Hi there! I don't have any of the gourds you are looking for but I have at least 10 seeds left of Malope Trifida 'Vulcan' and a mix of Linaria/Toadflax that does include the purple variety in it.. I'm interested in trading for your Allium 'Hair', and purple anemone. Please email me if you're interested. Thanks!

Sundae, be sure to save back at least one each of the small decorative gourds for seed. You may not get exactly the same color/shape due to genetic diversity, but Cucurbita gourds are certainly worth seeding out! I presume the big gourds you speak of, are Lagenaria, another genus. I have grown Lags and love them. E-mail me any time as I'm getting back into Cucurbitaceae, my favorite garden plant family. The cucurbit guru, Glenn Drowns, is also in Iowa!

The first is without a doubt in my mind a Galeuse d'Eysines also known as Courge Brodee Galeuse, Galeux d'Eysines, Giraumon Galeux d'Eysines and warted sugar marrow depending on where you go. Today actually I saw a guy selling some referring to them as "a new peanut pumpkin", but anyway they are about 11.5" in diameter and 6.5" inches high and are about 18 pounds. Here is a Picture: http://underwoodgardens.com/catalog/images/PumpkinBrodede.gif The second I am not as sure about but I think it could be a Marina di Chioggia also known as Chioggia sea pumpkin, Zucca Barucca and Zucca Santa depending on your location. It is 11" in diameter and 7" high and are about 11 pounds. Here is a different picture: http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/images/sqmc.jpg Just try googling some of the names since I don't know how to add the actual pictures. Hope that helped. Trevor

Wow! I received my seeds yesterday...a day filled with many not so fun errands and chores. Sorting through the seed assortment was a great way to unwind and relax afterwards. It was fun to google a LOT of cool, new-to-me, varieties. The black seeds from shark fin squash are so unusual. At first I thought they had been spray painted! I'm not sure if they will set fruit at my latitude, but we'll see. I'll be sure to try the leaves and shoots, also. The patterns on the Nippon Island Squash are weird. It's fun just to look at the seeds, but I'll plant them next spring :). I'm looking forward to growing and sampling the hulless seeds from the Kakai pumpkin.....and growing many other varieties. Maybe more of the lawn will be disappearing ;) Thanks julia and everyone else who traded.