Ah ha! Maybe i can give some away! LOL

Marcia,

What seeds are you trying to give away? :)

Syreeta

I'm going to make up a list for Rick tonight, so i'll post it here. Most are seeds that i had last year. They should still be viable, but i already have enough of the plants they'd become, and i don't want to throw them away either. Columbine 'Pink Tower' is one that comes to mind, adenophora, some achillea, rudbeckia, Shasta daisies, verbascum.... Bunch of stuff. :)

Here are the seeds on my list:

Achillea Cerise Queen
Achillea millefolium "Angelique"
Adenophora confuse (Ladybells)
Alcea Dark Pink Single*
Aquilegia Tower Pink
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine) (2005)
Centauria (Bachelor Buttons)
Chrysanthemum max. Exhibition (Shasta Daisy)
Dendranthemum rubrum
Digitalis pink
Gaillardia Goblin
Hesperis matronalis
Lupines
Lychnis (mixed)
Lychnis coronaria fuchsia
Marigold (several kinds)
Rudbeckia
Verbascum (several kinds)
Zinnias

Well now I REALLY feel part of your group! Thanks for the gesture, Marcia. What kinds of verbascums?
Rick

Oops!just read the other thread and realiized there is now another Rick. That's Great! I could just be Leftwood, Lefty, Leftykins(in a pussywillow thread[catkins]), Woody, LWood(Elwood) or you take your pick(except Dick). Would still like to know what kinds of verbascums you have though Marcia.

The Woodman

We can't call you Richard, eh? LOL My husband has an Uncle Dick, but my kids refuse to call him that - he's Uncle Richard to them!

I have some V. chaixii and what's probably a nigrum, as it's white with a purple eye. The chaixii were from a trade and the nigrum is my own. A friend gave me the plant a couple of years ago and she didn't know what kind it is. Would you like some of either one of these?

I've got to stop this! My eyes are just getting way to big for the time I have. I want everything, and until this year, I have been quite proud of myself, keeping my menagerie to a handleable amount. But this year (and I know it's nothing compare to some of you), I already have 125+ different species seeds to grow. About two-thirds winter sown so far. I think I'd better pass this year on any more seed, but the V. nigrum could be up for next years list.

Richard

. . . no that's not good. Although I like Rich. That's my name at work.

Marciaz3:

My dad and my uncle have a friend named Dick. His last name (seriously!) is Weed. Put 'em together. Yup.

LOL The things people do to their kids, eh?

Rich, i'm sure my nigrum will produce some seeds for you for next year - just remind me about them!

Maybe his parents were too nice and innocent to realize the potential of what his name would be shortened to. Or maybe 'that name' hadn't even evolved into an insult yet. Who knows?

We have a customer at work who's real name is Pete Moss. (!!!)

There was a guy in the Forestry Program at Lakehead U whose last name was Spruce. The profs used to think it was some kind of joke when they came to his name!

The head Forestry guy for BC name is Joe Forest. Do you think his name influenced his career choice?

Syreeta

My hometown had a chiropractor called Dr. Mangle. Seriously! I don't think he's there anymore though.

Hey! Is there something wrong with having Spruce for a last name??? LOL

I know a wrestler called Pete Moss - not his real name - yet I am sure he is too stupid to know what peat moss is...

Oh I also knew a guy who sold and maintained reverse osmosis water purifiers, called Mike Flood.

OK we got down a rabbit trail a bit here. Back to topic. That was fun tho. I only have 4 that I really want right now.

Meconopsis cambria - Welsh Poppy (for my beloved Welsh Mom)
Chrysanthemum - coconut ice
spilanthes oleracea - eyeball plant (saw a pic and HAVE to have it!:o)
rudbeckia - chocolate orange (my fave chocolate flavor combo)

But I think Dr. Mangle won that contest.

My wish list:

Does anyone know where I can find Western clematis(Clematis ligusticifolia) or the seed for it? I've heard it's supposed to be a native plant, and would like to try growing it.

