2012 - 'Mid-Summer Secret Hosta Swap'! The 2012 'Mid-Summer Secret Hosta Swap' is Open to... All 'GardenWeb Subscribing' Members Residing with an Address in the United States...or Canada. Canadian Subscribing Members are Welcome as Well. (Just as Long as... I Get at Least Two(2) Canadian Subscribing Members to Sign-Up for Match-Ups. 2012 'Mid\-Summer Secret Hosta Swap' Rules If You Wish to Participate in the 2012 'Mid-Summer Secret Hosta Swap'... You Need to Sign-Up by Sunday, August 5th, 2012 at 11:59 PM. (Just Before the Stroke of Midnight) To Participate You Also Must Send Me a Private E-Mail With All Your Information as Listed Below...Before the Closing Date/Time. I Will be E-Mailing the Name of Your 'Secret Hosta Swap' Participants Name that You Will be Sending Your Hosta Selection(s) to on...Tuesday, August 7th, 2012. This 'Mid-Summer Secret Hosta Swap' is for Sending... ...at Least One(1) Named Hosta Plant. (You are Allowed to Send More than One Hosta Variety if you Choose but...You Must Send at Least One(1) Healthy, Disease Free, Named Variety of Hosta, with at Least One(1) Eye and Sufficient Roots for Growing and Planting). There has been Much Discussion Here and Other Forum Sites on HVX and Foliar Nematodes. If You are Suspicious of Any Hostas You Have...Please Do Not Share those in Question with Your Fellow Hosta Friends. Please Only Send a Hosta(s) that You Would be Happy to Receive and Plant in Your Garden. All 'Mid-Summer Secret Hosta Swap' Packages Must be Mailed/Sent out by Monday, August 20th, 2012. If there is Any Problems Getting Your Package Shipped Out on Time... Please E-Mail Me so I can Contact Your Secret Hosta Swap Mail Recipient/Partner. This 'Secret Hosta Swap' is Set-Up so that No One Knows Who is Mailing to Who...and...All Names are Drawn at Random for Sending to. All Secret Hosta Swap Packages Must be Mailed by USPS Priority Mail, FedEx, or UPS with a Delivery Confirmation(DC) or Tracking Number from Your Shipper. Once You Have Shipped Your Package...Please E-Mail Me with Your Delivery Confirmation or Tracking Number. This Will be Used to Track the Package if there is Any Problems with the Delivery. Please Remember to Send Me that E-Mail with Your Information for Mailing...So You May Participate in this 'Mid-Summer Secret Hosta Swap'. Make Your E-Mail Subject Line...'Secret Hosta Swap' and Include the Following Information: Your Full Name (First and Last). Your Full Mailing Address (Including Zip Code) Your GardenWeb 'Screen Name/User's Name'. Your Personal E-Mail Address. I Will E-Mail You with a 'Confirmation E-Mail' that You are a Participant of the 2012 'Mid-Summer Secret Hosta Swap'. I Will also be Posting Periodically Below the List of Participants Who Have Signed-Up and Sent Their Mailing and E-Mail Information. If Your Name Does Not Show Up on the List...Please E-Mail Me as Soon as Possible to Get this Corrected. A Very Important Sideline Note... Hosta Secret Swaps are Always a lot of Fun and We Can Avoid Disappointment by Making Sure that those who Sign-Up for this Secret Hosta Swap are Committed to Following through and Mailing Out their Packages on Time. Please...Do Not Sign-Up if You Can Not Complete Your Obligation. NOW...Everyone... Post or Link Your 'Have Lists' of Hosta(s) that You Have Currently in Your Garden on Your 'Have List' on Your Trading Page...When You Post to Participate. 'Wish Lists' May be Added to Your 'Want List' on Your 'Exchange Page' There Also. (This Does Not Mean that Your Trader Has to Send You a Hosta(s) from Your 'Wish List'. It is Just a Guideline so People Will Know what Hosta(s) You Have Currently in Your Garden and what Hosta(s) or Types of Hosta(s) You May be Looking for. Any Hosta(s) that are Sent...are Totally Up to the Individual Participant Who is Sending. This 'Mid-Summer Secret Hosta Swap' is as All 'Secret Swaps' are...For Fun! So Let's All Have a Good Time! If You Have Any Questions or Concerns...Just E-Mail Me. Lelan. Following are Links from Various Sources: (These are All Full of a Wonderful Source and a Wealth of Information) Simple Instructions for Dividing Hosta. http://hostalibrary.org/misc/div/ Simple Instructions for Shipping Hosta: http://hostalibrary.org/misc/ship/index.html Hosta Virus X - (HVX ) http://www.hostalibrary.org/firstlook/HVX.htm Another Very Good Source with Visuals for: Digging-Dividing and Shipping Hosta. http://www.pbase.com/weed30/dividing_and_shipping_hostas

