Hi all,

Here's my master list. Please let me know if I got my wires crossed somewhere. - Bev

Signet
get:
Josephs Coat
Echinops 'Arctic Glow'
Cosmos sulphurous
Lemon Grass
lily formosanum seeds
red penstemon
Costmary
Centranthus ruber
Elderberry
verbena canadensis
Give:
mini iris
Brunnera 'Jack Frost'
Lily 'Aphrodite'
Feverfew
centaura dealbata
Casa Blanca lily bulbets
Hosta Fire and Ice
Hosta Golden Tiara
Persicaria Firetail

Ross
get:
Josephs Coat amaranth
white Jacobs Ladder
give:
fern
bronze canna

Barb
get:
Phlox Babyface
1 formosa lily
small Amsonia
Nicotiana alata
give:
geranium yoshinoka
clethra

Carol Gardeng8
get:
amaranth (any 3)
Solidago fireworks
give:
carex ice dance
Dwarf dicentra / fernleaf

Lois / Greylady
get: 2 mirabilis "salmon sunset"
give: heliotrope

daldak
get:
eremurus
campanula pink octopus
give: pots

Heather/BlueIris
get:
salvia lyrata
eupatorium coelestinum,
salvia from Caradonna
lemongrass
agastache Apricot Sprite
Fireworks allium
delphinium grandiflorum
penstemon strictus
thyme Doone Valley
linaria purpurea
give:
spreading evergreen
lily panache
lily charleston
flagstone

Didz/ Kate

get: amsonia
give: ligularia

Jeff / Nyssaman
get:
Lobelia siphilitica
Calendula
Scarlet Gillia
Linaria purpurea
Agastche Pringelei
Agastche Canna

LilacisLove
get:
lemongrass if doesn't sell
paste tomatoes

Hi Nes , Thanks for responding . I will bring the june bearing strawberries and the ginger as requested.

Bill1 thanks for writing . Hope you are well enough to travel and that we see you at the swap . I will try to find something "unusual" for you .

Signet

My List

Flowergirl

Hosta, currant(s and beebalm for great white and black krim heirloom tomatoes plus some surprise tomatoes(3 - 5) of tomato plants)

Greylady gardener

hosta 'gold drop' and tall pinky/mauve phlox for goji berry plant and hot pepper 'tepin'

Signet

tropical ginger*
spider plant ( solid green)
golden hops vine *
strawberries
for 3 anise hyssop
and 2 alkanets

bringing cherry cobbler

ok, since we have cupcakes and possible buttertart bars and cherry cobbler ...I will refrain from bringing my regular donation to the swap .....I WONT bring a Too Tall Cake . I will try to think of something else. Just not sure what at this point .

Signet

Is a salad okay?

Hello again all,
There are a couple more things I'm looking for if anyone has them and can trade.
Artichoke (plant or seeds)
raspberry
onion or leeks
garlic
If anyone has some, mind looking at my list? Thanks a bunch :)

Hi Lilac,

I am bringin you young raspberry plants did you want more ?

I have egyptian walking onions let me know if you are interested

Signet

yes, I'm very interested, anything you'd like for the onions?. And I am looking for more raspberries. I had six, but I got a pill bug problem (or something) and all but one died. I've taken care of the bug problem, but I don't have any plants left!

Hi Roscop , Just wondering if you have any bear's breeches left . Is there anything on my list that you would consider in trade for some if you do ?

Thanks
Signet

a salad would be great
we only have two coming so far so another would fit right in.
I am bringing a layered salad and I think Lilac is bringing a Greek pasta salad.

SIGNET: Yes I can scrounge up another Bears Breeches for you. How about a couple more Poets Narcissus bulbs in exchange(if you still have any)? Thanks. Ross.

SIGNET: Yes I can scrounge up another Bears Breeches for you. How about a couple more Poets Narcissus bulbs in exchange(if you still have any)? Thanks. Ross.

Roscop , Yup , I can do that . Thanks for another swap !

Signet

I was checking out the tall phlox 'Darwin's Joyce' this afternoon and I really don't think that I should trade it to you (you were getting it for the purple lamium). It is not looking like much so I think I will try and see what happens with it and if it makes it, I can offer it to you next year, and if you are still interested then we can trade then. sorry :(

Hi Lilac, nope you can have the onions I have about a gazillion . If I dig the raspberries now , they will look like h e double hockey sticks come the day of the swap cuz they wont have time to recover . I am wondering ....I can dig now and maybe you can visit to pick up in 10 days or 2 weeks .You could see the gardens too at the same time . Just a thought . If you are not interested in visiting . no worries ....

