Offerings/Wish List for Plant Swap in Lucketts, VA (May 21)

Have a new offering in case anyone is interested. We have a million plus Rose Campion starts. Can't guarantee their survival but am willing to share if anyone is interested.

Ruby

Gotta Chantell, Would you like comfrey? It's a Medicinal Herb.

Holly - you're so sweet...Sally just reminded me that's what she gave me last year...was trying to figure out what was coming up...LOL

Anyone have chickweed? Willing to take as much as anyone has...mightly big of me eh?

Chantell, What about Perilla? They make a medicinal tea from it in the Asian Countries.
http://www.altnature.com/gallery/perilla.htm

HAVES:

Deep blue columbines
Iris "Florentine" (peach color)
Baptisia australis
Yucca shoots
Lamb's ears
Raspberry Yarrow
Echinopps
Nepeta
Tall orange/w red streaks daylilies (only if you ask)
Shasta daisies (only if you ask)
Toad lilies

WANTS:
Pink Muhly Grass
Orange coneflowers
Artemesia "Silver Mound" or "Powis Castle"
Fancy Thymes
Daisies "Banana Cream"

Foxy, Could I have some Peach Iris? I have Artemesia, Silver king. Very pretty but an aggressive grower. Tall and spreads really quickly.

Holly - wow that sounds like an interesting one...do you have Perilla? If so I'd love some!! thank you and might I beg some horseradish from you as well?

In addition to the previously begged for chickweed - anyone have the old fashion (some say invasive) white yarrow - I believe it is Achillea millefolium but I'm really not sure...just know it's the plain old fashion white.

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bump- Been editing my entry

I have some out there haven't looked to see if it is up yet but it should be.

^_^ thank you ! Hugs

Heya! Got back from vacation late last night... I'll be trying to pot up divisions this week! I haven't even gone out to see how everything has fared that I tried to start before we left, but at a glance they look good... including a little start of that heirloom white achillea you mentioned, Chantell, and I'm sure there's another volunteer or two out there, as it can be a little "thuggish" that way.

potted cuttings: (hopefully well rooted by now but not ready to plant out)

Jasminum stephanense (rated to zone 7; I have it in a sheltered spot) http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/80118/
Lonicera americana (honeysuckle) http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/73169/
Lonciera sempervirens ("coral honeysuckle") sorry, cuttings aren't looking lively

can probably dig:
lamium -- might be 'Shell Pink'. Greenthumb
black eyed susan
purple loosestrife (Lysimachia, *not* the invasive genus! but it does spread through a bed in a mint-like way)
white heirloom achillea (rather thuggish but pretty)
Mint, 'Hilary's Sweet Lemon' Greenthumb, Chantell
Chocolate Peppermint
'Kentucky Colonel' Spearmint (don't have loads this year but can probably get a rooted start)

Felicia's Phlox (tall blue, heirloom from DH's grandmom, 4 small pots) Chantell, Becky, Nisi, Holly

seedlings:
Torenia, mixed Greenthumb Donnerville
Looks like I've got a few extra Torenia, mixed colors, but otherwise my light shelves are far from full this year -- sorry I didn't manage to do my usual assortment of basils, especially! Tomato starts don't look so hot; if they perk up, Stormy has dibs, but I might have a few extras. No extra sweet peppers this year but should have some extra hot peppers (smallish still but look sturdy, will post varieties if interested).



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Posted my have/want list in reserved space above.

This is my first visit to the "southerly" MAG swap; hope I am doing this correctly.

May add or adjust tomorrow when (if) it doesn't rain and I can go outside and look around

Denise.

Thought I'd add a picture for fun.

Those are some really beautiful tomato plants Nisi. Yes, pictures are always fun.

Ruby

I've added NOID Yellow Yarrow to my avail list - only have a couple - give a shout out if interested.

I finally got a good look at my potted cuttings, and the coral honeysuckle is looking like it didn't take. But I may have a couple of clematis to share!

Ruby, I think you got something from me a couple years ago that turned out not to be Clematis montana rubra, LOL, but I potted up a piece that rooted over the winter for you, and it looks good. :-)

I also added mints to my list. I have loads of Chocolate Peppermint that needs to be pulled from the far end of its bed (wonderful sweet, clean flavor -- my favorite for tea), and Joyanna helped me pot up 4 clumps of 'Hilary's Sweet Lemon' (a Westerfield hybrid) this afternoon.

