Completed a trade (Saturday) and am thrilled at having Christmas in June. I sent 1/2 of some of my rarities (the slow-growing and the tiny) and received 16 things I did not have. Took me all day to make up the laser-printed and laminated labels and to get the plants in the ground. Primarily because I had to shift some of the things that had multiplied so well that they were bursting the seams of my bed dividers. But also because I had to have umpteen browser windows open cross-referencing photos and descriptions to be sure I got it right.
It seems to me that single chicks take plus-or-minus 3 seasons to really get going and make it necessary to shift them into larger sections. Especially noticeable with some of the larger forms - S. 'Red Lion' has become gigantic and has been moved to a 2' x 4' area all to itself. It'll be 2 seasons before that section of bed is filled, but wow, will it be spectacular!
On another note, one of my most beautiful noID's has been identified (by the person I traded with). It's Jovibarba 'Preissiana' - lovely applegreen color and a gazillion rollers from each 3" rosette. The white stuff in the photo is spent flowers from a seriously over-performing black locust tree.
