western sand cherry and mahonia to trade

I have about 10 trades each of western sand cherry and mahonia (oregon grape) heel cuttings, first come first serve. I would like to finalize the list by Wednesday at the latest, because I am racing against the weather to get them out of the ground. For those unfamiliar with the term, a "heel" cutting has a piece of root attached. Theses are all babies suckering off the mama plant. Both will grow like mad as soon as they get warm weather and adequate soil. If you live in a cold zone, you can still get them planted out so long as the soil is not frozen.

What I need:
Perennial geranium root or heel cuttings
interesting allium hardy in zone 5
daffodils
siberian squill
daylilies (not orange)
heel cuttings of interesting viburnum (hardy in zone 5)

Picture is of 4 roooted cuttings from the same mother western sand cherry plant -- obviously the ones I would send are quite a bit smaller about 1-2' high.

greenjay do the geraniums have to be named if not I have one that is pink, shows a little lavender at one point of it's blooming. It's been in a pot for a year now and is about a foot long :)
Lea

Edited to say I would like to trade for Sandcherry please.

This message was edited Oct 15, 2006 11:46 AM

No they do not have to be named, but they MUST be perennial in Zone 5.

Most of the geraniums are hardy to zone 4 that I saw in the plant files, if you trade me and they don't come back I will buy you one in the Spring, your choice of course, within reason :) It's a pretty geranium, bloomed all summer, the last bloom I saw was about three wks. ago.
Mine looks like 'Max Frei' in the plantfiles but didn't notice if it had purple stamens ( didn't plan on trading it), my neighbor bought this years ago and I asked him the name of it then and he didn't remember he died at least 15 yrs. ago so it is an old one. I took a start off of what I have growing by the house last summer and over wintered in a gallon pot and it did fine, is still in the gallon pot so I would say it's hardy to z5. I aimed to plant this year but never got around to it lol
If you don't want to trade that's fine, I can live with that lol This sandcherry is a present for someone else anyway :) Just thought I would try.
Lea

That really looks lovely. DMail me with your address, and I will get the sandcherry out tomorrow.

thanks!

I am interested in your Oregon grape (Mahonia) but I don't have anything on your list. I will have 50 daffodils after thanksgiving as they will be delivered then but I don't have them now. Is there a chance that you would trade for anything else or is that list the only things you want?

Carol

You're geranium is on the way, thanks for the trade :)
Lea

Yes, I would be interested in unusual seeds of hardy perennial prairie plants, verbascum, allysum (I need about 5 lbs of allysum!), clematis cuttings (esp. species clematis).

I have 5 acres of HOA property that I have to beautify, and a very small budget!

greenjay,

Was this to me:

"Yes, I would be interested in unusual seeds of hardy perennial prairie plants, verbascum, allysum (I need about
5 lbs of allysum!), clematis cuttings (esp. species clematis).

I have 5 acres of HOA property that I have to beautify, and a very small budget!"

If so I will look over my seeds and see if any fit your needs! I also have seeds for a lot of different vines, but no clematis. I am looking for them also!!!

Carol

yep, it was!

okay, I have gone through them and I am a little embarassed to post the list until I ask you one question...What are perennial prairie plants? I have some perennials but I don't know if they are prairie plants... Also have some vines but no clematis. I do have cuttings of passiflora 'Incense'...it is a hybrid and won't "come true from seed"

This message was edited Oct 16, 2006 9:53 PM

A prairie plant would be something like a cultivar of a native that originally grew on the prairies. Purple coneflower is an example, so are coreopsis spp. They tend to be pretty tall, extremely hardy, and some spread by clones or rhizomes in addition to seed. Lots of the same plants we use to attract butterflies come under that general classification.

Everything I grow has to be hardy to at least z.5, because I don't have any "indoor" plants other than seeds I'm starting under lights.

OK, then I probably have a few:

Scabiosa, Pincushion, 'Pink mist' (hardy to 3a)
Rudbekia,Yellow w/green center (hardy to 3a)
Blue Columbine (hardy to 4a)
Balloon flower, Blue (hardy to 3b)
Blanket flower, Indian Blanket (hardy to 3a)
Bouncing Bet, pale pink/ white (hardy to 5a)
Trumpet vine, orange (hardy to 4a)
Chaste Berry, Monk's Pepper, Vitex (hardy to 5b)

If there are not a lot of requests for the mahonia, I am wondering if I can more than one...that is if you can find enough of mine that you want.

Carol

I have a nearly endless supply of mahonia!

I would be interested in the rudbeckia, and/or the columbine.

I can send both! I would love to have as much mahonia as you can spare! I have wanted this for a while now! If I need to pay some postage also since I am only sending seeds, just let me know...

Carol

dmail me you address, please

can someone post a picture of the mahonia you're talking about? Is it the one called false holly sometimes and likes shade?

Hello,
I would like 3-6 of your Western Sand Cherry. I can offer Coronation gold yarrow (3), unrooted offshoots (probably not correct name for them), Moonbeam yarrow (3), root divisions, and seeds for Helenium "Moorheim Beauty." I have naturalized daffodils that could be dug, but I've never done it.

Interested? Please dmail me. Thank you, Laura

This is the helenium on the side of my driveway. It's been blooming for about three months, and this is the first year from a root I bought from the NW Bulbs coop Pixydish hosted last spring.

OMG, I just made "Moorheim Beauty" my screensaver on monday...LOL.

Yes, I would be interested in that. Please dmail me with your address.