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May 10, 2016 12:15 PM CST
NW Indiana (Zone 6a)
We posted at the same time! Oh yeah, I have a tiny bit of euphorbia I grabbed from my mom's yard. I have a few patches where nothing thrives, and the euphorbia is blooming fine there right now.

I have Achillea Love Parade, and tansy for you. (someone else has brought a curlier-leaf tansy in the past, you may want to try for that too)
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May 10, 2016 2:31 PM CST

Seedrat - some Monarda for me too, please. looking to create a bee and butterfly sanctuary.
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May 10, 2016 4:01 PM CST
NW Indiana (Zone 6a)
Yes, I have you down for some!
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May 10, 2016 5:37 PM CST
Name: Mone
Chicago between O'Hare & Lake (Zone 6a)
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oerickson, I can't get over how stunning your garden looks. Does that Euphobia send runners all over the garden? I planted a shorter kind at the temple and it overtook the lawn. I am wondering if I should try that Euphorbia. It will look smashing with Forget me not that is all over my garden right now.

I have potted up a ton of plants this year since I have so much time to putter around the garden. I will probably have to make 2-3 trips to haul them over. RolRod, I may have to accept your offer to help me haul them.

Seedrat, you and Linnea are so very thoughtful in regards to plant labeling. I have no patience for that. Hilarious! I would rather be in the garden than cooping up indoors. Rolling on the floor laughing Kudos to both of you.
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May 10, 2016 5:48 PM CST

Oerickson, may I have pink evening primrose and Euphorbia please?

Mone, thank you so much.

I have raspberry seedlings, star sedum, kalanchoe cuttings (orange bloom). Trumpet vine (orange bloom).
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May 10, 2016 6:00 PM CST
Name: Mone
Chicago between O'Hare & Lake (Zone 6a)
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Jasmine, May I please have that trumpet vine? A friend would like to fill his yard with it. Thank you.
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May 10, 2016 6:06 PM CST

Mone, yea sure I will bring it for you.
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May 10, 2016 7:15 PM CST
Name: Mone
Chicago between O'Hare & Lake (Zone 6a)
Plumerias Cottage Gardener Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Bee Lover Birds Hummingbirder
Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Dragonflies Frogs and Toads Butterflies Beavers Irises
Thanks Jasmine and Happy.

Is anybody interested in Orange Tiger Lily (Lilium lancifolium/Lilium tigrinum)? I have a ton of seedlings and many 1-2-3 year olds.
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May 10, 2016 7:58 PM CST

Seedrat, is Aster: Wood's same as New england Aster? If it is different may i have it please? May I know the bloom color too? Thanks

I have New england Aster purple and hot pink, snow in summer.
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May 10, 2016 8:22 PM CST
NW Indiana (Zone 6a)
Hi Jasmine:

Wood's Aster has a different leaf and smaller flower, and I think it blooms later. Mine bloom in a very pale blue.

Are you bringing new england aster? I have some I could bring as well, but if I know you're bringing some, and I run out of time, I'll leave them!
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May 10, 2016 8:53 PM CST

Seedrat, I would love wood's aster. Yes I can bring some New england asters. I will have to check how many I have. I will let you know.
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May 10, 2016 9:16 PM CST
NW Indiana (Zone 6a)
(here WAS my list Smiling )
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May 10, 2016 9:29 PM CST
NW Indiana (Zone 6a)
This is my record of who is getting what:

rolrod
milkweed seedlings
red monarda
lav monarda if I have any
rudbeckia triloba

pitimpinai
basil seedlings
garlic starts
cherry toms, which ones
snowdrops
rudbeckia hirta

Oerickson
basil seedlings
garlic starts
tansy
achillea love parade

Jasmine
Snowdrops
Wood's aster

Linnea:
purple iris
purple siberian iris
catmint???
Geranium Bill Wallis
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May 10, 2016 9:31 PM CST
NW Indiana (Zone 6a)
My wish list:

red hollyhocks-seeds are fine too
white calamint
yellow yarrow
panicums--most interested in red, or tall, not quick-spreading
variegated solomon's seal (Getting from Pitimpinai I think!)
red bearded iris
white bearded iris
baptisia
heliopsis lorraine sunshine offshoot
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May 10, 2016 9:39 PM CST
NW Indiana (Zone 6a)
Rolrod, some of my plants that the bees really like are:
catmint
nepitella calamint
agastache foeniculum
eupatorium serotinum
perennial ageratum
(and butterflies love most of those too)

think about getting some of them
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May 11, 2016 4:00 PM CST
Name: Mone
Chicago between O'Hare & Lake (Zone 6a)
Plumerias Cottage Gardener Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Bee Lover Birds Hummingbirder
Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Dragonflies Frogs and Toads Butterflies Beavers Irises
Thank you, Seedrat.
May I have scented geranium, please?
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May 11, 2016 7:07 PM CST

Seedrat, may i have sedum ruby mantle, Sedge Ice Dance, forsythia and shasta daisy please? I am so tempted. I love sedums and grasses. Thank you so much.

I have Heliopsis yellow double blooms it looks like Heliopsis helianthoides scaba ‘Summer Sun’. it is not variegated.
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May 11, 2016 8:42 PM CST
NW Indiana (Zone 6a)
I have your new requests down!

Thanks for the offer, Jasmine, but I have several heliopsis like that--some that came from growing seeds from Lorraine, none of them were variegated. It's a great plant, though, isn't it?
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May 12, 2016 11:09 AM CST

Rolrod, thank you we spent almost a year looking for a house and kept joking that if we looked at 1000 homes, we'd get the next one free. Not sure we saw quite that many, but we were so grateful to find and get our home. We are very happy here.

Seedrat, I should have mentioned that I am the one with the crazy tomato obsession (if that helps jog memory). If you happen to be looking for any tomato seeds, I think I have at least a few seeds each (and sometimes a whole bunch of seeds) of about 300 varieties (I can email you my list). Obviously this would not help with this year, but it's never too soon to plan next year's garden, right? I would love perennial foxglove and red monarda, thank you! I would also be thrilled with lemon balm, tarragon and chocolate mint. In addition, I would love milkweed (go butterflies!). For garden planning purposes, do you happen to know the bloom color?

Oerickson, if you have a jack in the pulpit that is not spoken for, I would LOVE to have one. I have tried to get one every year that I have been to the swap with no luck to date.
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May 13, 2016 9:39 AM CST
NW Indiana (Zone 6a)
OK, HappyG, I have you down for:
Choc mint
lemon balm
tarragon
red monarda
perennial foxg
milkweed

The milkweed blooms in a dusky pink, and smells so good! The monarchs prefer laying eggs on it over the other milkweed I grow.

I've been watching for my milkweed to emerge, since last year a few plants grew suckers out into the lawn and I brought them as transplants. Nothing in that bed is showing, but a rogue plant elsewhere in the yard is 6" high now. It's looking like all those milkweed plants (5-6) died??? I did not consider last winter to be harsh, but I have had some other plant deaths that I didn't expect.

What do you-all think? Was last winter a hard one for the garden?

Corrie, I am feeling more sure of remembering you now that you mention all the tomatoes! I had thought you were someone I spoke with a good amount and now you've confirmed it! If you have any seeds for Persimmon, I would love a couple--unless I find a stash of seeds (which is possible) I used all my seeds trying to get a sprout this year, and no sprouts yet. The same think with Black Cherry. Thanks for offering!

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