Last bump: Trade offer will be closed 03/14/09; remaining seeds will be sent to Wintersown.org. Gone from my haves (My GW trading page is updated, if you prefer): Onion - Sweet Spanish Onion - Evergreen Bunching Onion Gourds mixed Ratibida pinnata Teucrium hyrcanicum Still looking for: Allium - White (large headed), yellow, or red flowering. Corn - Baby Corn, the Asian stir-fry kind that gets about 3" long - do you have a favorite I can try? Hot pepper - Bolivian Rainbow Chile Pepper Hot pepper - Rainbow Marbles Radish - Rat Tail Here is a link that might be useful: My updated trade page

Vivy - you do not sound stupid at all- you sound like you have a green thumb and very soon you will have a growing collection. It is practically impossible to find the name of the plant if you didn't have it named from the very beginning - and there will always be a doubt if it is actually a Sunshine or one of several dozen lookalikes. The way to send leaves - ziplock baggies - inflated - and a box. No envelopes - they will get squashed. We all started with no-names and it is great that you have such a green touch. Eventually you will be interested in getting named varieties and creating the collection. In my personal opinion extra NOIDs should be shared with friends and neighbours, given as gifts and donated to the nursing homes. There so many gorgeous named varieties - look at avsa.org Photographs - and you will discover something you just MUST have. Look at the "Affiliates" - they have a list of clubs - if there is a one in your vicinity - you may be interested to visit their meeting or show, may be even join - and that the place where people share knowledge and cuttings. You will get lots of leaves - believe me. Good luck i.

Be careful where you get your hostas. I bought some at Costco, and my Sum and Substance is infected with the Hosta Virus X. It is an epidemic. Some of the hostas on your list belong are known to have a high percentage of infected plants in the retail trade. These include 'Striptease', 'Sagae', 'Revolution', 'Paul's Glory', 'June' - maybe more. These hostas were infected during propagation, and may not show symptoms for several years. If you get hostas in trade from people, you won't necessarily know they are infected until they show symptoms. Plants from established clumps should be safe, as long as the grower has had the plant for more than 10 years or so, or they bought their plants from a source known to be disease-free. To be safe, any plants you get in trade should be quarantined. Don't plant your hostas in groupings, and whenever you cut a leaf or flower scape off of one hosta, clean your pruners before pruning another plant. Any cut or tissue damage can spread the virus through the plant's sap - lawnmowers blades, stepping on the plant (some people propagate their hostas by stepping on the crowns as soon as they start to leaf out in the spring). If you decide to buy Hostas, make sure you get them from a certified disease-free nursery. I had posted last year that I had hostas to trade, but since finding the infected Sum and Substance, I can't in good conscience offer them anymore. Thankfully, I got so busy with work that I never got around to trading any, so I know I haven't spread the virus. I've posted a link to a website with information on the virus. Good luck. Here is a link that might be useful: Hosta virus X

Hey Jerri, I am expecting some seeds in the mail soon, some from Turkey, and another bunch too. The Sariahs something that I won, I emailed the runner up bidder and told her I would send her a couple, so won't have enough of those. However she wrote me back very gratefully and said thanks so much and she would send me some different plummie seeds back. So, once I get those, and the ones from Turkey, I'd be happy to send some to you. By then I'll have way more than I need. Lauri