👒 Yes!!! It's that time of year again. Let the fun begin!
👒 We usually start setting up the site around 10:00 am. Any help with setting up will be greatly appreciated.

💥📌 NOTE: If you ask for plants, but cannot come to the swap or arrange for a direct pick up from the gardener or do not reconfirm your request prior to the swap, we will give the plants to someone else. 💥📌

💥📌 NOTE: To keep the thread short and reduce confusion, please limit your posts to the swap only and use the tree mail to address issues unrelated to the swap. 💥📌 Thank you.
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Twenty odd years ago, dearly departed Esther invited her friends to a plant exchange in her garden. Then Ellen, her next door neighbor, extended the invitation to friends on the garden web. The event has evolved and expanded to Chicagoland gardeners.

Through the years, gardens, new friends and relationships have grown and the circle of like-minded people has widened. We would like to continue to share the fun and joy of gardening for as long as possible.
Happy gardening, everyone!

🐛WISHLIST 🐛
- Dicentra cucularia
- Impatiens
- Petunia

Mone I will post what I have to share soon. Thanks for starting this swap once again.

I'm so excited & nervous! I came to the swap last year but haven't been to a full swap yet

Thank you so much for having this swap again!

I'll be updating as I figure out what I'll have & what I want.

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Wish list:
Ramps***
Creeping Phlox (Phlox paniculata)***
Variegated Solomon's Seal
Mayapple
Hosta
Pink Mother of Thousands***
Herbs -Dill, Thyme, Basil
Edibles
Plants for shade
Clematis 'Nellie Moser' or any other
Cyclamen
Ligularia***
Iris
-Species Iris (Iris pallida 'Argentea')***
Daylilies
Coneflowers
-Echinacea purpurea 'Green Twister'***
Japanese Painted Fern***
Bleeding Heart any***
Pulmonaria 'Shrimps on the Barbie' or any***

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@Mone May I also have some of your
Lunaria annua - variegated - seedlings, please?

Variegated Solomon's Seal, Mayapple, Hosta, Garden Phlox, Lamium maculatum, Epimedium rubrum, Phlox subulata with lavender flowers, fern, variegated Lunaria annua, coneflower(?), Brunnera, Huechera, Mertensia virginica(?)

Thank you, Mone! Thank you for the additions! :)

I'd also love some of your Geranium 'New Hampshire Purple' if you have some to spare.

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@Hazelcrestmikeb
Requested from Mike

Pestasites Japonicus Varigatus
Campanula Pink Octopus
Kerria
Hellebores small seedlings
Astrantia
Coneflower pink
Hosta green and white
Penstemon Mystica
Aurum Italicum

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@VerdantApt

Pink Mother of Thousands

I given up trying to list what I've requested.

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Have list:

Mother of Thousands
Inch Plant (Tradescantia) - Is kinda fuzzy green with purple. Sometimes stays green in certain conditions. - Cuttings, but I can root them if anyone is interested. I only have a few of this one because the plant is still small.
Inch Plant (Tradescantia zebrina) - Cuttings, but I can root them if anyone is interested. I have plenty of these.
Tomatillo - Large variety
Feverfew seedlings
Basil 'Dark Opal'

Tomato plants - idk which ones yet, but I know I have more than I have room for. I'll be listing which tomato plants I have as I get time.

I only have one each of most of these.

Ace Potato Leaf (only it's not a potato leaf so idk what it is)
Abe Lincoln
Bali
Better Boy
Berkeley Tie Dye
Berkeley Tie Dye Green
Big Brandy (a hybrid I saved seeds from)
Black Cherry (Tiny, tiny seedlings that volunteered in my garden)
Black Icicle
Black Krim
Black Strawberry
Brad's Atomic Grape
Chocolate Stripes
Cream Sausage
Dancing With Smurfs
Delicious
Genuwine (a hybrid I saved seeds from)
Great White
Jersey Devil
Reistomate
Roma
San Marzano
San Marzano Redorta
Schimmeig Stoo
Spoon
Tommy Toe
Unknown beefsteak type my Dad got at a farmers market & saved seeds from

Hi Mike. Would love to finally see you at the Swap. So would Ellen.

Hi, Thea/antsinmypants,

Welcome back. Ok to Variegated Solomon's Seal, Mayapple & Hosta .
Would you like Garden Phlox, wild ginger, lamium maculatum and epimedium for your shade area?

Hello Mone,

Thank you I look forward to meeting everyone again & under better circumstances this time

Yes, please. Anything for shade would be appreciated. I planted some daffodils & a few hostas in the shady areas the year before last. And last year planted a couple of Mayapples & wild ginger (don't know if those survived the winter or not yet) but other than that, there is just grass, trees, & mud back there. Thank you so much!

Hi Thea/antsinmypants,

There is no need to be nervous. This is a fun event where plant lovers come and share the joy of gardening.

Promised: Creeping Phlox with lavender flowers, Variegated Solomon's Seal, Mayapple, Garden Phlox, Lamium maculatum, Epimedium rubrum, variegated Lunaria annua, Brunnera, Fern, Huechera, Geranium 'New Hampshire Purple', Hosta, Echinacea purpurea, Mertensia virginica, white Bleeding heart.

