Just wondering if any of the "regulars" here would like to share my J.L. Hudson order this year. J.L. Hudson's quantities are generous, the prices reasonable, and the shipping charges ($2.50 USD) are uncommonly low. Here are the "shareable" items on my list:

Baptisia pendula BAPT-42 $5.00

Cheiranthus Cheiri Fair Lady Mix. (b,h) CHER-1FL.$2.00

Crambe cordifolia. (e,h) CRAM-6.: $3.00

Digitalis purpurea The Shirley. (a!,h) DIG-1S. Packet: $2.50

Empetrum nigrum. (b,g) EMPE-8.$3.00

Fallugia paradoxa. (b,g) FALL-4. Packet: $2.50

Glaucium flavum v. Aurantiacum GLAU-2A ---- 2.50

Kniphofia citrina. (50) KNIP-6. Packet: $2.50

Lespedeza bicolor LESP-2 $2.00

Mentzelia decapetala (giant evening star) MENZ-2 ----- $2.50

Penstemon virens "mat penstemon" PENS-198 --- $2.50

Petalostemon purpureum (purple prairie clover) PETA-19 ----$2.50

Sophora Davidii (c,h) SOPH-7. Packet: $2.50

Tradescantia ohiensis. (b,g) TRAD-18. $2.50

Tunica Saxifraga. (b,h) TUNI-22. Packet: $2.00

Veratrum nigrum. (c,h) VERA-17. Packet: $3.00

Xanthoceras sorbifolium. (e,g-h) XANTH-4. Packet: $3.00

Here's how it would work. Pick the varieties-- at least three-- that you'd like to split in half with me. After I receive the seeds, I will let you know the total cost based on the invoice amount. You send me a cheque or a PayPal payment for your share: HALF the listed price, plus U.S. exchange, plus the cost of a couple of stamps for my mailing cost to you, plus your share of the shipping. The shipping cost will be split equally among the people participating.

Then I split the packets being shared, package and re-label them, and mail them out to the participants. A maximum of two people (i.e. me and one other) will share a packet-- the number of seeds you'll receive will be half the packet amount. If more than one person is interested in a variety, it'll be first-come.

Here's an excel spreadsheet that gives descriptions and seed counts for each variety:

Descriptions and seed counts

If you're interested, please e-mail me. I'll post here what varieties have been taken.

- Bev