I don't usually trade plants, just seeds. But I'd like to get some red irises in my yard. True red, or deep red/burgundy. Ruffled or not, short and tall, I'm open. I would like to see a photo or get the name so I can look it up. If you have some available for trade, please look at the list of plants below, or let me read your wants list. I have my garden and two others I can raid if the following list is uninteresting to you. Plants I have available: Bearded iris, not ruffled, medium yellow, 24" tall. (not yellow flag, which is deeper yellow) photo available Agastache foeniculum, Anise Hyssop Agastache Honey Bee Blue Black-eyed susan Verbena Hastata Ladies Mantle A. mollis Starry False Solomon's Seal Horsetail, 18" tall, probably Equisetum hyemale or variegatum Geranium sanguineum, name unknown, fuchsia flower, forms mound 1-2 high by 2 wide. Creeping thyme Oregano Roman Chamomile (perennial) Feverfew, single and double Lily of the Valley Lamium, looks like Silver Beacon (silver leaves, pink flowers) Lamium, chartreuse Sedums, unknown, I can take photos Sedum, variegated, ~3" cutting available Hosta: Aug-Sept blooming, narrow leaved green Celandine poppy, Chelidonium species Astilbe, unknown color Siberian Iris, unknown color(s) We can negotiate what size plant/how many plants you'd like for your iris(es) And, I have many many seeds available, including heirlooom tomatoes. If you're interested in trading for seeds and some postage, I'm open to that too. Thanks for reading!

Thanks for the responses! I just potted it up, hope it does well, some of the bottom roots broke off while I was removing it from the container it came in :( It still had a ton of white roots attached so we should be okay. Very slight fragrance, I'd say the blooms are normal sized, maybe a touch smaller. From all the google image searching and HMF I've done it looks exactly like Black Baccara. It is almost black in certain lights. The photos make it look much more red than it really is. I tried some more but can't get a photo showing how dark it is. I've never seen or felt rose petals that were so velvet like.

1. Yes, this is true. It is also true that some red leaved cultivars will 'bronze' out in too much sun. Ideally, you will want to site just about any Japanese maple with morning sun/afternoon shade or filtered or dapped all day shade. All red leaved JM's will develop the best leaf color if they get at least a few hours of direct sunlight. 2. I would trust ONLY plants from known reputable growers and retailers of Japanese maples. And even then, there can be tagging or ID errors. Box stores buy in bulk from whatever vendor offers them the best deals. These are not always the most scrupulous of growers and have been known to sell seedling JM's by cultivar names - a HUGE no-no! Box stores also tend to have only the most common cultivars whereas independent garden centers that specialize in JM's will offer a very wide and high quality selection. It is a bit of a case of you get what you pay for :-)) 3. No. Trunk color has little to nothing to do with foliage color. btw, 'Tamukeyama' IS a cultivar. There is just one with that name and ALL Tamukeyama's should look the same.

Answer to Jim: Thank you for your offer to get me some Pik Red seeds. I went ahead and ordered a couple packs from Ed Hume Seeds. This way I will probably get periodic adverts from him, and since the W. PA climate although colder in winter that you experience is just about as short a growing season as Washington state. All Hume's vegetable selections should be ideal for me here for that reason. By the way, Pittsburgh and Seattle vie for the distinction of having the most overcast days per year of any cities in the USA. Look it up if you find this hard to believe. Pittsburgh is the first large metro area South East of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie being the closest, that lies at the Western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains (they start about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh). The mountains act as a roadblock for weather froths coming through. Low hanging overcast weather fronts that come rolling in off the great lakes in a traditionallly South East direction are blocked by the Appalachian mountains and jam up over us here, giving us our abundance of cloudy days. Then as these moisture laden weather fronts are pushed by the wind from the North West, they must gain altitude to pass over the mountains. As they do they grow colder and are then forced to release their mositure as rain/snow. This is the reason so many people around here are cranky and iritable all the time. Few sunny days to lift up the spirits. Rootman thanks you again, for your kind offer.