I'm looked for bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) and blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) plants. Right now I can offer these plants in trade: Monkshood divisions (Aconitum napellus) Pink bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis) Wood poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) Japanese wine raspberry (Rubus phoenicolasius) Artemesia oriental limelight (warning invasive but good for a sun to part suun area where you want a pretty complete ground cover) Obedient plant pinks flowers Spiderwort (mostly z blue) Lemon balm Rose of Sharon bluebird Ditch lilies Seeds milkweed soulmate milkweed ice ballet Lobelia cardinalis Eastern redbud Chinese redbud Sorry no trades for postage right now.

Does anyone have any bleeding heart vines seeds. I have any of the following available for trade lamb's ear Marigolds Morning Glory cleome mix black eye susan vine mammoth sunflower seeds thanks all

This is a really interesting thread! I never thought to try to sow these. But here's the funny thing - just a few weeks back I was working in a friend's garden, and was struck by all the new bleeding heart plants she had. She gets reseeders everywhere. I don't think I've ever had a single one in my yard. So here I was just recently thinking about how they grow from seed, but never made the connection to ws them till I saw this thread. I guess I'm just not much of seed collector. I don't think in terms of collecting seed; I base my sowing decisions on what I see in catalogs, lol. I need to start changing that viewpoint! Interesting pixie lou- as I was reading your post, I thought, huh, I bet she doesn't get anything from the Valentine - and here you are, with sprouts ONLY from the Valentine! It will be interesting to see the bloom color on them! :) Dee

Nice photos, Paul. I will add a few, too. Patann, the Sutherland Gold Elderberry is awesome. At the same time I planted it, I also planted an Elderberry Black Beauty. It is a very slow grower, slow to leaf out in the spring and then just doesn't really do anything. In the photo below, you can see my Sambucus Sutherland Gold after 2 years...and you can hardly even make out the Sambucus Black Beauty to the left of the Sutherland) I've removed it now, and I also removed the lowest underbranches of the cedar behind it, so I've got a big opening there to stretch hostas back deep into the garden. By the way, that same year, I planted 3 more Black Beauties in another garden, and although 2 of them are alive, they also aren't thriving. That's why I call it a dud plant. There is a newer cutleaf black sambucus called Sambucus Nigra Black Lace. I haven't researched it, but the photos are gorgeous. I may try that in another spot and if it does well, consider adding it into my hosta bed. These are June photos. The Sutherland Gold has gorgeous bark and form. The buds are extremely beautiful before it even leafs out. Then, it has this wonderful chartreuse look that is very reminiscent of some of the Japanese Maples. I do wish they'd maintain their chartreuse throughout the summer , as it depreciates into a pretty darklime green in mid July. Overall, I'd give this shrub a 9.75 for ease and beauty. Here is a link that might be useful: black nigra black lace photos