I got busy this afternoon (after the 1 4/10ths inches of rain I got in 20 minutes!) and potted up some of the things I’ll be bringing to the swap. Here’s what I have so far.

7 Campanula persicifolia, Peachleaf Campanula
Campanula persicifolia, Peachleaf Bellflower, 24-36" X 18", Full sun to part shade, lavender, Jun-Jul, z3
Will bloom for a LONG time if individual flowers are deadheaded—but that’s a VERY labor intensive job!

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1 Lamium maculatum, ‘Pink Pewter’
Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Pewter’, 8" X 18"+, Shade to sun, light pink, May-Aug, z3
Will rebloom once or twice over summer if sheared after each bloom.

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6 Alcea rosea, hollyhock – most likely some shade of pink!
Alcea rosea - mixed colors, single hollyhock, 60" X 24", Full sun, mixed, Jun-Sep, z4
This is technically a biennial, but mine always develop new plants at the base that bloom the next year. Also reseed very easily.

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7 Acanthus hungaricus, Bear’s Breeches – I just dug up the 7th one from under my deck stairs today! —Two are already spoken for!
Acanthus hungaricus (balcanicus), Bear’s Breeches, 24-36" X 24", Sun or shade, Lavender, Jul-Aug, z5. Thistle-like foliage is soft to the touch, but flower spikes have sharp spines. Reseeds some

From Garden - Summer 2008

From Garden - Summer 2008

From Garden - Summer 2008

7 Ajuga reptans ‘Chocolate Chip’ This is the smallest Ajuga – it grows very densely, and will tolerate some foot traffic.
Ajuga reptans ‘Chocolate Chip’, 3-4" X 18"+, Sun or shade, Lavender, May-Jun, z3.
Miniature bugleweed, evergreen, will continue to spread if in contact with soil, spreads on surface so controllable. Bronzy-green foliage—color deepens with more sun. Smallest variety of Ajuga.

From Garden - 2009 July to Fall

From Garden - 2009 thru June

3 Ajuga reptans ‘Black Scallop’

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5 Anemone sylvestris, Snowdrop Anemone
Anemone sylvestris, Snowdrop anemone, 12 X 24, Shade to sun, white, May-Jun, z4
Wonderful long lasting cutflowers. Spreads by underground runners, but near the surface, so easy to control. Also reseeds if not deadheaded promptly. Seedheads are good for dried arrangements.

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5 Agastache foeniculum, I don’t have a picture of this one, and it’s not real pretty as an ornamental, but it has the most amazingly anise scented leaves you can get. It’s the straight species, herb form of Agastache.
Agastache foeniculum, Anise Hyssop, Licorice Mint, 24-36" X 24", Sun, Lavender, Jul-Aug, z5
Herb, strong licorice scent, use for teas and in baking, flowers and leaves edible. Reseeds prolifically.

I’ll be back later with more, but is there anybody who wants any of these things earmarked for them?

If anybody else knows what they’ll be bringing—or hope to be bringing, please post it here (with or without pictures) so others can have a chance to say if they want something. Earmarking now is ok, but once we actually get to the swap, there’s no "early picking!"

Skybird

I do have lots of chives and several types of thyme--these just go crazy and they are the first thing to green up around here in Black Forest. I'll have to see what else I can divide.

If you have pictures, that's great, but you don't need to. I just start the "picture" thread so anyone who wants to can post pictures without slowing the main swap thread down. When you figure out what you'll have, come post a list. I'm curious! Which of the thymes do you have?

While I’m here, I’ll post one more picture. I was out today collecting seed, and I finally got quite a bit of the white Cyclamen seed, Cyclamen hederifolium. Since few people ever seem to look at them, I probably won’t bring a whole bunch of seed this time—but I will bring seed for anybody who wants some! I’ll post a complete list later, but while I’m thinking about it now, here’s a picture of the Cyclamen.

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I’ve never grown it from seed, but the Tom Clothier site says: Sow at 64ºF in light, germination slow. Some day I may have a few small plants to bring to a swap, but it’s still too small to divide at this point.

If anybody wants some seed to give it a try, let me know!

Skybird

I'm not sure yet what I'll have to bring but I'll find something!

See you at the swap,
Skybird

Oh, I feel like baking little scented cakes with that Agastache!

But, what I really want the most, if you have any to split up again, is the Geranium dalmaticum ‘Compact Rose’, Dwarf Cranesbill. Sigh, I killed mine not long after the spring swap. I must have put it in the ground too soon and it wilted immediately away to nothing. So sad!

