How long do you need?
Canadian seed exchange
echoes
Oct 22, 2009
How bout a Sunday night deadline echoes? I'm willing to live with the 'snooze you lose' law as I don't want anyone to keep collecting seed if they're done. YOOOU HOOO! will that work for the rest of you participants who still haven't posted your lists? YOOOU HOOO!
echoes
Oct 22, 2009
Never mind a consensus. Of course you can have til Sunday night. I'm sure no one will mind. Better than having anyone drop out.
Oh, yay! Sunday would be waay better for me too. I've been working late - no time to get to my list. But I 'll start right now.
Cheers....
Jo Northh
You GO GIRL Jo North. Echoes hoping that some of the others that expressed an interest will chime in ^_^
Hi just noticed this.. I am in BC,just come back to Canada after several years in the UK, I do have a large seed stash that came back with me but most veggies not flowers.Mostly heirlooms, and many are from International swaps, Spain, Germany, France and Australia,Poland and Russia.Tomatoes, squash and beans are my favourites but I do have most things. Would that be of any interest.
XX Jeannine
echoes
Oct 22, 2009
You bet it would. Please join us, and welcome back.
I've missed the deadline too! life gets in the way.
(work full time, two hour daily commute) and shorter daylight hours does not leave much evening this time of year.... :(
I do know I have opuntia seeds!
echoes
Oct 22, 2009
Sue, deadline has been extended. Not to worry, we are all scrambling this time of year.
Here's my list....
Amaranthus caudatus ‘Hot Biscuits’, Veseys, 2008 (?)
Aquilegia x Hybrida ‘Roman Bronze’ , T & M
Aster Ostrich Feather Crimson (Callistephus chinensis), Veseys
Aster ‘Milady Mixed’, T& M
Bellflower (Campanula) Carpatica Blue, McKenzie
California Poppy ‘Apricot Flambeau’
Catmint (Nepeta mussinnii or Nepeta x faassenii), Park Seed
Columbine ‘Pink Tower’, McKenzie
Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) ‘Leprechaun Gold’, Select Seeds
Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) ‘Tower Blue’, Select Seeds
Coreopsis Tinctoria, collected 2007
Dahlia ‘Unwins Mix’, Butchart Gardens
Dahlia Collarette Dandy, T & M
Dahlia Pompone Mixed , T & M
Dahila Redskin, T & M
Double Black Poppy, collected 2008
Double Red Poppy, collected 2008
Garlic Chives, Livingston Seed Co.
Hollyhocks, black, collected 2008
Hollyhocks, black ruffled, collected 2008
Hollyhocks, red, collected 2008
Hollyhock rosea annual, 'Spring Celebrities Mixed', T &M
Hosta minor, Devon Botanical Gardens, 2007
Hosta ‘Tiny Tears’, Devon Botanical Garden, 2007
Knautia ‘Macedonica Melton Pastels’ T & M
Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) ‘Red Star’, Livingston Seed Co.
Phlox ‘Peppermint’ Candy (annual) T & M
Portulaca, Double Flowering Mix, McKenzie
Sunflower ‘Topolino’, Livingston Seed Co.
Stock (Matthiola incana) Cinderella Mix, Park Seed
Night Scented Stocks (Matthiola), McKenzie
Venus Poppy, collected 2008
Zinnia Pumila Mixture, McKenzie
Zinnia ‘Zig Zag’, Veseys
Zinnia Giant Cactus Mixed, T & M
Zinnia Cactus Flowered Mixed, Butchart Gardens
Joanne (aka Jo North)
Edited to add Hollyhocks
This message was edited Oct 28, 2009 6:21 PM
Oh good. I will sort alist out tomorrow if that is OK XX Jeannine
I missed the deadline again, I will pass on participating in this exchange.
I do have opuntia seeds! Dmail if interested.
;)
hmmmmmmmm i think i need to update my seed list.ive seen some seeds listed here
that i would love to have.
echoes
Oct 26, 2009
You better get a move on buddy. Where have you been?
ok late as usual and in order as found on their drying surfaces or as they fell out of the seed fridge AND probably fraught with typos. Seed is fresh harvested unless otherwise indicated.
delphinium pacific giants - tricolour purple, royal blue and peacock blue - open pollinated from original Butchard mix - first appeared in 2007 and seed has stayed true since them
eryngium planum 'Blue Hobbit'
feverfew
thyme 'bressingham;
gaillardia 'green wizard
amaranthus 'hot biscuits' - not dry yet
chrysanthem coccinem (painted daisy) 'Red Robinson Giant'
artimesia 'brocade' - not dry yet
dwarf snapdragon -coral - not dry yet
poppy single, pink with dark purple basal patches (can't swear there isn't red double poppy seed in with it oops)
dianthus barbarus mixed
lupin -hot pink and red checkerboard
galliardia 'artista'
double gold rudbeckia
gloriosa rudbeckia
lavender single popppy
pink single poppy
bronze dwarf marigold - 1/4 will revert to yellow and orange and stripes in between
dusty pink peony poppy
nigella purple
perenial sweet pea 2008
artichoke 'purple of romangna (free seed not tried)
basil valentino - italian seed 2008
basil violetto aromatico - italian seed 2008
brassica juncea crispifolia (chinese mustard) (gift seed from 2008 not tried)
basil neapolitan - italian seed 2008
italian flat leaf parsley
parsley 'big mountain' (free seed not tried)
french marigold (free seed not tried)
burgandy hollyhocks
chervil - 2008 seed
The end.
