A few more things to know from the coordinator:

If you're not sure how to divide your perennials, especially if they are ones with eyes or you're just nervous about taking a knife to your plant... just come early and either myself or another experienced gardener will be glad to show you.

If you only have one or two kinds of plants... don't worry, that's why we are doing this. Bring what you can, and others will be happy to share. Bring as many of that one kind that you can spare. The more you bring the more you get.

If you have a plant/shrub at your house that cannot be divided but you love and want more of... Bring stems/branches/leaves, if they have grown. If not snap a picture, and we may be able to tell you how to propagate it.

If you see that you have a shrub that someone is wanting cuttings of, please take the cuttings just before you come, wrap the ends in a damp paper towel and put in a bag. This will insure the end doesn't dry out by the time it gets to its new home.

I would also like to have a table dedicated to "Name That Plant"- we all have mystery volunteer plants that sprout in the spring and for the life of me I can never be sure if I planted something there if its from a seed the birds left behind. So if you have a plant your not sure of, please bring it. We'll set them out with a pen and paper and see if anyone knows what it is.

I haven't been to this plant swap before - do plants need to be in individual containers? I have a bunch of daylillies (older orange variety that I have in excess) that I have planted with several per container that I can bring. I also have some early blooming daffodils (mix of single and double flowered ones - no guess which the individual bulbs are) done the same way. Some excess Itea "Henry's Garnet" that I brought from our previous house that doesn't really have a place at our new home, and some other excess plants. Do I just bring these plants in larger containers or do I need to plant them into individual pots?

WhitewaterVol,
I'm not coordinating the swap but am just passing along the message for it. From what I understand, you can come at least 15 min early, and someone over the swap will help you divide them. It's also ok if you don't know exactly which variety the plants are.

Hope to see you there!

I had forgotten but we will be gone all next weekend. Maybe next time.

amalgamate, I probably can't come to the swap, because I will be on call for work. I have to be able to respond quickly.

I have a lot of bulbing type flowers that need to be divided. I'm not sure what the proper name would be, maybe bearded Iris? I think Mom called them flags or something like that.

I bought my parents house in 2011 after Dad died. They have been neglected and it is probably too shady where they are now since the trees have grown a lot.

I'm not a flower person, if I can't eat it I ignore it on the most part. ;)

I can't remember the colors or what the blooms look like, the late frost killed all of the blooms.

Do Y'all have some place that I could drop them off early as a donation? I would hate to just dig them and dump them, but I have no place to put them right now without them being in the way of my future plans.

The yard is a mess and I'm going to be doing a lot of ripping out and stuff.

I could also bring cuttings from a huge snowball bush and an unnamed fig tree, I think it is a brown turkey. I'm not sure if it is the proper time to take cuttings from them though? I do know that they root very easily.

This post was edited by wertach on Mon, Apr 21, 14 at 13:40

I hope everything turned out well! I guess you didn't see my previous post?

Do they ever have one of these in the fall?

I don't know if they do a fall swap but I have a number of plants in excess i would love to swap.

I have a couple of hosta varieties, a couple of daylilly varieties, Henry's Garnet Sweetspire, daylillies, black eyed susan, liriope spicata, and purple iris in excess.

I'd love to swap for things I don't have, particularly good shade plants.

This post was edited by WhitewaterVol on Tue, Sep 2, 14 at 0:15

I'm sorry wertach -- I didn't notice your posts until now.

In the Spring, there was talk of having a Fall swap but I haven't heard any plans for it.

Let me know if you have a fall swap.
I have plenty of the bearded Iris.

Was there a swap in 2015?

There was a Spring swap: http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2929757/greenville-south-carolina-plant-swap?n=1

I hear there are plans for a fall swap in Greenville, as well.