Love to swap Bonfire peach seedlings and butterfly bush for castor bean seeds. I am starting them too. If the seedlings are big enough, will bring them for you. Can give you some devils trumpet seeds aka Datura seeds too

Sounds great!

Sabji, I have the hibiscus plants for you. Are you still holding 'Major Wheeler' plants for me? I'd like the Castor bean and chili pepper seeds.

These are plants I have to share:

Ajuga

Sedum – unknown ground-cover plants

Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’

Aster – unknown purple

Aster ‘Ezo Murasaki’

Canna ‘Bengal Tiger’

Walking iris

Black-eyed Susans

Iris cristata – white flowers

Iris cristata – lavender flowers

These are plants I want:

Anemonella thalictroides

Anemonopsis macrophylla

Arisaema sikokianum

Campanula

Clematis

Dictamnus albus

Eremurus

Ligularia

Penstemon

Sanguinaria – double Blood root

Tiarella

VA blue bells

Val

Hi Val, Love the hibiscus. The major wheeler was removed to replace the Deck. I still have the stump and it seems to be greening up. I am sure I will be able to give stems in next fall or spring. I can swap with the Castor bean and Chili pepper seeds. I am attending a local garden event tomorrow, Will watch out for Major wheeler for you.

which colors are the Hibiscus?

Sabji, this is the hibiscus you brought to a swap as branches. It's a double-flowered purplish/pink color and is a hardy shrub.

Screenwriter, I have tiarella. Any chance of some white cristata?

Brenda, I'm sorry, but a gardener just told me I don't have crestata iris, but another. The leaves are only 4" high, and it has a spike with a number of flowers. It runs a lot, but easy to pull. I have yellow bearded iris with a white fall, if you want a bearded iris.

No problem, Val, I will try your short iris - sounds interesting

Val, I would love some ajuga if it's available. I don't have VA bluebells, but I have Spanish bluebells. They have just finished blooming and it seems the foliage dies back about a month after that, but I can dig and bring some of the little bulbs they grow from. I moved some of it by planting the bulbs to different spots in the garden last year and they came up really well for me. Pictured below from when they bloomed - the purplish blue flowers. Another choice would be your Canna Bengal Tiger. Cannas have done well for me here. Always happy with what people share. I have lots of seedlings from things I planted about 5 weeks ago - likely some tomatoes and peppers and we'll see what else continues to grow from now to then.

Jeanne

Brenda, I have a note you were going to bring me a Blood root and rue anemone this spring.

Brenda, for a special trade for those above, I have daylily 'My Sleeping Angel,' Pulmonaria, and phlox diverticulata 'Blue Moon.'

Sandlapper, I would love the Spanish bluebells. I do have ajuga and 'Bengal Tiger' for you.

Hi Val, This is so amazing, that you have my rose of Sharon. I lost the huge plant when the winds toppled it over. it was lanky. I would love to grow it again if the scarlet castor bean and the chili pepper seeds work for you.

Sabji, they are perfect.

screenwriter, no problem you got it

I don‘t have a list, but i have only special items potted up, so looking for what everyone is looking for

Val, I’m also interested in your short white not cristata iris that runs. I started seed from Arisaema sikokianum over the winter and have a small pot of seedlings that’s not already spoken for that I can bring you.

Karen, I would love to have the Arisaema sikokianum seedlings.

I just potted up two small Yucca 'Color Guard' plants.

I moved a Vitex 'Bailtextwo' and found seedlings in the path.

JJLM, is the weigelia ”pink princess” available? Would love to have it! I'll try to post more of what I can bring in a day or two and hopefully there is something I can give to you. I have a gardening friend planning to come with me on Saturday and sent her the link to this. Are we bringing food to share for lunch or our own lunch or should we eat before we arrive?

Really looking forward to the swap!

Ill set the weigelia aside for you. I’m pretty easy to please with edible plants and herbs and blooms.

idk if you grow peonies or other showy perrenials, but I’m always wanting things like that!

Thanks JJLM. Can you use white bearded irises? I have only been gardening here for a little over 2 years so not a lot established but I had white irises when I moved in and they could use some thinning. I'll likely have a few peppers and tomato seedlings and will bring some seeds as well. Just let me know if you would like some white irises or the Spanish bluebells (that I posted above) because the ground is so hard I need to work on getting them out for anyone who asks for them. A shovel will not do the job!

