Vickie - Can I get 'Marlette Muscadine Wine' in exchange for the phlox?

Ais and Tammy - I think I found the viburnums. The leaves are still tiny, but they look right and they're in the right spot.

Dana

yay! thanks, dana! i didn't get pete to dig your mulberry this weekend- mega allergies kept me in the house all day sunday- ugh. looks as though they're back this morn, too. this despite meds. sigh....

brenda, i wish we'd gotten rain, even if it'd come with hail. we didn't get enough to register n the rain gauge. so work & allergies or no, i have to find time to go outside and water some things today. 'japanese garden on crack!?' hysterical.

adele- i'll take whatever you have extra- white or lavendar work for me. what would you like in exchange? tam

Sorry, I'm too new to know exactly where to add this...but I just wanted to say I'm coming and I'm bring variegated hosta, bearded purple iris, orange daylily, coreopsis and possibly some EE. I don't know what I want...but if it flowers, I'll take it! :)

Nancy, do you still have iris left to trade? I have shale aster babies if you didn't get any from seed.

ALL - Have Tatarian aster young'uns to trade if anyone wants one - gets very tall, lots of large leaves, not big flowers but sturdy plant and long bloom time! Great for back of border or summer shrub, no pests. Actually it is kinda homely.

bmaxx - WELCOME! You'll be sure to bring a ton of new stuff home. It's OK to put your info here. There are lots of us who like to know what's going to be there and up for grabs with TJ's bell ring. I have no EE's so I'll be looking for yours!

alicia7b - I've got tons of iris, some just starting to bloom - German white for sure, maybe some gold; cute Liliput in bloom now yellow w red thumb print 'Pippi Longstocking', electric blue 'Katy Petts', smoky purple with a beard exactly the color of 'Katy Petts' called 'Cherry Tart'; prolific Dutch mixed of yellow, powdered pink, mostly mid purple-blue; large bunches of Siberian dark navy purple; heirloom bearded some white, mostly frag purple; and assorted tall bearded in named and unnamed array some that are mixed right now until they decide to bloom. What kind of iris do you want? Can't guarantee color if not in bloom yet. But if you don't care, you've come to the right place - tons, I tell you, tons.
YES - Love some shale aster babies - would color be right with my NY aster or conflict? Seeds somewhere out there - haven't ventured near the seed beds - been busy weeding perm beds - yikes look at all that green stuff! Where are my TAGS - AGHHHHH.

Nancy the nancedar

Just a reminder that the Food List sign-up is over on the Conversations Board. Thanks!

Here is a link that might be useful: Food List Sign-up

Nancy - Thanks for the Welcome! I will definately bring you some Elephant Ears. They're just coming up now!

I also spotted some Rose of Sharon seedlings if anyone is interested.

dtpforu - I'd love a DL fan of 'Champagne Taste', 'Sovereign Queen', most 'specially 'Valley Monster' for which I could trade 'August Flame', 'Double Cutie', and H. citrina or, other named and unnamed DL's (have pics I could send), or some other stuff on my trade list, or whatever. Hens and Chicks I would like too if you have 'nuf.

I thought that Japanese Solomon's Seal was the only one that was variegated and is not a native. How about it y'all with the big fat bot' books? Polygonatum odoratum thunbergi 'Variegatum' is that one's name and has reddish stems. Perhaps dtpforu's mamma is a new native plant to classify with the taxonimists or perhaps it just wandered in on it's own from a neighbor?

Nancy the nancedar

Nancy, the shale aster should go with the NY aster -- it's a pale violet blue and usually blooms during the month of October. I'm interested in all iris, especially the tall bearded.

Hi all, had a problem with 'puter... finally got it back.... Here is what I have-
Nancedar I have jackmanni clematis or the nelly moser if you'd like.
I have pink bleeding heart. (I guess they would be hardy, they came from New Jersey.)
I have hens and chicks - tube style - don't know name.
I have goose gourds- started -looking good and torch lily or red hot poker starts also.

I would like:
bengal tiger cannas
foxglove
castor beans or plants
verbena- dark purple
rice paper plant
cannas dark leaved

This will be my first swap as I am relatively new to NC. Let me know if anyone wants any thing. Thanx !!!

new2nocarolina - what are "tube style" hens and chicks? I have some unknown ones too that are just the regular rosette looking things. I always bring Bengal Tiger cannas.
Dana

Furman's Salvia rooted - wow did it ever. Stuck it in my rooting box (which formerly stored kitty litter), along with cuttings that have been living but not rooting for a couple of months. Of the 6-7 different plants in the box, only the Furman rooted. Seven out of seven Furman pieces. Did I mention that I like this plant?

