I have lots of extras. I live in upstate New York. Would love to exchange for something new or that I dont have. This is what I have. I could look for packs of something someone is looking for too. White Moon flower (the one that looks like Easter Lily), Purple Moon flower (same kind except ruffled inside), white pumpkin, purple larkspur, purple zinnia, (can you tell I love purple yet?) bells of ireland, orange cosmos, pink and orange low growing zinnias(they are similar size and spread of marigolds), also chleome (pk and mauve color), pampas grass, and purple cone flower. Happy planting!! Cant wait for may to get everything in the ground!

I'd join in as well, but I think your Customs Dept. might have something to say about that!

No doubt about that!!!! I guess there are good reasons to be safe. I live and work near Canadian border at a flower shop, and the Canadian wholesalers always have to go through a lot to get to us. Have a good one

Maybe Mrs D will reply. I didn't get a chance to save any seeds last year, cux I was pretty busy with the grandbaby. And Usually I just kind of crumple the dried pods into the ground in the fall and let nature take it's course.

Good luck with yours - and we'll want to see garden pix this summer.

I didn't get to save much last year.. in fact I had to buy some
from Ebay.

But... If I get alot of allium's... do you want some? I can save those heads. They are easy to grow from seed but take 2-3 years to get the big heads. I discovered this a few years ago.
I deadheaded many so the bulbs would not deplete and threw the heads behind a tree across the street. I also did the same in
the back yard. And then one year we were greeted with a huge volunteer stand of them where I discarded the seed heads!

Considering what they cost per bulb in the stores (around $5 each) it is worth a try. So this year I bought a hybrid seed from Ebay and have them in the frig for cold stratification.

If they sprout, I will try the other half (I bought 50)

So anyone here who wants allium seed--- I'll save them for you this season!
http://www.bellewood-gardens.com/Bel...t%20Allium.jpg
I am not sure my seeds will be this big...but they are close and very nice anyway! There are several types. The ones I have in the frig are these biggies. But those won't bloom for 2 seasons if they germinate for me.

I can also save Rose Campion....My husband can dead head the first wave before he comes up on vacation to join me.
http://muskogeephoenixonline.com/blo...ion-785851.jpg
It is the hot pink/red flower in this picture. It is semi wild looking and fits in nicely height wise and type if you like wild flower effects.
This is my favorite and easy from seed too. Will self sow if conditions are right. I had to buy more seed this season, but we can try and save ours for anyone here.
I grew 8 plants on vacation last summer and there is a picture of them in my profile album with a toad who was living in one of the pots! I brought these 8 home and put them in my front garden, which is also in the profile pictures. I have a couple of the Campion posted there too. They are very hardy, can stand dry conditions, and will rebloom if you dead head them. And if you do NOT deadhead them treat them as biennials. I have a few coming back this spring that are 3 yrs old now...so dead heading extends them nicely. I used to replant all the time, from seed. All of my campions came from 2 plants I bought at a nursery as an experiment about 5 yrs ago. I really like them.

Dear Mrs. D, I would love some allium. Are you looking for anything in particular that I could trade. Please let me know. I have some of the newer king tut grass or the fiber optic grass also. I could pack it up now and get it to you. Lupine? (Purp) A great dark magenta colored phlox? Red hot poker? Let me know. I have many gardens at my home and landscape for a few people up on escarpement in Lewiston NY. Its about 15 miles from my home. The greatest view around here. One couple lets me plant anything I want. They just want it to look beautiful without getting their hands dirty. They really dont know what they're missing. I dont consider these side jobs, jobs at all. You know how it is if your a gardener!! Get back to me, Cindy

I'll save the allium seeds... They won't be ready til about
June for harvesting. The Campion are not ready til Sept. (there will be alot
of Campion this season, since I have many plants now instead of two).

Right now I can't think of anything I need. I bought some
things on Ebay last fall.

