Nectar and Host Plant GROUP SEED SWAP Info

Okay becky.. that makes it simpler..
Peg~ I would love some of the blue stem!! I have Inland Sea Oat seeds I am pitching in too.
debnes

Zinnia are good for hummingbirds too, aren't they?

Oh yes portiaraylee!!! They loooooooooove zinnias. Any color. It's a "must have" for hummers.
Welcome in btw!!
debnes

Great! So I post what I am sending here, right?
Well, let's see, without going through my 'stash', I know I have:
1. Cardinal Climber
2. Cypress Vine (Mix of pink, white, red)
3. Zinnia (Mix)
4. MG - Heavenly Blue
5. MG - Midnight Velvet
6. Petunia - Mini Blue (I seen ALOT of hummers on this basket)
7. Trumpet Vine - Orange
8. Common Milkweed
9. Butterfly Bush - I collected seeds from a 'Black Knight' Cultivar, you can grow these from seed, right?
10. MG - Blue Star
11. Evening Primrose (I practically had to beat the hummers and butterflies away from this thing just to get some seeds! Lol!)

Is this Okay? I am sure I can scrounge up some more...
Okay, now where's the second thread?

portiaraylee - I will be starting the new thread and copying and pasting everyones "haves" there. And then everyone can look through the lists and decided what seeds they really want. I am going to wait until more folks post their lists first. :-)

Alrighty then :)

Hi, Becky---

Here is my list for 'cutting & pasting':

Liatris ligulistylus Blazingstar (3)
Liatris scariosa Tall Gayfeather (6)
Malva Mallow
Asclepias Curassavica 'silky gold' Tropical Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed
Cosmos sullphureus
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel
Allium tuberosum Garlic Chives
Scarlet Runner Beans "Painted Lady"
Spanish Flag Vine
Cardinal Climber
Mirabilis jalapa 'Four o' Clocks' 'Custard & Cream'
Schizanthus 'Butterfly Flower' 'Angel Wings'
Verbena Bonarienses 'tall verbena'
Helianthus Annus sunflower 'Double shine'
Cleome 'Pink Queen'
Orlaya 'White Lace'
Vigna Lutea 'Beach pea vine' or 'dune bean'
Clitoria ternatea 'pea vine'

These are packaged and ready to send to you with Return Envelope and Label and $$.

Having fun with this.... R U? t.

Oh yeah, blazing star, I forgot about them attracting butterflies, I have TONS of them. I will add that to my list - and four o'clocks, another that I have so many I don't know what to do with!

Is it too late to join in the fun? I'm organizing seeds today. I've never participated in a seed swap before.
Cathy

Welcome, Cathy! Anyone can join as long as they get their seeds to me by Nov. 16th! :-)

Will do, got my packaging supplies this morning. Will be going through everything this week and labeling, and plan to send the envelope to you on the 12th. This is so fun!
Thanks for doing this Becky!
Cathy

Becky - how did you cross those 4 Oclocks?

Becky~
Here's my package contents:

1. (12) Agalinis tenufolia - False Foxglove......Host: Common Buckeye
2. (6) Agastache rugosa -Korean Mint ..............................Nectar
3. (16)Aristolochia elegans - Elegant Dutchman's Pipe...Host:.......
.................................................................................Pipevine ST/Polydamas ST
4. (20)Aristolochia tomentosa - Wooly Pipevine.Host:.....................
.................................................................................Pipevine ST/Polydamas ST
ST
5. (20)Buddleja davidii - Ruby Red......................................Nectar
6 (15)Buddleja davidii - Lavender/Blue..............................Nectar
7. (10)Buddleja davidii - Black Knight.................................Nectar
8. (9) Buddleja davidii - Bi Color.........................................Nectar
9. (3) Buddleja davidii - Sungold.........................................Nectar
10.(15) Ipomoea purpurea - Split Personality MG..............Nectar
11.(10 Ipomoea quamoclit - Cypress Vine.........................Nectar
12. (5) Lablab purpureus - Hyacinth Bean Vine.................Nectar
13. (6) Nicotiana sylvestris - Flowering Tobacco........ Nectar/Host:
...........................................................................................Tobacco Hornworm
14. (5) Verbesina encelioides - Cowpen Daisy - Nectar/Host:
..........................................................................Bordered Patch (of Southwest)
15.(15)Cassia alata - Candletree.................Nectar/Host: Sulphurs
16.(20)Malva sylvestris-Hollyhock-Nectar/Host: ...............................
.................................................................................American Lady & other small bf
17.(10)Hibiscus coccineus - Texas Star................................Nectar
18.(4) Caesalpina pulcherrima - Pride of Barbados...........Nectar
19.(10)Zinnia - White Giant......................................................Nectar
20.(15)Amblyolepsis - Butterfly Daisy.....................................Nectar
21. (8)Euphatorium purpureum - Sweet Joe Pye Weed.......Nectar
22.(10)Euphatorium maculatum -Spotted Joe Pye Weed........
.........................................................................................................Nectar


debnes


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What about Foxglove, Lupine, Delphinium, Salvia, Beardtongue, and Sage?

I know I'm a bit late but I would like to join as well please. If I mail out in the by Tues. they should be there in time. I've been lurking here for a while so if ya'll don't mind I'll jump right in.
Caren!