Greylady . Well disappointing but sometimes that happens just like the double pink lilac . Sometimes mother nature doesnt cooperate . Did you still want the dark purply pink lamium ? Got any of the noid hosta left ? we could do that trade if that works for you

Signet

Hello all,

Hopefully I've caught all my trades, please let me know if I've missed anything!

Greylady - I think I still owe you a trade, maybe two - the variegated coral bells is no longer variegated it has changed to plain green, would you still like it, or is there something else on my list of more interest? (I have some white spiderwort 'Navaho Princess' that finally flowered so I can ID it, it barely spreads unlike the species)

Barb_from_London - get: viola labradorica
give: yellow daffodils.

Bev - get:
* phlox divaritica (this * trade isn't on your recent posting - it was really early in the thread)
salvia lyrata
eupatorium coelestinum,
salvia from Caradonna
lemongrass
agastache Apricot Sprite
Fireworks allium
delphinium grandiflorum
penstemon strictus
thyme Doone Valley
linaria purpurea
give:
* pulmonaria Diana Clare
spreading evergreen
lily Panache
lily Charleston
12 flagstones

Daldac - get: two trades of purple rock cress, a red lily, and a prickly pear cactus
give: primrose, penstemon digitalis, French Vanilla asiatic lily and purple obedient plant.

Didzgarden - get: orange cosmos
give: double white columbine

Flowergirl_On, get: daylilies Cherry Cheeks, Autumn Red, Startle, Chill Out, Catherine Woodbury, NoID like Daring Deception.
give: Lilies: Ladies Choice, Panache, Charleston, double white columbine, penstemon digitalis, willowleaf sunflower

Gardeng8 - get: white and pink anemones, and blue azure allium, baptisia
give: dark purple bee balm, willowleaf sunflower, Joe Pye weed, purple obedient plant, Russian sage

Greylady - get: datura lilac lafleur, clustered bellflower, Anzac daylily, w.s. foxglove, Tall pinky-mauve phlox, dragon�s blood sedum, purple perilla, Prairie Traveler's Joy clematis
give: purple bee balm, ?coral bells, lungwort Diana Clare, lungwort David Ward(?), Gateway Joe Pye weed, catmint Walker's Low, royal purple asters.

Lilacislove, get: cobaea scandens, chocolate vine
give: toadflax, Russian sage

Nyssaman - get:
Nicotiana " Baby Bella" 1
Texas Red Sage 4
Easter Egg plant
Eyeball plant
Hibiscus Coccineus
give:
Penstemon digitalis
Gateway Joe Pye weed
5 asiatic lily bulbs
Solomon's Seal

Ross - get: Bear's breeches and clematis tangutica, yellow currant tomato
give: yellow daffodils (that fade to pale yellow) blue creeping verbena, black coral bells

Signet:
Poet's narcissus for pots
Brunnera Jack Frost for tarragon
Lemon lily for lily bulb
Cherry red phlox for Diana Clare lungwort
American bittersweet for fern
poet's narcissus for flowering quince
yellow cowslip for bulb
purple/blackish purple iris for bulb
sf Regal deep purple daylily for bulb
poet's narcissus for bulb
snowdrops for pots
variegated yellow/green sedum for bulb
daylily Unidentified Flying Object for bulb
snowdrops for daffs ( to be discussed when blooms open)
Siloam Ury Winniford for Iris "Batik"
(the 7 lily bulbs are: Ladies Choice, Connecticut King, Panache, Charleston, Latoya, French Vanilla and mystery mixed ones), plus a big stack of tomato cages - I found a bunch more hiding behind the shed :-)

Signet, here's the problem. I live in London and I don't have a vehicle. I would probably only be able to pick up the raspberries if you live here in London, Strathroy, or in between. XD Otherwise, I'd love to!

Everything looks fine to me. I am okay with leaving the coral bells the way they are. Green is fine with me. :)
(I did get the spiderwort 'Navaho Princess' from you last year and it is doing well although not flowering yet--but I didn't look at it today so it could be! :))

if you think I need to pick something else, then do you have another lily bulb?......any kind? If not let's not worry about it. I am really happy with the trades.
thank you for everything!

