Chantell,
I have 5-6" pots of LOV. There are about 4 plants in each.
I have you down for at least one. I haven't gone over the whole thread yet, but if memory serves me right, I think there have been only 2 requests so far.
Gita
Haves, wants for spring swap
Hi Miata - I have plenty Pineapple Sage to bring. Chantell, I saw your request for Lily's of the Valley and will bring some with me or you can get from the other person who offered it. Anyways, we won't let you go home empty handed.
So, just to let you all know that spending time on this web site is paying off. For the next two weekends I will be privileged to meet several of you fellow gardeners. This coming Friday I will be meeting Ladygardener1 at a Cracker Barrel near my house as she travels south on her vacation. Ladygardener is the first person who reached out to me last year when I came to the forums and shared about being diagnosed with breast cancer. Alone with her, there were many, many others who sent well wishes to me, and I am forever grateful for all of you.
And then on June9, 2007 the day that we have been talking about for almost a year and thanks to Hart, another blessing in terms of getting to meet all you!!! See everyone there. For those who cannot come, we will miss you, but maybe you will be able to make it to the next one.
All of you folks are very, very special to me.
Ruby
Critter, between us I think we have the Hellebore requests covered. I can swing by tomorrow (Thursday) before Italian class for the basil if you're free. Also, what was that maroon grassy plant with the fuzzy reedy thingy that I was looking at when we went to the nursery (like my description?). Did you say you had a stalk of that I could have. Looks like Ruby has me covered for pineapple sage. Thanks, Ruby, that's for my Italian teacher. She's leaving for Italy for a month before we have the swap, so I guess I'll have to babysit it for the summer. If she plants it in the fall, do you think it will come back next spring? Hart, don't go out of your way for the Kong Coleus. I just saw one at my local farm market and just thought it looked kinda cool. I just thought if you had a cutting I might like one, but it's not a must have. Thanks though.
That's it! Purple Majesty Millet.... I knew there was another plant I was supposed to be setting aside for you! I should be around tomorrow, so I'll look for you after 4. You know where to find me, LOL.
I'm pretty sure Pineapple Sage is tender around here, but the notes in the PF entry for it http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1913/index.html says cuttings root easily in water and that it can be overwintered indoors... so it'll bloom for her in late summer/fall when she returns, and you or she can overwinter cuttings for next year.
Gita and Ruby thank you!!!
Anyone with extras of the Columbine - I'll be happy with 1 or 2...trying to make the horrible bare spot between the flower bed and the tree look...ummm, presentable. It's very sad looking now.
Ruby - can't wait to meet you and the rest...this is going to be a wonderful day of it!!!
Chantell: Is it shady there? If so, I'll have all kinds of plants for you. .. .
Gita, nearly all of the plants I'll have do very well in extremely dry spots and some in dry shade. I have clustered bellflowers growing under one of my box elders (a type of maple) and they're thriving there.
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/screensaver/DDG/campanulaglomeratapix.html
happy - the yard faces south-east BUT I have a dwarf magnolia in the very center so it shades some of the area from late morning till early evening. It's not a large area..I just like color and scent when I can get it. :) Not asking much - am I? LOL
Chantell - I don't think I have much with scent, alas, but I'll see what I can do!
Hart: I had no idea the clustered bellflowers did ok in shade. Now I have another plant to crave!
I have plenty to share, Happy. It also does well in moist spots. Very adaptable plant. It's so pretty when it's blooming. Everyone flips over the dark purple blooms.
Somehow I had it in my head that it was fussy.
happy - groundcover with color is perfect!! Didn't mean to for that to sound the way it did - I'm just happy to cover up the bare patches!!
A lot of campanulas are, Happy, but this one isn't. It's a perennial too, not a biennial.
Better and better! I'm liking the sound of that Campanula!
Hart,
Thanks for posting the picture of the Clustered Bellflower. If you think it would co-exist in my corner bed a few feet away from my 50' tall Silver maple, I'd like to try some--please! When, and how long, does it bloom?
I can hardly dig in this bed, but, with a lot of perseverance, I can "excavate" a hole and put some good soil in it and plant something. Then it will be on it's own....
I have tried to fill this whole bed with extremely hardy perennials like---
Shastas
Autumn Joy Sedum
Stella D'Oros (that need SO badly to be dug and divided....
