Found some!
Thank you,
Melissa
This message was edited Jan 27, 2006 7:09 PM
CLOSED: Does anyone have muscari to trade?
What do you have to trade? I will check tomorrow to see how many I have.
Sandy
Sandy,
Sent you D-mail.
Melissa
Melissa, there's seed for muscari along with germinating instructions at:
http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/
May I digress with the Hudson seed catalog about a child's garden that comes to mind?
I like his catalog for the "little things that look back up at you" as a friend used to say, like:
Papaver alpinum
Primula japonica
Viola odorata
These are not seen at all or at those prices in catalogs like Park's Seed (which long ago was a wonderful source for that sort of thing). But Park's has sweet alysum, which would be fun for a child's nose with 4 O'Clocks and moonflowers (both catalogs have the latter two). The large seeds of 4 O'Clocks and moonflowers are perfect for a child's tiny hands.
These are just right for a child's garden that you might want to keep small for short attention spans. Perhaps plant the little flowers on the fringe of the garden in shade of a dwarf lilac like Syringa meyeri 'Palibin" (DH's mother liked to grow lily of valley under her lilacs).
And then the middle for annual monsters like dwarf sunflowers and nasturtiums later in summer...and sweet alysum, 4 O'Clocks and moonflowers.
Karen, thanks for the link. there is a nice selection of seeds there!
The girls planted over a thousand daffodils this year. They were on sale at Costco for $2 a bag at the end of the season, 50 to a bag. Our dear friend brought us 25 bags! I am so hoping that the flood hasn't rotted them, spring will tell us for sure. If they have survived the flood, we should have lots of yellow and white come warmer weather. Sydney looks for them every so often, Tori keeps telling her that she has to wait until spring. At two and a half she doesn't have the best grasp on seasonal changes yet. :) They planted paper whites and hyacinth in pots and are growing them in the windows too. We have sunflowers coming up as well (the girls planted them in with a houseplant as a surprise LOL) I have to transplant them today. The seeds are from some giant ones we grew for the birds, so they will be big. I am hoping i can keep them alive indoors.
Our big project is the veggie garden this spring (tax return permitting) we are building a series of raised beds, so that Tori can reach in easily from her wheelchair. We are all very excited about that.
All this talk of spring is making me antsy!
I think you would have better luck trading for muscari early in the fall when people are digging and separating them. The corms really do reproduce, so trades would probably be welcome.
Weezingreens, Thanks i knew it would be a long shot this time of year. DG'ers came through though!
Melissa, a raised vegetable garden sounds beautiful. But, just in case, I wonder how elevated pots would do? Maybe the Container Gardening Forum has something on inexpensive sources of pots and planting media?
And then there's the Hydroponics Forum. I did see someone post directions to making your own hydroponic system that seemed relatively inexpensive - and no potting soil to lug around -:) Since plants are planted on a grid, you and your daughters could have some fun with design there.
I'd chase down links myself, but DG is moving pretty slowly tonight.
Seeing all those bulbs blooming through Tori and Sydney's eyes is gonna be so much fun --
tombaak
i have monkey grass to trade ,how much do you need?
plmk
moretz
i have access to the solid blue muscari. how much were you wanting and what do you have to trade?
I traded for some, thank you very much! Plus, my ground is now frozen :( It has been chilly around here.
Thanks again,
Melissa