I would love to get some of the daylilies if possible. I'm new to this so I don't have a lot to trade, but I have several roses I could send cuttings of or root them first. I have three climbing varieties 2 pink and 1 red. As well as a pink and creme bush type rose. I also have a lot of shasta daisis, columbines, and painted daisies. Thanks; John

The earlier you plant them now, the better chance they will have to establish before they go into winter, and the higher your success rate next spring when and if they return. Asters more so than Mums in my experience. Depends on alot of things, reliable snow cover all winter, or a winter mulch after the ground freezes may help to prevent freezing and thawing of the soil around the rootball. Most pots of Mums and Asters are potbound when purchased in the fall so tear apart the outsides of the rootball when planting them in the garden and water them well until the ground freezes. Good luck. They are probably more reliable as perennials when planted in the spring and have the benefit of the entire growing season to root in and become established.

Ok gonna take a stab at Blueiris' list here goes: Blueiris Raspberry Canes white Geranium white/purple Geranium Yvonne''s Sallvia Pennyroyal Purple Monarda Red Pixie lily Daylily Ruby Stella Daylily Pink Damask Daylily Night Beacon 2 Saskatoon berry 2white with peach daffs Korean Purple garlic 2 Mini Daffs African Daisy Kiss me over the Garden Gate I hope this is right , if not Blueiris please let me know what I am missing . I just feel like I am missing something Thanks Signet This post was edited by signet on Sat, Jun 7, 14 at 16:05

How are you all doing getting everything planted? Last year I planted all my plants when I got home from the swap but this year there was just no way with such a large number of plants and with having had no sleep. I started on Monday and have planted a little bit each day and today I am almost entirely finished. I have a few plants with some root/transplant shock, so I'm leaving them in the pots until they are feeling better. No sense adding insult to injury so I have them with saucers of water under them and in a nice shady spot where they can recover. So how are the rest of you doing? I think Heather is going to be planting till October with all the stuff she traded. Ross, that Monk's hood was just amazing size. It's in the back row of my deck garden right up next to the deck and it's so tall it sticks up almost a foot above deck level. Jeff, the native plants you gave me each have a special place. The two spicebush are planted in my little thicket of spicebush seedlings and the Kentucky Coffee Tree is up at the front of the woods so I can watch it grow. To all the people who gave me Lupines...they are planted all around my side yard and back, anywhere where they will catch a bit of sun part of the day. From the gambler's circle I got a lovely little Iris...can't recall now if it was Japanese or German but it has one purple flower on it that has just opened. Anyone remember putting a single purple iris in a green pot? If you do, let me know which type of iris it is. I also took extra virginia creeper from the gamblers circle, compliments of Bill and Gwen. They also gave me a pot of VC and a bag of cuttings to grow on my garden arch that leads into our woods. Once it starts growing up the arch it's going to look so pretty with it's scarlet autumn colour. It will be right next to 2 Wicheta Blue Junipers and some burning bushes and I love the look of that red and blue together. On the ground is bright red Cardinal Flower which will be blooming right around the time the Creeper turns red and behind them are Arrowwood Viburnums which turn yellow and Serviceberries which turn orange. It should all be a very lovely show of colour once everything is established. Heather, I've got almost everything from you planted except for the Persicaria and Pulmonaria. The Persicaria is looking really good now so it can likely be planted next week but that poor Pulmonaria has horrible shock. I've known Pulmonaria to be very sensitive to transplant or divide and it looks like crap for a bit but then it suddenly rebounds, so I'm sure this one will be just fine. Do you know the name of it? It's the one with the large, ovate, solid green leaves. I got a total of 6 ferns from 2 different people and all have been planted in my woods and are looking FANTASTIC! There's nothing like ferns to make a woods feel cool, even on a blasted hot day. :o) Anyone else not mentioned, I've already planted the plants you gave me and they are all doing well. I had several colours of Achillia (sp?) and it looked terribly wilted when I got home but a few days in water and it perked right up and is doing really well in the ground. Well, let us know how you're all coming along with your planting. Barb southern Ontario, CANADA