HAVE LIST / WANT LIST FOR PNW ROUNDUP EXCHANGE

Holly, I have more than one, if you want them.

Hi Sofer-Ok, got it!

Judi, wrote you back! :)

Trying to catch up, but hard LOL

PNW, I would love a Blue Geranium

Judi, Want some Red Dogwood please

Have to go back and reread again.

Steve, I have some hens & chicks, there are redish

PNW, I'd take a few blue geraniums, but only if there are not others who would also like them. Thanks.

Tilly and Holly, I think I have enough to share. Will pot some up this week and let you know.for sure.

Thanks, will get to my list soon

From way back up there at the beginning.....Gwen, I'd like some of your Bergenia with reddish leaves. Also, I may not have garlic to offer this year. My early varieties have all been hit with some kind of fungus this Spring and I had to dig them all out. I don't know yet if the later ones have been spared. They look perfectly healthy for now, though this could be deceptive if the fungus is spreading in the soil.

Yes Tills I would like some of the red sedums. Thank you
Also thank you for the Porcelain vine Suzy.

So much to do and so much to look back on in this thread. I would be happy to have starts of any of the lacecap hydrangeas except for the blue one, which I already own. Love all hydrangeas and have plenty of room for them as partial shade doesn't seem to bother too much.

Bumping this thread. I came back to it to see what Gwen wanted since she might be coming to Vashon for the farm tour this coming weekend.

Sue - do you still have the Ampelopsis? If so I would love one. If not - no sweat.

Pixy - Millium effusum - any left?

Also - If anyone has leftover convallaria I will be happy to take it off your hands, providing it is not all going to Montana with Steve.

Kathy - I have camassia for you.

Tils - I will bring carex teenagers for sure, and there was something else but I don't recall at the moment. Can you think for me please? =:0)

I'll post more later - too hot right now. Must go lay on the lawn with the doggie girls. OOOh - a soak in Amber's pool sounds refreshing. wonder if all 3 of us will fit? NOT!

Yes, Kayte, I have Millium effusum for you.

I have had terrible luck with cuttings this year due to the heat and the fact that I had to tear down my pond's veggie filter and clean it out. That's where I always rooted cuttings. It's back up and running, but I don't have the pea gravel in it anymore. I do have some hydrangea cuttings that have rooted and I've started a bunch more the old fashioned way - in perlite. If they don't dry out while I'm on vacation, they should do fine. The other stuff I will do the best I can with. It's not a good time to start fuchsias from cuttings, but I'll give it a go anyway. Anything that doesn't root for me, I'll bring cuttings from and you can try it yourself.
Also, I can take cuttings from things when people visit the garden.

Um... if anyone happens to have any daylilies that need thinning out, I would be really grateful for any I can get. All I am going to have is various seeds to swap, unless maybe I can save a bit of money to buy a few plants to bring along.

So far the seeds I have are:

Cosmos (dazzler, daydream, gold sulpher and orange sulpher)
Shasta daisy
Black-eyed Susan
Yellow snapdragon

Hopefully I'll have a few more kinds by the time we get together.

Pixy, do you need someone to water while you're on vacation? I only live a couple miles from you, I wouldn't mind doing it.

Kayte, It was 'Jessies Song'

And I will have the 2 you wanted not sure about the Salvia as yet, I thought I had lost it but it can make but no babies.

Pony I might have some days by then, they just started to bloom here. And I had thined them last year.

No worries, Tilly- I don't want anybody to dig up anything they weren't already going to. :)

Pony - you must NOT buy plants to swap.
Seeds are wonderful to bring and meeting you will be too!
We often get together & swap what we have - it's not a problem if you have nothing to bring, but if you feel compelled - bring dark chocolate...
As far as digging things up, the only reason i wait until October is because the weather is usually hot in August & I feel the plants might have a better chance of survival.
I will be dividing as I will need to move the mother plants this fall anyway.
so please let us know what you would like!
=:0)

Thanks, Katye. I'll stock up on chocolate... *grin*

I'm not really looking for much of anything, I don't have bed space for a lot more than I have now. I wish retaining wall blocks didn't cost so much, I'd have giant raised beds all over the place. hehe. I'm hoping that after hubby gets back from camp (with our truck) maybe I'll be able to find landscaping rocks free or super cheap so I can build more places to plant. (our ground is nothing but rock, can't do an in-ground bed unless we bring in a backhoe to dig it!)

