Hoping for the same rules as usual;

1. Tailgater (meaning trading out of our vehicle trunks in a pre-determined empty parking lot)

2. No sales.

3. Pre-arranged trades ahead of time most welcome.

4. Any garden related living or inanimate object welcome at the trade (so not just seed packets and plants, but old tools, extra fertilizer, old garden books/magazines, compost, etc. - anything garden related actually is most welcome especially if you are new to these swaps and are just starting out but don't have alot of plants/perennials to divide up and swap/trade)

5. The ever popular 'swap circle' - which is the place we randomly place one (or 10) items in the cirlce which enables us to take one (or 10) items in exchange - this is the circle where you'll find things you never knew you wanted/needed).

6. Hoping to firm up the Markham location - the LCBO's are closed on that holiday so that location in the past has made a great location for us (Muttsfan will have to help me here with posting a map and directions).

7. Throwing up the swap date of:

Monday May 22nd - Victoria Day stat holiday (this is the same date we had for last years GTA east swap)

The following Sunday (May 29th) has typically been used for last years GTA west (Etobicoke) swap, so I chose the Victoria day Monday again for the central/east swap as I didn't want this swap date to land on the same day as the GTA West tailgater as some swappers want to attend both.

Pipe in here and I guess I better plant a few more WS flats to get lots of things on my swap list. Cheers! Sydseeds

So thanks Sydseeds, you goddess of organization, you.

Julianna, who prays that we get Munchkin on that day so he'll be able to partake. He really loved the swaps last year.

Debs

I am happy to help with organization also.

AM

Laura

Laine2-- Let me know if your have a swap in the East as I'm some what near you! Thanks

Last year's Spring swap at the LCBO parking lot (on the Monday of the Victoria Day long weekend) worked out well, so Sydseeds and I thought we should do it again. This time we've decided on the Unionville (Markham) LCBO which is next to Longo's supermarket, east of Woodbine/ Hwy 7. This is very close to, actually between the other 2 Markham swaps - Fire and Ice Restaurant's parking lot and the Town of Markham parking lot. Sheridan and Pine Ridge Nurseries are maybe 2 miles east on Hwy 7. Anyone taking Hwy 401/Hwy 404 North - get off at Hwy 7, go East to Markham, its 3 lights away!

9 am to 11 am sound about right, Sydseeds?

Cheers
Mary Anne

Muttsfan - thanks for the great map and the 9AM to 11AM timeframe is perfect for our Victoria Day Tailgate Plant Swap

Wants
Silverlace vine
Any fast growing vine!

Trade
Tall Purple mums! (I think)
Autumn Joy Sedum
More to come

Love Lies Bleeding
Bleeding Hearts
Lilac
Lupines
Asters
Dahlias
Some kind of low-maintenance flowering climber..I've never grown clematis or passion flowers, but if they're ok for a beginner, I'll give it a shot
Vegetable and herb seeds, especially open-pollinated or heirloom
Berry plants, especially currants and blueberries
Rhubarb
Asparagus
Sunflower seedlings

Trade
Tomato plants
Basil plants
Pepper plants
Vegetable and herb seeds
Blue columbine seeds
Ever-bearing golden raspberry plants if anyone is interested

I still am pretty clueless about perennials and dividing things, but I had good luck with the raspberries last year at least.

Cheers,
Julianna

Syseeds That would be great Thanks
Laine2 I have tryed to email you but it won't let me are you doing a swap in your area? Did you get to the garden show? Talk soon Nicole

Are you talking about Scarlet Runner beans? Or the flowers? Or is there a bleeding heart variety called that? Sorry for the confusion, I know my veggie and herb varieties pretty well, but ornamentals are beyond the scope of what I know still. I'd take some Scarlet Runner bean or flower seeds if you have them. We've grown them before in the past and they're very pretty. Duane's making a bean trellis this year so I can just weave them in between the Romanos. The reason I'm looking for an ornamental climber is for the arbor out front. It's kind of bare and "unsightly", so I thought maybe an ornamental climber there might be pretty. We love your bleeding hearts, they're not a nuisance to us at all. It's hard to find things that like the shaded beds along the side of the house and the bleeding hearts do well there. I'd love some if they come back for you, thanks!

Laine-

Duane will be ecstatic that you're willing to part with the rhubarb, he loves the stuff. Should I put some sort of enclosure around it to keep Mario Le Mew, my cat from eating it? Aren't parts of it poisonous?

Grazie,
Julianna

Tara - glad you and your MIL are coming. Once you show up once, you'll find yourself booking this date every year on your calendar as it's such a fun morning of swapping plants and garden cast-offs. What are white trumpets - sounds interesting! I'll check to see what I've got coming up that's on your wish list.

I have way too many annuals started and will likely bring some Black Dragon Coleus, some basil, and some lobelia. As I get closer to planting out time, I will know better.

Anistin, I am interested in starting a worm composting system and any help would be appreciated. The mice have taken over my garden compost bins and they are getting all the good out of my kitchen scraps.

I missed the trade last year and am looking forward to attending this year.