Hi New2! I will happily trade you some foxglove seedlings for some hens&chicks.

new2ncarolina - Welcome back - is this the first swap for you? I'd love the purple clematis jackmanii - and some hen and chicks. I have lots to trade so check my list. I also have a small spirea and rosemary. We'll have open trading, not just these specifics, so bring all the stuff you think is "extra" and you'll take home a bunch of new stuff - known and unknown.

Nancy the nancedar

New2 -- I have lots of castor bean seedlings (burgundy) just starting to volunteer. I'd be happy to pot some up and bring them for you. I'll have to weed many of them out anyway.

Carla

So far, here's my list:
*Brenda, I have Rice Paper Plant, Obedient Plant (pink and white), and some lilies for 2 Hydrangea maculata and a Japanese Apricot and a Furman Salvia.
*Tamelask, I have 2 Rice Paper Plants, Hens and Chicks, Dr Moy ginger for Ice plant, cross vine, Marion Stewart and butterfly pea.
* Shari, I have Rice Paper plant for catanache seedlings and some annual ice plant.
* Lynneefan, I have Hens and Chicks and ginger
* Dana, is bringing me phlodx
Arwenlrks, I have butterfly ginger for some thrift
*tie-tie, am I bringing you butterfly ginger?
*Ralph, I'm getting, Tricyrtis formosana 'Saumurai', cutting of Chas. Grimaldi, Lantanas, Stokesia laevis, but I don't know what you want from me...
*Dana, Marlette Muscadine Wine for Phlox.
*Nancedar, 'Champagne Taste', 'Sovereign Queen', most 'specially 'Valley Monster' and hens and chicks for can you send pictures of the daylilies you have to trade?

New2carolina, I have rice paper plant, I'll pot one up for you. Could I get some of the hens and chicks?

Ratgirl, could I get a couple of Castor bean starts? What would you like from me?

Please don't forget the food sign up on the Conversations board or Rootdigger will make me bring everything! Hahahahahahahahaha (I don't have room, need to bring all these plants and a newbie to boot, and the dogs! Hubby has committed to cooking for us. Yeah, can you believe it? We're going to get Terry to come to the swap! Don't know about the BB's trip afterward. That may be pushing it.

Vickie

Oops, forgot, Nancedar, here is a link to my Solomon's Seal that has been growing in my gardens now for 3 years. This is last years picture.

Thanks,
Vickie

Here is a link that might be useful:

vickie, don't count on me for thrift! i *still* don't think those seeds have germinated, and my plant is still small. i could bring some limelight artemisia for the ginger since it doesn't look like you've traded for it with someone else.

arwen

The 'tube style' hens and chicks grow in a rosette like the normal ones except the leaves are each tubular and hollow.They don't seem to grow as large as the other but are neat just the same. Some are reddih and some are green.Also have the regular kind. Have the tube ones potted in solo cups, will put your names on them.....

Brenda hens and chicks for foxglove please

Hollyclyff hens and chicks for bengal tiger please

Ratgirl castor beans please and I could give you what?

dtp hens and chicks for rice paper plant please

Nancedar try to divide that clematis today.

New2, I think you are describing Sempervivum Oddity? It does get taller and more tubular. Mine have grown bigger this spring, but still waiting on babies. Another nice thing about it is I kept mine in a shallow pot (lots of sand mixed in) and under an overhang so winter rains wouldn't rot it and it came thru winter just fine. I love it!

Here is a link that might be useful: Sempervivum

I found a better picture of it....

Here is a link that might be useful: Sempervivum Oddity

New2, if it is Oddity, I already have that one. I don't know what I was thinking, but I will still bring you a Rice Paper Plant. How about a Jackmanni clematis instead?

Thanks,

Vickie

arwen, the limelight will be fine for the ginger.

Thanks,

Vickie

Does anyone have sourwood trees on their property they would like to trade? My FIL want one to attract birds (he's a big birder) and heard they are very good. This may be a longshot but I thought I would ask. -Ais.

Ais I don't have any sourwood seedlings to dig up (I have read that they resent transplanting anyway) but I do have seed.

I have some tree seedlings, very small but with good root systems. Would anyone be interested in those? One is a sugar maple grown from seed collected on the NCSU campus, another is a white oak whose parent has terrific red fall color, and a third is a parsley hawthorne. I want to know whether it was worth it to lug them to the swap.

