It's been a good year for me, despite what feels like a winter of plagues; freak hard freezes, fungus gnats, containers attacked by slugs and snails... Out of the 122 sowed thus far, only these are not up. Adlumia fungosa 'Bleeding Heart Vine' Ageratum - White (Suspect dud seeds; blue ageratum planted the same day came up.) Aristolochia fimbriata, 'Dutchman's Pipe' Asperula orientalis 'Blue Woodruff' Calamintha nepeta 'Catmint' Campanula - 'Odessa' (All my other campanulas came up, and took about the same number of days to do it, so I suspect old/bad seeds.) Cimicifuga -Pink Spike Cyphomandra Betacea 'Tamarillo', 'Tree Tomato' (Think this needs more time.) Digitalis parviflora 'Chocolate' (I never have trouble with digitalis, so I think these were duds.) Geranium -Coconut scented Impatiens glandilufera -Wine red (Second year in a row I've failed with this.) Knautia macedonia -Maroon Meconopsis cambrica 'Welsh Poppy' Mirabilis viscosa Monarda citriodora Monarda didyma - Red Beebalm Nasturtium 'Apricot Trifle' (I planted 'Salmon Baby' on the same day, and it came up gangbusters.) Perilla -'Red Shiso' (Third year in a row failing with this!) Pinelia pedatisecta 'Green Dragon' Rodgerisia aesculifolia Sabatia angularis Saponaria officinalis 'Bouncing Bette' Tanacetum niveum 'Silver Tansy'

Fantastic list of seeds! I think it is just great that you have focused your life on nature at such a young age. I too would love to have 10 (maybe 5) acres someday to plant a wonderland of natives plants, and am already doing that on 1.25 acres. Difference is, my interest didn't come into sharp focus until age 45. :) There are quite a few seeds on this list I am interested in, and I checked your want list and I have a few on that list. Maybe we can do a trade this fall? Just a note - on your want list is Cynanchum louiseae - this is an extremely invasive non-native vine that is becoming a serious problem in the Northeast US. And it has the additional problem that Monarch butterflies will "sense" it is in the Milkweed family, lay eggs on it, and then it will kill the caterpillars because it is toxic to Monarch larvae.

I'm brand new to the swap and can't wait! I was out of town for the Spring swap and have been waiting for the Fall date. I've got to get busy potting up divisions. Brenda, I'd love some Black Cohosh and Bloodroot if anything below interests you. Karen or Alicia if you have any 'Hot Lips' to spare I'm interested and any shorter salvia varieties that you might have. I'm also in need of: Purple coneflower since the voles got mine last year. Brunnera - especially the silver varieties Gaura Siskiyou (pink) Tiarella Astilbe Peach Blossom Agapanthus Variegated Hakone Grass Forget-me-not (myosotis) Hellebores (I must be the only gardener without any) I have to offer: Aster Snowflurry Dogwood seedlings Tree seedlings - while oak, maple, tulip poplar Chinese Indigo (Indigofera kirilowii) Native Heucherra seedlings - green variety that tolerates sun or shade and is pretty much indestructable Wild ginger (it's native - I don't know the strain) Native ferns (sorry, don't know the strains but I can email you photos if interested) Daylilies 'Paper Butterfly' and 'Stargazer' Epimedium Rubrum Purple Creeping Thyme Light Purple Phlox (I don't know the variety) and David Japanese Iris 'Joy Peters' Amsomia Blue Star Iris Cristata (native) Veronica Georgia Blue Geranium Cranesbill 'Blood Red' (pink/purple flower) Chrysanthemum White Bomb

Hello! Just go back and post under have instead. Also it would be a help if you went back to the edit my page and clicked where you could see your email addy. And if I knew what you may be looking for I would like to possibly trade for the rose pink. You answered a post on the Indian Pink but no way to email you back! Maybe if you have some of the Indian Pink come spring we could trade plants! I got a few seeds to wintersow but will have to wait to see how they do. Try to list a few things you would like or have and it will help with trading. Thanks, Melinda