Thanks,

AM

I would love Sweet hot Chocolate! If I have some things you want from me I will post more soon! I would also like Irish Elf or your other yellow lilly! Thanks Nicole

I'm not garden-organized yet this spring, so am not sure what I have to offer, but am still looking for daylilies of any sort to deal with a problem area. Last year I did very well with lilies from GWers, thanks, and am hoping to score a few more and make the unsightly zone into a sea of grassy lillies.

Susan

I should also have a few eggplant extras if people are interested in those as well. The basil is getting its true leaves now so it should be in good shape by the time of the swap. I should have 6 good clumps or so. Peppers are mostly hot ones but there may be a few sweet ones in there as well.

Tomgyrll/Susan-

If you still want those Plum Lemon/Wonder Lights tomato seeds, let me know and I'll package some up for you.

Cheers, and I hope all of you had a lovely Easter,
Julianna

Tell me what varieties you want - I may have some you don't...

Susan

Hey, no worries, I know real life imposes its demands on our gardening bubble sometimes. It's all good, I've got my garden pretty well set in terms of tomatoes, but it's never too early or late to plan for next year, I always say. I've got some seeds in mind that were a tad difficult to obtain this year, which is why they've rolled over to 2007. I'll just list them here, so if you have any of these, let me know and also if there are ones that you are looking for, I'll put some aside for you if I have them.

Lime Green Salad
Citron Compact
Victorian Dwarf
Lucky Leprechaun
Kosovo
Yellow Canary
Wes
Green Giant
Green Gage
Cosmonaut Volkov
Wolford's Wonder
Wuhib

I'm also looking for wild and wacky different basils, one can never have too many varieties of basil.

Thanks much, Susan and looking forward to seeing you at the swap!

Julianna

PS to sydseeds: your lupines are back as well as the bleeding hearts you gave me last year. I'm so excited! Also, whoever gave me the lovage, that's back, the succulent, I think it was a sedum, that's back, and the lilac has a few buds on it. Happy happy happy!

Have you grown Kalinka or Carbon? Both very nice...and I have seed.

Susan

Wes and Green Gage would be fabulous! Carbon I've grown and love, Kalinka I've never heard of. Thanks much for checking, looking forward to seeing what else you've got squirreled away ;o) As a side note, the dwarfs and determinates are mainly for our Munchkin. He likes to grow tomatoes that he can harvest at his eye level or lower. Last we measured, he's just shy of 4' tall. We also have a few friends who only have a balcony, so growing tomatoes in pots is a must.

Transplanted purple cauliflower this weekend and started blue potatoes. Carrots, radishes, beets, peas, radicchio, and arugula are all up, yay!!

Julianna

Hey Sydseeds, can I have a bleeding heart for my friend who is a newbie gardener?

Cheers
Mary Anne

UPDATE: counted my eggplant seedlings and it turns out I don't have any extras like I thought I would. I had 5 violetta lunga that decided not to germinate at all, so just letting everyone know so they don't get their hopes up on that one. Something I might have that I wasn't expecting to have, however, are 2 tomatillo seedlings. Right now I'm not sure exactly what variety that will be, but I'll keep you posted. Whoever decides on these, you have to grow 2 of them for successful fruit formation and they get tall so be prepared to stake them. For the uninitiated, tomatillos are absolutely fabulous in salsa. They're in the tomato family and the fruit look like little parcels wrapped in a paper husk. Anyone interested in these, let me know.

Cheers,
Julianna

I'm after hummingbird plants. It is very difficult to find the ones I'm after. The US seed exchangers won't send to Canada and the stores here have next to nothing in plants or seed. It's frustrating.

You've got mail.

Julianna

Things I'm looking for
Smoke Bushes
Astilbe
Geranium pelargonium or cuttings
Flowering Maple
Oleander-pink or red
Rockfoil
Brugs anything but yellow (rooted)
Burning Bush
Dogwood-flowering
coleus-joseph coat
Delphinium-Blue
Fried egg
Hibiscus-double flowering
Hibiscus large flowering (harty)
Looking for something for hot dry sunny location.
Tempt me

I just checked my double purple datura. They are really coming up nicely. I should also have more dahlias and canna lilies this year, not to mention brugmansia plants.

I also have a few heuchera, 2 dwarf wiegela (they might be Midnight Wine - I'll have to look for the tags), a couple of iris, some rudbeckia. More to come...

It's gonna be a beuatiful weekend for gardening - happy digging everyone!

Debs

haves:
Italian parsley seedlings
Oregano seedlings
Cilantro seedlings
Thai basil or lemon basil seedlings (I'm not sure if both are sprouting or just one of them is sprouting)
Purple basil seedlings
Amaranthus seedlings
Italian sunflower seedlings
violas
calendula, yellow and orange varieties
maple tree, three years old (one)
white spruce saplings, very young (two)
garden hose (how did I end up with four hoses?) (one)

Wish list:
coleus
lobelia
verbena
Alyssum
Ageratum
columbine
peppermint
ivy geranium, red
Hemerocallis 'Stella d'Oro'
clematis (Henryi, 'Fair Rosamond', Sunset, viticella 'Venosa Violacea', 'William Kennett', Ramona, viticella 'Etoile Violette') I know, I know, it's a wish list, ok?

