June 20th is good for me at 9:30 or 10 am, either works

Martina

I would love to get in on the trade also. Not ever having been to an organized plant swap, are there details posted anywhere as far as protocol? I'd hate to assume one just shows up with plants and trades others for them. Sounds too easy and like too much fun.

That is what I am doing. I don't think there are any rules. I can't wait. I am so excited.

well, a Friday certainly does not work for me. sorry I will have to miss this swap :*(

Evelyn

lets do a saturday or a sunday then....Friday might now work for a lot of people...Maybe beginning of july, so everything roots?
Olya

I would like to do a local plant exchange. Has a date or place been set yet?

nope...still debating :)
how about first weekend of July? Or Saturday, the second weekend? (Sunday of that weekend I am out for volunteering)
Olya

I'm good for the first weekend of July

Martina

The first weekend of July is good for me too. Who every said On a Friday, must have simm read my post. I put down July 20th that is a Sunday. I was thinking of things having time to root. Do you all want Sat. or Sunday that weekend? I have been getting things together.

I was thinking you meant the 20th of June, reading avoidgardners post. sorry for the confusion.

Oh, I see...I thought June 20th, as well :)
I am good for:
First weekend of July
Second weekend: Sat
Third and fourth weekend of July

I am alive. Sorry I haven't been around. I have been in and out of town, kids graduating, etc.
Anyways I think my yard is about to go up in flames from the lack of water. I am a bit scared to see how some of my plants are.
I would love to get togehter with everyone. Just let me know when. Saturdays are generally better for me.

Thanks,
Ariel

Yay...good to hear from you Ariel. Ok, let's pick a date. It seems Saturday is the day. How's everyone for July 4th weekend....so Saturday, July 5th? If not good, how about 7/12/08?

Also, I'm going to make a list of everything I have extra and can bring with me if there's interest. I've determined that I can't bring it all...so if I have an idea of what you're interested in, I can bring it with me. Also, some of it I have to dig up...so if there's no interest, I won't bring that particular plant.

Thanks!

Great. Either July 5th or July 7th will work for me. so if anyone has a preference, decide!
Olya

Lets make it July 5th.

Aroidgardener,
i am interested in
Albo variegata
odontonema Strictum ( red firespike)
purple porter weed
pink trumpet vine
calathea zebrina
and thumberia sunlady

And Ariel, there are so many things I like from your list.
Mostly like the Ice cream banana and Raji banana, coleus and yellow walking Iris. If you bring more things from your list I would be lad to trade them.
I am going to get a lot of my stuff together to day to see if I add more. I am so looking forward to this. You all have just made my year thanks so much
Mary

This sounds like fun. Is it too late to join in?

OK, Mary. Got your list.

Atreelady, it's not too late.

Oh GOODY! I am new to this. I hope I have something someone wants... Here is what I have:

Purselane -
African iris - Dietes iridioides
Spanish iris - Dietes bicolor
Ferns - sorry I don't know what kind they are.
Tassel weed - Emilia fosbergii
Coleus and Perilla(I think) rooted cuttings
Oyster plant - Tradescantia spathacea
Blanket flower cuttings and a few tiny seedlings
Butterfly weed cuttings and seedlings (red/gold/orange flowers)- Asclepias tuberosa
Swamp bay - Persea palustris - (you can use in cooking like bay leaf)
Pink primrose - Oenothera speciosa
Crepe myrtle seedlings - probably lilac color - one has flower buds so I will know soon
Mother in law tongue (snake grass)- Sansevieria trifasciata
Queen palm seedlings about 1-2' tall
Camphor trees - sml trees, and seedlings
Passion flower vine -
Palmetto - sml
Pine tree seedlings
Sml water oak trees - or bush size
Plantain - Plantago lanceolata L - not the banana
French Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale sativum
Parsley
Sweet potato (or are they yams) cuttings
Phillipine Violet - Barleria polytricha
Variegated flax lily - Dianella tasmanica
Peace lily
mother of thousands seedlings
Pipewort - Eriocaulon aquaticum
Bottle brush - can try a cutting if anyone is interested
Bouganvilla - can try a cutting if anyone is interested
Plumbago - can try a cutting if anyone is interested
Stictocardia beraviensis -can try a cutting if anyone is interested
Mexican Flame Vine - Senecio confusus Britten - I am trying a cutting and I don't think it is working...I am trying layering but I don't think it will be done in time.
Jamaican Butterfly Vine - Dalechampia spathulata - cutting
Fan Flower - Scaevola - cutting
Marsh Mallow - I am trying rooting in water...???

I have emailed everyone but don't have emails for Mary and Olya.

