vicky- i don't want to dig up any of my plants, but they have lots of seed set and i could bring that for you. the lady i got mine from had lots of seedlings, so i presume they seed fairly easily. mine just haven't reseeded around much yet. dogridge- sounds great. we can get the boulder either in our van or pete can run home & grab the truck if need be- we live close to this swap. karen- the betsy's choice sounds great. i can overwinter it in the cool greenhouse and get it in the ground come spring if you think that would be wiser. unless we get rain, i doubt i'd out it in the ground anyhow. i lost too many newly planted things to the drought this year.

I don't want anything. I have way too much already but I do plan on bringing: a few seedling bananas (the Musa velutina seeds tophersmith brought a year or so ago), they are supposed to be hardy but I wouldn't risk it on their first year and I believe everyone protects them with cages filled with dry leaves to get them through the winter. These are 2010 sprouts, maybe a foot or so tall in like 2 gallon pots. I also have a bunch of the side shoots of Alocasia 'Portadora'. They are usually winter hardy but plenty of people lost theirs this last winter. My big mama died but sent out a million pups. Various sizes, well rooted. I wouldn't risk them outdoors this winter but hey! they're free. I have a few seedling Lychee trees. These are totally tropical so they must stay potted and brought inside each winter but they make pretty trees; they may actually set fruit in like 15 years. I have a few hardy, native, Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower - they don't seem ready to bloom this year but they are big enough and should bloom next year. Same thing with Penstemon 'Husker Red'. I will be bringing some rooted shoots of Okinawa Purple Sweet Potato. Everyone says these are super tropical and tender but they act like regular sweet potatoes to me. I plan on bringing more of them to next springs swap (if I can keep them alive all winter indoors) but I only have so much space. So if you want to grow them and have a way to keep them warn over the winter take one now just to be safe. Easy to root and share with friends. (One of them is for Judy unless she wants to wait til next spring) Topher - I have a lavender for you but I don't remember which one it is. I grew it from seed and lost the labels on this group. They all grew fast and are pretty big for a first year seedling but so far none of them has bloomed. I tried to dig up a blue fescue for you but it died. I usually grow them from seed and they are very easy. I will be sowing more of them this winter so I will have some next spring. I am probably the person with the red epiphyllum you're talking about. Rootdigger brought some red and some white cuttings to a swap a million years ago. I got one of each. The red one grew into a normal sized plant and every year it blooms its head off (sometimes twice or three times each year, often with 18 flowers at one time). I have rooted some and given them back to Rooty since it seems to bloom more than the original but I don't have any rooted now. I will eventually. All of my epi's struggled in this years heat, they all look like cr@p.

Bump! I know we are mostly interested in Plants and conversation, but food is good too!

I will bring something healthy and filling :-)) Now, now ! Calm down, there will be plenty of delicious food.. Our group always got a lot of food. Some are all time favorites, others are essential for a swap.