Skraps: I can divide some pink astilbe from my garden if you're interested. I'd love a flowering kale seedling.

Laura: let me know if you want to meet at a gas station/coffee shop off the 401 somewhere and convoy over together.

I'd really like to get a West area swap going in Etobicoke, but I've never organized a swap before and I don't want to mess it up and have everyone angry with me. Does anyone have any tips? Words of encouragement? :) How exactly does one organize a swap, other than choosing a location and date and posting the info?

Because my spring is packed, I know I won't be able to get to a GTA west spring swap but look forward to seeing someone grab the reigns and launch a GTA west tailgate swap!

Feel free to just cut and past my first posting into an independant thread; check off that you want replies of posts that come in; change the GTA East to GTA West; change the date and location to where-ever and whenever you want (or ask for suggested locals & preferred dates) and voila - you're done the biggest part of the organizing.

The only extra thing I think I do on the morning of the swap (other than filling every square inch of my vehicle to capacity) is to bring a little chalk (for the 'gamblers circle - leave one; take one area';) and to bring a big garden knife (to split some plants that I/others may have only brought one of, but 3 people want a big old chunk of it.) and a few extra empty grocery bags (to put these extra divided plant in)

The attendees will pipe in with their trades/wants/wishlists; and poof - before you know it, there will be 45 posting in the thread, and growing daily as the date approaches.

One caution - I didn't post our Central/East Tailgater swap thread over in the main "Canadian trade' discussion board - I put in over here on the conversation side, because GW friends on the USA trade boards had their entire 'swap/getogether' threads deleted entirely when they posted 'swap meets/get-togethers on the US trade forums - the new administrators posted in the suggestions and comments board (once the complaints came rolling in) that the trades board wasn't where these get togethers were suppose to be posted.
The members were very annoyed as all those 'pre-trading discussions' got entirely wiped out. I would hate to have that happen to anyone on our boards. For me - I posted on the trade board a link to find our discussions here in the conversations side - it didn't get deleted and it let lurkers there know we were over here planning and pre-swapping.

Go for it and I can email a few 'West-y GWers' that came to our West-GTA Tailgaters in the previous years; and I can post your thread (once you post it) to a couple of splinter-garden groups where X-GWer's are hanging out, and they always want the inside scoop on where the GTA swaps are going to be.
Cheers! Sydseeds

Brian

I'm watching daily to see if that dreaded bleeding heart pokes its head out from under the porch so stay tuned folks to see if I can resurrect it up again (which I don't hope it does; but in a way hope it does so I can dig it up again and give it away.

My trade page is slowly getting updated so bear with me on the confirmed loot I'm bringing!

Thanks for clearing that up for me and I am sure there may be one or two others that were wondering the same thing.

Brian

Mary Anne

I'll most likely swing by with stuff for the swap circle..hosta seedlings, clematis seedlings, Solanum autropurpureum, mina lobata vine seedlings, phlox,Achellea'paprika, Rudbeckia maxima ...see you all then.

Cheryl

I have for your consideration:
Lilac Maiden's Blush
Lilac Monge (French Hybrid)
astilbe seedlings (volunteers of astilbe chinesis Pumila)
Spirea seedlings (pink flowers)
Heuchera Palace Purple seedlings

plus the other stuff I had posted earlier.

2 weeks to go
Mary Anne

Debs:Burning Bush and 1 dwarf wiegela

nadia_smiles: I will take a pink astilbe for a flowering kale.

Lana:I would love to have a canna yellow

Perhaps your local freecycle would be a better place to post wanting some free plants.

Here's an idea - post on your freecycle site that you're looking for plants; then keep some for yourself and post here what you are able to bring in exchange for swapping things for us.

I hope this doesn't sound insensitive but it's not really fair to come completely empty handed and go home with things that others are hoping to trade for new plants and such.

Look around the garage; check out freecycle; offer to help a neighbour with their spring clean up in exchange for a couple of perennials that they need divided; and then you'll be all set to barter and have fun swapping with the rest of us.

Here are some suggestions for swapping:

Used Coffee Grounds - just go around to your neighbourhood Starbucks or Second Cup and ask for their used CGs, they will usually give you as much as a garbage bag of the stuff. I will trade a couple of seedlings or division of a perennial for the stuff :)
You can trade hard goods for the garden, trowels, small garden ornaments, Candles, extra gloves, extra pots etc. Two years ago, I got a cute wooden mallard (retired hunting decoy?)for my pond. Another time I got a homemade iron obelisk for my peony. I still think back fondly to the plant swaps when I got these items.
Since you live (sort of) in the country - go to a local feed store and buy Costco size organic fertilizer eg alfalfa meal or pellets, kelp meal, etc. Divide them into small bags eg grocery sized bags, and trade these for plants. Alfalfa tea is popular amongst hosta and rose growers. A 50 lb bag divided into 5 lb bags will yield you 10 plants at a minimum!!!
Do you have access to horse or rabbit manure? I saw a sign once driving to Uxbridge - free rabbit manure", unfortunately DH refused to stop :( Can you imagine me yelling, "Stop the car, someone's giving away free manure!" and my hubby yelling back "Are you crazy, woman?" If you can get your hands on a couple of bags, you can trade these for plants!!