Mary, if you see things on my list you would like, I would like to trade with you. If you still have any of these available, I am interested in lipstick plant, string of pearls, blue flax, green flame fern,lime green Elephant ears.

Olya, if you see things you like on my list and want to trade, please let me know.

I am really looking forward to this swap.
Judy

Atreelady, I am new to this site I have not figured out a lot of things yet. I have all that you have asked for to bring, I am interested in a few things on your list.
Spanish Iris
ferns
passion flower vine
peace lily
butterfly weed
fan flower
jamacian butterfly vine
and Mexican flame vine.
I will be bringing other thing not on the list I posted as well.

Great Mary. I will get those together for you. I have started rooting the cuttings and hopefully they will take. If you still have some, and if it is not too much trouble could I get some foxtail fern too? Thanks.

Judy

where is the trade, what city?

Journey149, it is in Tampa.

Easter794 I tried to email you and it didn't work. If are coming to the swap and want to trade with me please email me.

Having never been to a swap before, I have some questions.

1. Do you know if we need permission from USF Botanical Gardens to hold a swap there?
2. What time will the swap start?
3. Where in the Gardens will it be.
4. I have never been there before to how will I know where to go?

Thanks,
Judy

Hey guys

Originally, it was planned as a two person swap, so we did not intend to ask for a permission...now that we have grown, I will swing by and ask. I work on campus, but will be away for the whole next week. I can email, but would rather stop by and do it in person, as I have volunteered there before plenty

It is an open park, in a way, so I do not thinking that having 5-6 people meet and bring their own plants will be a problem. Students are always welcome to go study there...open to public, so to speak :)

Once I ask for an official permission, we can get more details...
If Botanical Gardens folks do not like the idea of an official swap, nothing stops us from going there and hanging out together, and brining some plants along...right ;)

Atreelady, I am interested in plants from your list, I made myself a small list and will have to find it. I will also try to post my list of what I have to offer pretty soon - need to get plants started and rooted...
Off the top of my head:

Off the top of my head, I have to share:
Lemon basil
Blue Flag Iris, bog or water plant
Lotus seeds, good for bog - I will start seeds if anyone is interested
Various ferns...
Tibouchinias, two varieties
Lakeview jasmine, plants
LA iris, seeds - we can wait till I have them growing, to do trade
Dwarf powderpuff, seedlings
Blackberry lilies
Some OGRs - but do take a white to root
Red geraniums - I already started a few

Here is lotus, blooming second year, from seed (roughly 2.5 years to get to blooming size from seed)
{{gwi:767770}}

Olya

Olya, I would love a lotus seed start. I was trying to get some seeds started too before the swap. I figure I will bring whatever I have and see who wants it since there's not too many of us.

Thanks

Will start some seeds for lotus, Martina
First year the plant will need to be in a container with water, but later one can be adjusted to grow in wet bog

Olya,
I would also like a lotus, some ferns, drarf powder puff, red geraniums, lemon basil, and a tibouchinias.
Just let me know what you want from my list.

I am also getting into house plants right now if anyone wants to bring some house plants that would be great with me. I have
Hoya stripes
golden pothos
green pothos
sring of pearls
string of bananas
varigated jade
polvian
Christmas cacti
green spider
green/white spider
white/green spider
carolina spider ( has curly leaves)
night blooming cypress
silver wandering jew
varigated wandering jew
purple heart wandering jew ( can be in pot or outside in ground)
lipstick plant
christmas kanalochea 2 kinds
round cacti
aloe
mother in laws tounge the green kind
I would really like house plants that I do not have right now. Please let me know if you all want some of these, because I am not bringing all of these unless some of you have asked for some. To those of you that Have already asked for some of these. I have them on my list. if there are other plants you want to add to you list just let me know. Thanks for this swap, I am so excited. Mary.

Olya, I would love a lotus seed start. I am also interested in blue flag iris, tibouchina, dwarf powder puff, and lakeview jasmine if they are available. When you find your list, let me know what you would like from me.

I will be bringing a few extra things too if they root. I have fan flower on my list of things to trade, but the clippings to not seem to be rooting well.

Hello everyone,

Are we still set to go this Saturday? I've been getting all of my plant babies potted up to bring.

Can't wait.

Martina

I am getting ready too. Martina, you haven't given me the list of what you want me to bring for you.

Did we decide on a time? and exact the location in the gardens?