I tried to plan ahead this year and started my seeds thinking they would be a decent size by now - they are only about 4" tall and those are the bigger ones. Unfortunately since I had to be carrying them in and out of the house each night until recently, I don't have a lot. Assuming they still look good by the weekend this is my pitiful offering of seedlings. Perhaps a few more will surprise me and grow to a better size by Saturday. Right now most other than what I listed below are under an inch high and I don't feel they will make it if I try to transplant them at this size.

Seedlings closer to 4" high that I have replanted and they should be there at the swap.

Homestead Tomato (2)

Midnight Snacker Tomato (2)

Silvery Fir Tree Tomato (2)

Sweet Banana Pepper (2)

Pimento Sweet Peppers (2)

Clemson Spineless 80 Okra (2) My first time trying this, they were started in my Aerogarden so hoping transplanting into soil works out.

I may have some unplanted seeds for the vegetables I listed if anyone really wants a few of the seeds to try one of these varieties.

Established Plant:

Basket Plant - Callisia fragrans

This plant is about 1 year old and is rooted from a cutting that I got at the plant swap one year. Most of the year I keep it on my screened porch, but it does need to be a house plant on cold days and nights.

Bulbs:

Spanish Bluebells (these are small bulbs). I moved some last year and they came up just fine this spring, but all you will get is the bulbs. The foliage is just about gone. They disappear for most of the year but make beautiful plants while in bloom.)

I can also bring cuttings of rosemary or from an "Easter or Thanksgiving or Christmas" cactus - not sure which it is).

If I think of anything else, I'll post it. I moved here from SC and had so many plants there. Wish I had more to share from here, but the past two years the rabbits and deer liked my garden a bit too much and I wasn't used to clay soil so maybe I didn't pick the best things.

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Screenwriter, if no one asks for the pulmonaria, I have just started putting in a shade/partial shade garden and would love to have a plant or two. However, I think I have already asked for too much so let anyone else have first choice on it. When we are at the swap please look if there is anything else I can share with you.

Rose, just add water to dig. I couldn't get a shovel in the ground this morning and poured a gallon of water on the plant and 15 minutes later it came out easily. I will have a pulmonaria for you too. You are never asking for too much. You are giving me the Spanish bluebells and I would also like a Homestead tomato and sweet banana pepper.

Hi Sandlapper_rose, I would love any seeds you can share. See what you like from my list.

I recall one of you, bringing plenty of hellebore babies. I would love some. Thanks in advance.

Rose, how bout you surprise me! ill take anything- bluebells, iris, tomato. its all fun to me 😉

I will bring agave babies as many as i can find. Thanks to Vlad who gave me a baby agave that has become humongous mom now. Thorns!!!

Thanks, JJLM. Will certain bring some things with your name on them!

Does anyone grow Ube Purple Yam, Dioscorea alata? Want to know how to grow them here in Raleigh.

Does anyone drink Kombucha and have a scoby to share? I would like a scoby to make kombucha tea. Let me know if you need anything in exchange

Sabji, you can ask the people at JCRA about the yam. They answer gardening questions.

Hope to make it this year for the first time, if there is room😀 I will post some pics later. I just transplanted some of my tomato seedlings yesterday. I will have a few extras to share will list names later with pics. I have some iris need to check my list for names, lots of 1-2year pines if anyone is interested in these, 1-2 year sweet gum trees which get a bad wrap but have such beautiful leaves in the fall, and possibly a few acers. I have many other plants as well will list. Excited looking forward to meeting my OBF friend @sandlapper_rose

Here's our list. Our quantities and room for new plantings are limited, so we will be able to make only a limited number of well targeted trades.