As long as its gardening related, its welcome at the swap. Pre-arranging via this thread is best because we always do the pre-arranged stuff first (tag your stuff people so you know what you are giving away and to whom and vice-versa!!) If you have your heart set on a Lilac or whatever, email the person offering the item and see if you can thrash out a deal, that way you are assured of something you really want.

Hope this helps
Mary Anne

Debs

Muttsfan & Sorellina - if the bleeding heart shows up, I'll try to split it carefully between you two.

Stella d'Oro
Iris (purple unnamed)
Rudbeckia Goldstrum
Red Magic Daylily (red)
Missouri Beauty Daylily (yellow tending to white)
Alexander Yellow Loosetrife Varigated (non-invasive non-banned type)
Centura Montana purple (perennial bachelor buttons)
Obedient Plant (white flowers)

I may have some of these but am not sure until the weekend.

Nicotania Only the Lonely (6 feet tall, long tubular very fragrant white flowers)
Castor Bean Plant (all parts poison)
Cerinthe Bouquet Gold

Nadia, for you I have Stella, Black Dragon, Lobelia, and McCanna Giant columbine.

I am looking for named hosta and daylilies, any type of hellebore (sp?) or ferns.

Syseeds, I would be interested in your Annabelle hydrangea if there is anything that I have that you would be interested in.

I have three options for you. One is a varigated, low growing variety, with slightly twisting leaves, it grows into a clump about 12 inches by 30 inches, and the flowers are held at about 24 inches. Another is a light green one that looks like a ventricosa makes a clump about 4 feet and stands about 24 inches tall with the flowers about 30 inches. The last is a blue shaded one that looks like an elegans, grows to about 3 feet across and about 2.5 feet tall, and the slugs don't like it. All three are very hardy and increase rapidly.

I was going to divide one of the light green ones and could give you a substantial clump.

AM

Lanakola - I still have an annebelle hydrangea on standby for you (rather than the peegee hydrangea as I don't have that kind this year) - did you still want the annabelle variety? If so, I'd love to swap for one of your canna chunks.

Nadia I know you're organizing the GTA West tailgater - just wondering if you'll still planning to make it out to this GTA East tailgater? Hope so!

Skraps - want some blue delphiniums in exchange for some of your standard hosta?

debsz5 - what's on your wish list in exchange for some of your heuchera? I can go on a seek and find mission in the gardens if I knew what's on your wish list.

Taraflowers - would morning glory, or scarlet runners be good for your trellis?

Sorellina - hold me a couple grape or cherry tomato plants if you have any and a stick or two of your golden raspberries - I've got scarlet runners coming to you and yup - you're getting bleeding heart too from me.

Muttsfan - Will be potting up a bleeding heart for you - it's back! Can you bring me a Mount Fuji Morning glory?

nhoney4family - I've tagged some scarlet runners for you - can I have some of your autumn joy sedum?

My annabelle hydrangea and bleeding heart supply is now diminished. I'll go look around and see what's else I've got out there in the garden and post more items tomorrow.

Thanks!
Nadia

I am reading all your postings with great interest!

I am still undecided whether to come to the swap as I don't have interesting plants to bring.

Would anyone be interested in the following:

1. Canna lily seedlings - I started these from seeds and they are really small now, just about 2 inches tall but I expect them to be bigger by the time of the swap. They are all City of Portland canna lilies (dark pink flowers, green leaves). I can also bring one or two pieces of the roots from the mother plant, if there is interest.

2. I have two small potted Del Monte golden pineapple plants. Would anyone be interested?

3. I can also bring a couple of potted brug cuttings if there are takers. I have frosty pink and yellow.

4. Also, I have one rooted schefflera, but this is an indoor plant.

If I know there is interest in my humble offerings, I will surely come.

Cheers,
Euphemia

Euphemia It would be great to have you come once again to the swap. I'd love a little piece of your dark pink canna root! Let me know what you want from my list of things I'm bringing.

mutts_fan: I would also like one each of your Lilac Maiden's Blush Lilac Monge (French Hybrid if u still have it..I have lots of bleeding hearts both white and pink.

amcorrigan: I have a ostrige fern can we swap it for some red daylillys?

euphemia :I would like a little piece of your pink portland canna lilly root if you have enough, Just check my list see if anything interest you .

Euphemia: I would love some Brugmansia.

Is there anyting that I can offer you?

AM

Skraps: I will bring you a piece of the Portland canna lily too. May I please have a flowering kale seedling?

Amcorrigan: I will bring you a potted brug. Do you want pink or yellow? Let me know.

