Everything Else Trade & Want Lists
Updated 29 Mar 2015.
Grains
–barley “Tibetian Purple” - hulless, awned, dark purple seeds
–barley “Zwergerste” - hulless, dwarf, awned
Corn
–"Orchard Baby” - dwarf sweet corn
–“Strawberry” - popcorn, bright red little ears
Cucumbers
–“Double Yield” - pickler
–“Muncher” - pickler, fairly thin-skinned
–“Parade” - pickler
–“Zimmerman” - pickler
–Mexican Sour Gherkin a.k.a Mouse Melon (Melothria scabra) - climbing vines with slightly sour fruit that look like tiny watermelons
Herbs
–basil “Lettuce Leaf” - very large, wrinkled leaves
–basil “Sweet” - your basic basil
–chives (Allium schoenoprasum) (bulbs/plants) (out of seeds until summer 2015)
– garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), a.k.a. Chinese chives (bulbs/plants available as well as seeds) (out of seeds until summer 2015)
–rue
–Thai holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) - true ga-prao for making pad ga-prao & etc. Sweet spice-like scent unlike Italian basil, slightly hairy leaves, flowers and buds eaten along with the leaves. delicious.
Leeks & Onions
–“Blue Solaize” - leek, blue-green leaves, hardy overwintering type
–“Tohono O’odham I’itoi’s” - multiplier onion, garlic clove-sized bulbs, pink/purple inside and coppery skin. one clove planted turns into a clump by summer.
Melons
I don’t hand-pollinate but do grow my melons apart from each other with squash and flowers in between.
–“Blacktail Mountain” - early dwarf watermelon, dark green skin, red flesh, brown seeds
–“Ha Ogen” - smallish, early, seems drought-tolerant
–“Minnesota Midget” - early dwarf muskmelon/cantaloupe, (both fruit and plants are dwarf), fragrant orange flesh, little to no netting on fruit. Grown in isolation.
–“Navajo Red-seeded” - red flesh with reddish seeds, rind light green with dark green stripes
–“Noir des Carmes” - dwarf, French, ribbed fruit with dark green rind
–“Sweet Freckles” - dwarf version of “Crane,” orange flesh, green-spotted tan rind
–a mix of “Ha Ogen,” “Green Machine,” and possibly other dwarf/early melons - spilled the seeds as they were drying so now they’re all together. Likely also to be crossed, as I didn’t hand-pollinate that year.
Peppers
–“Bishop’s Cap” (Capsicum baccatum) - crazy-shaped mild-medium hot red fruit. bears late but tolerates some cold so in warmer climates can be kept year-round with some protection
–“Chimayo” - from the New Mexican town of Chimayo; mildly hot 3-5” bright red peppers that look like the Chili’s logo
–“Purple Beauty” - purple bell peppers, stocky plants, stay purple for a long time
Radishes
–“Cherry Belle” - round and all-red
–“Early Yellow Turnip-rooted” - yellow-skinned roots that can grow large. yellow varieties are supposedly heat-resistant
–“Edible-Podded” - used for the spicy pods, not the roots; goes immediately to flower, flowers white or pink, very productive.
–“Pink Beauty” - round and all-pink
Squash
–“Jarrahdale” (Cucurbita maxima)
–“Thai Rai Kaw Tok”
–“Milk” (Cucurbita moschata) - flat cheese-type for pie, light orange skin, orange flesh, white seeds
Sunflowers
–“Hopi Black Dye” - all-black seeds, yellow flowers
–“Tarahumara White” - all-white seeds, yellow flowers
Tomatoes
Flowers not bagged unless otherwise mentioned.
–“Big Rainbow” - productive slicer, red & orange fruit
–“Gold Medal” - productive slicer, huge red & orange fruit
–“Gold Nugget” - bright yellow cherry tomatoes, regular leaf, productive
–“Hawaiian Pineapple” - big orange & red slicer
–“Kellogg’s Breakfast” - juicy orange fruit, regular leaf, indeterminate. seeds are older but germinate okay.
–“Mrs. Houseworth’s” - oxheart-type Pennsylvania heirloom, pinkish red with a pointed tip; inside solid flesh with very few seeds or gel, a favorite for flavor this year
–“Silvery Fir Tree” - light red medium-size fruit; unusual lacey leaves that look kind of like carrot leaves (or a fir tree I guess)
–“Speckled Roman” - elongated fruit like a Roma, red with orange stripes and swirls, regular leaf, indeterminate, productive, good for sauce.