So no worries, like I said, I don't want anybody digging anything up when they wouldn't already have been. :)

Ditto on that Katye.
I did not find a baby Blue columbine this year but I did harvest alot of seeds.

Pony, as I have a whole lot of space to fill with plants,and I just keep moving the babies when I find them as most of mine are still young yet.
I did find a bunch of Coneflowers ( Centaurea Montana) dug them up and potted them ( its so hot hope they make it) And I did make some starts last summer of some Pussy Willow did 10 got 3 that made it.

Your garden is looking wonderful, Tilly. All that hard work is paying off!

Thank you, Wish I could spend more time on it, work work takes it all LOL

Thanks for the offer of watering, Pony! I do appreciate the thought. My daughter will be at the house while we're gone and two of her friends are likely going to be staying here with her. One of them is a gardener, so I think I'm going to be covered. I'll keep it in mind for next year, though!
I will have some daylilies if you want the tall orange kind. Some of them might be doubles. They're basic but I like them. I'll also be digging out a lot of crocosmia 'lucifer' and light purple siberian iris as I really do have too much of that. I am going to be dramatically thinning some beds so I'll probably just pull everything out and bring it with me to the swap. I don't know how to list it all at this point, plus I don't know what will still be alive by then. I have too much to pot up everything so I'll probably be bringing some stuff in peatmoss. What else are you wanting to grow?

Have you considered making raised beds by using chunks of concrete? Most people just give that stuff away. I've had a big pile of it but it's dwindling fast as dh puts a chunk or two in the trash each week. It costs a bundle to have it hauled away. I can show you how to make very nice and very cheap garden walls using the recycled conrete as fill. Craigslist generally has some available. In terms of dirt, Tagro, bought from the city of Tacoma, is the best deal going.

I already have one bed that I built from broken concrete. (that I got on craigslist... hehe) :) I just kinda have my heart set on a "proper" rockery wall for my next bed. I may have to do the concrete thing if it doesn't work out, though. I still have a pile of TAGRO soil that I've been using all summer, probably need to go get a bit more if I make another full-sized bed. I love that stuff- my plants have been going crazy in it!

I have no idea what else I would want- I'm obsessing over wanting a bed with tulips/daffodils/hyachinths for spring and a variety of daylilies for summer. Hubby gets back August 9th, and the hunt for good rocks will begin in earnest.

Katye, yes, I do still have ampelopsis seedlings-or at least, I think I do. There were still some in the garden beds before this excellent hot pepper weather showed up, (how's that for "spin" on 104' ??? lol) so as long as they're as tough as a jalapeno, I'll still have some. (I am watering, so it seems likely-let's hope they don't make taproots to China..)

If the weather cooperates and I don't get really lazy, I've got ambitious plans for dividing things to share, even if I don't make it to the RU and we do something later in the season. ( I'm thinking I'm most likely to make it for Sat only if I am there)

1Pony, And, when I do get around to it, there will definitely be an assortment of daylilies. They aren't the newest, coolest ones but all are good growers. I expect there will also be TB irises, maybe some other things. Too hot to sit in front of the PC and write lists today :)

This year I'm like Pixy in that I'm more interested in thinning out and sharing than trading, so anyone who doesn't have much to trade, please do NOT worry! It evens out in the end, one way or another.

I appreciate everyones assurances and generosity. You guys are awesome. I still plan on trying to bring as much as I can though, even if it's just stuff for the door prize table. :)

Hey Pony Its fun to shop outa Pix's van, as she rattles of the names and by the time you get home you have no clue who is who and what was who LOL

I have found 2 plants that I know ( from past swaps) that I do not have a use for.
Cottoneaster, ground cover

And I will just bring what ever I find and can Swap/Give to whoever wants them. I'm learning from Pixs

In addition to the previous post (way back there), I have to offer:

miniature Ladies mantle
Acorus ogon
a couple little baby Japanese Pepper trees

Let me know if you want any of these anybody.

