Hello everyone! I am joining the thread late, but I am looking forward with excitement to the swap! My husband will say, “That spot is bare dirt, and I’m tired of trying to grow grass, what do you have for it?” I say, “I’ll look for something at the swap!” He will say, “We need more ferns under the trees and those things with the lacy leaves that smell good,” (he means geraniums) and I say, “I’ll look for something at the swap!” He will say, “You must have a hundred pots hidden under the pine tree, can I throw...." and I say, “LEAVE THEM ALONE! I NEED THEM FOR THE SWAP!!!”
I am walking through the garden seeing what is growing well. Here’s a start of what I can bring. I had knee surgery recently so may have to divide less than I normally do, and just pot up small plants.
Dwarf alpine columbine (deep purple-blue)
Mystery phlox seedlings. I am growing more colors now, so they could be anything. I can usually tell if they are white, though.
Ligularia Desdemona. Dark purple leaves.
1 small Persicaria Polymorpha if I can successfully chop it off the parent.
Persicaria virginiana 'Painter's Palette,' This needs to be en masse to show up well, and not with tall stuff around it, especially the flowers, which are tiny delicate wands.
"The wildly mottled, multi-colored foliage of Persicaria 'Painter's Palette' truly resembles that of a painter's palette. The green leaves are splashed with large patches of cream and yellow and pink and brushed with mahogany bands on the center of the leaves. In late summer, a haze of coral-red, baby's breath-like flowers is displayed above the dramatic foliage. Shear plant to promote reblooming."
Autumn Joy sedum
Have a lot of the following 3 if anyone wants more:
Variegated lunaria (money plant). Biennial. Fabulous bright white edged leaves and hot rich magenta flowers. I can bring hunks of seedlings that will bloom next year AND/OR ones that bloomed in early May, so you will have “money” seedpods and your own seedlings next year. It’s a knockout! The only thing I have blooming now except bulbs.
Silene Dioica: small pink flowers in tall stems from basal rosette. Airy. Long blooming. Seeds heavily, so put where you don’t mind a colony. I decided not to keep it in my main garden, but in an area where it can do what it likes.
Lily of the Valley
