Hi I have some things in your "Want list" and I'd like Dahlia Cafe Au Lait Dahlia Bishop of Oxford and your pink canna I am in the Seattle area. Do you think you might be interested in a in-person trade? Thanks. You can e-mail me flholmes1@aol.com

I would like to trade crocosmia,echinacea,obedient plant,brugs(how could we ship them if there that big)is it to early to do cuttings.I got cuttings once and they did good,but died second year.I have hostas and comfrey plants,also have other perennials.

I put in mail order Fragrant Angel and After Midnight around May 19th. Both have stems that can't hold the tallest flower so first flowers on both didn't bloom. Were planted with Bonide transplant shock solution dosed twice at 7 day intervals. Ten days later lightly fed with dry organic watered in well. Have kept them watered since but not doing well. Found white powdery glop on stem and leaf juncture below tallest flower on After Midnight. That was same stem where last tallest flower keeled over and died at stem bend. Cut off entire stem down to base of plant. Fragrant Angel has same problem holding unopened flower on weak main stem. Since they're right next to each other maybe there's something in my amended clay soil that's doing them in. Two Liatris Ligulistylis from same mail order place developed black spot day after I got them. Was told by vendor to either spray with chemical or with nonfat milk/water solution and/or vinegar/water solution. I went the chemical route but one was yanked today since roots were dead. Second one looks like it's going same route. Found nursery about 40 minutes from here that carries Ligulistylis so I'll hike out there next week and get two more. These Liatris were behind the two echinacea that aren't doing well. Don't know if that's coincidence or not. Seems whatever deer/rabbits/groundhogs/moles don't eat above or below ground is either being overtaken by hungry bugs/insects or spots/powder. Thought I was at least "safe" with Blue Globe Thistle. Someone ate all the nice new growth of middle leaves out of 3 plants. What a bummer of a first attempt at gardening. Gardeners must have a higher level of tolerance for "nature" than I seem to have! On the bright side the Echinacea Kim's Knee High in the front garden is full of blooms. Someone ate the first two but must not have noticed the 11 new blooms. I suspect the part sun position of the two echinaceas that aren't faring well could be a big part of the problem. Write ups on both say they can take part sun but doesn't seem to be the case. Don't have any sunnier places on father's property to relocate them and other things in back of butterfly garden that I think need more sun. Just one tree would have to be felled and a second pruned a little to give me the sun those plants need. Unfortunately, it's a perfectly healthy tree and doesn't seem right to cut down a healthy tree. I'd do it in a flash, though, if my father agreed. His fig tree doesn't produce ripened fruit because of shade from same tree so maybe there's a chance.