I forgot to mention earlier, but I also have a couple of LOVAGE plants - it is one of my favorite herbs. It looks and smells something like celery but is much larger, growing more than 6 feet tall. Lovage can be used in almost any dish celery or parsley would be used in. It has bright green hand-shaped leaves and ridged hollow stems. It grows well in shade and sun and it is exceedingly hardy. Lovage comes up in the early spring and stays around for most of the growing season. Because it is tall and flowers late, it looks good in a garden's perennial border.
If anybody is interested, please let me know, because I am not going to dig them out unless somebody wants it.
Lana

Please check my trade list!

want: (everything!)
Turtlehead
Obedient Plant (other than white)
Shasta daisies
any Malva / Mallow plants

can trade: (not much)
Rose of Sharon (hibiscus syriacus) cuttings (lots of them)
Day Lily (regular old orange)
Dead Nettle (lamium) ground cover
Lungwort (Pulmonaria)
Snow on the Mountain (Aegepodium podagraria var.) ground cover (very invasive but some people might still want it)
Sweet Woodruff (gallium oderatum) ground cover

3 or 4 cedar seedlings , 2-3 yrs old (3 to 6 or 7 inches tall) .. these are self sown from my neighbour's trees, they have overwintered at least 2 yrs.

Euphemia: I'm putting aside a few surprises for you for you giving me the little Portland canna root.

Lanakola: Yup - we're good to go on my strawberries and scarlet runners for your yellow canna chunk.

Thanks,

AM

I've returned from 3 weeks holidays in sunny California (USDA zone 12). They're way ahead of us and the vegetation is so completely different from what we've got here. Anyhow, I'm still very excited about the upcoming plant swap. Here's an update:

In addition to various tomatoes and peppers I have for trading and I won't know which varieties I've got for trade until Sunday when we'll be doing major inventory to see what will be going into the garden, I've added some other things to my trade list:

Tomato Plants (various, mostly tall indeterminates)
Pepper Plants (hot and sweet)
Tomatillo Plants
Sweet and Genovese Basil
Everbearing Golden Raspberries (LOTS)
Strawberries
Purple Cauliflower (one plant from Munchkin who will be attending with us..he's really wanting some Love Lies Bleeding)
Large-leafed Poppy..I have no clue what the actual variety this is, I think I got it from Peatpod last year..it spreads very nicely and will fill up some bare spots
Spreading succulent ground cover, again not sure of variety or Latin name
Lily of the Valley
Asian Poppy, red
Double Blue Columbine
Plastic pots of all sizes

laine2- I'll take some of your rhubarb and sunflower seedlings for my peppers, basil, and tomatoes

sydseeds-you always have the coolest stuff..I would LOVE some of your clematis if you're able to divide some off your vines or whatever it is you do, lol and as many as your pesky bleeding hearts as you can spare and a gladiola if you still have it for lots of golden raspberries and a few tomato plants..if I've got some small-fruited ones, I'll set them aside for you.

tomgyrll-I'll bring your Wonder Lights and Whippersnapper tomato seeds for your Wes, Green Gage, and Kalinka tomato seeds. Your sweet woodruff is doing absolutely fabulously under our cherry tree, by the way. It's spreading nicely.

nadia smiles-I'll give you some peppermint divisions, blue double columbine , and succulent ground cover for your amaranthus and Italian sunflowers

lanakolo-I think you may have gotten Purple Russian tomato from me last year. Yes, you're right, it's a really tasty one for sauce. I don't have an extra of that, but I've got some other great ones you might like so I'll give you that and some raspberries for whatever colour dahlias you may have, I'm not picky and some of your lovage. I got some last year and it's doing nicely in the lettuce garden. I was so very happy it made a repeat appearance. We love it.

muttsfan-I'll set aside some sweet and genovese basil for you for your nigella and lupine. If you'd like a tomatillo pair, I'll set that aside as well. I'd love a lilac if you still have one, it's my favourite flower.

skraps-I'd love one of your white bleeding hearts. Let me know if there's something I've got that interests you.

v e e-I'd love some of your hardy hibiscus if it's not already spoken for if there's something I've got that piques your interest as well.

Ok, I think this year maybe I might just be a tad more organized! Thanks for leading by example, sydseeds!

Cheers,
Julianna

Vee: If you have any spare lungwort, I have lots of the items on your wish list. I can bring you malva seedlings (they popped up from the plants peatpod gave me last year), turtlehead, and shasta daisies. I also have lots of violas, if you're interested. Violas weren't on your list. Don't worry about bringing me plant-for-plant stuff. One or two lungwort shoots would be lovely.

Sorellina aka Julianna: I ended up buying some peppermint at the rbg fundraiser (it was for charity...I couldn't resist). Sooo, if you can bring me a large-leafed poppy instead of a peppermint division, that would be great. If not, just the double blue columbine and succulent ground cover would be great. I'll bring you lots of amaranthus and Italian sunflower seedlings. They're growing like crazy. I feel like such a proud momma.

Lana: I will definetely bring you the maple tree/sapling. I've taken the picture for you, now I have to figure out how to upload it and send (!) I think you were going to bring me some polygonum orientale seeds. I'm very curious about your lovage, as well. If you have one shoot to spare, I'd like to give it a try. Let me know what else I can bring you. Just to confirm: I'm bringing the tree to the East swap, in Markham, right?

Sydseeds: I'll definetely bring you some calendula for your ajuga and lysimachia nummularia. I sent you an email...but I'm confirming here just in case. :)

See y'all on Monday!

