Fall Swap at Sallys- DISCUSSION about your haves and wants

Done UMD

Sorry---
But I have not yet even wrapped my mind around anything I may have to share....

It won't be much. (So she says!...) I am more Spring Swap prolific sharer....
I am sure I will have something--just have not focused on all that yet.

My brain is in oblivion right now as far as gardening is concerned.
Depressed--as the Spider Mites got me real good this summer....I HATE them!

Bare with me--I will get my brain together soon and see what I may have and post something.

Gita

Hiya, I'm here to share my "haves". Not all of them are potted up, but I will gladly dig up stuff to share.

Alaska daisies, (these babies have been really full the last 2 years, the stalks have been very sturdy, not falling over, and have given me blooms twice after deadheading/pruning. They have been about 3 1/2 feet tall for me in my rocky/sandy full-sun area). These guys attract bees galore.

Homestead Purple Verbena. I've got 4 of these, and they are spreading like wild fire and taking over the entire front of my 25' wide bed... just the 4 of 'em! They start blooming early/mid Spring, after a hard haircut they smothered themselves in blooms again and got fuller, and now they are in need of a hard haircut again. Last year (I've only had them 2 years now) they kept on blooming until about mid-late November. I'm not sure what the term is for this, but when their branches spread, where they hit the ground, they take root along the branches in MANY places, so I should be able to pot up several. I find more butterflies than bees on these.

Agastache Tutti Frutti. I've had these for 2 years also, and this year they got over 7' tall (and about 2 1/2 feet wide) before I gave them a hard haircut. They're coming back even stronger now, WAAYY fuller than before, and they are also self-seeding. I've got a handful of new babies just from self-seeding this year. Perennial, btw. The foliage smells soooo good, and the bees and butterflies flock to them.

Sedum "Autumn Joy"... at least, I believe that's the variety, I'm not entirely sure. It sure looks like it. ;) Was a gift from a now-passed lovely neighbor but it's growing out of control... once was 1, now there's 2....soon to be 4 if I don't share some. ;)

Platycodon "Sentimental Blue"... I believe it's Sentimental Blue, I don't remember for sure. They are self-seeding just this year (only the second season I've had them, first installed them at the end of last season), and the new babies have been blooming this year, but the originals have gotten to be nearly 3 feet tall and have needed some staking.

That's about all I can think of off the top of my flat head at the moment. I'll add more later as I think of them. (while I'm out pruning later) :)

If anyone's got any bee balms, Liatris, or perennial geraniums to spare, I'd love some please.

Oh yeah, and I've got lots of growers pots in various sizes, too. If anyone needs pots, let me know and I'll bring what I've got. :) They're just the cheap plastic ones that ya get at the nursery, but sometimes those things come in handy! =)

I'd love some Tutti Frutti and some Sentimental Blue, Speedie. Haven't been on much but I'll get myself together after August 30th, when all my party giving, baby sitting and caring for needy relative has pretty much slowed down. By that time I'll know what I have to share.

I would like some Tutti Frutti too. Thanks

speedie - if you have enough to spare, I'd be thrilled with both the Verbena and Agastache

David - same req, only if you have enough to share - Agastache ‘Honey Bee Blue’, Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Bevan's Variety’, hmmm wondering if that skullcap has same medicinal properties as the Scutellaria lateriflora. Do you know by chance?

Cool, Roses, Greenthumb, and Chantell, y'all are "in"! Makin' a list and checkin' it twice. =)

Thanks Speedie!!! ^_^

Speedie - Thanks!
Chantell - Got you down for the 'Honey Bee Blue' and the Geranium. My PDR for Herbal Medicine says "Scullcap is the aerial part of 3- to 4-year old Scuttelaria lateriflora and related species...". Rather vague. FYI - I winter sowed some S. lateriflora and potted it up this week. If enough sucessfully overwinters, I will have some for next spring's swap.

speedie, those sound like awesome choices! I think you should arm yourself with a generous number of starts/ pots of them...to throw at us as we stampede you on arrival....

Daivd's 'Bevan's Variety' G mac is sure pretty. We now have three colors of this good plant around Mad Atlantic, that purple, my pink, Jill's white.

Speedie---

I have had AK Daisies growing for at least 3 years. Mine don't sound or look anything like your
description. They were so non-descript, that I am planning to dig them up. I already have cut them back
to the base.
Oof course--there is an obvious reason for their lack of thriving. Mine are growing in the corner of my "YUK" bed.
"YUK" means this bed is matted with Maple roots, I can barely dig in it, and plants have to share space,
sun and nutrients--on all of which the tree gets 1st dibs.
Honestly--they are in a bad spot--not enough sun. Shaded by a Butterfly bush, Shasta Daisies and my neighbor's
6' fence....
I will dig all the clumps up and share some. Some--I will plant in my neighbor's bed--as she does not do any gardening....
Your garden is MY garden----that is how it is between our gardens.