And, what I have to offer is:

Campanula punctata, cherry bells, maybe 2 or 3, I believe they spread with little startlettes by way of underground runners(?) that can be dug up and replanted or put in pots for the next swap. Mine is up to 26" high but maybe it gets higher down the mountain? This photo was taken July 26 last year and this year it is about six inches higher

2 pinepple mints, I don't have a pic of them but the smell is sweet and very pineapply and the foliage is grass green with random blotches of palest yellow, like piebald instead of variegated. Not sure how big it gets, it is about 6 inches wide and ten inches high.

I have 4 hen and chicks, Sempervivum, unknown species but they are the bright green ones in the picture and they already have babies:

I have 5 Nepeta x Faassenii six hills giant. Mine are huge, maybe 3'x3'. I guess I did not take a photo of them before digging them up and they kind of look ragged now, so here is a link to a google image search:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla :en-US:official&hs=jHJ&ei=6P58SqmFAZOuMLDanfcC&resnum=0&q=nepeta x%2 0faassenii&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

I could also take some cuttings of the other catmint which I think is Walker's low. It was supposed to be six hills giant but is NOTHING like the other two I bought. I'll take a photo of it tomorrow and post it when I post again because I know I will want more things as others post them here :)

I think that is all, but we shall see. I will forage around in the yard this weekend and see what else I can share.

Jennifer

Oh! And I think I'd like one of those viney things you have growing up the wire fence right next to the house! ;-)

And---she said, after scrolling back and forth---I should easily be able to get you a 'Compact Rose' Geranium! The things I brought to the Spring Swap hadn't been in the pots long enough to really root out, so I wonder how many other people planted them in the ground too soon and lost them. (Want a 'Biokovo" too?)

:-)
Skybird

I just noticed that I haven't mentioned anywhere that the Acanthus is tap rooted so it needs to be planted where it will stay! And after a few years it will be BIG! The foliage on mine is now about 3' wide! So plan ahead! Mine is right in the front of the bed because I wanted it to be seen, but some of the things I have planted close to it are now being covered up and need to be moved. It's not at all xeric (is usually sold as a shade perennial--mine's in sun!), but if you keep it pretty well watered, the foliage will look good all summer. And as shown in the picture above, the flower heads are great for winter interest--unless they get knocked down by heavy snow.

I only had one 'Pink Pewter' Lamium, and it's spoken for, but I still have 2 or more of everything else.

Skybird

Yes, please, I'd love a Biokovo. Is it the white one or the deeper pink one? doesn't matter as I don't have that yet.

Oh, no, no, no, the vining thing is the bindweed! I pull it out constantly but that one corner grows so fast and looks so pretty wrapped around the wire fence that I don't pull it till it threatens me with blooms. :(

Yeah, I'm not techy enough to figure out the photo thing yet! I'll have to ask Darren if he knows how.

:D

So are you saying I DON'T want a start of that "viney" thing???

;-)
Skybird

P.S. Leaving on a 4-day tomorrow, so I'll be incommunicado for a few days!

THANKS -

Deb

I mostly have houseplant-ish things -- Euphorbia trigona, common coleus, common geraniums, and things like that. But I am certainly willing to share cuttings!

Thanks!

This first pic is a multi purpose one! The 5 plants in the pic are listed below!

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Top left: 3 - Sempervivum "E"

Top right: 3 - Sempervivum ‘Icicle’

Lower right: 4 - Sedum ‘Tricolor’
Sedum spurium ‘Tricolor’, 4" X12"+, Full sun, pale pink, Jun-Jul, z4
Evergreen, xeric, remove any new growth that has reverted back to plain green. Pink, white and green foliage in summer, mostly pink in winter.

Left side, in bloom: 6 - Delosperma ‘White Nugget’
Delosperma basuticum ‘White Nugget’ Iceplant, 2" X 12"+, Full sun, White, May-Jun, z4
Sparkling white flowers. Evergreen, xeric, patented. Spreads more slowly than many other iceplants.

Top center: 4 - Delosperma, Mesa Verde Iceplant
Delosperma ‘Kelaidis’ Mesa Verde Ice Plant, 3" X 18"+, Full sun, salmon-pink, May-Aug, z4
Evergreen, xeric, PlantSelect 2002

Here’s a pic of the Mesa Verde blooming! And there’s another pic of the ‘Icicle’ Semps in the top right corner!)