Ais, I have lots of sourwood seedlings, but they do have deep taproots,as Alicia wrote. I dug one today for you, and we'll see - if it's alive by the 29th, I'll bring it to you. So far I have had no luck finding Deb a sassafras the right size to dig. I have Solomon's Seal and False Solomon's Seal - the local native kind - also bellflower (Uvularia)- if anyone is looking for these. Alicia, I'd like your Parsely Hawthorne;what are you looking for?

New2, we're squared away for castor bean/forsythia for hens and chicks, per our offlist communication. If anyone else would like small rooted forsythia ('Lynwood Gold') let me know. I'm sure there are some more out there.

Vickie, I'll bring some castor beans for you. Couldn't find your trade list but it's no big deal.

Carla

AIS, that was my FIL's favorite tree. It's also a favorite of the bees and makes wonderful Sourwood honey! I love their fall color! There's a big one in the wooded lot next door. I've never looked for any babies, but now I'm curious.

Brenda, want to trade for the bellflower? You might laugh when you see this tree, but I just transplanted it into a 3 gallon pot to give the roots more room.

alicia, i don't know if you saw earlier, but i'm bringing you some yellow fragrant 4 o'clocks per our emails this winter. 1 big root, and 6 or more seedlings (and i bring more if you wnt- they are coming up gangbusters). any chance i can get that white oak seedling in exchange? i have tons of red oaks, but no whites.

root, If you find little sourwood babies, i'd love one, but otherwise, no worries. i'd like to have one, but don't want anyone to kill themselves getting a med sized one out, esp if they're hard to transplant. sourwood honey is about the only honey i like.

new2, i would love some of that tubular hen & chicks- do i have anything that you'd like in trade? (see my page) i looked at what you were looking for, but i don't have any of those, sorry. just let me know. thanks! tammy

new2 - those hens and chicks sound pretty cool. I'm looking forward to them. Will save you some Bengal. Thanks.
Dana

Tami, sure I will bring the white oak seedling. I have a couple more if you want more than one or if anyone else wants one. I have at least two sugar maples too if anyone is interested.

Thanks Brenda and Alicia! I'll take you both up on the seedling and seeds, if you don't mind. My FIL has plenty of land for them and has given me lots of stuff so I am delighted to find something for him. What can I give you guys in return?
I don't collect seeds much (except for those I use) but I am happy to exchange something potted Alicia, if there's anything you want of mine. The only thing on my trade list that is out is the Spigelia. The one I split for you, Brenda, is fine but that is all I want to split right now. So now I need to know what else you might want for the sourwood Brenda? Thanks! -Ais.

Ais, just call the Sourwood lagniappe, as we used to say in Louisiana. It may not make it. I have you down for native Heuchera, Bloodroot,puttyroot orchid, maybe-living-Sourwood, and Cimicifuga for Acanthus, Spigelia,var S.S., and Epimedium - is that right?

New2, I am excited about that way-cool hens&chicks!

Alicia, appreciate the unusual tree. Uvularia is not much to trade- it's so little, but I put maybe 5 tubers and a small bloodroot tuber in a little pot for you.

Thank you Brenda. Ais, would you willing to trade for a start of the Japanese anemone?

Alicia, I'd be happy to trade for the japanese anemone.
Thanks Brenda, that looks right. -Ais.

I have been out of town without computer access since Saturday and am just catching up on all of the messages for the past week. Nancy, I have a clematis 'Elsa Spath' set aside for you. It should be in bloom at the time of our swap. Vickie, I will look at what you have and make a wish list asap. Anyone else I have not responded to, I expect to catch up by Saturday.
I dug and divided a miniature hosta, 'Lemon Lime', while we were in Greenville, SC and will be adding that to my list. Also, I brought back some self-sown Agastache 'Anasata Honey' seedlings, more Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip' and toad lilies that are already on my list.

Ralph what kind of herbs are you looking for? I have lemon balm/mint and spearmint. Spearmint is one of the milder, sweeter mints. I have some fenugreek seeds just now coming up and borage. Haven't sown any this year, but I have some burdock seed if you're interested. Also have the wild native yarrow from Roan Mtn (use to live over that way). This is the white and beautiful foliage but loves to spread out with the right growing conditions. I keep it pretty contained and it's easy to yank out if it gets out of bounds. I've had it over 20 years and it hasn't taken over the world or anything, lol. Plus HO-SHOU-WU aka Fo-Ti. It's a Chinese herb, but I like it as a pretty vine. I keep it in a pot, but in our zone it'll die back in the winter and then come back out from the roots. Some people use it as a fill in around ponds. LMK

Ralph, our trade is for blue oak sage & Penstemon 'Sour Grapes' for plectranthus and pineapple sage. Since the pineapple sage sounds iffy would you like to sub an EE? I would like any of the ones you list.

