Txgardeningmama, just checked my mail box and found that your seeds arrived. Thank you very much! You were very generous with your amounts. I'm glad you got my seeds, I hope you like them. Good luck with reviving your garden, I know firsthand how devastating it is to lose all your plants -- happened to me a couple of years ago during a really hot summer. Happy gardening!

Trades arranged with ollierose and askewgardens take care of MG Candy Pink and Kniola Black Night as well as Red Spider zinnia from my wish list - thank you both! I still have one trade left of the daylily Platinum Palette Brave Heart and plenty of I. hederifolia; the Caryopteris Blue Mist is now out. Everything else is still available. Updated wish list then: Abelmoschus esculentus Burgundy - Okra Red Burgundy Agastache aurantiaca Apricot Sprite hyssop Agastache rupestris - Sunset hyssop Amaranthus caudatus Candelabra - Candelabra Amaranth Corn - Baby Corn (Asian style stir-fry style) - do you have a favorite I can try? Eccremocarpus scaber - Chilean Glory Vine, any color Echinacea paradoxa - yellow coneflower Salvia - Cambridge Blue - this year's plant did not bloom, I will try to overwinter Sensitive Plant - Mimosa Pudica (mine hasn't set seed yet, and nephew wants to try it for his kids :]) Zaluzianskya capensis - Night Phlox - opens at night, very fragrant Thanks for considering! Terri :-]

Without a location, not sure which Zone 7 you are in Edymnion... I will assume Southern climate for the suggestions below. Maritime climate would be a whole different ball game. There are a lot of interesting members of the gourd family: * Bitter melon - whether you eat it or not, it's really eye-catching on a trellis, has fragrant flowers, and has several health benefits if you can stomach it. * West Indian gherkins - eat like baby cukes when small; the spines then are softer than they appear, the fruit is sweet & crunchy without the bitterness so common in cukes, and the rampant vines bear forever if kept picked. * Mexican Sour Gherkin - petite climbing vine looks like ivy, tiny 1" watermelon-like fruits that taste like a sour cucumber. Not a true gherkin, but tastes great in salads with them. * Exploding gourd - climbing vine similar to Achocha, to which it is related. Can be eaten in salads when young. * Tromboncino - looks like zucchini on steroids & can be used any way you use zucchini, up to 18" long while still 1-2" wide... and oh yeah, highly resistant to SVB. Bean family: * Bi-colored edamame soybeans (I have several) * I'll second Farmerdill's recommendation for yardlong beans, they bear heavily when it is too hot for most snap beans, and are really eye catching whether hanging on the vine or served on a plate tied in knots (kids get a kick out of that). Furthermore, unlike snap beans, the purple yardlongs keep most of their color when cooked. * Winged Beans - be sure to get a "day neutral" variety. Really pretty light blue flowers. The pods are best picked very young, before they develop fiber. * Adzuki beans (there are colors other than red) * Pole limas - in your zone, you should be able to grow one of the really large-seeded varieties (such as Dr. Martin) or one of the multi-colored varieties (such as Lynch Butterbean or one of the Hopi varieties). * Peanuts (find an heirloom variety) * Hyacinth bean - rampant climber, beautiful fragrant flowers borne late, loves heat, pods eaten when young & flat taste just like snap beans. I recommend one of the purple-podded varieties for eating. The mature seeds are toxic unless properly prepared. * Sword bean - pole type, another long-season bean with beautiful, fragrant flowers, and huge pods. Pods can be eaten when young, but the mature seeds are toxic. Best used as an ornamental. There are quite a few greens that do really well in hot weather. Egyptian spinach, Malabar spinach (there are both red- and green- leaved varieties), New Zealand spinach, water spinach (if it is not banned where you live), and Moringa (tree grown as an annual). * Martynia - a.k.a. Devils Claw, unusual desert plant with pods that are edible when very young, and grow into decorative (but very sharp!) curved spiny pods. Nightshade family: * Ground cherries * Litchi tomato - thorny but attractive plants, clusters of white 1" flowers borne non stop until frost, red berries eaten raw or used like ground cherries. * Tomatillo I grow most of those mentioned above (except some of the tropical beans) and would be happy to send seed for a few. Denninmi also grows a lot of the unusual stuff, hopefully he will weigh in on this thread. You will find a lot more info useful to your quest on the Unusual Vegetables thread I posted to this forum several years ago. I'll try to bump it up, but if that fails, it is still in the archives at the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: Unusual Vegetables

Hi all, Yes, I'm surprised there are a few people in this swap who haven't chimed in on the unclaimed seeds. I think I'm going to send them an email Saturday if they don't post, just so they don't miss the opportunity. For some people this has been a seed building swap instead of a seed clean out. LOL! I was very impressed with the selection of seeds everyone turned in. We had some private donations that were very generous. Lots of good loot for a seed clean out. There's still lots for Need 4 Seed. Nancy & Angela, I pulled the seeds. There all yours.