Jan, I will have some daylilies this spring. The only one I have that you named is Ida's magic but I just got last her last summer and she has only 2 fans right now. But I will have some others I will post later. I was wanting your pee gee hydrangea if it is not already spoken for. Jill B.

Finally, I got to this thread. lol Nelson- I would like to swap a birdhouse for one of your Colocasia esculenta 'Coal Miner'. What kind of birdhouse do you want? I really like black capped chickadees, so busy & cute. And they love the seeds of Echinacea purpurea. Gee, that plant is at the other house, I better move some of it. I will share some with you. Let me know what bird to build for. Susan- Santolina chamaecyparissus or Lavender cotton is a hardy plant that has surprised & pleased me. It grows in the heavy clay of my front yard & has done well. So consider it for a trade. I would like some of your Amsonia ciliata & cuttings of variegated Weigela. I think I read the iris 'Stepping Out' is heirloom. Catbird- I would like one of the Wax Myrtle seedlings that you have & some seeds of Amsonia hubrichtii (Arkansas blue star). Please see what you may like from my list. I still have plants I need to check on before I add them to my exchange list. kolet66- I have some seeds of crookneck summer squash that you may have, in exchange for any of your red lettuces. I have a fig tree, so I could bring you some cuttings of it to root. Apple911- I have some cannas, some red, some yellow. I will bring you some of each, in exchange for some of your Grape hyacinth. littlehelper- I have a Tea Olive ready to go. Butterfly weed, I will need to check on, as it is at the other house. I would like your Rhodea japonica (Sacred Lily). hoovergal- I would like some of the variegated periwinkle & Four o'clock pink/white bicolored. Please sent me a list of plants that you are wanting. Well, this took me a while. If I missed anyone who is going to the swap, let me know. Red50-Joyce

Midwesterner, I too grow a lot of natives from seed and overall it's much easier and simpler to buy the species I want. If it's a cultivar, I want them to seed true. It's not very expensive to buy a packet of seeds and get lots of plants, vs. buying a few small plants for triple or more the price of a packet of seeds. Last winter I had purchased so many seeds, that I did a SASBE offer on the seed exchange. Got a great response and sent out at least 20 SASBEs! I have also traded for seeds and germatinated some nice plants, although trade seeds can be iffy, in terms of origin, chaff and viability. For example one trader listed a white Monarda on their trade list and sent a whole Monarda seedhead, which I tore apart and ended up with about 7 seeds (that didn't sprout).

Here's what I have: pink flowering lamium purple flowering lamium yellow corydalis sweet woodruff yellow flowering ornamental strawberries (berries great for birds in fall/early winter, grow well in shade) pink/blue lungwort blue lupins 1 chestnut tree seedling to a loving home! (this year's seedling - 8 inches high) summer savory chocolate mint 1 plastic bird feeder, tower style, nothing fancy wood chip mulch (please bring a bag to trade or fill: I'll also take empty potting soil and other thick plastic or nylon feed bags) tomato seeds, asst varieties tomato seedlings, varied 2 HUGE black plastic pots the approx size of a 1/2 barrel sunflower seedlings purple lunaria seedlings Himalayan impatiens seedlings Egyptian onions 3 twig trellises about 2 1/2 foot tall Here's what I'd like to trade for: pink flowering ornamental strawberries berry bushes/canes: red and white currants, black and red raspberries, gooseberries, etc. dahlias and cannas (not fussy - just some pretty ones for my mom's garden) lemon verbena ferns snowdrops daylillies flagstones styrofoam grape boxes (they're shallow w a similar size lid and about 2 ft x 2 1/2 ft, avail from grocery stores, I use as seedling trays in greenhouse) shop lights (need a couple more in greenhouse) Susan