Just a reminder, annual southern california spring garden show (April 27-30) will be held at crystal court, south coast plaza in costa mesa. the south coast plumeria society will have a booth on the 3rd level. check out all the goodies.

Hi again everyone ! Thanks so much for being willing to trade other than at the swap. I thought I would list some stuff that I have to trade so that the above traders could pick what they want and I can get it potted up for them . Here is my list: regular and cherrypink lungwort candy necklace iris forget me nots small divisions of Brunnera " Jack Frost" mini purple iris yellow with purple iris violets - purple, white with purple ,and violet "freckles" white with purple polkadots ladybells ( can be invasive) Chinese lanterns (can be invasive) Dame's Rocket ( great butterfly attractor) Centaurea montana Centaurea Dealbata couple of small divisions of yellow primrose 1 large agapanthus 1 very small agapanthus 1 fuschia ( tropical) Double feverfew Golden feverfew (small divisions) HOSTAS small division of "Twist of Lime" (this is a real mini) August Moon Paul's Glory lancifolia ( great edger hosta .increases really well unknown varigated ( again increases well) Small division of Stilleto Daylilies : Rocket City Siloam Uri Winniford Little Winecup Bradley Bernard 1 df division of Bonanza 1 df division of Aquamarine unknown name red daylily Schoolbus yellow daylily sold to me as Fulva Tawny but is not but I keep it as it is a gorgeous daylily (bagel type of daylily) Ground covers : Goutweed ( good for very dry shady or sun location where nothing else will grow ) creeping buttercup Creeping Jenny couple of types of sedum Ajuga "Chocolate chip" bulbs: Snowdrops Star of Bethlehem Poet's Narcissus ( heavenly smell ...blooms now ) Lots of other stuff but cant think of it as I type . If you are looking for something let me know I might have some Signet

Hello again all, Wow!! Thanks so much for the trades everyone! Please double check that I've got the details right from all the posts: Gardeng8 I'm looking forward to your: monkshood, Karl Forster grass, obsidian heuchera, ws siberian wallflower and Yvonne's salvia (any chance that you could find more to trade so I could get a 2nd or 3rd one? I'm getting some from Jeff too, but if possible I'd like to have enough to put some in my front yard too to give the other hummer in the neighbourhood somewhere to drink (she gets chased off by my regular gal), I'd give up the heuchera for that :-). I have you down for my: dark blue agastache, Hummingbird red nicotiana, sweet william pinochio, and hot pink cranesbill geranium. greylady-gardener/lois: I'm excited about the virginia bluebell and honeysuckle vine, do you have any more of the: short (approx one foot) iris-plain yellow. I have the following set aside for you: spiderwort navaho princess, sweet william pinnochio, gaillardia burgundy, agastache Heather Queen signet/heather: I have us down as trading your: mini purple iris, unknown name red lily, yellow canna, and hopefully you still have some of the medium height dark purple iris or if not some of the brunnera 'Jack Frost'- if you have more of it, for my: cuphea Starlet, rue, burgundy leaved coral bells, French tarragon, Hummingbird red nicotiana rosco_P: I have us down for trading your monkshood and kerria for my: sundrops, Lorraine sunshine. Is there anything else in my list that you would like in exchange for a 2 or 3 cardinal climbers? flowergirl_on/Merja: Thanks for the trade of your:tall white phlox, leopard's bane, white peachleaved bellflower, aster tongolensis star of wartburg, and white datura for my: lavatera Mont Blanc, giant snapdragons - chunks, cerinthe major, Monet's Choice orange cosmos, and Hummingbird red nicotiana nyssaman Jeff - Thanks for setting aside a couple of Yvonne's salvia for me I don't know what gives with my germination of these, the salvia coccinea pretty much all germinated in the same conditions !? I've set aside a couple of the cerinthe major for you, I got the seeds on a trade as a darker blue than the usual one. frogged: Yes I do have Signet Lemon marigolds - they are supposed to be pretty bushy with single yellow flowers I'll set some aside for your yellow iris barb from london: Welcome back! On the off chance that there is something of interest on my list I'd love some of your: dwarf purple iris - possibly darth vader. Mom of Three: I'd love some of your manure if there is any left, yellow daylilies, sunflower Carol - 3 if possible, or pink ground phlox if you have another division, for my: dark purple columbine, gaillardia blanket flower, hot pink climbing rose, groundcover sedum Dragon's blood, Hummingbird Red nicotiana, and some rose of Sharon. Bev_W: Do you have any Red cypress vine Ipomoea quamoclit (seedlings in 3" pots) left? I spring sowed them but they succumbed to something... I'd love 2 or 3 if possible, if not I'd like some Verbena (blue, perennial, ground-cover type, gorgeous) or Phlox paniculata (seedling of 'David") or either: Penstemon whippleanus "Chocolate Drop", Penstemon smallii "Violet Dusk" I have a bunch of white cleome and 2 cuphea starlet set aside for you, does anything else of mine tempt you? Thanks to everyone for the great trades! It's like Christmas to me to get such wonderful stuff. Cheers, Heather/Blueiris3

Thank you, ghostlyvision. Well, it's definitely spring--I got the lawn tractor stuck in the lower pond spillway this afternoon. I didn't start out in the spillway, but by the time the tractor stopped sliding, it was sitting in a few inches of slimy green muck. Good thing I was wearing my barn boots. My sweet neighbor ran over and offered to push, but I told her we'd wait until my son-in-law came home. I get the darned thing stuck at least once every spring, so now that's out of the way, and my neighbor and I had a nice visit. ;)