Coneflower and some Rudbeckia
Bought some new perennials last year. Names???
"Corn Cockle" aka "Rose Campion
2 Butterfly Bushes at each corner
Peony at one end--NOT really thriving
At the other end, around my bird bath- 2 Hellebores on either side and
a couple of Japaneses painted ferns in the front
AND--amazingly--a Tropicana Rose that seems to survive there. I
would dig it up and move it, but I cannot. Roots 1+" in diameter
just under it.
Every year, I plant some straw flowers (for my Potpourri) and maybe some dusty miller. It is a struggle......OH! And in the center of this bed--I dig in one of my Brugmansias --pot in pot and buried 1/2 way down. Once the roots grow out the holes--I will have to water 2x a day.
You have Box Elders?...Do you get the horrible Box Elder Bugs/beetles? They live in those trees and then crawl all over your house and siding and garage, and what not. The "experts" always recommend to get rid of the Box Elder Trees to stop the infestation. Just FYI!
See you soon! :o)))) Gita
We get some box elder bugs but not many and there are box elders all over the yard. I wouldn't dream of getting rid of them. Along with a couple of black walnuts and one gorgeous, large crabapple, they provide the only shade we have.
I certainly can't imagine getting rid of them because of the few bugs that show up. They don't hurt anything, including the box elders.
I have a rose under the box elder that's doing very well too, but it gets some sun. It's a David Austin Heritage.
I have a whole row of peonies next to it but they aren't that close to the tree and are thriving.
I tried to grow a painted fern under there when I first put the bed in. Died a fast death. And I did have a bunch of ferns someone gave me but only one of those has survived. Too dry for them.
I can't get a fern or a ficus to live for me to save myself. Always do something to kill them.
Ruby
I took a few more cuttings this morning -- Swedish Ivy and Tri-Color Wandering Jew. The plectranthus cuttings I took last week are starting to strike roots! I decided it would make things easier if I bundled cuttings together with little rubber bands, with enough (hopefully) for a little pot in one bundle... I considered wrapping in paper towel and press-n-seal to transport the cuttings to the swap, but I think that for the sake of expediency I'll probably just stuff the bundles into a couple of water cups/jars. I'm not bringing tons of any one house plant, but I'll try to get a couple of cutting "bundles" from a variety of plants, especially hanging basket ones that I figure are easy to tuck in anywhere.
I moved all the remaining pots from the morning room floor to the deck this morning (the scented geraniums really need pruning, so I will definitely bring cuttings to the swap)... they need to be in the shade to start off, along with a zillion flats of plants that are being hardened off, so things are pretty crowded under the awning at present! That will let the gals who do my bi-weekly scrubbing give the morning room its thorough spring cleaning... I missed my last cleaning when I was down in TX, so we're planning to do a double clean today... I've been trying to get things organized and get surfaces cleared off so we can get things sparkling! It's going to be too hot to garden this afternoon anyway, so I'll concentrate on indoor chores (for a change). :-)
Critter, I'd rather be gardening than cleaning, no matter how hot outside! See you after work today to pick up the basil and the grassy thingy.
Miatablu-- did you want variegated solomon's seal? I have some extra . . . .
Happy, I'd very much like some variegated solomon's seal please. I've got the 2 different toad lillies potted up for you. Still need to separate and pot some of the blue-eyed grass. And between Critter and I we've got you covered for Hellebores. Oh, and any ajuga you might be saving for me you can save for Hart. She needs it more than me. But I will take any and all English Ivy anyone might have. I've finally got everything in my cliffside garden planted yesterday (till the swap that is). Now I just have to get to my container garden on the deck, about 25 - 30 different plants, but it's raining here right now. I plan to try to sneak out between the showers to try to finish potting things for the swap.
Darn, raining even harder here since I started this reply. Well I guess I can update my journal or cover the dining table with something and pot stuff up inside.
I have lots of ivy. Not English - it has smaller leaves. Joyce can bring you as much English holly as you want too. She has another ivy type vine with variegated leaves but they're oblong, not ivy shaped. I'll have her bring plenty of that too.
Thanks Hart. Since we cut down some of the trees on the cliff, it's given me another planting level, but I need some more ivy to hold everything up. I relocate some of my existing plants, but some different ones will be nice too I think.
Pic of top level.
Pic of new lower level. I call it a new sport, X-treme Gardening.