Nadia

Asiatic lily -Blue eyes
Indian Summer-Black eyed susan!( huge)
Astible
Lilac(unknown colour)
Autumn Joy
Mini Iris

Want list

Dk purple sedum
Purple smoke bush
Any Tall pern
Burgandy plants

Ve e- if you want Shasta I would love some Rose of Sharon

1. Portland canna lily root pieces for Sydseeds and Skraps;
2. Yellow potted brug cutting for Amcorrigan; and
3. Del Monte golden pineapple plant for Lana.

I suppose whatever else I bring can then go into the swap circle.

*******
Sydseeds: I love surprises - thank you so much in advance!

Skraps: Thank you for the flowering kales. I would need instruction how to grow them too.

I couldn't resist planting seeds yesterday in the cool, overcast weather. It's my favourite putting-in-the-garden weather and if I had things to transplant, I'd be doing that, too, but I didn't. Anyhow, I noticed that we have a boatload of yarrow volunteers if anyone is interested in those and also plenty of violets. The yarrow is either yellow or white, I'm not sure which, so if you're not picky, it's all yours.

nhoney- I would LOVE a lilac, thank you so much and I should have plenty of tomatoes and peppers for trade. I'm just not sure of the varieties at the moment. There are 9 flats in the garage and they're filled to the gills, which makes it hard to do inventory.

skraps- White Bleeding Hearts for Tomatillos and Basil sounds doable. I know I have at least one extra Tomatillo pair and you need 2 plants for pollination with those. I SHOULD have 3 extra Tomatillo pairs according to my germination records, so you and Muttsfan should be good to go.

nadia smiles- Sure, I can substitute the large-leafed poppy for the peppermint, not a problem. I'm not going to pot things up until Saturday with all this rain.

I'm so pleased so many of you want the everbearing golden raspberries. I've noticed several very healthy volunteers in my tomato bed and it's nice to know they won't end up at curbside.

I have a couple of perennial newbie questions. Is Rose of Sharon the same thing as a Hardy Hibiscus or is that another critter? Mine from last year is way tiny, is this normal? I'm wondering if I should ask for another one and if the one I got was abused by me, inadvertently.

I also got a couple Cannas from Peatpod I think last year and I cut them down to about 3" from the ground like the Peonies in Fall and they've done nothing so far. Was I supposed to dig them up and bring them in for the Winter?

Cheers,
Julianna, perennially clueless in Toronto

sydseeds: Lungwort for you, malva for me

Julianna: Rose of Sharon cuttings for golden rasps or poppies

Nadia: Lungwort for turtlehead or anything else you're willing to give me!

Nicole: Rose of Sharon cuttings for Shastas

I'm really looking forward to seeing you all on Monday.

Victoria

Thanks
Marica

I am happy to bring you a frosty pink brug. If I give you one of a good size (3 ft.), could I please have a bit of your woodland spiderwort and a Jacob's ladder seedling? Or if you think I am too greedy, in which case I will just take a woodland spiderwort; or if you like, I can trade you a Portland Canna lily seedling for the Jacob's ladder seedling. Let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Euphemia

I've tried emailing you directly twice..once from California using my mother's email program and I thought it was a problem with her computer, but then I tried you again once I got home here with mine and still I'm having difficulty emailing you directly. Try emailing me from your end and see if that works and I'll reply to it once I get it.

Grazie,
Julianna

Nadia

sorelinna - I am getting some of your golden raspberry plants and one VERY sweet and tasty tomato plant (your choice). I am bringing you the lovage plant. Anything else?
euphemia - I look forward to the Del Monte golden pineapple plant. What would you like from my trade list?
sydseeds – I have tagged for you a few yellow Canna chunks. Would you like some red Canna also? I am going to get the scarlet runner vine and strawberries from you.
nadia_smiles – I look forward for the maple tree, and YES, you are absolutely right, I promised you some Polygonum Orientale seeds. . I will also bring you the lovage plant. All that is going to happen at GTA Central/East Tailgate Garden Swap May 22nd (Victoria Day) as I probably won’t be able to make it to the one in the West
skraps – I’ll have the yellow Cannas and the lovage plant for you. I am getting some of your bleeding hearts (white and pink).
ve_e - I am interested in the cedar seedlings. Are they still available? What would you like from my trade list?

I also have quite a few plastic pots and lots of Dahlias. They are beautifull, and I do have too many... Anybody interested?

Please check my trade list:
http://www.gardenweb.com/members/exch/lanakolo
Lana

Anisten: Can I get some of your King Humber Canna for some of my hens & chicks? I've got lots of gardening magazines I'm bringing so loot thru them before they land in the gamblers circle.

nhoney4family: I'm brining you scarlet runners for your autumn joy sedum - can I also have your blue eyed asiatic in exchange for a clump of my tall phlox??

I leave town tonight (with vehicle loaded) so if I haven't already confirmed any pre-trades with you, please let me know before 8pm so I don't miss anything. Cheers!

See you all at 9 a.m. at the LCBO in Unionville on Monday morning!! WooHoo!

Are your dahlias the big ones or are they the small type? If they are the small kind, I'd love some. Many thanks.

