Hi, I just want to make one correction to my exchange list. The bush bean from Bosnia is not brown but kind of whitish with cranberry like color strips. My mom said that they call it "scharenchich". They have been saving seeds of it for years. Thank you all for responding to my trade. All of you should be receiving your seed soon. Enjoy them. Anybody else want to trade please write to me and I will respond as soon as possible. Vesna

Carly, on this post you had not listed me (see below). So I hope you did not forget me. I sent you 88 packets. And I have not gotten anything in the mail as of today. I know you may have just mailed. PLMK. Thank you, mkruby7 RE: UPDATE: 2nd annual Named/Rare/Unusual Seed swap!! Posted by: jcpyburn z7b (My Page) on Wed, Nov 2, 05 at 15:38 Hello everyone, Sorry for the delay in posting! I had every intention of posting an update yesterday and I just didn't get around to it! I have been away from my computer over the weekend and monday due to some personal situations so I haven't really been able to post. I have received packages from these people: Julie\_MN Scouttiegirl Michelle S in wisconsin(not sure of GW name haven't looked it up yet!) eln2002meyer Tonysarver esiuol garden\_witch Raney10 Patricia W. in california (See above note!) Karen B from indiana barbamaman Margaret6a Patty b in ohio (see above) Romando Fgilles Toni E in california (SA) UncleWindy Whew ok so far that is 17 so far not counting the mail today which has not come yet. I may have listed your GW name as being received before and may only have your name and state listed above but I am going through and visually checking envelopes and some don't have their GW name in them and I don't have my list to match it up handy. I will post if I can't figure out someone's Gw name. I will be starting to work on these on Friday and I hope to get them out by the middle of next week. I will continue to update on whose seeds I have recieved daily so that everyone knows. If your seeds are on the way and are going to be cutting it close please let me know at least that they are on the way. ALL SEEDS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN MAILED OUT TO GET HERE ON TIME!! Unless of course you want to send them priority but that is up to you! Thanks again for all the participation! There are some great seeds in here and I think everyone will be happy! Thanks Carly

Hi there all- Yep Ann- I posted back on the 20th that I had received your envelope- thanks again for the very nice selection sent in! I received a few more envelopes today- Roflol, Clay Lady, Kliddle, and Nan6161! Whew- so many many great seeds you all have sent in! I am using a laundry basket with an alpha-accordion file for the general swap- and individual pocket manila folders for each member- and I am already running out of room with only 13 member envelopes out of 38 members (so far) sent in! That IS a lot of seeds!- OK- a lot of paper too but hey- Shilohyn - how ever many or few you send in is GREAT! The mix is wonderful too. They are sure to be appreciated by those who receive them! I hope I have been answering questions as they appear on the board here- But some of the entries are being "squished" so that I can not read them- It must be time to start a new update thread- but I think I will wait till Sunday if I can. Please feel free to contact me by e-mail if I missed your important question- Thanks- Julie

Here’s some info about hardy Hibiscus for Misty—and anyone else who may be interested in it! I’m “addressing” this to you, Misty, because it’s mostly info about how to propagate them, just in case yours really does turn out to be sterile and you want to try to get more for yourself, or to give away! This first link is from Clemson in South Carolina, so some of the types of Hibiscus they list are NOT hardy here. If any of you see something you’re interested in, be sure you google it to find out if it’s gonna grow here before you go any further! I believe most, if not all, of the Hibiscus you’ll find that are hardy around here (zone 5 +/-) will be Hibiscus moscheutos, tho there are probably some hybrids where they don’t use the species in the name—they seem to do that with the botanical names these days—just leave the species epithet out of the hybrid names! [I sure wish they wouldn’t do that!] This link has some pretty good basic info about how to propagate them from cuttings! Go down to the “cuttings” section in the first part, before where the ”Species & Cultivars” section starts! If you decide to try it, it looks like next spring—which, with Hibiscus, is actually more like some time in June since they come up so late—will be your best shot at getting them to root. For any of the varieties like ‘Disco Belle’, or any varieties that produce seed, I think it will be much easier to just start them from seed! http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/flowers/hgic1179.html This pdf (from the University of Florida!) is about commercial growing, but it says: Propagation – Patented varieties aside, these hibiscus root like weeds, but it takes some time to develop a strong liner for pre-finished use. Semi-hardwood to softwood cuttings are used for developing liners. Many set copious amounts of seed that is easily germinated. So from this it sounds like it SHOULD be very easy to start them from cuttings! [Note – “liners” are very small plants started in “plug-type trays” that are started to eventually pot up to larger sizes.] And the last page on this one gives info about which varieties are usually started from seed, and which from cuttings! http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/floriculture/pdfs/crop_production/hardyhibiscus_enhfl04-011.pdf The other links I want to put here are all RMG threads with info from David—our master of propagation by cuttings—about how he does it! Mostly he’s talking about clematis, but the same principles should work for most things. The main reason I went back and found these links is because I remembered when he posted the first thread I’m linking about how he was rooting cuttings in pure perlite! I rarely try to root woody or semi-woody cuttings, but if/when I do, I’m planning to do it like he shows in the first link/thread from 2012! So for anybody who tries this—with the Hibiscus or anything else—I definitely recommend you use the pure perlite as your rooting media—rather than a potting soil or the mix recommended in the first site I linked! http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2139430/clematis-rooting-update And these other two threads are more good rooting info from David! These are from 2009 and 2011, and he’s using a potting mix in these—I think he switched to the perlite after he posted in these threads (is that right, David?), and in the ’09 thread he’s not talking about putting the “dome” on the cuttings to keep them in a moist environment, but I suspect he does that (the “dome!”) for everything now! The 2011 thread is about clematis, the 2009 thread is showing buddleia. http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2133290/need-help-with-a-cutting http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2137213/propagating-tips-for-an-arid-climate I looked for propagation info for Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus, but really couldn’t find anything specific. ZooGirl, if you decide to give it a try I recommend you just go with the same basic info as they’re giving tor the hardy perennial Hibiscus. Hope some of this might help any of you decide you’d like to give it a try! Skybird