Susan, Please don't worry about Russian sage. Next fall swap is there so probably I can get it from you. It was my mistake that i didn't try to look in the holding area racks instead tried to go through the easiest way and contacted people who brought plants for me and they guided me to find the plants. I already planted iberis and am very happy that i got it from you. Linnea, here is the info about Lemon grass. http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/herbs/msg04154629653.html I read so far that it likes very sunny location and moist soil. It makes good tea and it taste very good. One thing i noted that the leaves which gets more older don't give any flavour. So you need to use the leaves before start yellowing. It might grow may be 2-3 ft in our zone 5. It will not survive during winter. You might try to overwinter it. You can find more links by doing google search. I had one somebody sent me last year it grew very well and was in pot. During winter i brought it inside and it was growing fine but i thought to put it in a bigger pot and pulled it out. It was a big struggle to release it's roots from plastic pot. It was totally root bound. I don't know what went wrong but after this it died and still no sign of any growth. Not sure if it is dead permenantly. You can get lemon grass in spanish stores easily. I bought some and they rooted very easily. I have planted one in the ground. I have still to see how it does in the ground. I am not thinking to plant it in pots as it is easily available in store. I am so glad i could plant most of the plants brought from swap yesterday. Today it's raining very hard so hope it will all settle down well.

Hi, everyone! Esther and I had great time hosting the plant swap in the past and we would like to continue. As usual, Memorial day weekend annual Chicagoland plant swap will be Friday eve of Memorial day weekend... May 28... so stay tuned... feel free to post whatever you have to trade/ bring extras... this time per multiple requests we will set up holding area slightly aside so they do not get into general mix... I have started potting few extras that are growing in my garden, regretfully did not grow any new primulas this year but boy if anyone would stop by- my garden is a dream right now with all primulas blooming from last year and I want more more more... have plenty of seeds but feel it is too warm right now... oh well I just might give it a try....

To everyone who has been to Chicagoland plant swap in the past it will take place as usual on Memorial Day weekend Friday 4-7 pm at new location Evanston Unitarian Church parking lot. If you new to gardening and have little to trade, welcome! there are plenty of generous gardeners who will help you start! Bring what you have to share, take what you would like to grow is the rule. Plant swap is not associated with Unitarian church, we just borrowing parking lot for the evening. If you have any questions, please send me message.

I missed it, too, but someone turned out to be my neighbor and she gave me started Verbena bonariensis for my garden and butterflies. I'll be watching for the swap next year.