I have had some remnants of blue Platycodon trying to grow every year. It is, kind of, buried among a lot of Irises.
To my knowledge--they have never self-seeded...Hmmmm........
I have seen these in other people's beds. Just beautiful!

I will have some of David's Campanula "Elizabeth" to share--as they have seeded all over the rim of the pot.
Will pot them up and share at work as well. Susan--who has that big house and property in VA will take some.
I am sure David and Pat will also have plenty.

1--I have starts of a perennial geranium also. have to go out and take a picture. I do not know the name of this one.
Hold on.................I have a few pots potted up. They are not exactly growing....but this plant is very low to the ground.
2--This Geranium is right next to the other. This one spreads like a weed. can you tell?
Name?? How would one propagate this one???? The runners are 2' or so.

I would love some tutti fruiti and the sentimental blue as well if there is enough.


I also have some little cup to 1.5 cup pots. Glazed some have holes some don't. I am going to bring them, hopefully somebody can use them.



This message was edited Aug 2, 2012 7:45 PM

Speedie you mentioned hostas I have some noid tricolor and green hostas they were filling in space but since we took some trees down they are in too much sun.Pretty easy seeder too in my garden. They are a little washed out this year as a result but will look great next year in a shadier spot

This message was edited Aug 2, 2012 2:52 PM

Speedie,

When I get back onto my own computer I will send hosta pictures and you can choose any or all of them. I guess it's all right to split them in September, right?? I know I have Marmalade, Great Expectations, and a couple that are mostly white in the center.

Have added: Oregano-Thyme Mint to my have's - enough for 1-2 clumps

Speedie, if you're not out of the agastache yet, I'd love to try 'Tutti Fruiti' -- 7 feet tall, my word! I've got a couple other agastache cuttings that seem to be coming along, and I'll put your name on a 'Raspberry Wine' bee balm, too. Or if you have an extra purple Verbena, that would be welcome! It's a great filler/edger plant... and mine didn't come back up this spring.

David - thank you...I've got a sm skullcap already...no worries

UMD and Critterologist, you have been added to "The List". =) Let's see... that makes 5 for the Agastache... Not sure I'll be able to grab many more than that. Just found another one yesterday (my GOODNESS, I have GOT to get out there and clean up!) that I hadn't seen before, these guys really like that bed apparently. =)

Critter, there's plenty of the Verbena for you, so I'll be sure to give you a nice fat and happy one! =) And yes, that Bee Balm sounds PERFECT, please and thank you! =)

UMD and Roses, whichever Hostas are most convenient for you to bring will be A-OK with me, they're all so beautiful. I have only 1 variety growing so far, so I will humbly appreciate whatever is easiest for you to manage while not mangling your own beds. ;)

Chantell, may I claim one of the Thyme, please?

speedie - absolutely

Oh thank you, bless your warm fuzzy heart Chantell!

Speedie, I should be able to get you a piece of 'Marshall's Delight' also, although that one will be more about roots than tops... it was a big clump earlier this summer (starting with a little pot last fall), but it got munched by something then got powdery mildew then got chopped back (by me), so it isn't much of a "looker" at present. LOL

One thing I know I'll have is (dis)Obedient Plant. I need to pull up quite a bit of it this fall to make space for some new siberian irises I ordered. It does spread when it's happy... more "obedient" in the vase (where it holds whatever bend you put in the floewr stem) than in the garden... but it's not really a "thug" in my book since it's shallow rooted and easy enough to yank up. I'll like it a lot more when it starts blooming... I noticed a lot of buds on it yesterday.

Aaaawwww, God Bless you Critter, yes please and thank you! I'm not worried at all about how it looks 'now', I know with continued loving care it will be wonderful next Spring, when I can take pics to share the love. =) (and then later when it grows up and I can share the plant!) < =D

ssgardener
I have all the plain ajuga you could want right here!!!!!!!!!!

you ask Sweet Flag, donner has Acorus variegated--that's it, or do you want green?

Holly- darn I just succeeded in about killing my last hge clump of green spreading Monda--but maybe Terp can help you out.

I call it monkey grass but is that different than regular green lioripe?

Monkey Grass, Mondo Grass is in a different Genus than Liriope.

OK so I for one am totally confused about Monkey/Mondo/Liriope....

Haha Sally, I'll take as much ajuga as you want to get rid of. No need to even dig it up ahead of time! And yes, I'm looking for variegated sweetflag.

super, Terry!

