It's actually warmer up north than down here lately. Unfortunately our plants don't mesh into a decent trade, I have the things you mention that I want and have very few shade plants in abundance or I'd be into it. Good luck, that's a good list. In the top section "seeds I have to trade" I put the date there, so people can know how current the list is. That might help you out. Do you mind if I ask about your Talinum? How long have you had it? I find that I'm cutting the whole thing back about once a month. After a flush of stalks starts making the seed balls, it stops, and those long things are flopping all over the place. As soon as I cut them, new ones start coming up fast. Needs some elbow room, this plant. I love seeing the little flowers "floating in mid-air" when I look out the window though. Have to be careful where I throw the cuttings too, they can root easily. It's really unusual and fun.

This kind of thing takes a while to develop, both as an idea and as a reality. Here's what I'm trying so far... some aren't shade plant under sun plant, but simply tall plant over short plant. Maybe I should have asked about 'double-decker' planting? Asclepias incarnata over Dianthis bath's pinks. Violets under Gypsophila. Muscari under Buddleia. It seems that the ground could be completely covered by plants, eliminating the need for mulch.

Green Elephant Want List last updated 2/16/12 Part sun/shade plants that bloom early or late to provide year round color & foliage (evergreen, variegated, purple) at the camp where we live. My personal favorite color is bright rose pink and least favorite is orange. We have woodland & sun gardens. Will take cuttings or potted plants. We're looking for reusable gardening materials for our Nature Center at Camp Berachah in Auburn, WA where we have a petting zoo, edible gardens, & activities for school age children attending our before/after school & summer camp programs. Our recent storm damaged our cyclone fencing, so we're using the opportunity to rebuild & expand our program. Accepting donations. Detailed want list and/or tax receipt available upon request. We want to show kids where food comes from & have a little fun in the garden with tall tepees & plants with unique colors, shapes, & names. Reusable garden materials: stakes, cages, bamboo poles, egg cartons, milk jugs, tools Perennial vegetables: Air potato, Dioscorea bulbifera Asparagus pea, Lotus tetragonobolus Chinese artichoke, Stachys affinia Good King Henry, Chenopodium bonus-henricus (AKA fat hen, Lincoln asparagus) Sea kale, Crambe maritime (fresh seeds germinate best) Cover Crops: Annual winter types: Austrain or Magnus Field Peas Pisum arvense, Crimson Clover Trifolium incarnatum, Fava or bell beans, Vicia faba Vetch: Lana, V. dasycarpa or Common, V. sativa Small grains: cereal rye, winter wheat, spelt, or barley Non-legumes: mustard Brassica juncea, rape B.napus, Arugula, or corn salad Valerianella locusta Herbs: any culinary perennial or annual Perilla, purple (Shisho or Beefsteak plant) Annuals: bloodleaf, chicken gizzard, or beefsteak plant (Iresine herbstii) Purple Lady Calendula, pink Mirabilis jalapa Limelight, 4oclock Morning glory: red/rose/pinks or Japanese Nasturtium except 'Alaska' Nicotania, pinks esp. sensation mix or dwarf Avalon mix Nicotiana x sanderae Perilla, Fantasy Plectranthus argentatus, silver spurflower Polka-dot plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya; also listed as H. sanguinolenta) Splash Select Mix Poppy: purple, pink or doubles Snapdragon, any named Sunflower that doesn�t need staking Viola Hardy Perennials: Agastache esp A. scrophularifolia (purple giant hyssop) Aquilegia (columbine) any named variety Alstroemeria Angelica gigas Chelone lyonii (pink turtlehead) Coreopsis, esp pinks Cyclamen hederifolium Daylilies: any, but esp. spiders, pinks/purples, reblooming Delosperma cooperi (hardy ice plant) Dianthus (cheddar or maiden pinks) Dictamnus (gas plant) Doroconum (leopard's bane) Echinacea, any Epimedium Eupatorium (Joe pye weed) esp. E. dubium Little Joe or E. fortunei Pink Frost (Japanese JPW) E.greggii (Perennial Texas Ageratum) Euphorbia, esp. shade tolerant types, but like all Gaillardia (blanket flower) esp. pinks like Punch Bowl & bicolors Heuchera, any Lobelia 'Queen Victoria' (cardinal flower with dark foliage/red flowers) Pachysandra Papaver orientale (oriental poppy) esp. bright colors � can be root cuttings Phlox divaricata (woodland phlox) Primula (primrose) any, esp. P. japonica or P. sieboldi Ratibida columnifera Prairie Coneflower, that�s not yellow Rudbeckia, any commerical named esp. bicolors Tiarella Tinantia erecta, widows tears Tricyrtis (toadlily) Shrubs (esp. dwarf foundation types): Aucuba japonica (Japanese Aucuba) Berberis (barberry) esp. dwarf red, orange, or evergreen types Hamamelis (witch hazel) esp. Jolena, Ruby Glow, Fire Charm Lespedeza thunbergii, (Thunberg bush clover) Leucothoe fontanesia (Drooping Leucothoe) Lindera benzoin (spice bush) Nandina (heavenly bamboo) esp. dwarf or smaller types Osmanthus heterophyllus (aquifolium) Goshiki� Ornamental Grasses: Carex, Chasmanthium latifolium (northern sea oats) esp. variegated one, Miscanthus, & others Vines: any part sun/shade noninvasive perennial or annual sun plants with bright colors: Iresine herbstii Aureoreticulata, Formosa, Blazin Rose

Hi - I have these for sun, perennials for trade. These plants, never need replacing as they are perennials. I ,am needing shade loving plants. I, would like some perennials. All of these plants are mature, there are no small starts. You, will be getting mature plants. Plants: pink pampass grass, tallish plant. morning glory vine , large electric purple blooms, large heart shaped leaves. tall bearded iris, yellow blooms. fragrant serviceberry bush, pinkish white blooms fragrant , evergreen privet bush, white blooms. variegated, evergreen vinca vine, blue blooms, ground cover. jewel of opar , tallish plants succulent bright green leaves- pink star shaped blooms. mexican petunias , tallish plants bright purple blooms. ornamental grass - monkey grass, spikey purple blooms, ground cover. artemesia , silver grey - grey fuzzy foliage tallish plant. red yucca, nice accent plant with long spike covered in small red flowers, tallish plant. fragrant corkscrew vine, curling purpley,white blooms. red salvia, fragrant tallish plant with red tubular blooms that the hummingbirds love to visit. cuttings; hardy red hibiscus , large red blooms hummingbird bush , red tubular blooms rose of sharon, large lavender blooms I am in zone 8a, Texas. I ship, priority with delivery confirmation and would like the same. I hope, we can trade! I prefer, a multi - plant trade to maximize on the postage. Thanks for looking, Mistee