Swapping & Chatting Ric & Holly's Swap III

Ruby, please tell "Dealer" John that I'd love to have a baggie of herbs and seeds!! Maybe just clearly mark the legal herbs that are within...can you just see us swapping baggies in a parking lot and the drug dogs coming out of the bushes....

Heehee

I suppose John would have to admit to it not being the first time that he and cops had a discussion about the weed he had on him. Actually, the time he got in trouble over something, it was Peyote Buttons. I am very happy to announce that is has been over twenty years since he has touched anything that the police would frown upon. He is still an old hippie though, through and through. He is still attending the shows that ex Grateful Dead members are now doing. He attended a show two weeks ago headlining Bob Weir who was lead singer for the Dead.

For any others.......I will probably not take any more requests for things after Tuesday due to time constraints later in the week. Please check my list again, and let me know if there are any more things that we can pack in the car and bring with us. We have lots to share, so please don't be shy.

Ruby

that would be funny having to explain that they are "weeds" not "weed"

Ruby -- If you still have it left and you have room in your car, I'd love:

Monarda Jacob Cline
White Scabiosa
Shasta Daisy

Thanks!

Ruby, LOL

Harry and I are coming! yay... finally found out my work schedule and I'm off

I'll have to see what plants we have. I was out in the garden tonight - even planted some tomatoes (a bit early I know)...hope we don't get a freeze between now and mother's day lol

yeah!!!

YAY!!!!

Great that you can make it Diana!

Whoop, whoop!!

Yippee!

I'm starting to count down the days... :-)

My hardy Passionflower (P. incarnata) are breaking ground now. I dug up a couple & am trying to see if they will "take" I'll try to bring some to the swap. If Interested, please Dmail me, Thanks, Judy.
p.s. I am interested in growing any type flowering Pea vines. Tnx.

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Calling all COLEUS fans!

Here's the list of what Michelle (Badseed) has available for ordering. The selection isn't as large as she hoped (some of them got off to a slow start), but she does have some really cool looking ones. These are all SUN COLEUS, and the ones I got from her last year did just fine on my very sunny deck.

Price is $2.50 per plant, and she said she could give us a discount that I think will about cover shipping, so that makes the math easy. The plants listed are growing well in 2x2x3" pots. She said she'll ship them to me Monday/Tuesday before the swap, so I should just be able to sort them out and give them a drink... if they look like they need potting up, I'll do it, but I think they'll "hold" just fine for a day or two.

If you're interested, please Dmail me to let me know which ones and how many you'd like. Michelle is giving us "dibs" on her available stock, so I'd like to finalize our order soon -- say, by next week Tuesday. It'll be "first come first served" if we have varieties that sell out (I'll go by date/time of your Dmail); note the number available is given after each name. I'll try to add brief descriptions & links for photos.

Kingwood Karnival 10 leaves bright green with burgundy centers, scalloped edges http://www.geminigarden.com/Annuals.html
Bright Ruffles 2 leaves cherry red with thin bright chartreuse border, emphasizing lacy ruffled edges http://www.vinlandvalleynursery.com/product_p/a-cole-0005.htm
Inky Fingers 36 trailer with smaller, lobed leaves, chartreuse with burgundy centers http://www.geminigarden.com/Annuals.html
Sunglow Pink 20 pink centered leaves with yellow & green edges http://ncfarmsinc.com/store/popup_image.php?pID=779
Meandering Linda 14 leaves have burgundy centers, pink edges, thin chartreuse rim http://www.geminigarden.com/Annuals.html
Mariposa 21 red & burgundy leaves http://ncfarmsinc.com/store/popup_image.php?pID=1530 see also PF photos http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/161697/
Fishnet Stocking 17 eye-catching pattern of dark burgundy-black on chartreuse-green leaves http://www.geminigarden.com/Annuals.html
Hot Lava 36 red on red with scalloped edges http://ncfarmsinc.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=767 see also http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/106337/
Mardi Gras 14 red confetti on a green & yellow leaf http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/205969/
Kiwi Fern 48 deeply cut/lobed leaves are red/burgundy with chartreuse edges http://ncfarmsinc.com/store/popup_image.php?pID=920 see also http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/37786/

ALSO AVAILABLE:
Sweet potato vines
Margarite 25 (chartreuse)
Ace of Spades 25 (almost black)

Hyacinth Bean Vines 30
Moonflowers Vines (sprouting) Might be ready in time.

Critter, I'd be interested in a few, do I order from you and pay you at Holly and Rics?

I thought of more things to add to my list:

Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Chrysanthemum x rubellum 'Clara Curtis'

In a pre-swap earlier today, ssgardener gave me some beautiful sedum and lilies of the valley -- I am going to try to get them in before the skies open (hmm, there is only a 15% chance of rain but the skies are forboding).

One last thing: I'll be going out of town Friday, and won't be back until the following Friday after midnight -- so anything I bring to the swap will need to be potted up before I leave. Sooooo, please let me know by Thursday (earlier would be better) if there is something on my list you want.