This message was edited Oct 26, 2009 6:16 PM
echoes
Oct 27, 2009
Nice lists Joanne and Les. Come on you laggers. Lets get going.
echoes
Oct 27, 2009
Looking back over the thread, it looks like most of the first participants that posted an interest before the deadlline have put up their lists. (Except for the ones that dropped out)
ALBERTAROSEY where are you?
I hope that ARosey, digging_dirt, JeannineAnne, and Shannon can get back to us real soon. Jeanine said she needed til tonight?
It's time to start picking through and making your want lists.
This message was edited Oct 26, 2009 10:57 PM
I am so sorry but something came up and I wasn't able to go through my stash.. please go ahead without me and I will catch you next time, Contact me via dave mail if I mentioned anything that anyone needed and I will see that that is sent direct.. so sorry but it was unavoidable XX Jeannine
echoes
Oct 28, 2009
Sorry you are dropping out Jeannine. Tonight is the night. We haven't heard from ARosey or spklatt for quite awhile, so if the lists aren't posted by tonight, I guess there are just the five of us. If by some chance, I missed someone, let me know.
Here's my wish list....
echoes:
Calendula Cafe au Lait mine 2009 (isolated)
Calendula Flashback mine 2009 (isolated)
Calendula Sherbet Fizz mine 2009 (isolated)
Cosmos Yellow Garden McKenzie 2007
Cosmos Vega mix mine 2009 (isolated)
Linum rubrum Scarlet Flax x2 McKenzie 2004
Lychnis coeli-rosa Viscaria Rose of Heaven EdHume 2006
Lychnis x arkwrightii Vesuvius mine 2009
Lychnis x haageana Lumina Salmon mine 2009
Mirabilis jalapa Limelight mine 2009 (isolate
CLSCOTT:
10.Double Shirley Poppy Rydburgh hybrids
Cosmos Rose Bonbon
dahlianut:
thyme 'bressingham;
gaillardia 'green wizard
nigella purple
perenial sweet pea 2008
basil valentino - italian seed 2008
basil violetto aromatico - italian seed 2008
annabell52:
Salpiglosis, open pollinated Kew Blue and Chocolate cross.
Jo North
Well aren't you just the little oinky oink Jo North ;) I have SO not finished my want list. I am a chronic delinquent sigh.
echoes
Oct 29, 2009
You don't have to put your wish list up here. You can just dmail it to me if you want.
echoes
Oct 29, 2009
Les, you aren't late. I meant tonight was the last night for listing your offer list. You can have a few days to work on your wants lists. That work for everyone?
Heh heh, I was thinking that I might look a little greedy. Snort snort. Or what ever noise piggies make. LOL. I really only want a few seeds of each ya know. I just can't help myself.
Good thing I'm already saving milk jugs for Missie 'I'm cutting back next year REALLY' ^_^
echoes
Oct 29, 2009
You girls go for it.
Well, Miss DN is one to talk - last time I was at her house you couldn't see the kitchen counter tops or dining room table for the seeds. Hmmmph.
I stand by my recent peas with marigold seeds creation! drat. busted
echoes
Oct 29, 2009
Ahem ladies, you cannot fight the seed addiction any better than lilies, irises, daylilies, dahlias and such. It is futile, I have tried.
Just in case you didn't get yours yet, hmmm the T&M catalogue has arrived and there are some very lovely delights in it.
I am not allowing myself to lift the cover of T&M catalogue until I have listed all the seeds I already have for 2010. This is how I fake myself into thinking that I am 'planning' my purchases.
echoes
Oct 29, 2009
Yes, and I am not ordering any mail order seeds this year. They have nothing that special anyway and I can find lots on the racks. Shopping in person is more fun anyway. It really doesn't make any difference to the look of a big garden anyway. This cosmo, that cosmo, this dianthus, that dianthus....ouch, bit my tongue to hard
snort
Double snort.
"Yes, and I am not ordering any mail order seeds this year". That's the lie I tell myself every year too. ;p
ok im in will post a list tomorrow since I have to finish my seeds in the morning if I am still able to come aboard
mona
echoes
Nov 01, 2009
Sorry Mona, we finished on the 28th. I've done the spread sheet and ready to send. I need get this done. I'll give you a call on the next one, if there is one.
no problem
thanks
Sorry, I'm still busy raking leaves down here ... bags and bags and bags and bags of them. Norway maples should be banned! The balcony garden is still half-blooming (must be that radiant heat from the brick wall of the building) so I'm not putting it to bed just yet.
I know I didn't make the deadline, but if anyone would like Morning Glory 'Star of Yelta' seeds, please let me know. The flower is a nice purple and comes pretty much true-to-type year after year, self-seeding readily. Fortunately they, like the other seeds on the list, will keep all winter! :-)
Shannon
echoes
Nov 11, 2009
Very nice of you to offer, Shannon. I like Star of Yelta, it's a pretty one, and it bloomed before summer was over, which they don't all do for me.
That's good to know - thanks! I'm from the prairies originally but haven't lived there for many years & was just getting started in gardening when I moved away... so I'm always curious how many of my favourites here would make it there. I will tell my stepfather that the Star of Yelta is promising - he lives in southern MB also, and I sent him some seeds earlier this fall.
Thank you everyone for all the seeds! And thanks too to Echoes for organizing. Somehow I ended up with more seeds than I started with though. That wasn't supposed to happen. LOL.
Joanne