Critter - raising hand for some of the Lemon...pretty please and thank you (if Joyanna pulled enough up) ^_^ I LOVE all my mints!!

Holly, if available, I'd love to ask you for a 'Pink Octopus' Campanula, a Black Pussywillow, and a Comfrey plant.

Bec, I'd love a start of white and/or pink siberian iris! And if you can get a coral honeysuckle going for greenthumb, I'd appreciate it (he wanted one & I think mine have croaked).

Chantell, ooh I'd love to try that peanut butter shrub... I remember when you were talking about it on the fragrant gardening forum!

Nisi, I'll try to bring a few tomatoes that aren't on your list, but right now mine are looking pretty puny. I was just thinking I might have to buy some this year, so if you have extras I'd love to request some! Varieties I'm especially interested in are Dr. Carolyn, Big Mama, Stupice, Ramapo, Brandywine Pink Sudduth, Brandywine Yellow Platfoot, and Stump of the World. Thanks!

Greenthumb, I'd love a White Snakeroot and a Campanula 'Bellringers', if available. Thanks!

Gita, please could I have a ricrac cactus? Mine was finally starting to get going (I don't have your touch with it!), but it got neglected last year and I lost a couple of the cuttings in my pot.

Foxy, I'd love a raspberry yarrow!

Sally, could I please have a piece of your lavender spiderwort? (BTW, your purple sibs are blooming their hearts out right now in my garden, and your Bubby Bush is opening its buds!)

Thanks!!!

No problem - Jill...will bring PB cuttings...she's turning into a small 'tree'...LOL Long as the hummers and/or butterflies are happy all is well w/the world. Chloe still loves sitting out there with me watching them!! I can only imagine Joyanna in your yard

Jill---

Will bring you a rooted Ric-Rac and--maybe some extra cuttings--since mine is so huge.
It will never miss it!!!!
If you may remember (or not) my original got so huge that I had to get rid of it--
So--I donated it to Rawlings Cinservatory where it lives, happily, on a rock above a huge pond
in their Mediterranean House.....

Now I have another HUGE one to deal with-----will take a few cuttings for you....
Just shove the cuttings in a 4" or 5" pot--all the way to the bottom--and IGNORE IT...
Keeping it BARELY moist in filtered light. A clay pot may help.....That's all!
ALL Orchid Cactus sections root amazingly! No problem!!!!

And--remember--they like being root bound (which may take several years--so start with a 6" HB)
and shove ALL the cuttings in it. Hang outside in bright, filtered light--and wait.....
Feed throughout the summer--(MG is fine) and then bring it in for a "REST" in the winter....
Water very sparingly--but do give it good light.

In general--I find "ignorance" of many plants as the best way to success.....
Makes them "fight" for survival! So--they come through like troopers.....
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Separate request.....

Could I please have a few of the best, largest, rooted or not, cuttings of your Red Honeysuckle?
This is for my Manager, Donn.....
FINALLY!!!! The Coral H-Suckle you gave me a few years ago--that outgrew my bed--
and that I dug up and gave Donn-- are blooming in His garden.
He is enchanted with the aroma--and wants more and more-----like a kid! He IS like a kid!

Please bring whatever you can share.......Thanks--Gita

My Ric-Rac came, originally, from :Kachinagirl" in CA.
The fancy name of it is: "Selencereus Anthonyanus".

I was blessed a couple of years with it's blooms....

Holly--YES--you can have Iris Florentine. A couple of others have made the request, but I have enough for all. One problem is I may not get to the swap. If someone nearby me is going can pick them up and bring them to the swap for me. I'd love to have your "Silver King", but it probably will have to wait.

Did someone say they had pink Siberian irises?? I got lost reading through here. Lots of plants!!

Chantell, I have several clumps of white yarrow. I love it because it stays neat and the flowers last a long time. It is not invasive. It may not be the variety you are looking for. I got it from Thompson & Morgan in a wildflower seed mix. They stayed a decent size in wood chip mulch. I also have the pale yellow short yarrow, and the very tall and bulky "Coronation Gold." The white and raspberry-colored yarrows I can divide for you if you want them. Deer hate them so I think they're good to put in front of your "precious" plants. Sort of foils them.

Sallyg-did you still want one of the peach Irises? I seem to recall you were interested in them. Long story that I didn't offer them last spring, but the big snow had a lot to do with it.