I can bring you a piece of the NOID hosta for the purple lamium. thanks! :)

Lilac ,maybe we can work something out ... if you are willing to wait that is fine if not I would rather say No to more raspberries as I cannot be sure they will survive . I like to pot things , let them get over the shock if I can before I give to people . Sometimes that is not possible but for the most part I dont want to give something that looks like it is dying .

Signet

Signet, that's fine. I suppose we can try and work something out :)

Lilac, if you want more raspberries and some leeks I can trade some?
I have 2 raspberry plants potted up and ready to go, and leek seedlings too I think in a peat pot

luckynes, sure, that sounds great, what would you like?

Also, some seedlings I'm trading to people are still pretty tiny, so I'm bringing some petunias to supplement the trades. The plants that are still tiny are:
Edelweiss
Chocolate vine
Red Trefoil
and Ixia

Also, does anyone know what road the main gate is on?

Lilac, do have anything else besides
Edelweiss
Chocolate vine
Red Trefoil
and Ixia

luckynes,
I have some purple Iris
Tiger Lilies
NOID daylily (deep orangy-red)
Pumpkin-Small Sugar
Watermelon-sugar baby
Zuccini
butternut squash
Bleeding heart
Strawberry
Ground Cherry
Lemon balm
Butterfly bush

any of these interest you?

Lilac'
Yes I am.the watermelon, small sugar pumpkin, and the butternut squash, did you want Jerusalem artichokes too?

Sure, sounds good! I'll go pot them up for you! :)

Hello, I can't find the patch of Panache lilies, it's not where I was sure it was, I should have made a map! Please let me know if you are ok with a trade of Latoya or French Vanilla instead? If not please choose something else from my list. So sorry about this, the jungle is swallowing things up whole.

Sunday June 12, 11-ish to 2-ish. Springbank Park. Take the main entrance on Commissioners at North Street (just west of the corner with Springbank Dr), go into the park, take your first left and we're a few hundred feet along the road, near the cabin.

Don't forget to bring a plate and cutlery! I'll be bringing cheese and crackers.

BLUEIRIS: No problem, La Toya is fine with me.

Merja

Hi Barb, I hope you see this. :) I know it is late but since I lost my 'master list' and just had to go over all four pages(!!), I noticed the geranium yoshinoi on your list. :)
Do you still have any? and if so, is there something on my list that would interest you?

Ha Ha , I am glad I am not the only one experiencing a wrench in the works while trying to get the stuff together for the swap. I potted up 2 pots of cherry red phlox about a week and a half ago . Do you think I can find the pots .Not a chance. Had to go and dig up my clump so I could complete my swaps. Makes me mad that I cant find those pots but then that's the way it goes sometimes. They are out there somewhere ......but where ???????????

Anyway . La Toya is fine with me or if you want to wait till your bulbs bloom and you can Id Panache that works for me too . You decide what you would like to do . I am easy about it .

Signet

Have all the plants ready to go see you all later.

If you get this in time, I wouldn't mind the Strawberry Candy daylily division - if not, don't worry, I'll bring in the geranium yoshinoi as a freebie.

Well , just arrived home with all my plant swap loot and want to say thanks to everyone for another great swap! They just seem to get better and better and I am so glad that everyone enjoys themselves .

Just a note:

Barbinlondon. I believe I have your bamboo steamer container . Someone said the cupcakes came in it . It was left on the table so I have brought it home . I can make arrangements with you if you like to drop it off the next time I am in London . All the Londoners had left by the time I discovered it still sitting on the table ......so at least you know where it is if nothing else.

Ditzgarden . I also have your two plants from Roscop. So same thing goes for them . I can always drop off the next time I am in London. You had left and BlueIris had left by the time it was discovered that your two plants were still sitting by your sign on the lawn . I brought them home cuz there was no one left who knew where you lived. So let me know how you want to handle this please. Either wait till you visit or email me privately with your address for me to drop off the next time I am in London.

Oh Heather I am so glad you took Mary Kate's plants! I said I would take them and by the time I got the van packed up with the stuff for the funny farm, I forgot all about it! thank you for taking them.

A big thank you to all who traded with me. I am looking forward to getting everything planted, and watching it grow..
thanks to everyone for the great food and great conversation. It is always a fun day! Looking forward to next year! :)

Hi Bill, I didnt realize you gave me two huge pots of iris .....I only brought one trade so I owe you a trade for the other pot .... How about a hosta for that one ?

