CLOSED: WANTED: Butterfly Bushes, Clematis, Phlox, Penstemon, Roses

I'm redesigning my gardens with particular themes and I have lots of named daylilies for trade for other named daylilies and plants that suit the themes of my gardens.

My themed gardens are:

Butterfly garden
Serenity (Japanese) garden
Edible garden
Wedding garden complete with a "Lover's Paradise" and "Honeymoon Suite", will have a tropical island look

I am NOT interested in trading for seeds or cuttings. I need well-rooted plants that will survive summer planting. I don't have time to baby anything. If you rooted a cutting last fall, it should be ok. But something recently rooted wouldn't survive the harsh environment here.

My primary interests are:

Butterfly bushes (Buddleia) (like Honeycomb, Rainbow, Pink Delight, etc)
WHITE Beautyberry bushes (Callicarpa)
Penstemons (I already have Husker Red)
Garden Phlox (I already have lavender, white, Tiarra, Jade, and Bright Eyes)
Clematis (I have a single purple and Sweet Autumn, want something different)
Red Twig Dogwood
Double Coneflowers
Unusual Spiderworts (Have common blue-purple, hot pink, and Bilberry Ice)
Variegated Toad lilies (Tricyrtis)
named daylilies (particularly Meet Joe Black, Francois Verhaerdt, Johnny Cash)
named Louisiana Irises
named Jap irises
named Hostas (limited space so only the most unique ones are wanted)
named HARDY hibiscus (particularly Confederate Rose, WHITE TX Star, Turn of the Century)
Black Cohosh (particularly Hillside Black Beauty or Black Neglige)
Black Elderberry
Golden Elderberry
Rice Paper plants
Unusual Sedums
Ornamental Grasses
named Joe Pye weed
Gingko tree
Corkscrew Willow
Dark leafed or variegated plants
Reblooming Climbing roses (would like two identical climbers that bloom continuously from spring thru fall to put on an arbor in the wedding garden) - especially The Fairy climbing rose and Iceberg climbing rose

I'll consider other unusual plants that fit my themes as well.

I'm looking to do larger trades of multiple plants. I won't trade for just one or two plants. I can usually buy them easier and cheaper than packing mine up and paying the postage to ship them.

I send nice, healthy plants and expect the same in return. I do NOT trade for seeds or cuttings. I need well-rooted plants, and that's what you'll get from me.

I ship in a box by priority mail and expect the same in return.

What I have to trade are:

DAYLILIES (Each trade is one Double Fan):

Reds:
Pirate Lord (Munson)
Sultan's Fury
Dominic
Frans Hals
In the Dark
Whooperee
Departure Time
Crimson Pirate
Black Plush (blackish red)
Haunting Melody (pinkish red)
Darius
Just So
Red Ribbons (spider)
Chinese Scholar (double)

Yellows/Oranges:
Happy Returns
Hudson Valley
Crystal Tide
Green Puff
Ruffled Panties
Wynn
Duke of Durham
Rocket City
Bonanza

Pinks/Peaches/Purple/Other:
Dacquiri
Pink Ballerina
Kecia (Munson)
Prairie Belle
Well All Right (double)
Butterfly Kisses
Chorus Line
Sea of Stars
Cleo (spider)
Violet Eyeshadow
Chicago Jewel
Tigerling

Siloams:
Siloam Ethel Smith
S. Baby Talk
S. Nugget
S. Dan Tau
S. Junebug
S. Fairy Tale

Candys:
Blackberry Candy
Custard Candy
Vanilla Candy
Wineberry Candy

I also just dug some variegated yucca babies, with flaccid (floppy) foliage. They have "needles" on the ends of the leaves, but because the foliage is flexible, I hardly notice the needles. They don't poke ya like the stiff leafed yuccas do.

Also have Helen Von Stein Stachys - lambs ears, loves sun, dry conditions, foliage rots in too much rain or overhead watering. Great border plant, about a foot tall. Gray green soft foliage you'll want to pet. Forms nice clumps but isn't invasive. Doesn't bloom so doesn't spread seed everywhere like the common lamb's ears.

I also have these Mints - will send the equivalent of a full 4" potful, but bareroot (no pot or soil):
Spice Mint
Ginger Mint
Blackberry Mint

Bearded Irises:
Heirloom Dark Purple
Heirloom Peach or Pink with orange beard
Heirloom Pale Lavender

If interested in trading with me, let me know. Please don't be offended if I don't trade with you. I am an advanced gardener with limited space in my gardens now, so I'm looking only for the best plants for what space I have left.