Very pretty! Is that your natural dirt? She said wistfully.
Among the things on my list for this week is pulling back some of the ivy so I'll get you plenty. And Joyce has massive amounts of the stuff growing all along her yard.
The light brown spot in the middle is the natural stuff. The rest is covered with mulch except for that spot where it just slides right down to the bottom. I have never amended my soil. If something is too fussy about what's its planted in, I don't want to put it in my garden. I never really thought about how lucky I am to have nice dirt. When I hit something with the shovel I hope it's a nice big rock that I can add to my path. Fifty percent of the time though it's just a brick because the house is built where an old brickyard use to be.
All I can say is: Wow!!!
My house that I lived in before this one they had dumped all the construction debris and then put down a veneer of topsoil. I never knew what I was going to come up with when I dug a hole. Once it was an old rubber rain boot. LOL
I'll have to post a picture of what we laughingly refer to as "soil" here.
I need to know if anyone is really interested in any of my small, yellow Pear Tomatoes?????? They are in 4" pots and about 14" tall. Healthy and growing. I have about 8 pots of them. Grew them from seed.
Jill is bringing a lot of Tomatoes, so maybe i should not add to it.
I ask, because I have quite a few things to bring and so does Sally (I am riding with her) and if there is no interest, then I don't have to bring them and take up the room.
How about my Aloe segments I have rooting in 4" clay pots. Any interest in those? It takes a while for them to "stand on their own", so I have them tied to supports.
Here's a "Wants" I just thought of--if anyone has it.
1. A starter clump of Chives
Hart--
I saw a picture of the "clustered bellflower" in a magazine. Oh, how pretty!!!! I am looking forward to having some of these. Thanks!
Sally,
My Chrysanthemum Pacificums are rooted and growing. I have plenty!
My Double yellow Daturas are now growing by leaps and bounds! They must love the heat. I have 15 of them. Sally has reserved 3 of them. Someone else did also. I have yet to do the FINAL assessment of the wants and haves. Need to find time!!!!
OK! Looking forward to hearing back on those Pear Tomatoes and Aloes. Thanks, Gita
Gita: I'd love a pacificum if you have extras!
Does anyone else want variegated solomons seal? I'm only going to dig it for specific requests, because we don't have tons, but I'm happy to bring it for anyone who wants it.
I assume no one has hardy cyclamen to spare -- just thought I'd ask.
I might dig up a hosta Krossa Regal if there is enough interest -- it is very nice -- unusual vase shaped. PLMK.
Gita, I haven't planted my chives yet so when I do I think I can divide a section off for you.
Happy, I'd be interested in the Hosta Krossa Regal if you decide to dig some up.
Oooo, can I have some of the chrysanthemum pacificum too? What a pretty plant! That would look gorgeous playing off against my green santolina. Do they self sow, I hope?
Gita, I can dig you up a piece of my chives if you'd like some. The clustered bellflowers should be blooming this weekend so you can see it in the flesh. Don't worry, it won't hurt to move it when it's blooming. I have oodles so you can have plenty.
BTW, I have never been able to figure out how to divide my green santolina. It doesn't spread exactly, just keeps growing out from the center. But if anyone would like cuttings, just let me know.
Happy I would love a variegated solomon's seal.
Gita - can't remember if I said anything but if you end up with extras of the Daturas, I'd be happy to take one off your hands (big of me, ain't it? LOL)
And hart - same thing re the clustered bellflowers - no worries if either are spoken for...promise.
Hart, sounds like you have more chives than I do for Gita.
I have plenty of the clustered bellflowers, Chantell.
Not a real big plant, Miata but I'm sure I have enough to get a piece for Gita.
Can we trade services for plants? If anyone has a plant they want to bonsai I'll be glad to prune it up for them. I bought this juniper from lowes for 5 bucks, brought it home and clipped it up. Wish I'd taken a before picture.
Gita: I'd love one small pear tomato!
Miatablu: All I can say is WOW!
miata....double wow!
i'm pleased when i get tags cut off w/o injury!
gita, i'm interested in tomatoes...i kinda waited too long to start the seeds i bought...i'm also interestered in the double yellow datura...i was stunned the other day when i saw my winter sowed lavender starting to bloom...it's bigger than the ones that survived being started inside, but it's only about 6" tall....the bloom is going to be bigger than the plant!