OFFERINGS AND WISH LIST for Mount Bethel Plant Swap May 14,

Some things I need ID'd please

another

last one

LOL cricket. No one wanted my pachysandra or my tiger lilies. And they were packed so beautifully, bunched up in the plastic bag and everything!

While at the swap, I learned to divide astilbe and columbine so I will have a few interesting plants to offer next year!

I am so grateful for all of the wonderful plants from everyone. I enjoyed meeting everyone and talking about plants and everything else even more!

How did I miss your Tiger Lilies??!!!

Thanks everyone for a wonderful day and for bringing so many wonderful selections. It was a true bounty and a real pleasure to just stand back and look at all the offerings. Happily I went home with only new acquisitions - thanks to all who took what I brought off my hands so I had room for the new! I have spent most of the day in between the misty showers deciding where to put things and weeding for new space. I don't know how people actually PLAN a bed. When I do it all grows together anyway or part dies out and I end of putting in new things as I get them and think they will work. So I have been checking out all the "spaces" available for the babies - such fun!!
As usual the great food and company made the day as well. Can't wait to check out the recipe page! Already looking forward to next year's Swap. Since I note you are all such avid "acquirers" I will be more aware of what I can divide and mark it for division for next year! It's certainly a wonderful way to make room for new things - this swap idea is fantastic!
Thanks to Teri for her herculean efforts including the tents and cleaning the garage for us! What a trooper! This is truly one of the special gardening events of the years for me! Looking forward to meeting you all again at another SWAP. Happy planting!!

The tiger lilies were in a coffee bag with labels near the pachysandra. (This is Lilium lactiforum var splendens if I spelled that right) I will have LOTS of bulbettes this summer. If you remind me, I will be sure that you get some. Mine originally came from a "rescued" plant sticking out under a pile of construction debris. It was the first lily in my garden! I moved some of its progeny near the hostas in the northern, shady garden under the black walnut trees. The old plants are thriving and dropped bulbettes growing. Like daylilies, tiger lilies seem to be juglone tolerant. I now call it my "tiger garden." I am adding orange and black plants there or as potted plants on the patio table - once I finally finish my potting tasks and repaint the table.

I had forgotten my small bag of seeds for the trade. RosesAreRed and Onewish wanted mixed Orienopet seeds from Nymph and Robina. I'll mail them.

I completely forgot with all the excitement.. always such a good time and great trades!!

I love growing things from seed. One of my favorite parts about gardening is learning about the different plants. I am curious about the orienopet seeds. Both parents are fragrant and gorgeous, it is worth a try.

The "parent" orienopet lilies are taller now than they were last year while blooming. They are living up to their name "tree lilies". Ironically, they were sent as a substitute for an out of stock plant. (I didn't know that I had to check a little box....whatever). They are a pleasant surprise. Most of my garden is gifts and surprises, but I enjoy it!

I was sent hybrid coleus seeds a few years ago.. way too much fun to see what grew

The columbine that I wintersowed from seed two years ago are blooming for the first time this year. This is the first time I saw a columbine bloom in person. I wanted to grow them because I liked the pictures of them in other gardens. I bought some seeds and got others from trades. I got MUCH better germination with the seeds from trades. I like to believe that this is because the seeds were gathered with love. (I also like to believe that chaff provides essential nutrients to sprouting seeds.)

Maybe I'll have columbine to share next swap. I have Black Barlow, William Guinness which is more purple than his parent/namesake, a pale pink , a Canadian red/yellow and a couple in bud. I love the little blooms.

We are all going to be planting in the rain this week. I think the plants will enjoy it more that I will. At least it won't be too hot.

I worked today and got such a laugh to see them selling pots of fiber optic grass for $8 each. I can't remember who gave me my pot. I remember talking about it just can't remember who.

do you bring that in for winter Holly?.. or is it hardy?.. the one thing I learned about columbine.. let them go to seed and self sow.. they are short lived.. I always made the mistake of deadheading ... no new babies

:(

Only hardy to Zone 8. They were selling it in both pots for planting and as water plants.

thanks.. Randy does love it

Thanks for the tip, onewish. I also read that they cross easily. I was wondering if I should deadhead them, or bag a few flowers to save seeds. I guess it will be best to let them reseed au natural.

Do you have a picture of the fiber-optic grass cat whisker planter? At the swap someone was mentioning that she had the grass as cat whiskers in a planter. Sounds fun!

Flowajen, that first pot looks like mukdenia (not from me). The third picture is Jasmine nudiflorum (from me). Not sure about the middle one.

Thanks Loretta

Your very welcome.
I really enjoyed meeting everyone and look forward to fussing over my new plants. (I wasn't suppose to come home with anything!) Teri, your home is beautiful and the area is very lovely! It was a wonderful drive.

GardenQuilts,

Look at this rose propagation method (which I intend to follow using the rooter pots that I could have done without.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fig/msg070227508091.html

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Thanks so much Teri, Bob and everyone, it was a wonderful time. We brought the fiber optic grass. I took a clump inside to overwinter and divided it to share. I'll post a pic of our cat planter and grass ...just have to find it or take another picture lol...

At the end of our visit we received a small group of short cuttings wrapped in a damp paper towel - does anyone know what they might be? They perked up when we got them home and put them in water =)

Were those the black pussy willows from Cricket?

Yes.

The cuttings we got were really short, like 3" and were not pussy willow...it said 'no id' written in black marker on the paper towel wrapped around them. I'll take and post a photo, which may help

We didn't plant out the tomatoes yet, but will soon - thanks Nisi!

Onewish, your babies are under the lights and happy

Oh so sorry, I missed Winds question and thought Jen was just asking if the Black Pussywillows were from Cricket.

LOL

Wind are those the noid agastache cuttings I brought?

somehow I missed the first question too.. wasn't feeling well yesterday... it's one of these two

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/161366/
or
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53427/

That is a good link on rose propagation Terri. I'll have to try that method.

Hi! I still haven't had a chance to snap a pic of the no id cuttings or the cat planter. We did get Nisi's tomatoes in the ground and the tiger lilies from GardenQuilts too!!!

I got sidetracked picking up dead wood from our dying black walnut tree that we just had cut back. I also got our canna rhizomes planted that I'm sure are loving all the rain we've been getting lately.

I have a couple of plants that I have questions about. I thought that I had labels on everything, but, I didn't.

I got the tomatoes in and the mint in pots. I have two types of mint that I couldn't identify. They were different from the "chocolate" and "pineapple" mints which were labeled and they were not variegated. I call them mint because their leaves smell like mint.

I'll call this one "Mystery Mint #1"

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Another view of "Mystery Mint 1". Winston the pug doesn't know what it is either. At least he has learned not to mark the flower pots.

However, he needs to stop tipping pots over with his leash. This poor unidentified plant got knocked down. No problem, I put it in a bigger pot after taking this photo. The leaves look like astilbe, maybe, any guesses? I'll call this plant 2.

Plant 2 top view.

Here is the second mint. I'll call this plant 3. It is safely out of range of the leash.

Top view of the second mint - mystery plant 3.

GQ, The first set of pictures (including the one where the pot is sprayed white) looks like the Jacob Kline Monarda that I potted up.

Thank you roses! Monarda would explain why the plant had a minty scent but different leaves!

The hummingbirds will be happy. They are visiting the aquilegia and heuchera now.