Hi Everyone, I am so glad I've found this forum. I am in WNY Z6 and I would love to participate in plant exchange! My apologies for being late to post. Garden_frog, could you please add me to the invite list for Annual WNY plant swap next year (adrijanar@yahoo.com)? I have for sharing: ( Garden and house plants) : Garden: Shasta Daisies,( Lots) Lilly of the Valley ( Lots) Day Lilly ( red and yellow) Hostas - These will be dug up and divided next spring ready for the annual plant exchange Greek oregano Milk weed (Asclepias Incarnata) - seeds and plants Lavander - few small plants Echinacea purpurea - coneflower Ajuga Reptans Vinca Minor ( Dwarf Periwinkle) Hens and chicks two varieties. House Plants: different types of African VIolets ( White multi petal, red, purple, Bob Serbin, Mini pink with purple specks, Please ask for pics as they're all in bloom is you want me to root some for you. ) Spider plant - verigated Pothos ( verigated, green) Jade ( small and large leaf variety) Wants: Bergenia (Lily - the picture of your bergenia is beautiful, Do you have any more to spare? I am willing to wait!) Bee balm Japanese Painted fern Ostrich Fern, ( any fern will do) Annual WNY plant swap Sedum spectablie ( any sedum is welcome) Centaurea Cyanus (Corn flower) Salvias ( any) Liatris Spicata - praire gayfeathers ( white, purple, pink - I'll take any) Dephinium - Blue, purple, white Heuchera Hostas ( looking for any variable color ones, light green, multicolored, white, anything out of the ordinary and blue ones.) Bleeding heart Oxalis ( purple, red, versicolor, any will do!) Thank you! Adrijana

Does anyone have any ferns or astible??? I just realized that I now have a shade garden!! I completely forgot that the north side of my house would be shaded...I got so used to having all full sun. So I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE some ferns! Anyone have any? If not, anyone know a good local source? I'm looking especially for the taller ferns like Ostrich Fern or something similar. Remy, I am SO EXCITED for my Butterfly bushes!! I did order a couple on bluestone, but trust me, I've got LOTS of space now. Plus, I got a different variety, so it's all good! Thanks so much! Tracy, I must confess, I am no good at cuttings. Propogating is on my list of things to learn though. I'd love some cuttings, but I can't promise I won't kill them! Valerie, what do you mean by broken iris? Am I clueless or what??? Glen, YAY! More grasses!!! Oh and keep the euonymus away from my pool area. I've got a raging scale problem that I can't seem to get under control and I had to cut down all my euonymus around there because they were so diseased. Anyone know any good, organic ways to get rid of scale other than soapy water or safer? OK, so I updated my trade page including adding pics of the irises that I have available.. Here is a link that might be useful: Tara's trade page

Jerome - Swap is held at Tara's (gardenfrog) in Hamlin NY. See posting below in exchanges . I know she's been busy, but if you email her she should send you an invite in the next week. If not, email me and I'll fill you in. Rosalinda - I have: anemone "honorine jobert" - white hosta sum and substance - (if it's not too late to divide) ninebark diabolo - I have the shrubs and can give you cuttings if you want to root yourself yellow twig dogwood - don't know the cultivar. can give you cuttings if you want to root. dogwood is very easy to root. I know someone with leptinella - will try to get some from her. It really spreads so be careful you want it! Here's my wish list: campanula "Elizabeth Oliver" oriental lilies angelica gigas sumac 'tiger eye' - Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger' Tiger Eyes lilac 'sensation' - (purple with white edges) phlox david phlox harlequin or becky towe (cuttings ok) veronica icicle sanguisorba crambe maritima hostas hibiscus moscheutos - tall red hardy hibiscus dwarf conifers penstemons, all colors toadlily (tricyrtis) gaillardia fanfare dahlias - orange, red cactus, etc. sedum neon purple/violet verbascum leptodermis oblonga sanguisorba tanacetum - painted daisy peonies - varieties I don't have - just ask snowdrops snowflakes glory-of-the-snow (chionodoxa) any oriental lilies lathyrus vernus - perennial sweetpea any turks cap lilies - lilium martagon any spring bulbs agastaches - other than blue fortune or cana vitex anything you think I might like :-) Should be fun!