Oh yea they are definitely different. I can see that based on the dg entry. I don't have any mondo grass but I have plenty of lioripe, which is just starting to bloom.

Cuttings off shrubs or plants here highly encouraged...

Great!! I just dipped a ton of cuttings from a dozen rhododendrons.

Looks like you'll get the Cuttings Ribbon 2012!
Having offered my plants for cuttings, I can't say that I have much exciting to offer. Sheesh. Most of my shrubs are old basic cultivars. I do have a hydrangea- it would be nice if I could tell what it blooms like but I just know "its a lacecap and it came from someone through DG at Holly and RIcs first swap"

Ha ha. No worries!

I may have to take cuttings of my "Endless Summer Hydrangia" as it is, once again, encroaching
on my walkway around the corner of my patio. Have done this in last few years.

It may be too late-----or it may be just right....I will give it a try...
IF they pass the "tug test"--there may be a chance that I may have some to share...

Gita

Judy---

I read on one of the Posts that you will not be able to make he Swap. Is that true????

Does that mean I do not have to make a jar of Pickles for you?????

PLEASE!!! Try to make it-if you can...

Gita, Judy is working a craft show that weekend.

The 'Endless Summer' hydrangea that Gita gave me this spring has been growing like a champ. It's in a 2 maybe 3 gallon pot, and it even had several blooms this summer! Really beautiful. I'm going to find just the right spot for it, somewhere near the lily of the valley Gita gave me -- gosh, how many years ago was that? LOL. :-)

Happy, the little azalea baby you gave me hasn't grown so much as a new leaf, but I bet it's very busy growing roots in its little pot. I'm keeping it moist... I have it and several "delicately rooted" plants in a tray on a layer of large, hydrated moisture crystals, mostly away from direct sunlight.

Terp, you're going to have to give us a workshop on starting cuttings! Do you cover them (dome, bag, that sort of thing) after you dip 'em & stick 'em, or does the high humidity lately pretty much do the trick without that?

SSG, my variegated sweet flag isn't looking quite as vigorous this year, but I'm going to take a look at it... I bet it just really needs to be divided (I've chopped chunks off the edge for people but never really dug the whole clump)... so hopefully I'll have some to share.

Is there an interest in cuttings from a Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Mohawk' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56116/ and/or Daphne odora 'Aureo-Marginata' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/79487/ ? Got both of these plants from our sweet Debbie and Rick of Rick's Custom Nursery http://www.rickscustomnursery.com/ back in spring of 2008 and they've both done exceptionally well but could use a little haircut. I will also have a bit of gardening 'stuff' to include those pots I love so much from Walmart. Do y'all think they'll be an interest in these types of items?


This message was edited Aug 5, 2012 11:54 PM

Chantell- I would love to try both. I have read that daphnes are very hard to root through cuttings though.

Critter- for the rhodos i use half perlite half pete. You want to use a 6 or 8 inch pot. People commonly refer to them as one gallons but I don't believe they are a gallon. I form a ball about the size of the softball, squeeze out the water from the mix, then smear it into the pot. You don't want to compress it down as much as you can, just enough to make sure there are no huge air pockets. Then you re cut your cutting to 3 inches and eliminate and cut leaves as you see fit. The rhododendrons
(Non azaleas) need scoring, take a knife and slice off the top layer on two sides about half an inch to inch and then dip in hormodin #2 and flick the stem to get off the excess powder. Make a pencil hole for your cutting then press it in. Azaleas are much more forgiving..there is no scoring and use roottone not hormodin. Now you just create a dome over your pot using cut wrapped wire. Do not use copper or bare metal it will leach into the soil and may decrease your success rate. Use two pieces crossed about 25 inches long. Take a gallon plastic bag over top of it and then use duct tape to create a seal around the pot. If you see moisture collecting on the bag you have succeeded in creating the requisite humidity. Then place the pots in a protected filtered shaded area, if you don't have a spot with these conditions opt for minimal morning sun.

I haven't been doing this for long at all. This is my first season. The technique used is the preferred technique of the mason Dixon chapter of ARS. I'm sure there are many nuances and techniques I don't know about. For instance deciduous azaleas require good timing, best to take cuttings in the morning after arain or garden hose soak, older plants don't root as well as younger..

This message was edited Aug 6, 2012 12:19 PM

Chantelle----
I am smitten with that Daphne! Whether it will root/grow--I would like to try a cutting.
It says in the comments that this is hard to root. Have you had any luck before?
In the pictures it looks like a Lipstick Plant...


Jill---Glad your little Hydrangea is doing well. The cutting I rooted for you already had 2 blooms on it.

Re the Lily of the Valley--you came here to dig it up--remember??? Not an easy job.
They were growing in the corner of my "YUK" bed and also by the shed.

Gita