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Comments (2)Hello Zackey! I alphabetized your seed list. Your trade list... Seeds YOU have to trade: Basil 2012 several trades Blackberry lilies 2012 2 trades Cilantro just a few seeds From my garden Hollyhocks mixed colors open pollinated 2012 1 trade Hollyhocks red 2012 2 trades Holy basil 2012 several trades Lupine mix 1 trade NC Climbing Aster 2012 needs cold for germination. several trades Nicotiana alata 2011 1 trade Red Malabar spinach 1 trade Seeds I've received in trades Several types of beans Stoke's Aster purple 2011 5 trades Seeds YOU are looking for: Alfalfa Also looking for any dent, flint or flour corn. Astralagus Blessed thistle Calendula Catlapa tree Cinnamon yam French marigolds-Tagetes patula French marigolds-Tashkent Grandma Nellie's yellow mushroom beans Italian parsley if it is from 2012. It isn't supposed to germinate after that. I would love to have even a small amount of the following: Korean mint Mexican marigolds-Tagetes minuta Mongolian yarrow Pole Limas-I am looking for Aubrey Deane, Christmas and White Christmas. Roma tomatoes Shumard's oak Stevia Stinging nettles Styrian pumpkins Tea plant-Camellia sinesis Waterleaf Wolfberry, Chinese Yam, cinnamon alexanders amaranth not amaranthus angelica any vegetables except squashes, green beans and okra. I have plenty of them! beets bell peppers other than green ones. bicolor or white corn calendula chervil chicory chinese senna climbing strawberry cowslip cress edamame fava beans fennel flowering vines. I don't need any wisteria unless it is the non-invasive one, no morning glory or trumpet vines please. garden sorrel garden sorrel golden Purslane herbs hulless popcorn leeks leeks lemon thyme lettuce milk thistle- Silybum marianum mongolian yarrow old fashioned vining petunias open-pollinated sweet corn-I'm looking for Black Mexican, and Texas Honey June. orach painted daisies popcorn-Pennsylvania butter flavored pumpkin-Dill's Atlantic Giant We want to give them to our church Pumpkin Patch. rue runner beans saffron scullcap shallots silver king wormwood soapwort soapwort speedwell sushini sweet woodruff tomatoes-cherry, grape or small ones tomato soup echinacea turnip waterleaf wild chicory wild thyme Okay, now for what I'm interested in... Stoke's Aster purple, Hollyhocks, Lupine mix, & a random seed of your choosing. I love surprises!...See MoreMaking choices
Comments (2)I'm sure that most of the plants on your lists are great and have some wildlife value, Anna, but the ones that jump out at me are - Castillega indivisa/Indian paintbrush - I can only drool at pictures of this beautiful host for buckeyes and fulvia checkerspots since it doesn't occur here, but it's also a good nectar plant for butterflies, and, judging by the looks of the flowers, for hummingbirds, also. It's supposed to be impossible to transplant, but it can be propagated from seeds. If I lived in Oklahoma, I'd order seeds and sow them in a meadow with native grasses - most members of the snapdragon family are parasitic or partially so on grass roots. Centaurea americana - you already have plenty of this - I'd make sure it stays! Antennaria and Artemesia - Both these are host for American ladies, and, if they're as tough as the cudweed in my area, they should be easy to grow. Asclepias, spp. - All of these are desirable, both as hosts for monarchs and the nectar in their flowers, which are real popular with all butterflies. Asters - These give beautiful flowers in the fall that butterflies nectar on, and they're supposed to host pearl crescents. I've planted some rice button asters to add to the naturally occurring asters in hopes of getting PC cats someday. Desmodium - This is the principal host plant for long-tailed skippers in my area - it's VERY easy to grow! Liatris pycnostachya - I just love this beautiful plant, and butterflies love to nectar on the flowers. Tephrosia virginiana/Goat's rue - As far as I know, this plant doesn't host any butterfly, and I've never seen any butterflies or hummers nectaring on the flowers, but it thrives on the poorest, driest, most eroded, pure red/orange clay parts of my property. The rainbow of pastel colors of the flowers is charming, and it might be useful as a host or nectar plant to something - I don't get to the parts of my property where it grows too often. Sherry...See MoreTrivia: New England State Flowers
Comments (6)By the way, I could also vindicate myself by saying that I once came to the defense of Rhode Island. You see, Reader's Digest had (don't know if they still do) some travel cartoons on their website and there was Rhody on the US map with the entire country surrounded by water. (a humorous poke at the fact that by definition, Rhode Island is not actually an island, and if the state is within the US, then the implication is...you get it, right?) In a different setting, I implored Rhode Island to tell Reader's Digest to be nice. Ah, now I can breathe again! I'm vindicated! (Don't mention Block Island)...See MoreWhere did you get your love for violets?
Comments (7)I grew up in the northern woods where violets were absolutely everywhere - the main species (if indeed it was just one) was a woolly blue wood violet that is apparently considered to be just a variant of Viola sororia (but after growing V. sororia, I beg to disagree!). The only thing they lacked was scent - and being into herbs from a young age, I knew that sweet violets were supposed to have a rapturous fragrance, and that I had never experienced it. Several attempts to procure the real sweet violet met with failure - gratuitous mislabeling is rampant in many local nurseries, and I ended up with the real Viola sororia (weed extraordinaire!) that way as a birthday present. A tiny white native violet from particularly moist and cool spots, maybe V. blanda or perhaps one of its relatives, did have a wonderful scent like clover blossoms and honey - although it was a sparse bloomer, and it took about 10 flowers to make a thumb-sized bouquet, I did cherish it. Finally, on a serendipitous trip East to scope out potential colleges (and stopping at every nursery and garden on the way), we bumped into a man selling plants by the roadside in upstate New York; he had a pot of violets labeled "sweet violet" for sale, and I recognized the leaves as V. odorata instantly. This was summer; it wasn't until it bloomed the following spring that I realized it was quite a rare variety....See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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