woodwardia fimbriata)
California Fuscia (Zauschneria californica)
Blue Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana)
Fetid Adder's Tongue, Slink Pod Lily (Scoliopus bigelovii)
White Globe Lily (Calochortus albus)
California Polypody Fern (Polypodium californicum)
Landscape Mock Orange (Pittosporum tobira)

Thanks!

I live in: United States

My zone is: 9/10 CA Coast

First registered on April 30,2004.