Plantbug, I will gladly bring the plants you requested. The dwarf iris sounds beautiful and I looked at your trade list on your members page,do you have any ferns you could trade? I know it is late. To warn you the bee balm is not a huge bunch,which is strange since it spreads like wild fire. Truth be told I thought I had pulled it all up,but these little guys are determined,so anyway.As I said I will gladly bring the plants you requested.looking forward to meeting everyone, Beth

Thanks everyone for coming!! Great crowd and good food. Sorry everyone had to endure my sniffly allergy melt down - I'd been fine all season but wouldn't you know the day of the swap I am practically bed ridden. It's a good thing no one showed up with privet or I would have shown you what a crazy man on hay fever drugs looks like (privet is my number one allergen). I just wish I could stop sneezing long enough to really embarrass Livian on her birthday. I did my usual reverse of binge and purge. Came to swap planning on giving it all away and taking NOTHING back home only to carry home MORE than I brought. I had planned on saying a few words about Miguel and how his clematis knowledge will be missed on these forums but I lost track of time during the chaos that is our swap. In the future I think I will plan on leading a caravan over to Plant Delights after the swap, since I used to work there, know the back road way to get there easily and know that they could use the business. I also think I should post my cell phone number so that last minute emergencies can be better communicated. Glad everyone came and swapped. Glad that once again the quality of plants surpassed expectations. Glad little Connor was smart enough to wander over to the playground nearby. I can't wait til the next one.

Here is what I got! :-) Thanks to all !!! for sharing stuff in the general swap. 1. Ralph and Cheryl, It is such a pleasure meeting you both... Thanks for the lettuce. Thanks, also for the Raspberry and the evening primrose plants. If you need any more holy basil or the Thai basil let me know. When i have the plants growing i can bring them to you. 2. Casa lester: Night blooming jasmine, Trumpet vine and The creeping cucumber seeds. 3. Lois. Thanks you for the rose books and the seeds. 4. John, Thank you so much for the pink Guava and fig and Loquat. 5. I picked some Brugmansia and straw berries. That was Karen ? thanks 6 . Adriana. Thanks for my first peony. Thanks for the info on growing them too. I need to start reading up on roses and peonies. 7. I picked up a bulky, striped, plant in a tub... What is it and who do I thank for it? thanks 8. Thanks to person ( i do have your # and email. for the black eyed susan. and the fresh mint. I also got a tomato transplant.. thanks !! I think I also got " False indigo plant". Thanks to that person too. If I have forgotten to thank anyone in person, thank you. Again, Wonderful weather, good folks , plant lovers . spending a great after noon with some good food. Thanks to all who got the food, drinks , plates water etc....

According to this interesting video about Arundo propagation, rooting takes place at nodes, so internode cuttings are actually good propagation material. This suggests that if a stem is severed at ground level, without any roots, it is likely to end up being cut above the root node and the next higher node may be above ground when such a stem is planted vertically. In such a case a spurt of growth from the stem's remaining reserves could occur but it would not be followed by root formation and the stem would die off. Those stems that survive would be likely cut deep enough to preserve enough of the root node to be able to form new roots. So to obtain more successful propagation of Arundo, two paths could be followed: 1, deeper digs and divisions containing larger chunks of tubers with roots and rooting nodes; 2, stem cuttings with exposed nodes laid flat on the rooting medium, like in the video. The stems that we received at the swap seem to fall in the crack of not having enough roots to be bona fide divisions on one side, and not having a buried internode to be able to root as cuttings on the other side.