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SE WI Plant Swap

19 years ago

It's that time of year again!

Grow lights are fired up and the rabbits are scared (or at least they better be!!).

Any interest in a plant swap in SE WI? Mid May or so.

I'm in Waukesha between Milwaukee and Madison.

Rich

Comments (49)

  • 19 years ago

    I was worried no one would ask! I would definately be interested. I'm near West Bend....Anyone else?

  • 19 years ago

    I'll hit the thread again to bring it back to the top. I know someone in Freiss Lake that may be interested.

  • 19 years ago

    Id be interested, but in swapping Hosta for the most part.

    Dave

  • 19 years ago

    Depending on when it is I might be interested in swinging by to socialize and see some faces, but I generally don't do much in the way of swapping. I just grow out what I need and don't usually have lots of extras.

  • 19 years ago

    Hey there, Daddylonglegs! I am tranplanting LOTS of things this year. As I go, I am potting the smaller ones to bring to your swap.

    Have you set a date, yet?

    This is our 7th summer at this house, so many things need to be divided. So far, this is what I have worked on:
    1. rhubarb
    2. gooseneck lisiamachia
    3. daylilies
    4. autumn joy sedum
    5. pineapple mint
    6. apple mint
    7. spearmint
    8. oriental limelight artemisia
    9. buttered popcorn buttercup

    1. creeping jenny
    2. garlic chives
    3. giant anise hyssop (white)
    4. catnip

    Please keep us posted on the date and time for your swap. Looking forward to it. TY......GL

  • 19 years ago

    We're in Waukesha also & will have swappables to bring.
    Not much in the way of seedlings tho. Not enough South facing windows.

  • 19 years ago

    I had given up on this thread, you folks have brought it back to life. Cool!
    Is the weekend before Mother's day too soon?
    Typically plant sales start rolling in after that so it's nice to know what you have and beat the hot weather.
    Would a Waukesha location work out?
    Grani, you're not the former SB are you?

    Rich

  • 19 years ago

    Just wanted to throw in what I have to trade. This year's seedlings didn't go as well as expected.

    roma tomatoes
    cucumbers (straight eights)
    basil
    oregano
    possibly some spinach
    I may have aloe babies by then, too

    I could meet in Waukesha.
    The weekend before Mother's Day will work for me.

  • 19 years ago

    Not sure yet what I'd have to bring, but I could make it the weekend before Mother's Day and Waukesha is fine.

    tj

  • 19 years ago

    I love the enthusiasm on this thread! Very cool!

    The date--- would that be Saturday, May 5th or Sunday May 6th?
    Not too soon for this Spring. This has been excellent!

    Been working outside again. Potted up:
    1. horehound
    2. lovage
    3. echinops (we'll see if it grows)
    4. lots of iris rhizomes (antique lavender)
    5. siberian iris (deep purple)
    Recycling lots of grass!!!
    Hope to have many peppers and tomatoes to share, too.
    If you all see anything you want me to bring, LMK.

    Anyone have ajuga or chocolate mint hanging around?

    (DLL------we have met in another lifetime.......) :) GL

  • 19 years ago

    Ohhhhh I am so excited about th chance to meet fellow gardeners at this plant swap. Well, I will have a rooted 1. Sweet Autumn Clematis I think, and
    2. Hostas, which I am planning to divide,
    3. Anyone wants sedum ?
    4. few chamomile seedlings

    Well, right now I can think of this list. And I am in waukesha too. It will be great.

    Thanks,
    Blossom

  • 19 years ago

    I'm thinking that we could have it at my place in northwestern Waukesha just off of I94 south of the Country Inn (sorry Country Springs) Hotel.
    Saturday, May 5th afternoon or Sunday May 6th morning.
    Let's pick the day then please email me for directions. GL I have your email address.
    I'll have plenty to swap but don't have a list. Plants, bulbs, maybe some hosta.

  • 19 years ago

    I would prefer Saturday the 5th.

  • 19 years ago

    Sounds great.

    Granilege, I have plenty of ajuga.

    Blossom123, I would like sedum.

    Everybody, I have daylily, iris, lily of vally, chive seeds, moneywort, hosta, probably more I cannot think of right now.

    I am looking for dwarf/miniature iris.

    Either day works for me.

  • 19 years ago

    OK, let's say 1pm Sat May 5th at my place in northwestern Waukesha. I'd like to have a quorum of 6 confirmed swappers on this thread, including myself. It is a long drive for some. When that happens please email me for directions.
    Sound reasonable?

    Rich

  • 19 years ago

    Saturday is good. I was hoping the swap might be later, like 5ish? Any hope? I have another thing to go to at noon, not even close to Waukesha, though. Sounds like your location is perfect for travelers.

    I emailed some friends in Waukesha. I hope they can join me at your swap.

    Plant swaps are so much fun. I love meeting all the people I have met online....and trading plants, of course. (I will be bringing plant-sicles--- just kidding)

    So, come on everyone, who's in?!