Miscellaneous Edibles
–amaranth “Hopi Red Dye” - brilliant red stems and flowers, black seeds
–carrot - a mixture of a variety of oranges and yellows
–Jerusalem artichoke “Jack’s Copperclad” - smooth copper-purple skins, plentiful yellow flowers every September, tubers crisp when raw (tubers only, available October through February) (out until fall 2015)
–poha berry, Physalis peruviana - golden berries in a papery husk, bushy pretty plants, eaten fresh or in jam
–roselle Hibiscus sabdariffa - bright red fleshy “fruits” used to make hibiscus tea, syrup, and jelly
–salsify “Mammoth Sandwich Island” - white roots that supposedly taste like oysters; pretty purple flowers that turn into giant dandelion-like puffs
–saskatoon/Juneberry - seeds from the variety “Smokey” (all out until summer 2015)
–yacon - tubers
–yuzu - lumpy yellow citrus prized in Japan. seeds must be fresh to germinate, so I only have these available in Jan/Feb.
Scionwood
–apple (limited quantities that must be sent in winter, as bud break in California is very very early): Empire, Hawaii, Hudson’s Golden Gem, Stayman Winesap
–citrus (to California only): citron “Buddha’s Hand,” mandarinquat “Indio,” lemon “Pink Lemonade,” lime “Bearss,” limequat, makrut/kaffir lime, Rangpur lime, yuzu. Also a pomelo, tangerine, kumquat, and blood orange that I need to check the names of.
–nectarine: Speckled Egg (has peach leaf curl)
Flowers and Ornamentals
–California poppy - brilliant orange flowers
–cornfield/Flanders/remembrance poppies (Papaver rhoeas) - most of them bright red with a black cross, some natural variations are all-red or have white crosses. self-seeds and forms meadows, resists drought.
–cerinthe/honeywort/Pride of Gibraltar Cerinthe major - lovely green-to-purple shaded flowering tips, attractive to bees, self-seeds, drought-tolerant
–four o’ clocks - drought-resistant plants covered in brightly-colored, sort of hibiscus-looking flowers. I have available solid white, solid bright pink, and sometimes varieties with bicolor striped flowers
–Jerusalem cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum - pretty houseplant with bright red, long-lasting, round berries that are mildly toxic raw. Can be grown outside over zone 8 and will form a nice bush.
–morning glory “Heavenly Blue” - beautiful true sky-blue flowers with white throats
–scarlet flax Linum grandiflorum - bright red with black centers, self-seeds
–spring starflower “Wisley Blue” (bulbs)
–viola “Johnny Jump-up” (a.k.a. Heartsease) - familiar little tricolor flowers in shades of purple, yellow, and white. edible flowers. self-seeds.
Carnivorous Plants
–Drosera capensis
–Sarracenia alata
–Sarracenia alata “Giant”
–Sarracenia catesbaei (natural hybrid flava x purpurea)
–Sarracenia flava
–Sarracenia leucophylla “Titan”
–many others, ask if interested
–Pinguicula agnata “Scented”
–Pinguicula laueana
–Pinguicula x “Fraser’s Beauty”
–Pinguicula x “Pirouette”
–Utricularia sandersonii “Blue”
I am looking for:
–any information on red camellia “Saint Nick” introduced by Kramer Brothers Nursery in southern California (or current contact info for the former nurserypeople). My grandfather CW Clark sold all his stock and rights to Kramer in the 70s, and we’re trying to figure out if the variety is still around (perhaps under another name).
Edibles:
–“Triton” dwarf peppers
–“Little Greenseed” naked-seeded pumpkin
–sunflower “Mongolian Giant”
–double-flowered feverfew and chamomile
–native Australian flowering/edible plants
–finger lime (in other colors than Four Winds Nursery’s)
–cassia cinnamon
–allspice
–nutmeg, clove, etc.
–“Honey Drip” or “Sugar Drip” sorghum
–spineless safflower
–Skirret, Sium sisarum
–Chinese artichoke tubers, Stachys affinis
–“Oaxacan Green” corn, except I don’t want seeds for planting–don’t have the room or aptitude for corn–but would like part of somebody’s harvest so I can try the green tortillas the seed catalogs always mention. Same thing for any parching corn.
–if you’re local I would also happily trade for squash! (I also have various fresh herbs and tomatoes in season) Dark green zucchini or any type of winter squash. I love squash but have limited space and have a brown thumb when it comes to them, anyway.
Ornamentals:
–carnivorous plants I don’t have – email me for my full growlist. Particularly interested in Mexican pings, tuberous drosera, the large-flowered utrics, and any particularly dramatic sarracenia or flytraps.
–Sarracenia purpurea “Sorrow”
–Sarracenia “Green Monster
–any triggerplants (Stylidium sp.)
