Pacific Northwest Gardening: Spring Green Elephant Plant Swap, 1 by Poochella

Poochella wrote:
Susy- you can't have just one dahlia. It doesn't work that way! But if I had to pick just one for you what color, size, or form of bloom would you like? When you tell me that choice, I'll automatically think of 4 others you simply must have to go with it. That's how it goes here.... I'll post photos or Dmail descriptions of small hostas.

Analog dog, "screaming red" is right up my alley. They don't go to seed if you cut the blooms, so I'm up for the crocosmia. I'd also welcome the coreopsis verticillata in yellow/gold. I have some C. moonbeam and, again, nothing spreads here (except Bishop's Weed and buttercup LOL) so that would be welcome too! Let me scout about the yard and see what winter interest things I might bring you in return.
I have a couple dogwoods that have lovely red branches. They are attractive to humans, don't know about birds.

Pixy, I'll post what photos of hostas/ beds I have. I'm sure the epimidium is rubrum and I believe there is a tag still out there. There's a mini epimidium as well. Got you down for the Brunnera "Jack Frost" and no, I don't know what variety of aconitum. They came from Pike Place market. They're about 4 ft tall.

Rachie R, Hosta photos coming your way too.. Some are wee petites of 6- 8 inches tall and some are 2.5 ft tall and 3 ft wide.

I have a patch of lamium "Golden Anniversary" that is yellow and green and much better behaved than the white/green leafed spreader (which I also have in white, pink and lavender blooms despite trying to kill it for 8 years.) I can dig some 4 inch pots of that too for shade or part sun.
Here it is, bad photo. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/poochella/shade garde...
Here's the basic lamium with pink bloom - oooh - and a buttercup thrown in as usual! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/poochella/shade garde...

Sorry about the blur and the color combo LOL but here is the Dicentra formosa 'langtrees' It's a blue green tone, about 12-14 inches tall with spires of white that keep on blooming from early spring to frost. Gentle spreader here.
I can split that basic green/white hosta too. Please don't plant them together!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/poochella/shade garde...

Below is one shot of one shade bed and items up for dividing/sharing. I'll dig up more photos as I can.

I have Tall Bearded iris in purple and white. Siberian iris in rich velvety dark purple. Both 3 ft tall with the blooms. Both up for grabs, I need more dahlia room. I'll add more, as I think of things.