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

Vickie, Gotcha covered! :)

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

Brenda - yes to the iris. Vickie - that pergola would be perfect!! can I get one for MY YARD??? just kidding. If I find one of the rooted cuttings I will drag it along but they are tiny. You might want to grow it in a large pot and move it in and out - or plant it right up next to the greenhouse and cut it back each winter. The heat from the greenhouse should keep the roots from dying. Karen - I am willing to share but this may be one of those "iffy" plants for this area. It usually blooms late (like November) but this being its second year it has really filled out early. It does the climb up and then cascades out and over with blossom clusters on the tips of the branches. I have one of those kick me plants also. Branches fall out of trees onto it, I knock it over, the dog digs it up... yet it survives. Where ever Pieter is and if he shows up he should be able to tell us all about it since he is from South Africa where it is almost a weed. Dana - did you ever get Iris foetidus??? the one I bought from Niche has seed pods this year. Very cool plant. I want to try and grow the seeds. Any suggestions?