Does anyone have any Wintergreen/Gaultheria procumbens? Cuttings, seeds, anything?

aisgecko, do you still have any of that salvia 'black and blue' and colombine 'black barlow'seedlings? I have a couple of different Coral Bells, one with green leaves and red flowers and one with dark leaves and white flowers if you'd like to trade?

Brenda, do you have any of the Hardy Fuchsia and left to trade? If so, can we trade some more?

tamelask, what kind of begonias do you want? Hardy or house plants? I have several at work and one has the red/coral flowers. It's called Sophie Cecile.

ratgirl, the link below is for my trades.

Thanks,

Vickie

Here is a link that might be useful: My Page

rootdiggernc - I have a few small starts - it is supposed to spread but hasn't in 2 years. Maybe you can get it to. I've been meaning to move it but wasn't real high on my priority list.
With the other stuff I'm bringing for you would you have a fan of Grape Magic Daylily for me?

Nancy the nancedar

Nancy, Yes, Yes, Yes!!! ...and Thank You! I have your sedum assortment already potted and will add a couple Grape Magic Daylily to our swap, anything else? WooHoo! ...doing a Snoopy Happy Dance!!

Does anyone happen to have a tiny Pawpaw or start of marsh marigold to trade?

Vickie, I was also looking for hardy fuschia.

Nancy, I'm bringing you 2 different pots because I don't know which you originally wanted - one of Meadow Rue (Thalictrum) and one of Rue Anemone (Anemonella thalictroides).

Tammy, the toad lily you gave me had a hitch hiker. A really pretty plant with green leaves spotted with white is coming up right next to it. What is it?

Vickie -- Your trade link went to MY trade page. Is that a glitch on my end? Anyhoo, I have lots of black and blue salvia if you don't find it elsewhere.

carla/ratgirl

brenda you got some of my pulmonaria! the reason i was digging amethyst out was because she was hogging my poopr pulmonaria's space. it's a nice plant- enjoy! looks like this thread is gonna max out before the swap. that's gotta be some sort of record!!

vickie- i love most of the rex begonias, and some of the more unusual other cool foiliage ones(but not the angelwings so much). you're probably thiinking of the place where i said i was intersted in a hardy begonia that had long tublar, or sorta anyhow, coral red flowers. pdn has it, but i don''t know the botanic offhand. was hoping it speads like the other hardies and someone who bought it would be willing to share. no biggie if not- i'll probably eventually buy it. i don't think brenda had hardy fsuchias- i was looking for them. she's got gartenmeister which is z 9, i think- so a cool basement one here. lovely, though. i looked up sophie cecile and it says & has pix of rose pink blooms. not fond of pink, really.

dana- on a plant dig/save today and there were maple leaved viburnums everywhere. so i got a few there- no worries about bringing one for me. thank you much. if you've already dug it, i can take it or you can pass it along to someone else.

alicia, thanks for the seedling. i only need 1, though.

gotta go get the dig stuff potted up. tam

Brenda - if no one has the pawpaw of your dreams, Niche had them last year. I don't remember if I had to ask for it so they would bring it up from the back but it is where I got mine and it is a fine looking plant. They can be tricky with their long roots and all.

Tammy - I think that begonia is a version of B. grandis. If not the leaves look very similar, its the flowers and flower stems that look special. Something in the back of my mind says to check out the Herronswood catalog like that is where it originated.

does anyone have tomatillos plants, cuttings or seeds?

I'll also be bringing some petunia that reseeded nicely. The flowers are a red-purple with white stripes. Last year there was quite a bit of variation from flower to flower, all the way from solid red-purple to nearly white with one tiny stripe.

Tanya

Tanya - I might. I'm not sure what will be alive by the time I get back there (I'm far far away). I grew them last year and loved them. I know I started seed before I left so you may have to wait til swap day to find out. They should grow from seed just fine if you find any now.

John, Cool. Just tell me where they are and I'll tend them and your other seeds while your gone. I'm assumming you are out in OK. Say hi to the lone star state as you drive by..... hey, if you really are driving let me know if you take 70. There is a place about an hour from St Louis right on the highway that has good home cookin' and the BEST PIE, truly mile high pie.

Tammy - how goes the mulberry? Since you already have the viburnum now, was there something else you'd like from me? I'll have silkworm eggs for you anyway. I have moths laying eggs right now. By the way, Skimmer (the turtle) has decided the caterpillars are quite tasty. Maybe even better than earthworms.
Dana