Hello Meg,

May I have the weeping willow ?

What would you like?

Do you grow vegetables?

I have ,
1. Peppermint plants,
2. Seeds of luffa squash,
3. Luffa sponges too.
4. butterfly ginger lily
5. Malabar spinach vine seeds
6. Lemon balm seeds and plants
7. Coral honey suckle "major wheeler" cuttings
8. Raspberry plants

9. Thai/cinnamon basil seeds.

10. Cuttings of Althea
Will look what else I have to swap.

Meg, you can post here too for preswap exchanges

Sabji, I started hardwood cuttings for you of the double hibiscus. Do you have a 'rooted' 'Major Wheeler' to swap?

Plants I have to share:

Achillea -- lavender

Hardy ginger – ‘White butterfly ginger’

Sedum – unknown ground-cover plants

Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’

Shade-loving iris – white

Forsythia ‘White Gold’

Purple aster

Mum ‘Luxor’

Plants I want:

Anemonella thalictroides

Anemonopsis macrophylla

Arisaema sikokianum

Campanula

Clematis

Dictamnus albus

Eremurus

Ligularia

Penstemon

VA blue bells

I have two daphnes for a special trade. They are in a gallon pot.

Screenwriter, How are you doing?

Would love the cuttings of double hibiscus.

I have put a few cuttings of major wheeler , to pot. Not sure if they will be ready. I can bring you many cuttings. would that work for you? I was out of the country until end of February.

I do have sprouted cuttings of red multi petal Althea. This does not make seeds.

where is everyone, Vlad, Casa lester , Elsie Narron, Karen, Brenda, Country girl, Lorabell, to name a few.

John, If it is going to be just the few of us and the swap is this coming Saturday , 22nd. April 2023. Do we need to book the shelter? I mean we can just do it anywhere. save a few bucks. What do you think? do they refund your booking deposit?

Screenwriter, i have a little potted rue anemone for you might you share a bit of your white iris?

Of course, Brenda.

We have several established pots 8-12 inches of:

Buxus microphylla 'Wintergreen' - short form for hedges and knot gardens
Fatsia japonica
Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Satin'
Poncirus trifoliata 'Flying Dragon' - contorted form
Poncirus trifoliata × Citrus paradisi 'Dunstan' - hardy grapefruit, fast growing, ours is close to 10 ft now

also 6 months seedlings of

Capsicum annuum 'Black Pearl'

Screenwriter, if interested in any of these, what kind of daphnes do you have?

Lester, they are Daphne odora. I'd like the Fatsia japonica.

Screenwriter, is it the species or a variegated form?

Lester, I think it is variegated. I'll check for you later.

Yay! Nice to see the thread is now moving.

Anyone need a huge king tut agave? you are welcome to come dig it . I need it gone.

Correction it is a Mr. Ripples Agave. Thanks Lester

Screenwriter, which white iris is it? cristata? japonica (i have that)?

i can dig some campanula 'cherry bells' for some if it's something i don't have.

Tamelask, it is a shade iris that multiplies happily; I don't know which one it is. I also have bearded iris if you would like those instead. I would love the campaula 'cherry bells.'

Sabji, a "huge agave" is something we could be interested in. However, the agave species is called either King Ferdinand or King of the Agaves agave and it is now known as A. nickelsiae, previously A. ferdinandi-regis. On the other hand, there is a King Tut papyrus (not an agave). Given the potential confusion, it would be helpful to see a picture to make sure that it is something interesting and not more common and potentially problematic, like Mr. Ripple (no offense intended, Vlad).

Tamelask, the white woodland iris floating around here is probably I. tenuis - https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/beauty/iris/Dwarf_Woodland/index.shtml

Hello Lester,

I am glad you cleared that for me. hehe. It is a green solid agave, that I got as a pup from Vlad, and stuck it in soil, temporarily. The agave liked where it was and decided to to make it home!!!.

I will post a picture later. I think you must have this one too, as Vlad had many pups of this one. It is Mr. Ripples.

Lester, the daphnes in the gallon pots haven't leafed out enough. I have some in quart pots named Daphne 'Zuiko Nishiki' (from JCRA propagation workshop) -- or I can dig up a variegated Daphne odoro for you.

Screenwriter, Daphne odora is an evergreen shrub that should retain the bulk of its leaves over the winter. So if your potted plants "haven't leafed out enough" it is not a good sign. On the other hand, "Daphne generally do not react well to root disturbance, and may transplant badly." (see for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_odora ) - so we should probably wait until a robust plant is available to trade.

Hey all! not sure what i have to offer outside of a small monstera, aloe or snake plant, but

I’m hoping one of you may have some established horseradish? Outside of some fruits/veggies/herbs, horseradish is the plant I’m itching for.

thanks, Lester! i'd certainly love that one! So, screenwriter- dig away, and i'll get you some cherry bells! :)

Lester, do you want the Daphne 'Zuiko Nishiki' that is in a pot?

John, can we meet earlier than 1:00 to avoid 'some' of the storm?

Tammy, your impatiens omeiana is potted

Brenda - thank you so much! <3 i have your spigelia & mini soloman's seal set aside.

Screenwriter, I have a request from Layla to trade for your 'Luxor' mum. she can't come, but says:

I have a nice looking Jefferson Park, a kind of dinky but rooted Kokka Bunmi, or a rooted but not leafed out yet Daybreak. or hellebore seedlings that are a mix of hybridus and foetidus.

Problem with starting earlier is that some folks have commitments.

Thanks Screenwriter, but given our limited space a variegated daphne would be the only one with sufficient added value to accommodate.

Are there plans if it gets too dangerous to cancel? Don't know that we've ever run into this before!

Tamelask, I'll have a 'Luxor' for Layla. I'd like the 'Kokka Bunmi' mum.

Vlad/Pambucol, are you coming to the swap? I have the sedum 'Autumn Joy' for you.

Hello John,

looks like tomorrow is going to be windy, heavy rain, hail and chance of tornadoes.

May not be conducive to host a swap. With just a few of us swapping maybe we can move it to another date?

If it is bad weather, I may not be able to join.

Screenwriter, you got it.

Sabji, i know of at least 8 people who are coming who haven't been on here, so i suspect more are coming than it would appear from this thread. Fortunately the chance of tornadoes is very low for us (northeastern part of the state is where that is higher). But it does sound like it'll be unpleasant. We'll have to squish in the middle.

Screenwriter- Layla got the varieties swapped- Kokko Bunmi is the one that's rooted but still just a stick. Would you rather have the other one?

Plants like rain!

I can't move it. I can't get a refund on the shelter rental. I plan to try and be there regardless but usually avoid life threatening situations. We have never had weather cause a problem in the twenty some years this event has been going on! The next Saturday I can organize will be in mid June, which is usually too hot.

The recent forecasts indicate two narrow bands of storm activity passing through the area and centered around 12 and 4 PM.

Edited: since swapping starts at 2:00 PM we should be able to get there after the first wave has passed.

I will not be attending, but I will take care of your plants until the next swap.

Be safe

Be safe

We'll miss you, Screenwriter! I'll get you another next swap.

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