I'm wishing y'all lots of luck. I hope you make many long term gardening friends. We in Alabama have been very lucky to have Oak Mountain State Park nearby ($2.00 entrance fee), we've been to Aldridge Botanical Gardens, Petals from the Past nursery and a couple of private homes as sites for our swaps. We do try to pre-arrange many swaps but we also bring extra stuff we give away, especally to our new friends. It is very informal. We just pull our cars and trucks into the parking lot and start trading. Best of luck to you and y'all have a great time. Please post your results on Gardenweb. - Terry

If you are coming to my 3rd plant swap in Jonesboro, Arkansas (an hour from Memphis), please let me know which of these plants I need to save for you. I'm trying to get organized and get everyone's stuff potted and sorted so we can spend more time on visiting. As hostess, I won't have time to dig up plants during the party, so if you want something, you need to tell me now. Some things I have in abundance and other things are in limited supply, so I will trade those only for special plants that I want. I have the following plants for trade: one small, rooted Illustris EE (Imperial Taro) (special) Rooted green running ee Colocasia Esculenta - giant green ee CANNAS: (rhizomes - leaves will be trimmed off for shipping) Florence Vaughn aka Yellow King Humbert Orange Beauty Pretoria aka Bengal Tiger (special) China Lass (special) Red Futurity (special) Red Stripe (special) Crimson Beauty Richard Wallace Striped Beauty aka Christ's Light (special) Red King Humbert Daylilies: (leaves and roots may be trimmed for shipping) Fulva - Roadside or Ditch lilies Kwanso - Double HUGE Red Orange that makes proliferations Blackeyed Stella Stella D'oro Received this as Hazel Sawyer but it isn't Small Rusty Red bought at Sammy Russell--it isn't HR Peach with Red Eye (lost name) Glory in Ruffles (special) Heartburn (special) Spray of Pearls (special) Eruption (special) Red Flag - Spider (special) Red Ribbons - Spider (special) Poetry in Motion (special) Sammy Russell Seedling I call Faux Pink Ribbons - spider (special) Miss Jessie - Spider (special) Large Ruffly Peach Bought as Bali Hai--it isn't Apricot with curled petals Spidery peach COLEUS: (cuttings only, none rooted) Kiwi Fern Fern leafed red and green Heart shaped red and green OTHER PLANTS: (may be trimmed for shipping as some are rather large now): a beautiful Magilla Perilla well rooted plant (special) a 4" pot full of Dragon's Blood Sedum Chameleon Plant (Houttuynia cordata) - citrus scented leaves Louisiana Iris - black gamecock (picture on site is lighter than the iris actually is--almost black) (special) Violets - white with a purple face White yarrow - beautiful ferny foliage, like a fern but grows in full sun and dry soil Perennial blue ageratum (blue floss flower) Hardy begonias (hardy in zone 7 at least)(special) Artemisia - silver leafed Artemisia - oriental limelight Spiderwort - hot pink (special Crocosmias - orange-red (NOT Lucifer which is solid bright red) may even bloom this year for you Tulip Poplar seedlings (may only be about 3 or 4 inches tall, but they grow FAST!) Spearmint Yellow Four Oclock tubers Passiflora Incarnata - Passionflower (special) Ornamental sweet potato vine - tricolor - cuttings (they root easily) One white brugmansia plant, well rooted (special) You can see pictures of some of these plants in my photo album at: http://photobucket.com/albums/a368/ButterflyWrangler/What%20I%20Have%20To%20Trade/ I also have three wicker basket plant stands about 30" tall I think. And I have lots of big decorative pots for trade too. I also have a large collection of music CDs (country, pop, rock, etc.) to trade. Ask me for a list if you're interested. I would love to trade for named daylilies, cannas, and elephant ears primarily, and any other unusual plants. I am an avid plant collector and have many named daylilies, ee's, hostas and cannas, so I'm looking for something I don't already have. I would also consider your own daylily creations if you can show me pictures of them. I'm not looking for tropicals at this time other than ee's I don't have. I will also trade for colorful gardening books, DVDs (romance, comedy, drama, psychological thriller, NO horror), big rocks, birdhouses, wooden bed frames (to make benches) and anything I can use in my house or in my gardens. If you're coming to the party, please let me know what you'd like and what you have to offer. We only have a month til the party and I want to get things dug and potted and set aside for you ahead of time. Hope to see you here! NancyAnn

We're having a plant swap in November. NOVEMBER 10, 2005 Refreshments: 3:00 pm Meeting: 3:15 p.m. Place: Beauregard United Methodist Church 1027 North St, Beauregard, MS Program: BACKYARD CONSERVATION Including ways to encourage public officials to practice conservation. Presented by: Guest Master Gardener Homer Richardson, Brookhaven, MS Followed by: PLANT SWAP BRING SEEDS AND PLANTS TO SHARE Please contact me if you're interested in coming. Sheila

I think a swap would be great. Even better, I would just like to meet and tour at someone's place. My place is not beautiful enough yet! I've been working on it only about 2 yrs here, and it's definitely a work in progress. I live near Tupelo near the Natchez Trace visitor center, and that would be a lovely place to meet in spring or fall. I travel to the Gulf Coast often in spring thru fall, not often in winter except at Christmas, to visit family, and so that would be another place to meet or Hattiesburg, Meridian, or Starkville where MSU has a garden area. I hope others respond with ideas. Laurie