I'm sure that most of the plants on your lists are great and have some wildlife value, Anna, but the ones that jump out at me are - Castillega indivisa/Indian paintbrush - I can only drool at pictures of this beautiful host for buckeyes and fulvia checkerspots since it doesn't occur here, but it's also a good nectar plant for butterflies, and, judging by the looks of the flowers, for hummingbirds, also. It's supposed to be impossible to transplant, but it can be propagated from seeds. If I lived in Oklahoma, I'd order seeds and sow them in a meadow with native grasses - most members of the snapdragon family are parasitic or partially so on grass roots. Centaurea americana - you already have plenty of this - I'd make sure it stays! Antennaria and Artemesia - Both these are host for American ladies, and, if they're as tough as the cudweed in my area, they should be easy to grow. Asclepias, spp. - All of these are desirable, both as hosts for monarchs and the nectar in their flowers, which are real popular with all butterflies. Asters - These give beautiful flowers in the fall that butterflies nectar on, and they're supposed to host pearl crescents. I've planted some rice button asters to add to the naturally occurring asters in hopes of getting PC cats someday. Desmodium - This is the principal host plant for long-tailed skippers in my area - it's VERY easy to grow! Liatris pycnostachya - I just love this beautiful plant, and butterflies love to nectar on the flowers. Tephrosia virginiana/Goat's rue - As far as I know, this plant doesn't host any butterfly, and I've never seen any butterflies or hummers nectaring on the flowers, but it thrives on the poorest, driest, most eroded, pure red/orange clay parts of my property. The rainbow of pastel colors of the flowers is charming, and it might be useful as a host or nectar plant to something - I don't get to the parts of my property where it grows too often. Sherry

Hi Wendy, So your dog helps in the garden and the husband doesn't? I have the same problem, except neither the dog nor the husband help out. Only the chickens do. I like the chickens. I don't know if this Solidago hybrid will come true from seed. DG says no. Lost Horizons nursery near Acton has it-- at least it's listed in their 2009 catalogue. Their 2010 catalogue isn't out yet. "Fireworks" is listed in the Connon NVK print catalogue for 2010, but not in the "other" Connon online listing. I wish those Connon brothers would get their acts together and stop making it so darn confusing. Marketing 101: don't give separate businesses the same name. Good luck. It sure is a nice looking plant. I'm growing Solidago rigida (Stiff Goldenrod) which is very distinct from the ditch variety and bloomed in its second year from seed. It looks really gorgeous. Bev

So we mustn't have to scan back through the messages, I put together a list of all trade offers thus far on the board... Bill Canna Tubers(red/orange) Iris Signet (has) BULBS : Grape hyacinth Poet's Narcissus (blooms late and is very fragrant) Snowdrops Star of Bethlehem Allium " purple sensation" Tiger Lily PERENNIALS : Evening primrose Centaura montana Centura dealbata various hosta including varigated and solid green . creeping jenny golden creeping jenny lungwort , cherry , pink turning to blue lambs ear creeping buttercup ajuga chocolate chip violet " freckles" violet purple Jack in the pulpit Mayapple trillium monk's hood Iris pale mauve ( smells like candy necklace tastes LOL ) Iris yellow Iris Miniature - cream color Artemesia Artemesia varigated Dames rocket ( attracts butterflies) Phlox purply pink white with pink eye sedum various kinds (inquire) Perennial orange poppy Chinese lanterns false Starry Solomons Seal Solomon's seal doronicum aka Leopards Bane pink mallow pink obedience plant lamium pink lamium white VINES: golden hops vine SELF SEEDING ANNUALS Forget me not white Forget me not blue Bladder campion Larkspur (purple) Verbascum phonecium Herbs: Herb Robert ( shade pretty pink tiny flowers) Lemon balm mint chocolate mint camomile double orange brugmasia ( rooted cuttings) double white brugmansia ( rooted cuttings) Globe Thistle (blue ) Fruit Raspberry Strawberry Veggies Egyptian walking onions. Trees: Lilac ( mauve) Forsythia small rooted cuttings Small Rose of Sharon seedlings White with pink and red with pink ( mixed) Yellow primrose Brunnera " Jack Frost" 1 Lilium bulb " Aphrodite" double lily grows to 3 feet tall small starts of Orange tiger Lilium Sweet Woodruff Small bulbs from lilium Casa Blanca 2 per pot (2 pots) Double feverfew Borage ( greylady it survived this time and did really well ) White Bellflower 2 Triple corona Yellow with yellow trumpet daffodils ( Rosco p would these interest you ? ) 2 white with white corona daffodils ( Rosco p - or these ones ?) Iris pseudocorus ( yellow ) Hosta Golden Tiara Hosta Clausa Hosta lancifolia Pink obedience Shasta daisy Persian speedwell aka Bird's Eye speedwell ( ground cover ) Very pretty tiny blue and white flowers -may be classified as a wildflower/weed Hosta Sum and Substance American Bittersweet Lilium michiganense a cultivar of Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia Hirta ( I forget the name but it is sunset something or something sunset .Yellow with a blackish brown ring in center of flower Daylily Hall's Pink Daylily Pink Damask Daylily Elegant Candy Daylily Rocket City Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail' aka Mountain Fleece flower 2 different color vincas 1 Small toad lily Trout lilies ( yellow) Ladybells ( adenophora ) Double Fans of : Daylily " Bonanza 1954" Daylily " Ury Winniford" Daylily " Rocket City" Daylily " Seurat" Daylily " Unidentified Flying Object " Daylily " Frans Hal " Historic Daylily " Fulva " (species daylily (this is the orange one that you see along the roadsides. It has natuarlized to Canada after being brought here from China by Linnaeus in 1762) Historic Daylily " Flava" also known as Lemon Lily early blooming species daylily ( usually blooms end of May and if conditions are right will rebloom ) brought to Canada by Linn� emend. Hylander, in 1753) Rosco: Aconitum (blue Monkshood)- Rooted divisions Japanese Kerria - rooted divisions Mauve Lilac - flowering size (1gal.pot) Bears Breeches - rooted divisions Pink Delphinium - seedlings in 4" pots Orange Honeysuckle - small rooted cutting from last season Globe Allium- seedlings in 4"pot Cherokee Purple Tomato Starts- individually potted in 4"pots Purple Calla Lillies- 3 month seedlings individually potted in 4" pots Red Oleander(tropical)-seedling in 4"pot Rose of Sharon (blue) seedlings Yucca Filamentosa-division Mock Orange 1ft. tall,single budded out branch-division Lunaria-(money plant) seedlings Mountain Bluet-young plants Canna-bronzed leaf (tubers) Ostrich Fern-division- gallon pot Variegated Solomons Seal-3 growing tip Rhizome Purple Violets-4" pot Hardy Geranium-4"pot Lilly of the Valley(white) 4" pot Clematis Tangutica- 2 year old in half gallon pot Sylphium-cup plant Siberian Iris(blue)-4 rhizomes potted in a 6 inch pot Lilacislove: Seeds I have to trade: � Flowers: � Canary Clematis � Hollyhock-mixed colours � Everlasting Pea : Lathyrus � Lupins-mixed colours � Cathedral Bell : Cobaea Scandens � Royal White Sweet Pea � Royal Scarlet Sweet Pea � Wildflower-Blue Flax � Wildflower-Scarlet Flax � Gaillardia-Grandiflora Mix � Poppy-Double Shirly Mix � Corn Poppy-Flander Field � Milk Weed � Red Clover � Morning Glory � Foxgove : digitalis � Leopards Bane : Doronic � � Fruits/Veggies: � Zuccini-Dark Green � Cauliflower � Cantaloupe � Watermelon-Sugar Baby � Squash-Butternut � Cucumber-Straight Eight � Pumpkin-Small Sugar � Tomato : Balcony Charm � Asparagus-Viking � Goji Berry � Chichiquelites � Ground Cherry � � Herbs: � Lemon Basil : Ocimum basillicum Citriodorum � Lemon Balm : Melissa officinalis � Rosemary : Rosmarinus Officinalis � Oregano : Origanum Vulgare � Thyme : Thymus Vulgaris � Purple Basil : Ocimum Basilicum � Parsley-Single hardy Italian � Summer Savory : Satureja Hortensis � Sweet Basil : Ocimum Basilicum � Chives : Allium Schoenoprasum � Mint � Spearmint : Mentha Spicata � Chamomile : Matricia Recutita � Edelweiss : Leontopodium alpinum Chocolate Vine : Akebia quinata Noble Clover Red Trefoil : Trifolium rubens Groundcherry : Physalis sp. Chichiquelites : Solanum nigrum Goji Berries Milkweed : Asclepius Plants I have to trade: � Cuttings: � Red Raspberry-Heritage � Early Spring Lilac-Light Purple � Strawberry-Temptation � Red Currant � Grape-Concord � Bleeding Heart : Dicentra spectabilis � � Bulb: � Tiger Lily � Purple Iris � White Yucca � Ixia Hybrid-white, yellow, pink � White Tiger Lily � � Seedlings: � HollyHock-Mixed � Zucchini-Dark Green � Lemon Balm � Butternut Squash � Lemon Basil � Ground Cherry Greylady: feverfew--one small pot chives garlic chives--one small pot daylily--I 'think' it is red stella clustered bellflower--dark purple brugmansia cuttings--rooted over the winter and just potted up-some named-some NOID coleous--don't know the name, but it is really beautiful rooted over the winter and potted up datura-lilac la fleur--seedling about 5" tall right now tomato-thin skinned heirloom cherry--about 3" tall now moonflower vine--two seedlings in one pot about 4" tall now hosta--'gold drop' foxglove--'dwarf carillon' phlox 'Darwin's Joyce--very tiny piece in pot lady's mantle--very small seedling in pot daylily--stella d'oro seedlings of heliotrope 'marine' nice and healthy--about 3 inches tall right now--one to a pot heuchera--'tiny' piece of velvet night climbing rose--small piece of seven sisters type dk pink/red lupine--WS seedlings-NOID-grabbed the seeds from(shorter) plants that had finished flowering. two seedlings in pot approx 2" tall right now. foxglove--white-WS two pots of hunks of seedlings creeping phlox--white creeping phlox--mauve hosta--tiny tears astilbe--small pot siberian iris--butter and sugar--small pot daylily--anzac--small div. daylily--strawberry candy--small div. oxalis--charmed wine Bev: Herbs: Rosemary Parsley �Darki� Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) Greek Oregano (culinary type) Foeniculum vulgare �Purpureum� (bronze fennel) Levisticum officinale (Lovage) East Indian Lemon Grass (seedlings, but will grow huge by August and can be overwintered indoors. A nice ornamental) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) beautifully scented leaves Veggies: Tomatoes �Principe Borghese�; �Black Plum�; �Plum Dandy�; �Matina�; �Boxcar Willie�; �Cosmonaut Volkov�; �Druzba�; �Djeena Lee�s Golden Girl�; �Moonglow�; and probably more. There may be only one or two of each variety. Peppers: �Lipstick�; �Anaheim�; �California Wonder�; �Yellow Bell�; Ancho; Asti Yellow; Sweet Sunset Italian. Perennials: Achillea ptarmica �The Pearl� Achillea sibirica var camtschatica �Love Parade� Agastache aurantiaca �Apricot Sprite� Agastache cana (Giant yellow hyssop) huge. nice for a backdrop or instant hedge Agastache hyb. "Honeybee blue" (true from seed?) Agastache Pringlei (Pringle�s Giant Hyssop) these will be small Alcea rugosa (Russian hollyhock) Alcea ficifolia (Figleaf hollyhock) Amsonia tabernaemontana (Bluestar) Anthemis tinctoria (Golden Marguerite) Anthriscus sylvestris �Ravenswing� (will take a division by request) Aquilegia var? Belamcanda (Candy Lily) Blue Fescue (from �Elijah Blue�) Blue Lyme Grass (very aggressive, double pot with hardware cloth and watch for escapees) Callirhoe involucrata (Prairie cups) Campanula persicifolia (Peachleaf bellflower) Campanula �Pink Octopus� Coreopsis grandiflora �Tetra Giant� Delphinium grandiflorum (var? blue) Dianthus (several varieties) Doronicum (Leopards Bane) Dracocephalum var? (dragons head) Echinops ritro Echinops sphaerocephalus �Arctic Glow� . This is a showstopper. Eupatorium coelestinum (Blue Mist flower / Hardy Ageratum) Eupatorium perfoliatum (Common boneset) Eremurus bungei (Foxtail Lily) mix from �Shelford Pink� and a yellow variety. Wow! Didn�t know if last year�s little volunteers would survive the winter but they sure did! At least three per pot, will probably take two seasons to bloom. Worth the wait. Eryngium planum (var? probably planum, not too tall) Filipendula vulgaris hexapetala (Dropwort) Foeniculum vulgare �Purpureum� (bronze fennel) Hostas (many, mostly named varieties) Iberis gibraltarica (Gibraltar candytuft) Illiamnus rivularia (if I can get a side shoot or seedlings) Liatris spicata (blue) Liatris spicata alba (White gayfeather, I