–Wollemi pine
–colchicum bulbs
–dahlia “Porcelain”
–any red moss rose (not portulacas but the old-fashioned muscosa-type roses)
–Japanese maple “Aureum” (a.k.a. Full Moon)
–morning glory “Blue Star,” “Glacier Star, “Ismay,” and “Scarlet O’Hara” (the latter the true Ipomea nil version without a white throat)
Grains
–barley “Tibetian Purple” - hulless, awned, dark purple seeds
–barley “Zwergerste” - hulless, dwarf, awned
Corn
–"Orchard Baby” - dwarf sweet corn
–“Strawberry” - popcorn, bright red little ears
Cucumbers
–“Double Yield” - pickler
–“Muncher” - pickler, fairly thin-skinned
–“Parade” - pickler
–“Zimmerman” - pickler
–Mexican Sour Gherkin a.k.a Mouse Melon (Melothria scabra) - climbing vines with slightly sour fruit that look like tiny watermelons
Herbs
–basil “Lettuce Leaf” - very large, wrinkled leaves
–basil “Sweet” - your basic basil
–chives (Allium schoenoprasum) (bulbs/plants) (out of seeds until summer 2015)
– garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), a.k.a. Chinese chives (bulbs/plants available as well as seeds) (out of seeds until summer 2015)
–rue
–Thai holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) - true ga-prao for making pad ga-prao & etc. Sweet spice-like scent unlike Italian basil, slightly hairy leaves, flowers and buds eaten along with the leaves. delicious.
Leeks & Onions
–“Blue Solaize” - leek, blue-green leaves, hardy overwintering type
–“Tohono O’odham I’itoi’s” - multiplier onion, garlic clove-sized bulbs, pink/purple inside and coppery skin. one clove planted turns into a clump by summer.
Melons
I don’t hand-pollinate but do grow my melons apart from each other with squash and flowers in between.
–“Blacktail Mountain” - early dwarf watermelon, dark green skin, red flesh, brown seeds
–“Ha Ogen” - smallish, early, seems drought-tolerant
–“Minnesota Midget” - early dwarf muskmelon/cantaloupe, (both fruit and plants are dwarf), fragrant orange flesh, little to no netting on fruit. Grown in isolation.
–“Navajo Red-seeded” - red flesh with reddish seeds, rind light green with dark green stripes
–“Noir des Carmes” - dwarf, French, ribbed fruit with dark green rind
–“Sweet Freckles” - dwarf version of “Crane,” orange flesh, green-spotted tan rind
–a mix of “Ha Ogen,” “Green Machine,” and possibly other dwarf/early melons - spilled the seeds as they were drying so now they’re all together. Likely also to be crossed, as I didn’t hand-pollinate that year.
Peppers
–“Bishop’s Cap” (Capsicum baccatum) - crazy-shaped mild-medium hot red fruit. bears late but tolerates some cold so in warmer climates can be kept year-round with some protection
–“Chimayo” - from the New Mexican town of Chimayo; mildly hot 3-5” bright red peppers that look like the Chili’s logo
–“Purple Beauty” - purple bell peppers, stocky plants, stay purple for a long time
Radishes
–“Cherry Belle” - round and all-red
–“Early Yellow Turnip-rooted” - yellow-skinned roots that can grow large. yellow varieties are supposedly heat-resistant
–“Edible-Podded” - used for the spicy pods, not the roots; goes immediately to flower, flowers white or pink, very productive.
–“Pink Beauty” - round and all-pink
Squash
–“Jarrahdale” (Cucurbita maxima)
–“Thai Rai Kaw Tok”
–“Milk” (Cucurbita moschata) - flat cheese-type for pie, light orange skin, orange flesh, white seeds
Sunflowers
–“Hopi Black Dye” - all-black seeds, yellow flowers
–“Tarahumara White” - all-white seeds, yellow flowers
Tomatoes
Flowers not bagged unless otherwise mentioned.
–“Big Rainbow” - productive slicer, red & orange fruit
–“Gold Medal” - productive slicer, huge red & orange fruit
–“Gold Nugget” - bright yellow cherry tomatoes, regular leaf, productive
–“Hawaiian Pineapple” - big orange & red slicer
–“Kellogg’s Breakfast” - juicy orange fruit, regular leaf, indeterminate. seeds are older but germinate okay.
–“Mrs. Houseworth’s” - oxheart-type Pennsylvania heirloom, pinkish red with a pointed tip; inside solid flesh with very few seeds or gel, a favorite for flavor this year
–“Silvery Fir Tree” - light red medium-size fruit; unusual lacey leaves that look kind of like carrot leaves (or a fir tree I guess)
–“Speckled Roman” - elongated fruit like a Roma, red with orange stripes and swirls, regular leaf, indeterminate, productive, good for sauce.
