I have Albo Marginata hostas, Light pink Astible, Old Heirloom pink Hyacinth, and China Pink Dianthus. I would like to trade for Champagne Elegance Iris, Dark Red Iris, Edith Wolford Iris, Batik Iris. Please let me know if you are interested in this trade. Thanks! Kathie

'miss molly' and rhus typhina 'bailtiger'. have sedums: dragon's blood, angelina. canna 'bengal tiger' old fashioned iris: yellow and light purple variety (have been in the yard a long time). also have dark purple. also have a piece of ramblin' red climbing rose that i would be willing to dig up if you would like to take a chance. it's growing just off main plant. white phlox 'david' would also be willing to work out postage, if you so desire.

Now this is from someone who has been removing gravel steadily from her backyard.... You need to think about this carefully or you will have mistakes added over mistakes. Think about whether is is best overall to maintain a gravel "look" in which case you would do things that make gravel stay neater longer, but you want to add some living presence. Do you have a photo? I can't tell whether you are dealing with an area that could be treated kind of like a patio, like a garden floor, or whether it is totally not suitable for that. You could scope out southwestern and desert-type gardens and find examples such as gravel area with one or more large stone planters planted with sedums, even desert-y shrubs--often a low bowl shape looks really good, or sometimes even a driftwood look. Or you could go sort of Japanese, with JM's in containers and other related plants. It can take some doing to make it look restrained and architectural and not just tacky. In these example you are not going for a lot of planting, but some kind of living focal points in the gravel area. There is a book, female author, on planting in gravel, also book on growing on hard surfaces! This works when you are in fact planting somewhat into an underlayer of soil, or, as I have done, in really "dirty" gravel which functions like sharply draining soil. There is more maintenance with this approach as it is planting stuff through a gravel mulch deal and can get messy or look spotty. If you have six inches deep of pure fresh gravel, I don't think you culd dot around small plants and expect them to establish well and spread fast--but they might--but you certainly could plant a large specimen shrub or small tree. You also might be able to edge the area with plantings as you would be accessing the soil there, and keep the center clear. If it is an unmitigated boo-boo, only you will know whether y'all can agree to undo it.

I'm ecstatic that GW let me post. I've been trying for over 3 months. Never mind...down to business. I am looking for ground covers-ajuga or creeping thyme (pink, blue, whatever color you've got) or another low-to-the-ground cover. I have these plants: Lamb's Ear, Autumn Joy sedum, Dragon's Blood sedum, Tickseed coreopsis, Shasta Daisies and 2 small peonies that haven't bloomed yet so I don't know what color they'll be. All the rest of mine are pink, though. I have these seeds: Gaillardia Punchella, Gaillardia Aristata, Gaillardia Fanfare, Gaillardia Tangerine-fresh seeds from June 2011. Scabiosa lavender, Shasta Daisies, mixed Dianthus. Feel free to check my trades list, too.