I also have some Lamb's ear and an ajuga reptans
1) Lamb's Ear
2) Ajuga Reptans. It actually has its first tiny blue flower on it but not really visible in the photo.
well, I hope someone is interested in something I have to offer. I know it is not much yet, but I will definitely have more as so many things are germinating now--pot marigold, marigold 'nana', zinnia elegans, cosmos bipinnatus, golden marguerite, alfalfa, and others.
Cat---
I think you posted the wrong picture (#4 in first set) as a Lily of the Valley.
That looks like Sweet Mint to me....G.
hmm the order of the photos changed when I posted it. I'll edit.
the one that looks like sweet mint is the lemon balm.
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Catmint, I'd be interested in your ajuga if no one else speaks up for it.
You got it, SSG! :-)
CatMint - If you upload one photo at a time they will arrange themselves in the order you chose them in. If you load several photos as a batch, some will upload faster than others, presumably due to variations in file size, and thus some may finish uploading out of order.
Added more plants to my HAVE list.
I especially want to find a good home for the Acanthus mollis (
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vSGIwTj2W5A/T5U4ZdQRIJI/AAAAAAAABRg/7khTvJvyzmM/s1600/acanthus-mollis.jpg ). It is a striking plant, but my garden seems to be just too cold for it -- my neighbor told me that our neighborhood is the coldest place in the county :o(. This plant got to a good size in the past few years when winters were warm, but only one little shoots has come out this year. I dug it up last weekend. It will be better off in a garden that's warmer. Please let me know if you are interested.
I would love one of the Acanthus, Donner!!
It's yours, Roses! I am sure it will be a lot happier in your garden.
I have an aloe vera pup that needs a new home.
Donner are you still interested in the white flowered Rose of Sharon you wanted last year?
Catmint, I'd love a piece of your lemon balm please... I don't see/smell it coming up yet in its usual spot. Thug though it can be, I love it!
Critter, got you for the lemon balm! :-)
Just FYI---
At HD--under the Bonnies veggies and herbs tent---there is/are every kind
of mint you can want....
They even have the Stevial Plant on a regular basis....chew a leaf--and you will
find out how sweet it is.....
G.
We grew Acanthus mollis last year and just loved it. I cleaned the bed it was planted in last year and there is no sign of it. I looked it up and realized that it is rated for Zone 7 and we are Zone 6 same as you Roses. Sometimes I forget that you guys are a Zone warmer than we are.
Coleup, do deer eat Rose of Sharon? If not, I would love to add it to my Blue and White garden. Thank you.
At the fall swap I gave someone my Acanthus spinosus. I had been really disappointed by its consistent failure to bloom and just wanted to get it away from me. I don't know if that one survived the winter for them but I apparently missed a piece and it's growing here again. So I have a little baby plant that I'm willing to part with. First dibs to whoever I gave it to last year if it didn't come back for them.
Critter, please don't worry about getting me any chicks. I'll wait till they're hens! :)
Thanks for the Acanthus, Donner. Holly, according to Jessica (Gardadore) who lives near me, I "live in a microclimate" because lots of plants that won't survive in her garden do very well here. I do have plants that are meant for zone 7 but I wouldn't go much further than that.
Typ I would love your acanthus! :-)
crickethill- I have baby seedling pink Bleeding Hearts galores - you are welcome but may have to keep them in pots this year. And I have a tray filled with rooting Coleus Velvet Mocha.
Thanks for your insights Greenthumb. Guess I need to double check after posting something where order of photos matters.
Catmint, Can I have a bit of your Sedum 'John Creech'? I have Sedum 'Dragonsblood' which looks exactly the same except red. Would you want some of that to mix in with yours? I will put you down as second in line, if I can figure out to whom I gave the other Acanthus.
Holly, I'd love some of your Artemisia 'Silver King'. Mobot describes it as being a plant that would like the torturous conditions my yard has to offer (hot, dry, poor quality soil)!