Miscellaneous Edibles
–amaranth “Hopi Red Dye” - brilliant red stems and flowers, black seeds
–carrot - a mixture of a variety of oranges and yellows
–Jerusalem artichoke “Jack’s Copperclad” - smooth copper-purple skins, plentiful yellow flowers every September, tubers crisp when raw (tubers only, available October through February) (out until fall 2015)
–poha berry, Physalis peruviana - golden berries in a papery husk, bushy pretty plants, eaten fresh or in jam
–roselle Hibiscus sabdariffa - bright red fleshy “fruits” used to make hibiscus tea, syrup, and jelly
–salsify “Mammoth Sandwich Island” - white roots that supposedly taste like oysters; pretty purple flowers that turn into giant dandelion-like puffs
–saskatoon/Juneberry - seeds from the variety “Smokey” (all out until summer 2015)
–yacon - tubers
–yuzu - lumpy yellow citrus prized in Japan. seeds must be fresh to germinate, so I only have these available in Jan/Feb.
Scionwood
–apple (limited quantities that must be sent in winter, as bud break in California is very very early): Empire, Hawaii, Hudson’s Golden Gem, Stayman Winesap
–citrus (to California only): citron “Buddha’s Hand,” mandarinquat “Indio,” lemon “Pink Lemonade,” lime “Bearss,” limequat, makrut/kaffir lime, Rangpur lime, yuzu. Also a pomelo, tangerine, kumquat, and blood orange that I need to check the names of.
–nectarine: Speckled Egg (has peach leaf curl)
Flowers and Ornamentals
–California poppy - brilliant orange flowers
–cornfield/Flanders/remembrance poppies (Papaver rhoeas) - most of them bright red with a black cross, some natural variations are all-red or have white crosses. self-seeds and forms meadows, resists drought.
–cerinthe/honeywort/Pride of Gibraltar Cerinthe major - lovely green-to-purple shaded flowering tips, attractive to bees, self-seeds, drought-tolerant
–four o’ clocks - drought-resistant plants covered in brightly-colored, sort of hibiscus-looking flowers. I have available solid white, solid bright pink, and sometimes varieties with bicolor striped flowers
–Jerusalem cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum - pretty houseplant with bright red, long-lasting, round berries that are mildly toxic raw. Can be grown outside over zone 8 and will form a nice bush.
–morning glory “Heavenly Blue” - beautiful true sky-blue flowers with white throats
–scarlet flax Linum grandiflorum - bright red with black centers, self-seeds
–spring starflower “Wisley Blue” (bulbs)
–viola “Johnny Jump-up” (a.k.a. Heartsease) - familiar little tricolor flowers in shades of purple, yellow, and white. edible flowers. self-seeds.
Carnivorous Plants
–Drosera capensis
–Sarracenia alata
–Sarracenia alata “Giant”
–Sarracenia catesbaei (natural hybrid flava x purpurea)
–Sarracenia flava
–Sarracenia leucophylla “Titan”
–many others, ask if interested
–Pinguicula agnata “Scented”
–Pinguicula laueana
–Pinguicula x “Fraser’s Beauty”
–Pinguicula x “Pirouette”
–Utricularia sandersonii “Blue”
I am looking for:
–any information on red camellia “Saint Nick” introduced by Kramer Brothers Nursery in southern California (or current contact info for the former nurserypeople). My grandfather CW Clark sold all his stock and rights to Kramer in the 70s, and we’re trying to figure out if the variety is still around (perhaps under another name).
Edibles:
–“Triton” dwarf peppers
–“Little Greenseed” naked-seeded pumpkin
–sunflower “Mongolian Giant”
–double-flowered feverfew and chamomile
–native Australian flowering/edible plants
–finger lime (in other colors than Four Winds Nursery’s)
–cassia cinnamon
–allspice
–nutmeg, clove, etc.
–“Honey Drip” or “Sugar Drip” sorghum
–spineless safflower
–Skirret, Sium sisarum
–Chinese artichoke tubers, Stachys affinis
–“Oaxacan Green” corn, except I don’t want seeds for planting–don’t have the room or aptitude for corn–but would like part of somebody’s harvest so I can try the green tortillas the seed catalogs always mention. Same thing for any parching corn.
–if you’re local I would also happily trade for squash! (I also have various fresh herbs and tomatoes in season) Dark green zucchini or any type of winter squash. I love squash but have limited space and have a brown thumb when it comes to them, anyway.
Ornamentals:
–carnivorous plants I don’t have – email me for my full growlist. Particularly interested in Mexican pings, tuberous drosera, the large-flowered utrics, and any particularly dramatic sarracenia or flytraps.
–Sarracenia purpurea “Sorrow”
–Sarracenia “Green Monster
–any triggerplants (Stylidium sp.)
–Wollemi pine
–colchicum bulbs
–dahlia “Porcelain”
–any red moss rose (not portulacas but the old-fashioned muscosa-type roses)
–Japanese maple “Aureum” (a.k.a. Full Moon)
–morning glory “Blue Star,” “Glacier Star, “Ismay,” and “Scarlet O’Hara” (the latter the true Ipomea nil version without a white throat)
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