Hi! Tracyl, I just found your post, and I did send you an e-mail a couple days ago. I was hunting for my trade from 2006, so that I could see if you had any wildflowers. Today I found your post and was happy to see you do have some wildflowers. We had an inch of snow last night and our high today was 37, so we have nothing up yet. We have daylilies, hostas, and other perennials. Let me know if you have any Hapatica? The others you mentioned I would be interested in. Thanks.

Mary, native plants in a particular area are those that were growing naturally in the area before humans introduced plants from distant places outside the country. Many exotics (plants from some other country) have established themselves and are mistaken for natives. Examples are the orange daylily called 'ditch lilies' by some, and Japanese honeysuckle. There are many lists online of plants that have escaped cultivation and now considered invasives in some areas. I'm embarrassed to admit I've forgotten which zone 7 state you live in, so I'm attaching a link that has links to Native Plant societies in all states. Funny, the part of Georgia in which I live is so different to the part nearer Atlanta that the GA Native Plant Society has given us to North Florida. Nell Here is a link that might be useful: Native Plant Societies

Maude: I have two purple prarie trillium potted up for you. Kerry: I have two purple prairie trillium potted up for you and some yellow merrybells. I would love to get some pink lily of the valley. Pam: I have two purple prairie trillium potted up for you. Paws: I would like some white beebalm and larkspur. Iowagardenangel: I would like the Snow Angel coralbell? Were you looking for butterfly weed? Or would you trade for a Marmalade coralbell? I also have potted up three pots of baby jack-in-the-pulpits (aren't blooming yet) and one huge jack-in-the-pulpit that didn't bloom this year, but maybe will next year. Anyone have interest in unnamed iris (tall bearded, dwarf bearded, and a purple Louisiana)? How about blue sage? or yellow loosestrife? I have little coreopsis plants just starting to bloom. Also have some threadleaf coreopsis. Could bring red beebalm. Please let me know if you want any of the ones not spoken for. Ruth

Hello everyone. It was a great swap. Thanks to Leslie and any one else who helped arrange this. It was my first swap as well and i was amazed at how many plants i took home! I thought i'd come home with the same amount or less that i brought, but i filled up a whole fourth of my garage. I hope all of the plants i gave to people are doing all right, if not, just tell me and i'll bring a new one at the next swap. When is it, any ways?? I don't have ALL of the plants planted yet because i'm in the process of weeding a 20x20 ft flower garden and i don't want to plant the plant in weeds. We're also going to till up another 100 square feet of space, so i'm waiting for that. I planted all of the irises, though. ALL beautiful colors. I mowed and tilled up a patch in the side of the woods. I made a border of skinny logs and a path through the middle. In the back,(as the "foundation", or "strong point" of the garden) i planted a back row of almost black irises, and like 5 more rows of iris colors. It will look really neat when they all bloom at once. i'll just have to wait till next year to see the colors, then transplant them. Great swap. thanks to everyone and have a happy summer! Joe F.