I'm getting my plants dug and ready to trade at the swap I'm hosting on May 22nd in Jonesboro Ark (NE AR) about an hour from Memphis. All you folks in TN and MS don't wanna miss this one. It's going to be a lot of fun, with lots of great food, door prizes, tons of plants, and other gardeners who will talk plants with you all day. Everyone from anywhere is welcome to join us. We have people coming from TX, IN, NJ, TN, MS, MO, and various parts of AR.
The party really begins on Fri May 20 with a trip to Union City TN to hit some little nurseries I know, as well as a daylily farm and a hosta and perennial farm. If you wanna go, we leave my house about 8 a.m.
On Sat. May 21, the Master Gardeners in town are hosting a Tour of Gardens here in Jboro and for $5 you can travel from one garden to another in town and get ideas for your own. We're all carpooling and touring around. We'll visit the new Nature Center here and maybe picnic there. And there's a festival in the next town over we may attend, or we may just visit local nurseries.
Sun May 22 is the actual swap which will begin at 11 a.m. You're all invited. And bring a buddy! For extensive details, look here:
http://www.thebutterflyranch.com/2005_annual_butterfly_convention.htm
I have lots of plants to trade, which I'll list below. I am looking for named daylilies, hostas, louisiana irises, sedums, painted ferns, cannas, and other perennials I don't have. Now here's what I have to trade:
Cannas:
Pretoria
Richard Wallace
Florence Vaughn
Miss Oklahoma
Rosemond Cole
Pink Beauty
Red Dazzler
Crimson Beauty
China Doll
Red Futurity
Tangelo
Spitfire
China Lass
Red Wine
Orange Punch
Apricot frost
Tropicanna Gold
Striped Beauty (Christ's Light)
Orange Beauty
Tropical Sunrise
Primrose Yellow
Black Knight
Sunnyside
City of Portland
Cleopatra
Lenape
Water and Bog Plants:
Running Elephant Ears
Water Celery
Parrots Feather
Azolla
Chameleon Plant
Marsh Marigolds (Ranunculus something)
Yellow Flag Iris
Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia something)
Herbs and Mints:
Oregano (I think that's what it is. Has been perennial for me)
Chocolate Mint
Apple Mint
Lots of purple perilla seedlings (looks like coleus, but it's an herb)
Perennials:
Limelight Artemesia
Silver leafed Artemesia (Powis Castle maybe?)
Various Sedums - Blue Spruce, Golden Acre, Ice Berg, and more
Maybe named daylilies for other named daylilies - we'll see what I can divide
Violets - Dark purple
Violets - white with a lavender face
Blue Stocking Monarda
Blue Spiderwort
Hot Pink (Red Cloud possibly) Spiderwort - for something I really want
White heirloom bearded irises
Yellow heirloom bearded irises
Two tone violet heirloom bearded irises
Maybe other named irises for named daylilies
Lavender obedient plant
Yellow four oclock babies
Meidiland Rose - rambling rose bush - blooms all season
7-sisters climbing rose
Kwanzo daylilies (triple orange)
Blue Siberian Irises (Caesar??)
Purple Siberian irises (Caesar's Brother??)
Lots of Vinca Major
Lots of Vinca Minor
Some kind of ivy but not english ivy. Similar tho. Not as invasive
Belladonna Amaryllis - Naked Ladies, Surprise Lilies
Assorted Hostas
Toad Lilies for something I really want
Cuttings of roses, shrubs, trees, succulents, etc.
Trees:
Pine Tree seedlings
Maple Seedlings
Tulip Poplar Seedlings
Tropicals:
Plumerias for something I really want
Shrimp Plants - two different colors - not sure which though
Brugs for something I really want
Bananas for something I really want
Burro's Tail
Mother of Millions
Cereus - Orchid cactus leaves
Pony Tail Palm
Some sort of long cactus, great in a hanging basket. Has thorns and I don't like thorns
Green Bromeliad that is a tender perennial here, survived outside one winter for me, but died down to the root
Ti Plant rhizomes - not cuttings but the actual bulbs
I'm sure there will be more to add to the list. But this is what will be available for trade if you're coming to the plant swap. I'm really not interested in mailing this stuff, except for something very special. But I would love to meet you guys at the swap and do a lot of trading. So if you're coming to my swap, please email me and let me know what you'd like to trade and I'll put your name on it.
It looks like we'll have about 30-40 people at the swap. A good turnout. Y'all don't wanna miss this one!
NancyAnn
Plants to Swap at the Plant Swap in Jonesboro, Ark.
Many of you have said you're coming. Please remember, as hostess, my primary job on the day of the swap is to mix and mingle. I'm lookign forward to meeting all of you. And with the last swap I hosted, I didn't get to visit with everyone as much as I wanted. So this year, I'm not going to be digging in my gardens on the day of the swap. If you want something, look over my list now and let me know what you want. I'll be digging for the next two weeks only. After that, I'm done digging for the swap.
So if you don't claim your plants now, you may not get 'em at the swap. Because the swap will be held at my house, I will have a few house guests to entertain the week before the swap. I also have many chores to do inside and out. So I MUST get the plants I'm trading dug and potted within the next two weeks.
So if you're coming to the swap, email me immediately so we can work out the trade. If you just wanna come and visit, that's fine too. But if you want something from me, speak now or forever hold your peace.
NancyAnn
ButterflyChaser
NancyAnn , you Southern Gals are going to have a real shindig!!
Have a Great Time.
Best Wishes, Ingrid