Arundo donax 'Peppermint Stick'

Colocasia 'Royal Hawaiian Aloha Oe'

Cyperus involucratus

Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'

Ilex aquifolium

Iris ensata 'Variegata'

Iris sibirica 'Caesar's Brother'

Ligustrum japonicum

Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'

Oenothera speciosa

Orostachys furusei

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Phytolacca americana

Prunus persica 'Bonfire'

Pseudosasa japonica

Saururus cernuus

Sedum 'Angelina'

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Vinca major 'Variegata'

Viola odorata

vines

Bignonia capreolata

Campsis radicans

Gelsemium sempervirens

Jasminum officinale 'Frojas'

Lonicera japonica

houseplants

Crassula ovata

Euphorbia tirucalli - species (all green)

Fucraea foetida/gigantea 'Mediopicta/Variegata'

Hoya carnosa

Huernia, black flowers, possibly schneideriana or macrocarpa

Huernia zebrina

Kalanchoe luciae a.k.a thrysiflora

looking for

Butia capitata

Cestrum parqui 'Orange Peel'

Cyperus papyrus

Pontederia cordata (blue only)

hardy succulents

evergreen ferns

caudiciform / pachycauls

black plants

Lester, I have a Cestrum 'Orange Peel' that is over 5' tall. I'll try and dig out a piece tomorrow. I also have bearded iris that have black flowers. I would like Jasminum 'Frojas,' Hoya, campsis radicans and sedum 'Angelina' if that is not too much.

Sabji, i can bring you a scoby along with the other items. I’ll take raspberry cutting for it

Sounds good, Screenwriter. Looking forward.

JJLM , Great! I will add the raspberry plant for you. Thank you.

Anyone doing Milk Kefir ? I am looking for milk kefir grains? Let me know what i can get for exchange.

Kind of embarrassed to ask, but does anyone have a few mint plants they can bring for me? I cannot keep it alive - same as when I was in SC. It's quite odd.

Are we planning to share some food tomorrow? I know the first time I came there was a lot of food. It was delcious! I can bring food to share - just trying to decide if the swap this Spring is a potluck or we just eat our lunch on our own before the swap and don't bring food.

Sandlapper, I am bringing some Corsican Mint if that will work?

Potluck as far as i know. always has been except covid days

Confirming:

Lester: Black bearded iris, Cestrum 'Orange Peel,' and Daphne Marianni cuttings for:

Sedum 'Angelina,' Campus radicans, Yoya carnose and Jasminum 'Frojas'

Brenda: 'My Sleeping Angel' daylily, 4" white iris, and Pulmonaria for: Tiarella, blood root, and rue anemone

Rose: Ajuga, Canna 'Bengal Tiger,' and Pulmonaria for: Spanish bluebells, Homestead tomato, and Sweet banana pepper

Karen: 4" white iris for: Arisaema Sikokianum seedlings

Sabji: Rose of Sharon cuttings, Yellow hellebore and Hellebore seedlings for: Castor beans and hot chili seeds

In addition to potluck food, ill be bringing some boxes of fresh (blemished) produce that everyone is encouraged to pick and enjoy: apples, pears, oranges, plums, bananas…

Excited! be there rain or shine! (plants love rain 😉)

Ill also be bringing a ”seed sharing station” with tiny plastic baggies & sharpie markers (for anyone with bulk saved seeds that need to be dispersed in smaller increments)

Val Yes to all confirmed,

JJLM bringing a raspberry potted plant, Castor bean seeds and Datura seeds .Will take from you; Kombucha scoby, Peach bonfire and Butterfly bush.

Rose I can get you fresh Mint and Peppermint plants rooted. You can give any veggie/ flower plants/ seeds if you have extra. even okra is fine

I am also bringing rooted and cuttings of blackberry thorn less, and a couple of raspberries plants.

Looking for vegetable plants peppers and eggplants.

A very big and sincere thank you to all who brought plants, seeds, food, etc. today. It was a wonderful swap. Excited to have the plants and packet of seeds I brought home. Beautiful plants and everyone is so generous. I'll watch to see if we schedule a swap for in the fall.

Howdy John,

Thanks for the update! May 4th sounds perfect for the Spring Swap. Looking forward to it and I'll be sure to bring some goodies for the potluck.

Best,

What are the identities of those beautiful bromeliads? PlantNet is giving us various combinations of similar probabilities for Canistropsis billbergioides, Guzmania monostachia, and Guzmania lingulata.

Les, one of them was a Neoregelia hybrid, and there are a lot of hybrids out there with that type of variegation so I can't begin to narrow down a cultivar name. Maybe after they pup and those bloom it will be clearer. The others were Guzmanias, and a lot of those on the market are hybrids having G. lingulata in there somewhere.