Cheers,
Euphemia

cherylnpickering May I have clematis seedlings if they are any other colour then blue?

sydseeds What can I give you for malva Vulcan?

amcorrigan Could you trade Obedient Plant (white flowers) and Castor Bean Plant?
lanakolo Do you want to trade yours Dahlias (peach, white)?

nadia_smiles (already proposed trade through email) gets from me rooted Euonymus evergreen vine, periwinkle aka myrtle aka vinca or other groundcover, 1-2 very small seedlings of: Lobelia 'Crystal Palace', Lobelia Trailing Sapphire, Verbena, Columbine Double Light Blue , Columbine Long Spurred Mixed and a division or two of Lobelia Siphilitica in exchange for herb seedlings, 1-2 of each (Italian parsley seedlings, Oregano seedlings, Cilantro seedlings, Thai basil or lemon basil seedlings or Purple basil seedlings), whichever you could spare.

These are confirmed trades so far (please correct me if got something wrong or am missing something):
1. skraps gets from me: Rose Moss small clump of seedlings, Geranium ‘Cabaret’ Salmon 2-3 seedlings, Geranium ‘Cabaret’ White 2-3 seedlings, Common Delphinium small clump of seedlings, Delphinium 'Pacific Giants' small clump of seedlings, Clematis ‘Radar Love’ small clump of seedlings, Columbine Double Light Blue small clump of seedlings, Hollyhock 'Chaters Double Mixed' or Hollyhock 'Double Mixed' 1-2 plugs, Tatarian Dogwood small clump of seedlings, Smoke Bush either rooted or fresh cuttings or both, Hosta ‘Undulata Albo-marginata’ few divided plants, and plants from CALLALILLY (Mila) in exchange for Solomon Seal, White Bleeding Hearth, Hosta-frances Williams, Pink Bee Balm.

2. nbhoney4family gets from me Hot paprika seedlings, 1-2 of each and smoke bush either rooted or fresh cuttings or both in exchange for Asiatic lily -Blue eyes.

3. Euphemia gets from me Woodland spiderwort division and Jacob's Ladder 'Apricot Delight' (Polemonium caeruleum) seedlings in exchange for Frosty pink Brugmansia 3 ft high seedling

4. mutts_fan gets from me Lungworth in exchange for Astilbe chinesis Pumila

Sydseeds, do you mind telling me how do you get either bold or coloured letters in your posts?

AM

PS just thought I would try the colours!

euphemia my Dahlias are quite big - 5' to 7'

nebypera (Marica) I would very much like to trade some of my Dahlias (peach and white) for your Winter-creeper Euonymus

Lana

I will be leaving for Pickering after school today, so I won't be able to check to see if anyone else wants anything. Please just ask at the swap.
Thanks
Elaine

You Go Girl: So glad you're coming to the swap!

Anisten : Sounds just fine with me.

Sorellina: I went on a hunt for some clematis layerings from last summer & fall but I think the chipmunks feasted on most of them over the winter. If any do appear, I'll hold some for the fall swap - they'll be more mature by then to cut away from the mother plants at that time.

It's been kind of challenging to tour the garden with all this rain, but I think by Sunday, I should have no problems potting up everything. No one so far has shown any interest in the yarrow and strawberries, so if I don't hear from people by Sunday, I'll leave the divisions for another day.

lanakolo- I was hoping to get some of your dahlias, any colour, I'm not picky.

yougogirl- Thanks for coming and piping up with what you're bringing. I hope you have enough clematis, especially now since sydseeds lost a lot of hers due to hungry chipmunks. Look through my list and see if there's something there that appeals to you.

sydseeds- You mentioned gladiolas and hydrangea at one point. Do you have them still or did they all go to eager swappers early on? I'd take those in place of the clematis. They don't need to be dug up in Fall or anything right? Remember, the more low maintenance with me and perennials, the better, lol. I'm good with tomato and eggplant seedlings, but over-wintered plants and houseplants are doomed.

Cheers,
Julianna

amcorrigan gets from me Woodland Spiderwort in exchange for white Obedient Plant and Castor Bean Plant.

Lanakolo gets from me rooted Euonymus evergreen vine in exchange for peach and white Dahlias.

Does anybody have a tomato that I grow in a pot?

Cheryl

I MAY have a small determinate or dwarf tomato extra for you. I need to do my inventory tomorrow or Sunday. I'll let you know.

Cheers,
Julianna

I've completed my inventory and the news is very good. Today was the first day the tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers, and basil got a dose of full sun. I'm grateful that tomorrow is slated to be cloudy and maybe even a bit rainy because they should bounce back nicely by Monday.

In addition to the divisions I've already arranged for people, these are the warm-weather veggies and herbs from my inventory:

laine2-I've got either a sweet or hot pepper for you and a large bicolour tomato called Lucky Cross or some basil.

sydseeds-I set aside the only extra cherry tomato for you. It's called Galina's, it's yellow, and there are 2 plants of it.

nadia-You've got a lovely ornamental hot chili pepper called Little Elf.

lanakolo-I found 2 extra black tomatoes and potted up a large slicer called Black Krim for you. It's looking a tad shocky so if it's still looking on the sad side, I'll pot up Black Plum, a semi-determinate small plum for you, great for drying.

muttsfan-I've got some sweet basil and a tomatillo pair set aside for you.

skraps-I've got genovese basil and a tomatillo pair set aside for you as well.

nhoney-I've got a lovely pink salad tomato for you called Eva Purple Ball. If that's not to your liking, I'll be bringing a few others as well.

nebypera-I found a determinate tomato for you called Silvery Fir Tree. It's got lovely spreading fern-like foliage and the fruit are somewhat early, about 4-6 oz, round red tangy, perfect for salads. I'd love some of your clematis or hollyhocks for it.