Gita, the coral honeysuckle cuttings aren't looking good. I'll see what the plant has to offer, but I pruned it back pretty hard last month (thought I'd stuck plenty of cuttings, so tossed the rest of the trimmings). I'm not positive, but I thought the honeysuckle you got from me and gave to your manager was L. americana, not the coral honeysuckle. ?

My ricrac was doing pretty well, largely neglected as you suggested, and I'd taken a bunch of cuttings from it to stick down into its pot... but it got watered a little *too* sparingly at one point last year... several pieces went altogether crispy, and others had to be trimmed back. I will treat this one better; I promise! That bloom is stunning.

I'll have more of the white achillea to offer... one that came up next to a tag that said "pink yarrow" is now blooming out white... so it's coming out to make room for something that really is pink! LOL The white is nice, but I have plenty of it out there.

Joyanna helped me pot up some more mint this morning. Tomorrow, we'll see if we can grub up a few Clematis virginiana volunteers that I noted in the front bed.

Both of my honeysuckles are going crazy out back...someone describe the color of the Coral H-Suckle or post a pic...if that's what's going nuts, I'm happy to bring CUTTINGS - none will be rooted...simply cuttings.

Foxnfire - thank you re the yarrow but I've got enough being share that I'll be set in my little yard...very sweet of you to offer though.

Jill---

Did you not show a different Honeysuckle on a "haves" post??? it was reddish/Purplish????

Was the one you gave me a few years ago the "Americana Honeysuckle"????
It's blooms were coral....I thought that was the one I had--dug up--and gave to my Manager...

Then--you posted a link to another one. I thought it was red??? Maybe purple?????

Anyway--Here is the Honeysuckle you gave me in May of 2008. I DO have it listed as
L. Americana.....(see picture below)
I rooted it--planted it--after 2 years--needed to get rid of it--as it was taking up too
much room. Dug it up and gave it to my Manager, Donn...Both of them!

SO??? What is the other one you posted a link to above?????
I thought it was purple/reddish.....

Anyway--IF you have cuttings from any other than the "Americana"---please bring me some....

Just trying to appease the "I want--I want"--childish needs of my MGR.

He IS a budding gardener--IF, only, he could stop being so obsessive and anal about his
position at HD. He IS the best MGR. we have ever had. SO! I should not complain....
I just relate to him on a different level......Plants and Gardening--and I Teach HIM!
--He forgets everything I tell him--and the names of plants....
--He does not know what is an annual or a perennial--and I have been telling him for 4 yrs. now....
--He has "tunnel vision" as to what he wants--irregardless if it is an annual or a perennial....

I feel very sad and empathetic for someone like him--whose ONLY focus is his job!
--NO personal relationships....Nice looking man--NO Girl-Friends....just turned 44yrs. old/young.
One of 6 siblings--NONE of them married--what does that tell you????
ALL of them consumed by their jobs--singular visions.....obsessions....
--NO other interests or focus in his life....Has a home--1 acre of land he is trying to "garden"
and I have been supplying him with plants now for 4 years....He still does not know their names!!!!

I won;t give up! HE brings out a maternal instinct in me. We both have a connection--
but it is garden-related...AND--That is all it should be....

He always says---"I love you"---and I always answer---"I Love you too" ...and it means nothing....
For--It cannot---He is my Store manager----I am his Garden and Plants advisory.....supplier...
It is a sterile "give and take"......

Anyway--I am most fond of him and have tried for now 4 years to turn him into a better gardener...
Sometimes--in life--you just meet someone you can really care about--with ABSOLUTELY NO
reciprocation in mind.....

That be me! Gita

Gita, the honeysuckle in your photo is L. americana.. that's the one I gave you, and I think you rooted a broken piece of it in water, too. The other honeysuckle I have is the coral honeysuckle, L. sempervirens, and yes its blooms are red. I stuck a bunch of cuttings that looked great before I left and now look crispy, so I will probably not have that one available this spring.

Here's the coral honeysuckle. Mine is an unknown cultivar from another DGer... I traded her some peach irises for it, because I knew Hart was looking for a coral honeysuckle... she sent me a little extra piece, which I kept, and it has flourished by my deck steps!

I'll chop off cuttings from both of mine to take home and root, it'll be soft-wood cuttings so best to root in water (at least in my limited experience)

Now I know I also have coral honeysuckle. Small from last years swap but thriving. Thanks for the discussion somebody!

Oh good now I know which is which - I'll also bring cuttings if each (which will in turn save me the wrath if my HOA!!) ^_^