will dig this by request only) Linaria purpurea (bee favourite, re-seeds enthusiastically) Linum flavum (yellow flax) Linum perenne (blue flax, from "sapphire") Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia) Lysimachia ciliata �Firecracker� (aggressive but gorgeous) Nepeta from �Walkers Low� Nepeta parnassica (giant catmint) Thyme �Doon Valley� Oenethera missouriensis (Sundrops) Oregano �Herrenhausen� Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mtn. Penstemon) Penstemon pinifolius (? not sure of variety. Perennial, 24″, red blooms, hummer magnet) Phlox divaricata (purple woodland phlox) Phlox paniculata �Baby Face� Phlox paniculata white, probably from "David" Phuopsis stylosa (Crosswort) Polemonium caeruleum alba (White Jacob�s Ladder) Pycnanthemum (Virginia Mountain Mint) Ratibida pinnata Salvia from �Caradonna� Salvia from �Blue Queen� Salvia from sclaria turkestanica var. alba (white clary sage) Scabiosa ochroleuca (Yellow pincushion flower) Sidalcea from �Party Girl� (seedlings) Silphium perfoliatum (cup plant) Solidago rigida (Stiff Goldenrod) this is really spectacular Solidago rugosa �Fireworks� (from seed, second year plants, lovely dark foliage, looks like most will resemble the parent) Teucrium chamaedrys (wall germander) Thyme �Doone Valley� creeping bicolour Tunica saxifrage (Tunic Flower) Verbena canadensis Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed) Veronica var.? gorgeous blue early bloomer, 8″, gently creeping. good for front of border lots more to come. Looking for something? Please email. Annuals: Ageratum �Leilani Blue� Alcea / Hollyhock �Creme de Cassis� Amaranthus �Candelabra� Amaranthus �Golden Giant� Amaranthus �Pygmy Torch� Amaranthus �Velvet Curtains� Amaranthus tricolor �Early Spendor� Amaranthus tricolor �Joseph�s Coat� Calendula Callistephus chinensis (China Aster) double red Cleome purple Cleome serrulata. Huge, shrublike (Rocky Mountain Bee Plant) ?? no germination yet� Cleome white Cosmos �Purity White� Cosmos bright cerise Cosmos sulphurous (tall orange type) Escholtzia California Poppies (if winter not too wet for volunteers) Fibigia clypeata (Roman Shields) will self seed Ipomopsis aggregata (Scarlet Gillia) hummer magnet, will have some if the hens haven�t destroyed the area where they seed themselves Lavatera trimestris �Ruby Regis� Laurentia �Avante Guard Blue� Matthiola bicornis (Evening Scented Stock) Mirabilis (Four Oclocks) �Limelight� Mirabilis (Four Oclocks) �Salmon Sunset� Mollucela (Bells of Ireland) Waiting on the volunteers Nicotiana alata (Jasmine scented flowering tobacco, white) Nicotiana �Crimson King� Pennisetum glaucum from �Purple Majesty� (true from seed? birdies love it) Petunia �Prism Sunshine� Petunia Old Fashioned vining (see "chicken destruction" above) Silybum mariannum (St. Mary�s Milk Thistle) Verbascum �Banana Custard� Zinnia (several varieties) Exotics: Cestrum nocturnum (Night-blooming Jessamine) tender perennial. overwinter indoors Mina Lobata vine (maybe�) Moonflower vine (maybe�) Eccremenocarpus (Chilean Glory Vine) Geranium, scented variegated leaves (from cuttings� overwintered nicely indoors) Trees / Shrubs: Salix alba �Vitellina� (Golden Willow) Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip tree Senna marilandica Myrica pennsylvanica (Bayberry) Hibiscus acetosella �Red Shield� Hydrangea anomala subsp petiolaris (Climbing hydrangea) Hydrangea �Annabelle� (small division) Sumac �Gro-Low� Hemlock BlueIris: Solomon's Seal Tarragon Black Eyed Susans Perennial Baby's Breath Canon J. Went Toadflax Mint Blue Spiderwort Yellow Evening Primrose Yellow 'Moonshine' Yarrow Pink Yarrow White Yarrow Daisies (not Shastas) Lychnis Hot Pink (Rose Campion) Lamb's Ears Penstemon Digitalis 4-5 kinds of low sedums Autumn Joy tall sedum Violet - white with purple, and royal purple Ajuga Asian/Garlic chives Pale native asters Echinacea Lily of the Valley Coral bells Gardeng8: Blue Azure allium Lady's Mantle Purple monkshood (fall blooming) Sammy Russell Daylily Wood's Pink aster various hostas (Big Daddy)...others-names forgotten MY BAD Karl Forester grass Ice Dance sedge (variegated) white anemone (spring