The Garden Party I'm hosting on May 22 here in Jonesboro, Arkansas, is less than three weeks away. Many of you have said you're coming. But very few of you have told me what you'd like from me. I MUST get the plants dug and potted THIS WEEK. I can't wait til the last minute. I have too many other things to do to get my house and gardens ready for the party. The day of the party, I'll be busy entertaining and visiting with guests, so I won't be digging during the party. If you come early, I'll be busy cooking the food and setting up tables and won't have time. If you stay late, I'll be packing for my TX vacation which begins the day after the party. Sooooooo, if you want something from me, speak now!
Here's my trade list:
PLANTS I HAVE TO TRADE
Ageratum - Perennial blue floss flower
Ajuga - Bronze Beauty
Belladonna Amaryllis - Naked Ladies, Surprise Lilies, Magic Lilies
Cannas:
- Florence Vaughn
- Richard Wallace
- Pretoria
- Miss Oklahoma
- Rosemond Cole
- Pink Beauty
- Red Dazzler
- Crimson Beauty
- China Doll
- Red Futurity
- Tangelo
- Spitfire
- China Lass
- Red Wine
- Orange Punch
- Apricot frost
- Striped Beauty (Christ's Light)
- Primrose Yellow
- City of Portland
- Cleopatra
- Lenape
Chameleon Plant for land, bog or pond
Tradescantia - Spiderwort - bluish purple
Tradescantia - Spiderwort - hot pink
Artemesia - silver leafed (like the annual--dusty miller, but this
is perennial) Maybe Silver King?
Artemesia - Oriental limelight
Obedient Plant - lavendar
Daylilies:
- Red Crimson Pirate
- Peach
- Apricot
- Happy Returns
- Stella D'oro
Assorted Irises - some mixed in a bed (could be yellow, grape scented lavender, or two tone lavender like Queen's Taste)
Yellow Flag Irises - about 3 ft tall
Siberian Irises - blue or purple
Creeping Jenny
Water Celery
Mint - Chocolate
Mint - Apple
Maiden Grass
Vinca Major
Vinca Major variegated
Vinca Minor
Monarda Blue Stocking
Assorted Hostas
Grape Hyacinths
Crocosmias - Orange-Red
Boston Ivy I think
White Yarrow
4 oclocks - yellow
Tulip trees (special trades)
Red Meidiland rambling rose - everblooming
Ditch lilies for naturalizing and erosion control
Kwanzo daylilies (double/triple orange)
Purple Perilla
Pine Cones
Wardley Fish Flakes
And I can't remember what else.
PLANTS I WANT
Agastache - Any
Verbascum - Any
Valerian (Centranthus)
Daffodils - Any except common yellow trumpets and Paperwhites
Named Daylilies that I don't have
Named Irises that I don't have
Named Hostas that I don't have
Named Cannas I don't have.
I am particularly interested in Pink Sunburst,
Kansas City, White, Panache, Constitution,
Rosalinda, Ermine
Heucheras and Heucherellas
Hibiscus - Dinnerplate hibs, cranberry-leaf hib, marijuana leaf hib.
Hydrangeas - especially Forever Pink
Japanese Blood Grass
Peonies
Parrot Tulips
Tiarellas
Tellimas
Muhlenbergia Capillaris - Pink Muhly Grass
Toad Lilies
Honeycomb Butterfly bush
Fothergilla
Magnolia Jane
Variegated Butterfly Bush
Variegated Weigelia
Coneflower - Double Pink Razzmatazz
Rose Fountain Grass
Ophiopogon Nigrescens - Black Grass
Black Bamboo
Variegated Bamboo
Pink Pampas Grass
Pennisetum Alopecuriodes - Fox Trot Grass
Fritillaria
Hellebores
Painted Ferns or other unusual ones
Bleeding Hearts
Variegated solomon's seal
Peonies - Named
Irises Louisiana (just started collecting)
Irises Siberian
Ligularia
Rehmannia
Gunnera
Brunnera
Eremus
Red Hot Poker
Trout Lilies
Yarrows other than white or yellow
Sedums I don't have
Lavendar
Perennial Salvias
Spiderworth other than common blue or hot pink
Other exotic Lilies
Penstemons other than Husker Red
Plants with the name Terry in them for my brother
Plants with a love and romance theme for a wedding garden
All kinds of perennials
Unusual elephant ears
Other Things I'll trade for:
Wall hanging pots
Wall hangers for pots
Vine posts or anything I can grow a vine on
Donna Dewberry, One Stroke Painting books, videos, supplies
Bob Ross books, videos, supplies, Oil Paints, Canvas
Garden books with lots of colorful pictures
Garden Magazines like Garden Gate (I already get Better Homes and
Gardens)
Movie DVDs (no VHS) movies like:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Scent of a Woman
Bed of Roses
Message in a Bottle
Dirty Dancing
The Big Chill
Top Gun
Pretty Woman
Runaway Bride
anything with Julia Roberts, Shirley McLaine,
George Clooney, Goldie Hawn, Olympia Dukakis,
Richard Gere, Sam Elliot, and others
DVDs for the M*A*S*H* tv series.
Don't let my trade list scare you. I will trade for anything I can use. I will also trade plants for labor to help me in my gardens.
And I will trade for shovels, bags of soil, manure, windchimes,
lumber or ironwork, anything I can grow a vine on,
gardening books, painting books, videos and supplies,
whiskey barrels, rain barrels, nursery pots,
rubber coated gardening gloves, pond liners,
fish for an outdoor pond, garden statuaries,
big rocks, paintings you've done yourself,
and anything I can use in my gardens or home.
Please let me know in the next couple of days what you want so I can get it dug and put your name on it if you're coming to the garden party. I think we're going to have quite a crowd here and you can put some faces to some of the names you know.
N.
AR/TN/MO/MS GARDEN PARTY IN JONESBORO ARKANSAS - TRADE LIST
Hi Butterfly. I have always wanted a voodoo lily. Would you consider trading with someone too far away to come to the party? I have a Tropicanna canna, I have numerous hostas such as Blue Cadette, Sum and Substance, Patriot, Yellow Tiera, Undulata, Narrow Leaf, Halcyon, Albo Picta. I also have a few day lilies such as Strawberry Candy, Always afternoon, Baby Darling, and an antique double apricot colored one. How about an antique trumpet lily baby or two of unknown variety? Many old daffodills that are not plain yellow or paperwhites, but I don't know the varieties. Some are pure white, some are white with orange center. Anything sound tempting? Perhaps some shasta daisies?
Hi Thripmaster, I don't have any voodoo lilies to trade. I am looking for some myself. If you find a source, please let me know too, ok?
NancyAnn