I probably won't bring much, if anything, other than what people ask me for before the swap. So if there is something you want, please be sure to let me know.

HM

Baby sitting for another week at my daughter's house. Monday after Mother's Day I'll update my list.

I thought I was out of Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae (can be invasive), but I have more if anyone is interested.

Some new requests please....
Holly, Quince
ssgardener, Malva Zebrina and Red Coreopsis
Aspenhill, Hardy geranium
Allison do you have any Agastache Root Beer left?
gardadore, aster purple dome and Chrysanthemum Hillside pink

THANKS

I know this has nothing whatsoever to do with the swap but I had to include this picture taken this afternoon of me (feeling no pain due to Open Bar) and Bob who has a new nickname: Pappy Jr, at the wedding & reception of our nephew Chris Saum and his beautiful bride, Carolynne Woolley.

Judy, Lovely picture of you and Bob. Nice to see him smiling and socializing after his surgery.

yes I do Jen.. but like I said they are tiny.. will mark you down

I'm so confused. I know I wrote a response to flowAjen yesterday but it's not showing up. I got you down for the coreopsis and MZ. I also added wintersown balloon flowers to my haves list.

SS-

We have beautiful Balloon Flowers (Platycodons) for sale at the HD.
Seemed to be the "purchase de Jour".....Everyone was getting them...

I have some already. just wish they looked as full and healthy as the ones at HD.

Gita

Gita, I've seen them at HD. So pretty! Mine won't bloom until next year, though. I hope they get to be as pretty as the ones being sold.

Judy, thanks so much for sharing this picture at the wedding and the open bar. I thought with your already some times over the top antics that you and an open bar might be a scary thought. I love you gal. So glad too that Bob is able to get out and about. Looking forward to seeing you both at Holly and Rics place.

Uh oh, I bad. When I was writing here last week I was thinking the swap was this coming weekend. I stand corrected, and will change my last day for requests for Friday of this coming week.

Happy, I have you listed as wanting Monarda, Scabiosa and some Shasta Daisy. Will do. So glad I have something that you wanted because I have some really special plants here that have come from you. I think very kindly of you each time I take in the beauty of the now rather large Japanese Maple in our back yard and the Ficus Benjamina that is doing quite well also. First Ficus I have ever had success with keeping it alive. Thank you so very much.

Wind, it will be great to see you and Harry. It has been a good while since we have had the pleasure of seeing you two. Folks, many of my front deck plants originated at Wind's home. Wind's home is spectacular and her gardens out of this world. I remember my first trip to her house, I was indeed like a kid in a candy store.....ooh, aah, ooh, aah.

The last two days have been days full of drizzling rain all day long. Maybe I have a chance of things clearing this afternoon, but it doesn't look too good currently. With that said, it means that I won't be gardening outside and will have to find indoors or porch things to keep me occupied. There are so many things I want to get outdoors and do, and hesitate due to adding wet weather to a crazy mixed up immune system. Too scary to attempt what I may possibly pay dearly for later on.

I still haven't found the nerve to wrestle with the Prickly Pear I dug up some weeks ago. Have a good thick pair of leather gloves and may go out shortly and pot some of it. Most everything that either John or I have potted that are marked for the swap are doing well enough. He is really concerned about our car not holding everything. I think we will be just fine, so make requests folks, we will get the plants there someway.

Gonna scoot along.....I am looking forward to the ever closer day that we all get together for this event. Yippie y'all.

Ruby

Ruby -- I'm so glad the Ficus and Maple are doing well for you! That's one thing I love about swaps -- the plants are tried and true, and so likely to succeed!

I've been wrestling out plants and potting them up for the swap - a good thing, because I am finding precious ones that were being crowded out!

Ruby---

I have the same concerns---NOT being able to fit everything in the car. I only have an "Outback"---
NOT a very big car! I have SOOOOOO much that has been promised. And--all of it is in pots.

One solution would be to ask Donner to swing by my house after work and p/u her stuff--she has a lot!
I believe she got back yesterday (Saturday). Need some recovery time!

Same for SallyG-not that she wanted a lot from me--but I could drive down to her house (1/2hr)
and take her what she wanted. And--I could p/u what I asked for. Short but sweet visit.

Gita

Hey, Gita, how about starting a new separate thread with that picture of your loaded car from two years ago. Maybe it could be called Getting there is only the beginning. or some such .That way us packers in subaru like wagons can compare notes and have some fun while last days before swap details can be focused on here .

Also, I'd like to discuss some "pre swap" options with you and Sally and Catbird, who I just saw on the job but couldn't talk much as there were lines at HD checkout.

I've been busy stimulation the floriculture segment of our ecomomy today and must go out and unload my stuff. Will be back in as sun sets and moon rises.

coleup.---------------------HUH??????

Not sure what you were proposing....The picture o my loaded up car would get---maybe----
3 response...

However! Interesting that our minds ran in the same groove.
I was going to propose something different to everyone.

PLEASE!!!! Take the time to post a picture of yourself so we can all see what you look like.