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4 - Sedum pachyclados
Sedum pachyclados, 4" X 12"+, Full sun, white, July, z4
Evergreen, xeric, if stems get too bare looking, cut all the way down and wait for new growth.

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Sempervivum, Hen & chicks.
Sempervivum - variety name unknown, sizes vary widely, Full to part sun, z3
Individual ‘hens’ bloom sometimes, flowers range from white to pink to green, individual rosette dies after blooming, evergreen, xeric, winter color is often dramatically different from summer color
Please check your list of the ones you’ve gotten from me before and request ones you haven’t gotten before so I can spread the different varieties around to different people! As many of you know, I don’t know the variety names for most of these, so I’ve assigned letters to each to identify them. If you get some, please keep track of the "names" of the ones you get so you can ask for different ones each time as I have more available.

4 - K – blue spruce color

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3 - C – the red one in the center. It gets very large!
4 - I – the yellow-green one on the right

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3 - G

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Remember, the pictures are of them in their winter colors! When you see them in the pots, they’re all gonna look green and the same!

4 or 5 - Angelica - species unknown, I got it at the very first Spring Swap - but it’s the herb form! (It’s probably A. archangelica)
I’m not sure what it’s used for, but for those of you that are into herbs, maybe you’d like one! Queen Anne type flowers are very pretty—but I think they stink—and it was right by my deck, so I dug it out! Actually, I tried to kill it with Roundup, but it was coming back, and I discovered 5 small plants that didn’t have tap roots yet that I could stick in pots! It gets about 5' tall, and if you have a place that’s not near a window or deck, it could be very nice! Tap rooted—plant it where it’s gonna stay! Blooms early/mid summer. Not at all xeric!
It’s the tall white one on the left!

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And I have 6 small variegated spider plants I’ve potted up! These are the ones with the green center and the white margins! Strictly house plants, tho will do fine outside in summer if gradually acclimated to direct sun (and with a lot of water!)

Does anybody else have any idea yet what they’re gonna bring? You don’t need to have pictures of them! Just post the names! I’d love to see if there’s anything I want to get dibs on!

Just two more weeks till the swap,
Skybird

P.S. Private note to Jennifer! Did you get either of the two emails I sent you within the last month? Maybe they went into your spam box like that other one did! If you didn't get either, let me know so I can resend!

I can bring you some sempervivums and pineapple mint!

I'd love a start of the common coleus or, if the geraniums (I'm assuming they are pelargonium) are white, I'd love a start of one!

Thanks!

J.

4 - Blue Spruce sedum
Sedum reflexum ‘Blue Spruce’, 5" X 12"+, Full sun, yellow, July, z3
Evergreen, xeric

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4 - Sedum ‘Angelina
Sedum ‘Angelina’, 5" X 10"+, Full sun, yellow, Jun-Jul, z3
Evergreen, xeric, patented, drapes nicely in a full sun hanging basket, over rocks, or over a wall

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I’ll be back!
Skybird

What color are the geraniums you have? Depending on the color, I might be interested in some cuttings. I could always stick them in water while I'm on vacation and pot them up when I get back.

Skybird

If you plan to attend the swap and haven't sent me your email address, please do so. I will send my address and directions to the house about a week ahead.

Thanks,
Karen

I'd like a start of the Northern Sea Oats please, and what color are the anemones you have? I think I'd like one of those too! (do you know the name of the variety or varieties you have?)

Everybody: Here's Donna's list of stuff!

I can bring a number of plants. I'm not too swift with the latin names but here's what I'll probably have:
several voodoo lilies
chinese lanterns
campanula, cherry bells
campanula, beautiful trust (white, like the pink octupus)
japanese anemone
lamium (pink flower with varigated leaves)
northern sea oat grass
others

Does anybody want any lavender clippings this year? I just got back from a trip and I'm too tired to do anything complicated, so I'm sitting outside cutting down my lavender! This is the stuff with dead flowers, so what you'd get would be the stems with the foliage on them. But this year they're still green, so even by the day of the swap, they should still be flexible enough that you could tie them together into little sachet bouquets, or you could dry them completely and crumble it to make potpourri. Or whatever!!!

Are there any takers this year?

Skybird

Donna, I'd love a Campanula beautiful trust.

Karen, I really enjoy the day lilies and will bring a few home. I have had three bloom this year and am missing one bloom while I am on holiday. So pretty!

Please and thank you :)

Jennifer