  • 19 years ago

    Hey davej, what kind of hosta are you looking for? I can bring Francis Williams. Any breeding possibilities with that? GL

  • 19 years ago

    I'm interested in
    daylilly
    spearmint
    garlic chives
    lovage
    horehound

    Also, my oregano died, but I now have some extra romaine lettuce seedlings. No aloe babies.

  • 19 years ago

    mommie_rose, I can bring spearmint, garlic chives, lovage, horehound.

    bud_wi, I would love to trade ajuga with you. Anything else you are looking for besides mini iris? So... can you make it?

    blossom123, what are you looking for?..............GL

  • 19 years ago

    Is it too late to change the date to the May 6th choice? On May 5th we are holding our 4th annual MayDay celebration. We make flower garlands for our hair, do a Maypole, etc., and welcome spring in a lovely way. This year it coincides with Cinco de Mayo so we are going to work that in a little bit somehow (drink tequila?)

    Anyway, I haven't been reading gardenweb much this winter. (There still being a bit of snow on the ground in the shade here, I feel confident calling this winter.) In March I was busy ccampaigning for the high school board. I lost, just barely, but it was very interesting and kept me occupied so much that I haven't started any tomatoes or peppers yet!

    I could offer the oregano and chocolate mint someone asked for, I have lots of irises, nice groundcovers, and lots of seeds like bachelor buttons (pink and blue), morning glories (blue and fuchsia), multicolored marigolds, black-eyed susans, etc. I have plants all over my yard to share, as last year's SE WI plant swappers will recall.

    If you can't change the date, don't worry, I will just have to pay more attention next spring!

    Marcia

    P.S. Rich, sorry I never mailed you the poppy seeds, or did I? I can't even remember.

  • 19 years ago

    Thanks, Granilege.

    Unfortunately, May 6 doesn't work for me. Led_zep_rules, maybe you could kick off May Day with the plant swap? If so, I would be interested in your marigolds and oregano. I've got plenty of tomatoes and peppers to share!

    Also, how do I email daddylonglegs to get directions? I'm sure it's easy to do- I'm not all that computer-savy, though. :)

  • 19 years ago

    daddylonglegs- I'm in, did you get my email? Other forums have mentioned trouble with emails getting through.

    I'm still making a list, but I should have dahlias (Lavender Perfection, Bliss, Ala Mode), Pearl Everlasting, Stachys Helen von Stein, shasta daisy Alaska, anise hyssop, and rudbekia Indian Summer to name a few. To anyone going, let me know if you'd be interested in any of these.

    tj

  • 19 years ago

    I couldn't go anywhere before my own MayDay thing. Anytime I am having people over to my house, you can bet I will be busy cleaning and making food until the moment the guests arrive. My gardens are not tidy and organized, my house and life aren't either!

    I could mail Rich a whole bunch of marigold seeds. He could give them to people who show up, and use some himself to surround some plants he doesn't want the rabbits to eat. (He had rabbit problems last year.) These are lovely bicolored ones that smell a lot in that marigold way that annoys bugs and bunnies. Only time I have gotten to eat a homegrown beet in years was when I grew some inside a ring of these marigolds.

    Marcia

    Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:158586}}

  • 19 years ago

    OK, looks like we have enough people interested. I can send everyone on this thread an email with my address, except for you Mommie Rose, your email address isn't available. From the thread, click on my name, that should bring you to my member page and from there you can send me an email. If that doesn't work I can just post it here and deal with every long distance company spamming me later.

    I don't mind doing this later on Saturday, or even Sunday. I think Mommie Rose and Granilege had conflicts. We're 3 weeks away and my yard looks like he**. If I see one more weed it's Napalm time, a little Agent Orange should do it.

    TJ, I'll look again for your email. My wife signed up for some scrapbooking club and suddenly we get over 100 emails per day. Otherwise I found your email so we should be set.

    Marcia, I'm heading to my friends Thai restaurant "Sticky Rice" in Racine on Tuesday, I can always swing over and get what you want to trade and I can trade via proxy for you if all else fails.

    We haven't heard from Jenwestie, where are you?

  • 19 years ago

    Shasta daisy!

    And if anyone wants anything on my list, please let me know. All my green pepper seedlings died. :(

  • 19 years ago

    Hi, Just sat down to see what was new on the Wisconsin site and found this plant swap being planned. I'd like to join you all if I can get some plants together. I had a chocolate mint some years ago, but seem to have lost it somewhere along the way. Would like to pick up another of those and the pineapple mint, too.

  • 19 years ago

    I now have conflicts with mornings on that weekend, so let's move to late afternoon on May 5 or 6.
    If anyone wants catnip, let me know now before I nuke it.

