I'm so jealous! I've been checking my mail daily in hopes of my NARGS seed. It's my first year and I drooled over the seed list. Were you a seed donor? When did you send in your order form? I'm dying of impatience, but I'm hoping it will be worth the wait.

Good luck with yours!

I got mine last Saturday and most of them got wintersown over the weekend. I sent my order in within a couple of days of receiving it. I went for natives - I don't think I got any of the same ones that Linda got. It was my first time, too! I was very surprised to get mostly seeds that I requested or from my alternate list. Guess I didn't choose stuff that was really popular . . .

Becky
ramazz

ok...help a newbie here...what's the NARGS seed exchange?

NARGS = North American Rock Garden Society.

Becky

Here is a link that might be useful: NARGS seed exchange

Becky
mine were all from first choice except couple of alternate list. I believe as long as you send your list promptly you will get majority of your first choice. What did you get?
Andrea
I got my list around Jan 11 and sent it right away, usually list comes earlier, like after Christmas time. Every year I tell myself I will be a seed donor and end up not doing it.
This year I think there were less seeds offered than previous years mostly probably import seeds regulations many people who usually send it were not able to do so, a great loss for everyone.
Zengeous
NARGS is great source of rare and not so rare seeds for many people, not necessary for rock gardens. I usually end up participating in first and second rounds of exchange and have around 100 new packets of seeds to try every year. Many of those seeds are not available anywhere else and represent garden and wild collected plants. Very choice and worthy organization to support IMO.

Thanks for the info!!!

I've bookmarked and will revisit this summer to become a member.

Me too!:)

Okay, I am slow getting back to this, but here are the seeds I got from NARGS. Many of them were only 5-10 seeds, but some packs had more.

Agastache rupestris Apache Sunset
Aquilegia Vulgaris Woodside Red
Asclepias exaltata white
Asclepias rubra pink/red
Baptisia bracteata cream
Camassia quamash blue
Cimicifuga rubifolia white - Appalachian Bugbane
Clintonia andrewsiana
Commelina dianthifolia blue
Delosperma basuticum ice plant
Dierama pauciflorum deep lavender
Dierama Pulcherrimum Blackbird
Diphylleia cymosa white
Dodecatheon amethystinum
Dodecatheon meadia f album white
Gilia capitata blue
Hepatica nobilis mix
Mimulus aurantiacus Hunipero Sierra
Penstemon nitidus bright blue
Salvia reptans upright form
Scilla autumnalis
Sedum caeruleum blue - azure stonecrop
Silene laciniata scarlet

Becky
ramazz

Woohoo! Just got my NARGS seeds today. I'm so excited. I have to slow down to make sure what I can wintersow & what I can't...I got about 50% of my first choices and the 2nd choices were ones that I am excited about too, so I'm doing my happy dance.
If anyone has any advice about any of these, I'd appreciate it, I'm completely a novice gardener, last year was my first year WSing and I'm hooked! I really enjoy reading other people's lists to get ideas for next year & discover new plants.

I received:
Bletilla striata magenta
Cyclamen hederifolium (well marked leaves) white
Delosperma cooperi purple
Gentiana angustifolia blue
Gentiana asclepiadea blue
Gentiana makinoi
Gentiana makinoi 'royal blue' strong blue
Hebe youngii blue
helleborus hypridus purple x purple
iris very good dark form deep purple
iris hookeri blue
Lewisia cotyledon peach/orange
Meconopsis betoniciflia blue
papaver somniferum lavender
papaver somniferum lauren's grape
potentilla nepalensis red
primula japonica purple
primula macrophylla violet-lilac
Tricyrtis hirta white/purple spots
Veronica schmidtiana 'Nana' blue
Hakonechloa macra Aureola
Tricyrtis angel's halo white
Hibiscus trionum cream/yellow
Tricyrtis lightening strike

-Andrea

Andrea
if you need additional info on germination check out Tom Clothier website.
I have experience with cyclamen- easy warm dark germinator. Soak up seeds for few days, changing water fequently.
Gentian germinate best with GA-3/ info about GA-3 you can find at JL Hudson seedsman website/. Otherwise probably WS them- seeds are small so make sure you have no run off from the top of container.
All trycyrtis great for WS.Primulas japonica needs cold strat as well.
meconopsis germinates easily at warm but only grows in special areas, hopefully yours will be one of them, they are monocarpic- will die after set seeds so try deadheading first year do not let it go to seed- if you will be able to grow it that far...
haconechloa should do great for WS, might not come true from seed.
Iris great for WS- start right away.

Thanks for the info Linda! I think I've narrowed down my list and will try to WS about 1/2 of them, spring or summer sow the others. It's just so, easy, it's worth a try!

-Andrea

Ugh...I'm so slow when it comes to post-office duties. I only sent my list in about a week ago. I'll be curious to see what I get.

Where do you sign up for NARG seeds?

There is a link to the NARGS website in a previous post. You will need to join NARGS and then they will send you the seed list next year. It is too late to sign up for this year.

Becky
ramazz

I took my sweet time sending in my order, but I still got some things I really wanted (maybe 2/3? I didn't make a copy of my order), along with plenty of things I'll be happy to grow.

I received:
Adlumia fungosa mix
Agastache aurantiaca orange
Allium karataviense 'Ivory Queen'
Aquilegia chrysantha yellow
Aquilegia fragrans
Aquilegia Alchemists Gold'
Argemone munita
Baptisia Carolina Moonlight' yellow
Cyclamen hederifolium (silver/pewter leaf) pink
Cytisus battandieri
Dracunculus vulgaris
Gentiana asclepiadea Slovakia: High Tatras
Eccremocarpus scaber
Iris douglasiana ex Roy Davidson
Lilium martagon muddy pink
Meconopsis quintuplinervia
Oxytropis campestris ssp rishiriensis
Papaver Danish Flag'
Polemonium yezoense
Primula chungensis orange-yellow
Primula candelabra hybrids
Salvia desoleana
Syneilesis aconitifolia whitish
Thermopsis villosa
Xerophyllum tenax Oregon: Siskiyou Mtns

Wow-- That is awesome. I think I will try it next year!

Jessica