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Sounds great Typ. I'd love some of your dragons blood and I will put you down for the john creech! :-)
Since it is getting closer, I just created a separate Food Potluck discussion thread here:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1358329/
Note, we now have three threads associated with the Spring Plant Swap (all will be "stickied" at the top of the Mid-Atlantic forum for easy access/reference until the event is over):
1. This thread for any and all general discussion
2. A separate thread for specific HAVES/WANTS lists
3. A separate thread for food potluck discussion
Thanks Terri!
LOL How we love to eat while we swap. Wonder what yummy Gita will bring this year?
Can you also do a Part two of this Discussion thread? Thanks.
UMD Terp/Paul
I was just reading through one of last fall's threads about our shopping sprees to Ace Outback and how happy several of us were to find Japanese Snowbells. You asked to be reminded in the Spring that you may have some available for Spring Swap. Consider yourself reminded, and if you do have starts, I'l like one! Thanks. Judy
Ah yes thank you. They were 4-5 ft. Unfortunately with the brutal winter I don't think they survived being heeled in. I will check next time I am able but don't your breath.
LOL Paul, I think one of the lessons I've had to learn is the breaking dormancy one in relation to 'winter' !
Some thoughts on Acanthus... (I passed on three of them to Ho;;y, Happy and Greenthumb at Jan's Spring Swap that my local Sams Club had for sale)
-They are late emergers and Plant files has lots of comments from members who grow them well in colder zones than they are rated for for hardiness. Might be what 'drainage' in winter does in any location then the cold or duration of cold that applies more.
-They are 'slow' to establish' and bloom
-Once you have them you will 'always' have them if some small piece of viable root remains,
-They can be grown in containers if eventual spread is a concern.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1946/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/177/
Judy, many of us have appreciated your generosity over the years in letting us know about plants, purchasing them for us, and keeping them for months at a time until we are able to get them from you. We have benefitted from your contributions to the group as we have benefitted from the contributions of Aspen, Critter, Holly, Greenthumb and others. Just as in nature, our diversity of knowledge, personalities, perspectives, and abilities is a strength for us as a group.
Okay now I'm musing on which kind of plant would I be in the garden of life? ;-) I think definitely a shade rather than sun plant!
My Japanese Snowbell managed to survive the winter in a pot (it was in a fairly sheltered corner of the foundation), and now it has "pride of place" in the middle of the front yard. It was VERY slow to start leafing out, buds were barely starting to swell a few weeks ago when it went into the ground... I don't know if that's normal for the species or just because it had a shivery winter.
btw, Kinsman is doing a free shipping offer again... ends at midnight TONIGHT, use promo code KCAFS4 I'm getting one of their arches for the 2 grapevines Joyanna & I planted last year. Been looking at them for years, figuring I could find something cheaper locally, finally decided otherwise LOL.
Arches sound pretty, Critter. I'm going to need at some point to replace the clothesline nylon strings that the wisteria is growing on and am wondering what could work without breaking the bank.
Catmint, I am redirecting the archway wisteria discussion to the yardening thread because I have an idea:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=9825282
:)
Very cool Typ--thanks!
Typ: I really like some of the Family Handyman projects -- we have several terrific overhead storage bins in our garage that we made following their model. And this one is gorgeous, so I had to read closer -- and found that this looks challenging for anyone but our Ric! I notice how easily the following sentences flow off the author's lips: "Bend the rebar into a circle with a conduit bender. Cut off the extra rebar. Repeat until you have nine circles." That alone would take me a lifetime -- not to mention that I don't happen to have a conduit bender!
Yes definitely a job for my handyman rather than for me! :-)
No conduit bender? Not even in the junk drawer? It is a cool project and I saved it, but at the bottom it says that it is estimated to take a day for the first one and then only half a day for subsequent ones. It should certainly hold up to the vine, though.
That's a lot of time even for my relatively inexpensive handyman. I'll have to send it to him and his wife and see what they think. At some point I do need to strengthen the support for the wisteria.
That's a lot of time even for my relatively inexpensive handyman. I'll have to send it to him and his wife and see what they think. At some point I do need to strengthen the support for the wisteria.
Thanks again for the link Typ! Always nice to have people point the way to positive solutions! :-)