I decided to go ahead and bring the yarrow anyhow, and I've got lots of extra raspberries.

I'll be bringing a tomato called Giraffe. It's a long keeping tomato, so what you do is just kind of ignore it for the bulk of the growing season and then pick them green at the end of the season, put them in your root cellar wrapped in newspaper, and let them ripen. A guy who grows these has had ripe tomatoes through February. It's my first year growing them and I'm way excited. Another one I'll be bringing is a green-when-ripe called Grub's Mystery Green. It's from a guy in Australia who noticed it growing on one of his Cherokee Purples. It's also a first time grow-out for me but it's supposedly a full-flavoured beefsteak and his pictures over the winter had me salivating.

Let me know if there are any last-minute requests. Tomorrow promises to be another full gardening day.

Cheers,
Julianna

Lanakolo - do you have any red, white or peach dahlias left?

Sydseeds - do you know what heucheras you'd like or would you prefer to wait and see? I have green leaved with red markings and also some with silver/purple leaves. Have 2-3 of each.

Am also bringing:

Eupatorium purpureum - Joe Pye weed
Euphorbia - name? Tall red with lime green flower bracts
Fallopia japonica 'Variegata'
Clematis jouiniana praecox - groundcover clematis
Rudbeckia
Purple iris - name? unbearded.
Forget-me-nots
Lobelia 'Sparkle DeVine' - magenta cardinal flower
Green kiwi vine - bought as male but hasn't variegated so suspect may be female?

Looking forward to tomorrow - glad I checked the time and place again - had the wrong time AND location in my head!

Debs

Thanks
Debs

I'd also like a clematis if there's something of mine that piques your interest. I'll have some extra tomatoes, peppers, raspberries, and poppies.

See you all tomorrow,
Julianna

Debs

It's now 4:22 p.m. and I have only just come inside for a break - my back is warning me already!

Karen and Mary Anne, a million thanks to you two for organizing another successful swap. I am sure everyone appreciates all the hard work you put in.

I'd also like to thank all the other GardenWebbers for the generous trades I have. I particularly enjoyed the friendship that was commonly around!

Please take good care until we meet again!

Meanwhile, happy gardening!

Euphemia

Nicole

Thank you Karen and Mary Anne for organizing the swap, consider me an addict now. I am already planning on what to put aside for the next one.

Thanks to all the traders for the generous trades and the interesting plants. I am sure to be growing things that I hadn't imagined.

Have a wonderful summer.

AM

Nadia

Everyone, please start getting ready for the Fall swap. Cherylinpickering will scout out a location and I will start the thread sometime this summer. Take care everyone, nice seeing you all again and let's get busy in the garden!
Get out the Sunblock, water bottle and mosquito repellant everyone!

Cheers
Mary Anne

I hope everyone had a great day out in the garden today. I know it's a back to work day for most people, but my goodness, what glorious weather to be outside. Thanks to all of you for such interesting trades and also for your knowledge and wisdom regarding perennials. I have SO much to learn about them still, thanks for your patience in answering my newbie questions.

Tristan grabbed some things from the middle circle which I have no clue regarding the names of the plants or what sort of care they need, so as soon as I'm able, I'm hoping to post some pictures of them for ID.

I'm so excited about all the lilacs! They're small, but I know they'll fill that space nicely and I can't wait to discover what colours they turn out to be.

I put the dahlias in full sun and just barely covered the root/tuber/rhizome thingies. I hope that's what they need.

Tomatoes/eggplants/peppers/tomatillos/basil all got a full day outside and tomorrow will be their first major dose of full sun. I'm hoping to get them in the ground before the weekend.

Duane finished 2 additional tomato beds as a birthday present for me and got all the 8' stakes in this morning. The soaker hoses are all in place and now it's just a matter of waiting a few days for the plants to get fully hardened off.

Big hugs to all of you, I wish the weather had been more pleasant but it was still a very fun event and thanks again to sydseeds for organizing the swap and for everyone's wonderful enthusiasm and generosity.

Get planting everyone!!

Julianna

Whoever I gave the "tomato guarder" plant to (I gave it to your husband)...I now remember the name. The plant is called borage and it guards against tomato worms. I hope it works for ya!

Nadia

That was me thanks very much . I really appreciate you letting me know . See in the fall

Believe it or not, I am yet to finish planting all the goodies I got from the swap.

I would appreciate help identifying a couple of plants I got from the swap circle. One is about 1.5 ft. tall with purplish leaves. The other is about a foot tall with light green and white varigated leaves, with a tinge of pink along the edge. Does anyone recall seeing them and know what they are, or would the original owners of the plants give me some idea? Many thanks indeed!