Will be sending
5 Cestrum Diurnum
5 Asclepias curassavica
1 Leonotis Menthifolia
1 Eupatorium pupureum
1 Datura Metel (triple white)
5 Datura Metel (double purple)
1 Datura Metel (double yellow)
1 Abelmoschus manihot
1 Thymus Vulgaris
2 Heliotropium aborescens
1 Dill
1 Cosmes 'Sensation'
Im just starting out with the Butterfly plants, I mostly grow Tropicals.

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This is Cuphea Melvillia...is anyone familiar with the seeds. Is that the seeds in the picture?
It does well from cuttings, so I never collected the seeds.

chris

Lovely Chris!
I have one one myself! I tried to plant some seeds and they didn't germinate for me. Maybe cuttings are the best way to go on Cuphea. I have 3 different Cupheas. Tiny Mice, Batface, and the Cigar (like your pic). They really get huge!

portiaraylee~ You asked

I working on my seeds...if everyone around here would leave me the heck alone.

Deb,
I have cuphea "Georgis Scarlet"....maybe I can find some seeds on it.

P

Great, then I will be sending butterfly bush seeds as well!

Mine are on the way Becky!
Let us know when you post all the lists.

:-)

debnes

Mine are on the way, too! Yay!

Mine went out in the mail today!
Caren

Looks like I'll be away (family stuff) until the end of the week, so I'm not sure if my seeds will be packed in time for this swap... I'll do my best!

Even if you don't mail them out until Monday, Nov. 12th, they should get to me by the 16th! Just send them as soon as you can!

Oh critter.. Scoop them off the kitchen table into a big sack anf take em with you, lol!
Hey besides~ I was eyeballing some of the seeds you had. Don't worry about the husky bits either. I'm with you, the finer seed is easier to see when you sprinkle them out in the dirt. Ya just have to sprinkle more out in each planting site.

After this weekend you will have 2 days to pack them and get them in the mail to be there by Friday. I know you will get it in somehow... and you ain't getting out easy. Just think of all the new seeds you will have to share too.

debnes

Ok, everything is accounted for, and my post is edited to reflect the varieties and the numbers. My list is complete.

The Plantago major and the Verbena hastata need to dry just a bit more before the seeds will easily clean. Everything else is bagged and tagged.

Mine will be in the mail by the end of the week.

Oh, you know I'll do my best! I'm just not sure at this point when I'll be back home... but it should be by the weekend. The seeds I mentioned are pretty well dechaffed, just sitting out to finish drying, so it's just a matter of printing out more labels and bagging them. I'm sure I'll get something in the mail, at any rate! I was hoping to get out for zinnia seed this week also, but they may end up just dropping their seeds where they are, LOL.

Sounds good Melody and critterologist! I'll be looking for your seeds to arrive! :-) :-)

I am holding off until Monday. I got Sparkleberry tree seeds. May still not be dry so will put in napkin in bulk package so you and open them up Becky to air until you ship to whom ever wants them. Will include some empty seed packs for them

I will do that, Donna! Thanks for including the Sparkleberry seeds for this swap! You are sending some awesome seeds! Thanks for sending all the extra packets, too! We are going to dub you a new name ... the "Seed Whisperer"! LOL!

forgot about all the seed from some cuttings I took from my friends Groundsel Tree(spelling). NABA lecture I was just at, at the ABADS Convention said it was one of the best trees for attracting Butterflies so i have seed for it as well.

I have an unknown purple aster that I can include if folks want some. I'm guessing that it's a type of Symphyotrichum. Great bloomer and lovely fall color that lasts all the way through a light frost.

What do ya'll think?

Absolutely, Melody! If no one else wants them, I'll take them. I love my asters!!! :-)

I've got an unknown perennial Helianthus that I intend to include... it's a butterfly magnet, lovely yellow blooms all summer long, and it even blooms the first year from wintersown seed. I don't think I should leave it out just because I haven't been able to figure out which species it is for sure... I got the seed as "Chocolate Daisy" (but it's definitely not), so it's also known to folks I've shared it with as Not-Chocolate-Daisy. :-)

Bagging some up!

Sounds good y'all!!! :-) Tag em and bag em!

And if anyone has some good hummer nectar plant seeds, throw those in too! I'd love some Turk's Cap or Flame Acanthus seeds. (Hint, hint!) I did a trade for some of the FA, but the person on the other end of the trade never came through on their end. :-(

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Is there another name for the Sparkleberry tree? I cant find it in plant files.

What is a kind of seed that I can buy now that most people would want? Even if it is parsley what would be some that you could always use?

I would take the Asters also. The parsley, fennel, and dill seed would be great for the BST next year.

Chris - Nasturtium seeds! I lost my plants this year and am sooo bummed! They are a host plant for the White butterflies! The moths love the blooms too! :-)

Also Coneflower, Zinnia, Dill seeds are usually available and would be good plants to have for the butterflies! :-)

Lots of herbs are butterfly magnets. Try any of the mints, catnip, salvia, chamomile.

Rudbeckias (black eyed susans) are available commercially and there are lots of pretty cultivars.

Many of these are easily purchased.