If you need to see pics of any of the daylilies or irises, let me know. I think I have pics of all of them.

Thank you for reading all this!

NancyAnn

This message was edited Jul 18, 2010 4:43 PM

This message was edited Jul 20, 2010 11:22 AM

I just dug up a Variegated Yucca to transplant and found two babies I can trade. The babies have nice bulbs, but are small. (Each baby equals one trade.) They should grow with no problem. The young foliage is white and green striped, but as it ages, the foliage becomes dark green and lime green striped, as the picture below shows on the mature plant I just dug.

I can't remember the name of this one. It's either a Yucca Filamentosa or a Yucca Flaccida. The leaves are flaccid (floppy), not stiff like some yuccas. They do have the little "needles" on the ends, but since the foliage is so flexible, you hardly notice the needles when you're working around it. I really like it and am using it to replace a bunch of nasty, prickly yuccas I gave away a few weeks ago. It blooms white and is rather prolific once established. It hasn't gotten too big for me yet. I've had it for about 3 years and the clump of yuccas are about 2 ft tall with a bloom stalk about 4 ft.

As you may know, yuccas are great for xeriscaping and rock gardens because they are very drought tolerant and sun-loving. These have also survived our worst winters in Zone 7a. They love well-draining soil and will develop a fungus similar to black spot if kept too wet. But you can trim off any infected leaves, pruning the yuccas to look more like palm trees. However, these have been more resistant to the fungus than the plain green ones I gave away. Plant them in some sandy soil in full sun and you should have no problem with them.

I'm adding them to my trade list above.

I'm also adding Helen Von Stein lambs ears to my trade list. I just dug a big clump and can send divisions. It has bigger leaves than the common lambs ears and forms nice clumps without being invasive. I don't guess it blooms; mine never has, so it doesn't drop a bunch of seeds like the common lambs ears do. So if you're looking for a good, short drought tolerant, sun loving plant with soft foliage that you'll want to pet, this is your plant. It makes a wonderful edging.

This lambs ears hates to be wet; it does best in well draining soil, in sun. Once established, you may never have to water it. We've been in a 6 week drought and it has thrived! When it's too wet, the foliage will rot. The plant usually rebounds once a dry period sets in.

I just added the Bonanza Daylily to my "for trade" list. I just discovered it growing quietly under a large clump of phlox. The fans are very small, so I'll give at least a triple fan of it as a one trade. It was too shaded to grow large this year, but this is what it bloomed like last year.

I guess I'll just have to go over to Memphis soon and buy the plants I'm looking for. There just doesn't seem to be much trading going on over here, and I've got to move on with my gardens.

So if you wanna meet me in Memphis and do an in-person trade, let me know what you have and what you want from me. I may be headed that way in the next week or two.

I'm closing this thread since it seems I'm the only one interested in it.

NancyAnn

It's not that I personally am not interested...I just don't have anything you are looking for.

I was interested and have several things from you wishlist but too big to ship and you didn't want cuttings or seeds.

P

HELP - I'm looking for something to plant amongst my daylilies because once they quit blooming & the heat comes on the foliage looks pretty tattered, I need something to help that foliage look a little better!! Any ideas? (zone 8) I just saw where our heat index is going to be up to108 degrees today!! I better get outside & do something. I do want to trade & will get back with you later, don't go buying too much. I know it's hard but try to hold yourself back!! LOL! I will dmail you later. Donna

Peggy, I'm just too impatient for cuttings and seeds. I need instant gratification. LOL

Donna, I'll wait on you. I love the plants you sent with our last trade. Everything is so healthy and beautiful. Wish you lived closer; I know some great nurseries around Memphis and we could go plant shopping together. It appears we like the same kind of plants.

I'm in the same boat you are--looking for other perennials to pick up the slack when the daylilies are done. I bought a bunch of new hibiscus this year that will fill in. I also have four oclocks in various colors. Do you have any? I'm beginning to acquire a few roses and I have some babies of The Fairy, which is one of my favorite mini roses--light pink fading to white. Want one? It stays small and compact. I keep mine about 2 x 2 ft. Can't think of what else I can divide. I'll look around the yard later and dmail you.