Sorry, guys, I was away for some time, on travel

Treelady, I am interested in:
Mexican Flame Vine - Senecio confusus Britten - I am trying a cutting and I don't think it is working...I am trying layering but I don't think it will be done in time.
Pink primrose - Oenothera speciosa
Coleus and Perilla(I think) rooted cuttings
Butterfly weed cuttings and seedlings (red/gold/orange flowers)- Asclepias tuberos

I will get the things you are interested in started ASAP

Time - up to you
Place...we can meet at the front, near butterfly garden. Or close to their shop

Ariel, are you coming? I have a bunch from your list I am interested in...would you like anything from my stuff?

Olya, Thanks for your list. I will set them aside with your name on them. The flame vine is rooting :)

Martina - I am sorry. I got your list and I have your things ready.

Ariel - I emailed you but never heard from you. If you didn't get my email and want to trade please let me know.

Butterfly gardens sound n i c e :) but is there SHADE nearby? Shade would be verrry nice. Is there a place to park nearby so we don't have to lug plants a long distance? What does everyone else think? Any time is fine with me, but I am coming from Orlando so real early would not be great for me. Any time from 10am on is good for me.

Judy, I emailed my list on 6/12. Will reforward it.

10 am sounds good. For the plants I have set trades for, I will have them in boxes so they'll be easy just to transfer from my car to yours. I'll bring extra boxes/lids for anyone who needs them. I will also have extra plants for the taking. I think we should park where we can find spots. We won't be too far from each other. I plan to look in the garden shop too to see what I need. :)

Martina

Yes, I plan on going.
Sorry I have not responded to emails. I have had some problems with my email.
Some of you mentioned I have some plants you are interested in. Please post them here and I will bring them.
I also plan on bringing extra plants with me.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone.
Thanks,
Ariel

Hey, Ariel

These are the plants I am interested in - of course, if you do not have them all, or do not have enough, since I am asking for quite a few, I will let you decide which ones you can bring :)
coleus -
wild matts cherry tomatoes
bulbine -yellow and yellow/orange
Ceratotheca triloba- african foxgloves- white - i want to try it again...mine did not come back after winter :(
Helianthus angustifolius
salvia iodantha
and maybe, a cutting of african blue basil?

Thank you!
Olya

Ariel, I am glad you are coming. You have some really cool plants to trade. Your yard must be amazing. I would love any of the items below that are available. I'm sorry the list is so long (Please feel free to edit it) but you have such neat stuff. Please let me know what you would like from my list.
- Any bananas
- Helianthus angustifolius
- bulbine - yellow/orange
- chinese rain bells
- salvia- coral nymph
- salvia iodantha
- orange tulip ginger
- green mountain ginger
- Kewense ginger

Thank you,
Judy

I have a couple moringa oleifera seeds that have just sprouted. Does anyone want me to bring one for them?

I am looking at the map at
http://www.cas.usf.edu/garden/visiting.htm
I see only 1 parking area with the plant shop to the left and the palm garden to the right. I am thinking that is where we will be parking? Martina, boxes is a good idea. I will do that too. So are we meeting in the parking area then?

If I remember I will wear a name tag. My DH is driving and we will be in a green chevie blazer.

Judy,

I would love one of your Moringa oleifera seedlings.

You have the right parking spot. There isn't much parking space there. Some of us will have to go to the right side versus parking right in front of the garden shop.

Thanks
Martina

Just confirming - So we are meeting in the USF Botanical Gardens parking lot at 10am on Saturday July 5?

I have everyone's plants together except Ariel's. Ariel, I hope you can find some things you would like on my list of available plants.

I am looking forward to meeting everyone. Have a nice 4th.

Judy

Judy,
I would love to have-
Spanish iris - Dietes bicolor
Moringa oleifera seedling
and any unusual coleus.
Thanks

I think I will post this on the conversations page to see if anyone else would like to come, even though it would be last minute.

Ariel

Ariel, I get your plants together tomorrow. Thanks.

Judy

We are wondering what types of tropical fruits everyone is growing, and where (H. zone) are you located. Here, 1 1/2 hours from Orlando, and 45 minutes from Daytona Beach, we have 1 guanabana, 300 oranges, 3 grapefruits, 3 tangerines, 3 papaya, and 1 guava trees producing without any problem so we would like to know what other fruits trees would grow here. Also we have a kitchen, and herb garden. If your trees are producing fruits then we would like to get some seeds or seedlings.

I am in S.W florida love variegated plants

Hi, what town are you in , i am in jacksonville and love to do some trading, i have pink angel trumpets rabbit foot fern, joe pye weed, purple, pink and white mexican petunias, lavendar, double white, and pink altheas, yellow canna lillies, i am sorry i do not know the botanical names to these plants,I have more just can't think of them right now, and i apologize i do not know how to make a"want and have list" please e-mail me if you want to trade and what town you are in