I am lucky to have a huge yard with every habitat from dry sunny to swampy shade. I am gradually transforming large beds of English Ivy, Bamboo, and Russian Olive to native plants. Swamp Milkweed Asclepia incarnata or A. tuberosa Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii Red Baneberry Actaea rubra Western skunk cabbage (Lysichitum americana) Nodding Onion or any ornamental onion (Allium cernuum, A. tricoccum, A. stellatum, A. acuminatum) Mayapples Podophylum petatum any Trillium any Arum Jack in the Pulpit any Hellebore Crossvine (Bignonia capriolata any variety) Plumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides) Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) looking for Moerheim beauty or Coppelia White Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) Jerusalem sage (Phlomis fructicosa) African blue lily Agapanthus campanulatus Native Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempivirens)any variety Gentian sage Salvia patens Wine Poppy Mallow Callirhoe involucrata Pinkroot Petunia (native) Ruellia carolinensis or R. ciliosa, R. humilis Red Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly (Silene virginiata) Meadow Rue Thalictrum aquileiifolium or T. dlavayi, or T. rochebrunianum Barrenwort (Epimedium spp.) any variety Smokebush purple(Cotinus spp.) Fall bearing red raspberries Thornless blackberries Hardy Kiwi Vine Gooseberry Honeyberry (have only seen this in a catalogue, its a variety of Lonicera created by Luther Burbank) Serviceberry seedlings Chokecherry Aronia black or red Pawpaw seedlings Asimina triloba Any summer blooming lillies: turks cap, tree-form Montmorency or edible Cherry seedlings Hawthorne seedlings Ilex verticulata Winterberry any variety Possum haw Any Oregon grape (Mahonia spp)

I have sent e-mails to those I thought might be interested as well as to those requesting info. If you did not receive the e-mail and plan to attend please send me an e-mail and I will reply. Bobbie

All righty then . . looks like I will be hosting GardenWeb's Fall Swap this year. I don't want to make any promises, but there is a good chance that this will be the best fall swap ever!!! It is sure to something that you will be telling your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren about for generations to come . . "kids gather around - let me tell you about the great 2009 fall swap that I attended . . . " Anyways, I suppose first things first - we must pick a date for this grand daddy of an event. Here are some options: Saturday, Sept. 19 (I have a wedding that day, but I will not have to leave until approx. 3:15 p.m. So, we would have enough time for the swap in the morning and early afternoon); Sunday, Sept. 27th; Sunday, October 4th; Saturday, October 3rd could possibly work. I am currently planning on running a 10k that day. However, if that day works for the most people, I would have a good excuse not to run. Please let me know what date works best for everyone. I will weigh all date suggestions unequally, with bias and prejudice . . . there is no formal appeals process for the date that I choose. However, I do accept bribes. For those of you who know me, that is just my attempt at humor. The majority will prevail. For anyone who may still be unfamiliar with GW's plant swaps, please see Julie's description of the same earlier today at the posting "GW Fall Swap??" (which was initially created on August 27th). Let me know your preferred dates. Thank you. (I am posting this in both the MN discussion forum and exchange forum) - Adam

I have sent e-mails to those I thought might be interested as well as to those requesting info. If you did not receive the e-mail and plan to attend please send me an e-mail and I will reply. Bobbie