flowering) pink anemone (fall flowering) King Edward yarrow (dwarf) -yellow Blue-eyed grass (dwarf) Lime Rickey heuchera Obsidian heuchera Pewter Veil? heuchera sanguisorba (Burnet)- pink bottlebrush flowers blue flax (linum) kalimeris incisa (small variegated) Brunette clematis koreana (division) Variegated Soloman's Seal Barberry (2 very small baby voluteers) Korean Lilac (1 very small baby volunteer) Red Twig Dogwood (2-3 small volunteers) Lilac (either purple or white...) - small(ish) Honeysuckle (pink flowers with white berries) - volunteers possibly: volunteer: purple smokebush 0r purple sandcherry Batisia/(Blue False Indigo)/2010 perennial of the year (2 small) Cotoneaster (2 cuttings-small) Flowering Almond (Rose Tree of China)- Cutting pulmonaria/lungwort (2 babies) lavender (2 babies) blue pincushion flower ("Perfecta") lysmachia "Firecracker" Iron Cross Oxalis -bulbs started June 8th Oxalis Triangularis -bulbs started June 8th veronica "Twilight" siberian iris -white Carex- "The Beatles" (3) Black Flowered Sedge (1 only) Daylily: Jan's Twister (1 fan) Malyasian Monarch (1 fan) Crintonic Shadowlands (1 fan) Promises Promises Pirates Promise (1 fan) Street Urchin (1 fan) castor beans (red or green) if anyone is interested. Penstemen 'Pygmaes' (1) Blood Root (1) Dwarf Bleeding Heart (fernleaf) (1) Monkshood (early WHITE) (1) Poor Man's orchid(impatien balfouri)- 2 seedlings Golden Tiara hosta (1 small) variegated phlox (1 small) astilbe (1 small) Barb from London: Perennials Helleborus foetidus - Bear's Paw Hellebore Stylophorum diphyllum - Native Woodland Poppy Hydrophyllum virginianum - Virginia Waterleaf (native) Geranium yoshinoi - hardy geranium, small magenta flowers, blooms late in season, good groundcover in shade Indoor plants Sinningia speciosa 'Cardosa Moriera'(from Brazil Plants seed) - first year seedling, should bloom this summer - deep purple flowers Sinningia nivalis (Snow Sinningia - supposedly survives freezing temps for short periods!) - first year seedlings, currently dormant tubers, from Brazil Plants seed - red tubular flowers Sinningia eumorpha 'Saltoa' (from Brazil Plants seed)- semi-dormant tubers, second year, bloomed last summer - white/lavender flowers Annuals Nicotiana langsdorfii - Green flowered Flowering Tobacco Grasses Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' (if they actually survived the winter...they still haven't broken dormancy yet) Echinacea purpurea, mature plants Gaillardia (blanket flower), mature plants Erigeron 'Pink Jewel' some mature plants, some seedlings Didzgarden: Catmint Jacob's Ladder (Blue) Anemone (white) Ligularia (Purple leaves, yellow flowers) Chocolate Mint Salvia Bergenia sweet woodruff Ajuga lily of the valley orange cosmos (small seedlings atm) Daldak: turtle heads sedum (pink) obedient plant (pink) rock cress (purple) saw dust newspaper

FataMorgana- I research various plants in my yard for salve use and other, I've seen the Henrietta site. Some plants I have used in salve include stinging nettle, ribwort plantain, Heal-All (Prunella), St. John's Wort, Rosemary, Akebia, Western Red Cedar, Lady's Mantle, Rose petals, Agrimony, Sage, Thyme, Calendula, and I nearly always put in some Comfrey. I only use around 3-8 kinds of herbs at a time of course. So I guess I would also be a nerd, or amateur herbalist. I've only had one batch that didn't seem to work well, it got kind of hard and crumbly. I don't know what ingredient caused that. I use a pint or quart canning jar filled full of herbs then filled with olive oil, and put it in a water bath in a crockpot on low. 8-12 hours later I strain and add beeswax to harden. I find the salves very useful and beneficial. I also dry herbs for tea. I'm not very good at using herbs that require using the root as I hate to kill the plant, though it's possible to dig down on one side of a plant to chop off just a few roots, I've tried that with Comfrey. Well, I'm looking forward to seeing all my new Goldenrods, hopefully the plants will be big enough to bloom this year? So far no germination on my Baby Gold seeds from ebay,:-( I'm excited to be adding another genus to my plants that sounds very useful.