Hi! I've got 'Purpurea' and I can see why you love it. It's always grown beautifully here in 6b (microclimate 8a). I'm a real Dahlia fan and would love to trade! I have other cannas available, as well and will attach my tradelists here to move things along. Happy Spring and I look forward to a great trade! Lily Seeds I have to trade: Canna edulis Canna, others Roses, too many to list here Other seeds - hundreds; too many to list, just ask Seeds I am looking for: Coffea sp. Dahlias Plants I have to trade: Very large variety of Cacti & other Succulents Jack-in-the-Pulpit, native variety Dutchmen's Breeches, pink and white flowered Maidenhair Fern Male Fern mosses Trout lily: white with pale pink flowers and heavily purple mottled foliage Solomon's Seal Variagated Solomon's Seal Sedum tel. "Black Jack" very black foliage Sedum "Angelina" Agave pups, 3-4 types More cacti & other succulents than I know what to do with! Hatiora & Rhipsalis' Peonies; too many to list Mayapples Purple Sessile Trillium Purle foliaged clover, hardy to zone 5 ****Terrestrial Orchid, Aplectrum hyemale. Very rare. Native. Easy to care for. Will only trade a few to maintain the balance in my woodland habitat. and only for a really special trade. Gooseneck Loosestrife Heirloom Daffodil, 1620, N. telemonius plenus. naturalizes well and each bulb mutates at will. All are very double; some are all yellow, some look like peonies on a bad hair day with white, green and yellow petals. Heirloom Daffodil N. actaea. Orig. "Poets' Daffodil. Bluebells, Virginia - Mertensis virginica gentain blue native fragrant woodland phlox. 18 in. tall. Bamboo, Yellow-groove Native red & yellow columbine groundnut - Apios americana - few trades Cinnamon Vine - few trades - Dioscorea batatas Variety german bearded Iris Lime Balm - yes LIME Catnip Daylilies: species H. fulva Autumn Red Catherine Woodbury Coryton Pink Fairy Tale Pink Joan Senior Ruffled Apricot Honey Redhead Currant Red Bells of Gold Peach Blow Pink charm Big Kiss Miss Jessie Open Hearth Strawberry Candy Regency Summer Bamboo Blackie My Ruffled Jewel Emma's Pastel Ruffles Lady Neva Orchid Corsage Memphis Knight Elfin Illusion Hostas: Spilt Milk Sun Power Aphrodite Sum & Substance Blue Angel So Sweet Patriot many more... Lg. variety ornamental grasses Cannas: Cleopatra, Black Knight, Journey's End, Bengal Tiger, few trades of each Saffron Crocus-limited number French Shallot bulblets Plume Poppy - Macleaya cordata Lemon balm Surprize Lily - Lycoris sqamigera Giant Butterbur - Petasites japonica var. 'Gigantia' Garlic Mustard aka Jack by the Hedge - Alliaria sp. Several types of Cryptanthus Hoya, Mexican rope Osmanthus longistylus - rarer native form of Sweet Cicely. tastes the same; easier to care for. Looks similar. Angelica atropurpurea Seneca Black Snakeroot Roses: Here's the list of roses available & the list of ones I can offer cuttings from: Species: R.x hibernica - Wild Irish Rose R. woodsii R. rugosa typica R. rugosa alba R. davidii R. pomifera (alpine rose) R. foliolosa R. harrisonii R. nitida Others: Ballerina Sir Thomas Lipton Rosarie L'He Hansa Therese Bugnet Cuttings: Old Blush Narrow Water Scot's Briar - R. spinosissima Stanwell Perpetual The Gift Zepherine Druhin Veilchenblau R. xanthina Blanc Double de Coubert R. alba semi-plena - White Rose of York R. damscena officinalis - Apothecary or Red Rose of Lancaster Kazanlik R. moschata Commandante Beaurepaire Don Juan R. mulliganii Moonlight R. acicularis Betty Prior Dorothy Perkins R. pendulina R. eglanteria - apple-scented foliaged Eglantine rose of Shakespeare Carefree Delight R. glauca Many more; too many to list; just ask! I also have over 300 plants from which I can trade cuttings, such as: Arctic Kiwi male & female, Viburnum opulus var. rosea, Red twig dogwood, 15 or so different varieties of Elderberry and the same number varieties of willows; etc. Plants I am looking for: Sedum roseum aka Rhodiola rosa - will make a trade for this very worth your time!!! Thalia sp, fragrant Amer. Water Lily Clubmoss Trillium grandiflorum Azolla Bananas; any variety Kaffir Lime Fairy Moss; floating Water lettuce other trilliums Dahlias: purples, cactus forms, tempt me. Cattail Agapanthus, any blue variety Bald Cypress seedlings water lilies, minis - hardy Lotus, hardy Wild blueberries Wild strawberries Wintergreen Wild ginger, European - Asarum europeum Grecian Foxglove - Digitalis lanata water hyacinth BULBS! Tempt me! Crinums Hardy water plants: scouring rush, water fern (floating), Pickerel weed Bog Plants Woodland plants Canna 'Stuttgart' Canna 'Australia' Lavenders- ANY! but, stoechas, any others Rosemary - any form; upright or prostrate Lady's Slipper Orchids Thymes Species roses, such as: Rosa carolina, R. palustris, R. arkansana, R. californica, R. primula, R. virginica, R. ecae, R. moyesii, R. canina Other roses: The Fairy, Little White Pet, Lavander Pinocchio, Cafe Ole, Basye's Purple, miniatures, purples, multicolors for hobby hybridizing.