I'm also planning on putting in a crab in the next year or two (to replace the massive poplar we had to cut down last summer.) I'm wanting lots of spring blossoms, but also looking for flavorful/colorful fruit for jelly (mmm...crabapple jelly...) Any suggestions on what variety I should get?

Third question: We're putting in a fence in the spring, and I'm going to have an arbor over the entry, I'm looking for a hardy climbing rose (really hardy...I've had bad luck with them so far) that blooms for all/most of the season. (The location will be a West exposure with nearly full sun) Any suggestions for me? I'm not too fussy about the color, but I would like something fairly fragrant.

Others on my wish list...
Hollyhocks - especially the double blossom varieties
Lupins - blue or deep pink varieties
Azaleas & Rhodos - if I can find varieties that will grow here.
Creeping Phlox
Painted Daisies
Cranesbill
Goats Beard
Canterbury Bells
Heuchera 'Amethyst Mist' - can't wait to hit the stores for this one - love the foliage color
Snowball Bush
And More Lilies - I don't think I'll ever have enough.

Not sure where I want to put it all yet, but I've been laying awake at night and dreaming of turning the 25'x50' space beside my green house into a large flowerbed with pond and waterfall with a whole lot of plantings behind and around it. I can envision it, although I probably won't start that one for a couple of years. This year is going to be killing caragana, installing fences, my arbor, and a flower bed on both sides of the fence once the caragana is dead, also have to replace the front steps, and walkway.

Gee...now that I write it all down, it sounds like a lot of work...all this and a 10 month old who will be running around by then...It should be entertaining!! LOL!
Verena

Verena, i bought some clematis ligustifolia from Gardens North last year. I winter sowed it and got one plant that didn't end up looking very clematissy, so i've winter sowed some more and started some inside this year. There's a few seeds left in the pack if you want them.

I can totally understand that lying awake at night thing! :)

Clematis ligusticifolia is available from ALCLA, if anyone wants to try plugs. In the wild, at least, it tends not to be terribly big or showy or vigorous - nothing like the garden cultivars. (The "wild" clematis that people tend to notice is the single-blooming, yellow-flowered C. tangutica - which is not actually wild, but is a frequent, extremely hardy garden escape.)
Unless you really prefer crabapples, there are many very good, hardy varieties of apples, that will yield a whole lot more fruit that is usable in more ways...just so you know...

Here is a link that might be useful: ALCLA

Thanks for the offer...always good to get seed!! I got the idea to go with the native species from Myrna Pearman (co-author of NatureScape Alberta)after she did a presentaion at the local town hall about attracting wildlife to the garden. She's the local naturalist/guru at the Ellis Bird Farm...if you haven't had the opportunity to go there I recommend it! Really enjoyed all the different gardens/birds (particularly Blue Birds, which is what the Ellis farm has worked so hard to preserve) and butterflies etc. They have a lovely little tea house too...wow...that took me off track. LOL
Thanks also for the link to ALCLA, they definitely have some stuff I'm interested in, and my sister lives within a couple blocks of them. :)
I'm wanting a crab for the front...I could make gallons of crabapple jelly every year...what can I say...I'm addicted. Eventually I'd like to get a good eating/baking apple or two, but I have a few people I can get them from, so it's not a biggie on my list right now.

I had to get in on the name game. In the eighties, I use to work in the eastern artic and I worked with a innuk called kaakaa.

rick

I could have called my older son that... :>

Echinacea - razzmatazz
endless summer hydrangea
yarrow
patricia geranium
midnight showers clematis
looking for own root roses - william baffin climber & morden centenials (at least 2)

What do you call an Eskimo Peeping Tom?

Answer: Tom tookalook.

LOL Only in Canada would we have a joke like that. It is right up there with one of my Moms. She is a librarian and does story hour so think along those lines.

What do you get if you pour hot water down a bunny hole?

Hot cross bunnies!

Syreeta