Signet

I want to thank everyone. It was a great first time for me. Everyone was so nice.

Thanks guys, I had a lot of fun, and it's nice to be able to put faces to names! And thanks for all the birthday wishes too!

Hi everyone , Me AGAIN !!!! Just wanted to let everyone know that if you are missing any swaps from me ( Fingers crossed this is not the case ) please dont hesitate to contact me . I tried hard to keep track but I am not infallible .

Thanks
Signet

Thanks everyone for a great day. So nice to see everyone again & meet the new folks.

See everyone next year.

.

Cheers

Bill

Thanx for all the trades. It was great fun to be re-united with such a great group of garden-addicts. I spent the last couple of HOURS planting all the the goodies. Signet... I don't know how you do it; with the huge haul you leave with each year. Good thing the trades happen only once a year...LOL.

Should anyone know who brought the salsas(?!?) in the red containers, I'd LOVE the recipe for the one that didn't have the corn in it.

Thanx again, and happy planting.

If ever your in St. Thomas, feel free to give a shout!!!

I guess that I am about the last swapper to get on line here and express my gratitude(I think this lastness or lateness is becoming a pattern!) to all you wonderful and generous gardeners who help fuel the addiction. I could never afford to buy the plants that have made my gardens so enjoyable to me with such a variety of great plants. I also appreciate the fact that these plants have been grown with special care and attention by people who I like to see represented in my garden. Thank you Thank you Thank you for a great day....albeit a short one on my part. I was looking forward to seeing you all again and bringing back home a bounty and I was not disappointed. Until next time. Happy planting. Ross.

Hello!

Thank you everyone for the great company, good food, and great trades! I have my first few planted, after an afternoon of touring neighbour's gardens. Pretty much a perfect day! My new flowerbed will soon be full of today's treasures. Looking forward to catching up with you all next year!

Lilac - I think I have your box of goodies from Signet... I didn't look at it 'til we got home, and the onions and raspberries are definitely not meant for me! Please email me so we can arrange to get it to you.

Barb - I've emailed you about getting your Monkshood from Ross to your garden!

Hi Gardeng8, Signet here ......if you are handing out recipes, would you mind sending your "salsa without the corn in it " recipe my way too please.

Also , many many thanks for the very many plants and the card and thoughts , I appreciate it .

To all:

I am literally in plant heaven . Thanks to you all . I cant believe how lucky I am to be given so many wonderful plants from everyone . I have put my babies underlights for a while ( interestingly out here in the country we are still having quite cold nights ) so for the next little while , the really tiny ones are under lights and in the house . And what a selection of plants I have !!!!!!!!! Now to find the right spots for them all .

Blueiris: Cant thank you enough for the lilies and all the trades ! I am totally excited about adding these to my gardens ....I do have some (probably 2 dozen or more ) Poet's Narcissus left over that I dug up and didnt get potted up so If you still want to add more to your gardens let me know cuz they can just as easily get dropped off at your place rather than placed back in the ground here and it will give me a spot to put some of the items I got yesterday ( Please say yes!!!!!!!)

I would have brought them yesterday but ran out of time to pot and room to transport. I was still potting at 10:30 yesterday and due to be at the swap for 11 a.m. Many many thanks for the tomato cages !!!!!!!! cant thank you enough !

Daldak, just so you know , I explain it this way , I am not responsible for what I leave with every year , everyone else is LOL ! All the garden webbers are plant enablers HA HA HA and yes I am a plantaholic . Thanks for the many trades we made .

Just a note: I made it out to Bev's plant sale just before the swap and I would just like to say that if any of you get a chance to go visit her gardens you will enjoy them . She has many interesting and unusual plants and I enjoyed myself immensely wandering around lusting after many of the plants she has and her soil too . LOL !

Signet

BlueIris, Oh no, my babies!! Ha ha, just kidding, I'll send you an e-mail later today, I'm just about to go out and get more topsoil! ;)

Hi Signet! Twist my rubber arm... I'd love some more Poet's Narcissus. I planted 60+ plants last night mostly in my new flowerbed. I highly recommend having a new empty bed waiting after the swap! :-) I'm really excited to see the named daylilies - they'll brighten up my post iris blahs in the front yard with lots of colours to contrast with my yellows.