    Rich

  • 19 years ago

    In that case I will continue my campaign for it to be on May 6th, so that I could attend. But if not, don't worry, have a good time. The one last year turned out well and I am sure this one will, too. Only thing is, I hope everything you want to swap will be up by then? A lot of my plants are still underground, although a few weeks of this nice weather and I suppose everything will be very perky.

    Rich, if you are going to Racine on Tuesday you certainly could stop by here to get some seeds for people and a few plants to give away. Chocolate mint for sure and I don't know what else. I don't really need anything back, you can use them in your own trades. I got so many extra plants last year at the plant swap at my house . . . I could give you some perennial poppies that don't die maybe, Rich. :-)

    Marcia

  • 19 years ago

    Let's set it for 5pm Saturday May 5th.
    I have conflicts any other time. Sorry Marcia.
    I will, however, swing over Tuesday to pick up choc mint for GL and Rachel, I'd like some poppy seeds. GL stopped over yesterday with a box of plants, I'll bring it along. Mommie Rose, I don't think I have a way to get in touch with you, your email address isn't available, did you send me one? I'll double check tonight.

    Rachel, TJ, Granilege, Blossom, Bud, Bob, Mommie Rose, Dave, Justaguy, you are all on the roster. Please just post a response stating that you are in and I will email you directions.

    Rich

  • 19 years ago

    Count me in.

    tj

  • 19 years ago

    I'll be there!!

    I will have:
    cup plant
    sweet vernal grass
    valerian
    rhubarb
    mugwort
    evening primrose
    apple mint
    oriental limelight artemisia
    buttered popcorn buttercup
    brunnera
    blue echinops
    garlic chives
    chives
    spearmint
    lovage
    horehound AND!!!
    some very cool, heirloom tomato plants :)

    among other things....................GL

  • 19 years ago

    Rich, did you get my email? LMK, otherwise I'll post my "spam" address here. I still check that account from time to time.

  • 19 years ago

    We'll stop by with somethings to share.
    Send directions.

  • 19 years ago

    I'm in.

    Mommie_rose, I can't believe it, this years all my Green Pepper seedlings died too, all of a sudden! This never happened before. I redid them and got some more coming up but they won't be big by first week in May.

    Granilege, I'll bring some Ajuga, I have the red/purple. I can never get the green/gray to come back after winter. Must be more sensitive? I can't think of anything I NEED. do you have any unusual Hosta, like Praying Hands? I am looking for some upright rather than spreading hosta. I am also looking for minis like Cracker Crumb. I have a small yard. You don't have to give me a whole split, I'll even take two or three eyes. Reserve a tomatoe plant for me!

    I have three different kinds of Spider Wort. I have lots of Moneywort too. Anyone want Yucca? Datura seeds? Sedum? Black Hollyhock?

  • 19 years ago

    Mommie Rose, I did not receive your email.

    Rich

  • 19 years ago

    OK, emails have been sent.
    If you didn't receive it let me know.

    Rich

  • 19 years ago

    Mommie Rose, please post your spam address so I can give you directions.

    Rich

  • 19 years ago

    OK, my spam address is tinkarink@hotmail.com

    My peppers have finally started to come up, after a day outside in the rain. If anyone would like to share some (plain) chives with me, I would love that. I don't think the ones I have are going to make it.

    Also, if anyone would like anything on my list, please let me know. Thanks!

  • 19 years ago

    OK MR, I'll email you tonight. I have chives for you. Would love some basil.

    Rich

  • 19 years ago

    Sounds good! Thank you, Rich.

  • 19 years ago

    Would anyone like some winter hardy cacti?

    I have an excess of a few varieties right now.

    Dave
    Milwaukee

  • 19 years ago

    I'd love to try winter hardy cacti!

    I should have some:

    torch lilly
    variegated yucca
    obedience plant
    Blue Star Flower
    canna lilly bulbs
    cala lilly bulbs
    Dahlia bulbs
    chives
    red bell pepper plants
    a few tomato plants
    etc.

  • 19 years ago

    can someone post dirctions for me?

    and times?

    Dave
    Milwaukee

  • 19 years ago

    I never got an email! Are the directions going to be posted? Just the directions to the road intersection, posted is fine, not the real address. You're going to have a " Plant Swap This Way ----> " sign at the main road intersection right?

  • 19 years ago

    Bud, I sent you two more emails last night.

  • 19 years ago

    I checked and did not get any emails from GW. I don't know maybe my ISP considered mass mailing from GW spam?

    I'll post a email addy here:

    blue mail at fast mail ddoott fm (no underscores or spaces)

  • 19 years ago

    oops...missed it...sorry all.

  • 16 years ago

    I have a few Daylilies (yellow Mary Todd, Little Wine cup, something Pink, and a sour cherry color); some Peonies; Autumn Joy and Indian Chief Sedum - that I would love to swap for Hostas if anyone is interested in that. I prefer hostas that bloom white.

  • 16 years ago

    Would you be interested in King Tut Hosta for Indian Chief?

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