Mone,

The daffodils do get some sun & seem to be doing great as they have multiplied since I planted them there the year before last

Down south, I had 4 colors of creeping phlox in my garden that I had transplanted from small clumps. They are some of the plants that I miss most from my garden which is why they are at the top of my wish list.

I do appreciate the plants you are setting aside for me, however, I can only be there on the day of the swap as I live in Ingleside which is 45 miles away from the swap & I don't have a vehicle & have made arrangements for a ride to the swap as I did last year.

🌶️ Hi, everyone, and happy spring!

Glad to see this swap starting up. Now I have to remember all the budding gardeners I have mentioned it to and invite them. I've got a bunch of sprouts under lights and still starting from seed, so will post a list down the line.

It looks like all my exchanges will have to be pre-swap pickups bcse my community bike ride is 12-4 on swap day. 🌻

Hello Mone,
I can certainly be at the swap by 10am
I would love to come to your garden and get 1-2 of any of these:

Allium cristophii/Allium affatunenhse - any!!
Coreopsis lanceolata
Drumstick Allium seedlings
Feverfew
Geranium 'New Hampshire Purple'
Hosta - some common ones
Monarda - red
Rudbeckia fulgida
Rudbeckia trilola
Sweet Autumn Clematis
Wild ginger - a BIT - if edible?

THANK YOU!!

Hello Wonderful Gardeners!
We are so excited for this years plant swap!

Offering:
Allium Seeds
Iris

Wishlist:
Clematis - Any color or variety
Iris - Any color or variety
Hasta- Any color or variety
Columbine - Any color or variety
Berries - Any edible variety

Looking forward to this exciting yearly event!

Hi Chris/Sandy/Maja,
So glad to hear from you.

Chris,
Yes, pre-swap pickups are perfectly fine.

Sandy,
Promised:Sweet Autumn Clematis, Hosta, Columbine, Siberian Iris

Maja,
I will be grateful for help with setting up. Thank you.
Can you come by toward the end of next week? Either Friday or Saturday or Sunday is fine.

So April 22/23/24 ?
I can do April 22 and 24.
I'll bring my digging tools too.

Hi! I just moved to Evanston and have a full sun double wide lot that's just lawn grass. I'm looking for full sun plants of all types, so long as it's not aggressive or a bush/tree. I hope to set up spaces for different types of gardens: native plants, ornamental perennials, edibles, rain garden, arid plants, etc. I've been dreaming of being able to do this for years!

I don't have a car, so I'd need to either have the plant/item dropped off or I can pick it up at the swap. I live near the swap site, so I should be able to come early to help set up.

ISO:
- Anything garden related. Hoses, accessories for rain barrels, raised bed materials, garden rake, etc, please.
- Uncommon succulents, either as houseplants or outdoors
- Cold hardy sedum, yucca, sempervivum and other succulents for planting outside
- Plants and materials that are good for full sun rain gardens
- Full sun native plants that are under 3ft tall
- Pumice, chunky perlite, turface, crushed granite, and other materials good for potting up succulents
- Hyacinth
- Red or Pink Bleeding Hearts
- Fuchsia

Offer
- Crassula ovata (Jade plant) cuttings
- String of Hearts cuttings
- Giant evergreen bush. Maybe a Yew? Healthy and mature. I didn't see any flowers or berries. If you're interested in digging it up or even if you just want branches, please let me know.


Thank you!

(Photo of giant evergreen bush growing in full sun)

pitimpinai, I'd be interested in the following plants, if they're still available. If they're not able to tolerate full sun, please let me know.

Allium cristophii/Allium affatunenhse
Campanula glomerata
Coreopsis lanceolata
Drumstick Allium seedlings
Geranium 'New Hampshire Purple'
Monarda - red
Phlox paniculata - garden phlox
Rudbeckia fulgida
Rudbeckia triloba
Sedum kamchaticum

antsinmypants,

I have a couple of 2"-3" tall Pink 'Mother of Thousands'. Pink 'Mother of Thousands' seems to grow much slower than regular 'Mother of Thousands'/'Mother of Millions'.

Would it be ok for me to create a Facebook event page for the swap? This would allow people to easily share the event on Facebook. I would use the flier that's in the initial thread post. No worries if this isn't allowed.

Maja, Sunday April 24 is fine. Please bring your tools to help me dig up hostas. Thank you.

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Hi VerdantApt,
So glad to hear from you.
Spreading the news on FB or any other means and helping with setting up the swap site will be greatly appreciated. The more, the merrier.

Yes to all the plants you requested.
However, Rudbeckia triloba and Allium aflatunense are over 3 ft. tall. Would you still want them?

Hi pitimpinai,

How tall does the Rudbeckia triloba get? It's a native plant, correct? If yes, I'd still like it, please.

May I ask how long Allium aflatunense stays in bloom for? A quick Google search says the blooms only last "2-3 weeks in May". If that's accurate, I'll pass on the Allium aflatunense.
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/pl...

Thank you!

VerdantApt said: antsinmypants,

I have a couple of 2"-3" tall Pink 'Mother of Thousands'. Pink 'Mother of Thousands' seems to grow much slower than regular 'Mother of Thousands'/'Mother of Millions'.

I would love some of your Pink 'Mother of Thousands'. so much