To all of you that gave me plants... what a joy I have when I walk in my garden... and think of all of you that gave me so much beauty to appreciate!!!! and grow!!!!
so thanks Laura...for so many beautiful daturas I have this year... one plant you gave me last year has multiplied into about 100 plants.....
Thanks Laura for the Veronica... it makes my heart sing... so gorgeous.... so graceful and big.... perfect plant!!!!
and Laura this is just one of the six hostas you gave me last year!!!!! thanks so much!!!
Thanks Andy.... just look at all the gorgeous dahlias !!!! oh I have plans for then next year!!! all over!!!! they are gorgeous!!!
oops ... wrong picture!!!! here it goes!!!
Another gift from Andy!!! beautiful gladiolas!!!!
now... the tags have no name...that will teach me not to trust permanent markers very much.. I know Pirl and Celeste gave me daylilies... as well as Yankee and Andy... so here they go...
they are gorgeous and I am having such a great time find them open!!!
another one! from Pirl or Celeste...
and another one!!!! oh they are so cute!
... Pirl??? Celeste???? I am a banana head!!!!!
linaria .... from Celeste!!!
and a gorgeous rose from Harper.... Julia Child... oh I love Floribundas....
oxalis.... from Andy.... really cute!
another daylilly
and the gorgeous brugs also came from a DG member... they are stunning right now!!!!
someone left a bunch of plants at the round up... and I got some really nice and purple plants... I love the color and the shape....
I know there are many more plants... Laura has given me a clivia, sedum, etc.... Andy gave me irises, stela de oros, butterfly bush (purple) so much beauty... and many more plants.... also gifts from Maria, Debi, Alice, and some other wonderful DGers..... I am trully thankful for all your kindeness and giving heart.... it's so nice to have something from your garden growing right here .... and it makes my day!!!!
Kassia, how wonderful it is to see all these plants looking so happy in your yard! What a beautiful bunch you've got!
I had a dream last night that I was coming to visit you with Arlene and Jack in the car and we got lost and arrived soooo late!
Harper
Everything looks great!
well, Harper is not late to come... lol... please come again...
How lucky you have been to have received so much beauty, and to make it grow and prosper (OMG - I sound like Mr. Spock!).
Your gardens are a delight to the soul.
thanks candyce... I hope all will bloom next year too!!! I am already thinking of protecting them!!!!
I know what you mean. It's only the beginning of August, but I, too, amd thinking of winter protection and doing my first bit of winter-sowing.
really???? winter sowing??? did you do that last year??? was it worth it???? I won't be able to start my plants indoors this year... my entire family will kick me out of the house if I do it... since I have so many raised beds my plan is to do cold frames... and maybe winter sowing could work!!!
I have some hibiscus seeds... the person that gave me said to plant in the fall... so that's the only one I have....
Kassia - I have never winter sowed, so this will be my first year trying to do that. I'm not sure if I have all the particulars down just right, but I've been over on the WS forum a lot lately - reading, not talking.
I honestly don't even know which plants to start with!!
Anita and Dave(47) are wintersowers and I tried it this year. So did Michaela (Seandor). I put a ton of new perennials in my new cottage garden that I couldn't have afforded, mostly from seed either donated by or traded with DG friends. I had some things that didn't germinate, but I planted about 200 perennials plus some annuals and veggies that were practically free (only real expense was seed starting mix and some postage). You guys should try it...fun gardening thing to do after the holidays to keep the winter blahs away.
So .....
is there like a list - just among us - of people willing to trade or give away?
Candyce, You should post a trade thread here in this forum if you want to trade or get give-aways.
I for one, and I am sure there are others here in the NE Dave's Garden, that have job; family obligations (and lack of good camera, lol) that keep us from posting on a regular basis like a lot of the other folks here.
I do a lot of one-on-one or group trades and I would gladly swap or give away my extras to someone wanting to start a garden, expand, or just experiment with wintersowing for example. Just say the word.
Cyndie - by the way, I used to live in Peterborough, NH ;)
great idea... I want to get some seeds this year but some packs comes too many... and I will be happy to share with you guys!!!
I have seen the Trade List, and even have two items on it. But it seems rather impersonal to me. Well, by that I mean that the members of the NEG forum I would be more likely to trust over someone from the other side of the country. I don't mean to be picky, but I guess that I am - LOL
BTW, Kassia, I LOVE that datura picture at the top of this thread. Nice!!!
Candyce I aggree...
Harper, I love daturas... if you want seeds for next year I will make sure I send you some.... all my daturas came from seeds... and they do the work of re-seeding... totally wonderful in my opinion!!!
right now I have white, a bigger white one and a double yellow that already have pods... so I will be saving seeds... I am still waiting for the double purple to bloom... the wild one is much smaller but is charming... really a purple center....
Yeah, I'd love seeds! That'd be great!
ok...good we have a project for the fall... I will send you some for the fall... please remind me... I am a banana head sometimes!!!
Okay, I'll remind you, you banana head!
I will be saving seeds and downsizing my inventory for give-away (probably will only last until the new catalogs come out, LOL)
I would be happy to post a list here in our forum first as soon as it is ready.
It is all about sharing anyway, and since we all live in basically the same climate it makes sense to trade here. I have made a lot of new friends trading and giving seeds away. It's a small thing that brings a lot of pleasure to everyone involved. Cyndie.
kassia, how pretty!!!! so Dr. Seuss or nightmare before x-mas looking.
i'll have to get some of those. stephanie
here are the open daturas... I love those poisonous plants... hard to believe they are poisonous... so delicate!!!!
stephanie, I will be happy to give you... I have probably at least 20 pods maturing.. more than 20 white plants and 5 wild daturas... and 3 yellows so far.... I will be happy to give you some!!!
