| If you go to the long list of forums (use the forums tab on the menu bar just under the banner ) you'll see many of them with two little arrows forming a circle out to the right of the forum name. Those forums have plant exchange systems running. Some are highly active, others less so. Try out your regional forum first. You've got a better chance of finding plants likely to survive. If you'd be prepared to pay packaging and postage, or travel to a plant swap meet, then you could start collecting. If you can - quarantine the plants you acquire. Sometimes they come with interesting bugs, diseases, and extra plants that can look sooo innocent until they settle their roots into your garden and start overtaking everything. Leave them in a proper plant pot for a while until they've become acclimated - and nothing weird has happened - such as collapsing. If they're just babies - let them grow on in a pot for a while otherwise the garden bugs will have midnight feasts at your expense. Also - get their real double-barrel name whenever you can. Common names are cute - and ultra confusing. With the real name you can google for exact information on how to care for the plant you've bought or traded for. (Doesn't matter if you don't say it right - I say Nereen; others say Ne ry nee - we all spell it Nerine.) Just a thought: you might want to add a little more info on your profile. Your zone 5 could be somewhere on a plain, or halfway up a mountain. For some questions you might want answered it can be so helpful to know a very general 'where' it is you're gardening. | 