Oh, Tills, you KNOW I'll have my van/store at this roundup. I'm already putting aside pots of plants that I've been tending for too long without planting. Shop till you drop! LOL! Hey, maybe I'll label things legibly this time!

I'll put in a plug for a friend of mine who has to cover a small hillside and has little money. Plus she is not a gardener at all. The hillside is full sun, south western exposure, terrible soil with plenty of rocks, but excellent drainage on the other hand. I'm recommending the usual dry landscaping plants such as that cotoneaster ground cover Till has. (I'll take that off your hands, Tills, if you haven't already promised it away.) Also cistus, lavender of all kinds, santolina of all kinds, ceonothus, ornamental grasses that don't get out of control (although we do need some big ones) you know the drill. If anyone has any subshrubs in this category, I'll take them for her.

Say, Holly, didn't you have a photo you posted probably a year ago with a picture of that pepper tree? Also, was it you who wanted some of the Pinguicula (the little carnivorous plants that are easy on a windowsill)?

My hubby would be thrilled if i got one of those baby pepper trees. He's a freak for peppery things. Okay, he's just a freak in general, (he married me, didn't he?) but he really loves peppers.

LOL! So, is he a blacksmith?

He's a blacksmith hobbyist, not a professional. His real job is in software testing. He saved up all his vacation time for a long time to be able to do the blacksmithing program for the scouts this summer. :)

Yes, Pix, I'd happily take a Pinguicula. I also have potted up some orange and green variegated Libertia which I think you wanted.

The Japanese pepper tree is not technically pepper like you have on your table with the salt. The small fruits of the tree do look exactly like little pinkish-red pepper corns, but the outer husk splits open to reveal a black seed inside about the size of a spinach seed. From what I have read, it is the outer husk which is ground up and used in Japanese cooking. It does have a lemony, slightly peppery taste, but it also contains some kind of mildly anesthetic compound and causes slight numbing of the lips if you chew on a tiny piece (this I know from personal experimentation). It is a weird sensation

My tree turned into more of a shrub which I must figure out how to prune more effectively. It does have some serious, though short, thorns on the branches. The fall color is fabulous.

Now that I see the picture larger than thumbnail size, that is the little 'pepper' fruits hanging onto the branches after the leaves have fallen.

Pony, you are entirely welcome to a pepper tree. They are very small right now, and will take maybe 5 years to get to the fruiting stage.

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I would love one, thank you. :) No worries about them being tiny- I have time. :) (unless this heat kills me... bleah)

Pixs they are yours, You have gaven so much to me LOL
But the labling Mmmm Im not sure about that LOL

Yes, that's the tree I remember from the photo. I rather like that form. Sort of like a witch hazel. I think I'll pass, though because I'm not sure where I would put it, and I've promised myself no more babies until I raise the ones I have!

thanks, Tills. My friend will thank you, too.

Is the pepper tree the kind that has the red berries at the same time it has green foliage or do the berries only come on in the fall after the leaves have fallen? There used to be gorgeous pepper trees in Los Alto, CA, downtown area, but I remember the peppers were on the tree at the same time as the leaves. It was messy but was gorgeous. They sold the berries as decorations. I would love one if you have extra!

Pix,

Would your friend like some perennial geraniums for her bank? I have blue and fuschia colored, and they do well for me in dry, less than excellent soil conditions.

Gwen, the tree gets its pepper fruits before the leaves fall, but they hang on longer. It really is very beautiful in that season. I have several, so you are welcome to one. Are you still able to come by for the farm tour this weekend?

Farm tour?

You are close by Pony, you could come over for it on a nice ferry ride from Pt. Defiance. There are 3 farms participating. There is more info about it in this thread about tools

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1000700/

That sounds pretty nifty- I'll have to see if anybody in the family wants to go. (I don't take my old junker car that far from home if I can help it.) ;)