Let me think. I am naturalizing a city owned strip across the
street, that was damaged by the road work (which I show in
my profile album). I can't use tall grasses there, as there is a rule about car visibility. I might try the grasses to cover the wood left behind..stumps from the dead ashes? Look at the back of my car at that spot. They took the cuttings but left a horrible stump.

I only put in very hardy things there, since we are not home to water or care for it most of the summer. (wild oxeye daisies/rudbeckia) Right now I have some sedum there, and snow on the mountain, wild daylilies and myrtle, which seem to survive (we put those in last fall).
I found a few wild boston Ivy in my yard which I threw in there.
When I do a thing like this I throw a bunch of stuff together and see how they intermix, and get along. Some love it, and anothers don't do well...in the end I a get a naturalized effect.

Some of the allium are at the back of this strip where the creek begins (there is a steep decline leading to the creek), and I just threw those seed heads there and they love it! (very elegant and simple!) Not a lot of sun once the Oaks leaf up. A neighbor contributed some Chinese lanterns, but they tend to get eaten by "someone". Maybe Moe the groundhog or rabbits?
I also have some trillium and mertensia there as well. But it is pretty shady for most of it, and only a bit of sun along the curb.

I don't want to get sucked into caring for it too much since we can barely do our own things. But if you have things that are low growing...no more than 15in...let me know.
I'll put up a picture for you once it starts growing over there.
We just raked some of the leaves up this week, so I could get in there with fertilizer and the seed I have so far.

You can see the bare area across the street, in the picture with the digging going on... it is about 36-40in wide and in front of the black tarp . The city planted grass on this area in the end, but I asked them to leave it for us, so I could extend the natural garden effect. GRASS? who is going to mow that? and I know it will just die anyway, and it will compete with any seeds I lay down this spring and be a mess. Not enough sun for grass.
I built that wild naturalized garden myself over the years and just threw in "weedy" perennials and it worked well. I get alot of positive comments from people walking by.

Thanks!

Dear Mrs. D., How bout a variety of hostas or some ferns? I looked at your pics,, loved the frog!!! If it gets shady as summer goes on these might work for you. Let me know, as they will be popping up soon and I can get them to you at an early stage.

Wow.. that is really generous of you. Would this offer hold for next spring? LOL The reason I ask is that I could use them
in another place...but this season I have to concentrate my time on the problem at hand. Where I am working now, it is very dry...dry shade. The most difficult place to grow anything.
The huge trees we have suck all the moisture out of the ground quickly. And the front garden is mostly sand, from the building of the road, and that complicates things further and makes the water issue more acute. Both ferns and hostas don't like it that dry.

I have found one plant that grows wild that I have been increasing for dry shade...it is called early meadow rue, and stays short, and looks like maidenhair ferns! I can save some of these seeds for you too...I have finally put them in and spread seed over the past decade in places where NOTHING would grow!
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/image/vbig/...es/meadow2.jpg
This is a really nice plant for dry shade. It will also grow in more moist conditions. I am very partial to it, and it casts a very nice shadow if planted along a sidewalk or street.
This spring I will be scrounging for volunteer babies to move across the street.
It comes easily from seed. But it alas, has no flowers. It is basically a foliage statement.
This photo shows the little cluster of seeds on this plant.
I think it has to be cold stratified before planting. Like I am doing with the Allium.

Which BTW, I checked the Allium seeds in the frig..I wrapped them in
damp paper toweling and put that in a ziploc and they have swollen up 100%... so they may germinate faster than I expected. Once I get this experiment to work, that is how you can do them too. (I used to do daylillies this way and Siberian Iris). OH, that reminds me... I will have a TON of blue Siberian iris seeds this season... Want some of those?

Thanks for the allium tip MrsD. I planted a few bulbs in the back yard last fall. They're already poking up through the dirt. I'll collect those seeds and sprinkle around other areas where I'd like them to grow.

They're a hybrid of some fancy purple color from Burpee's.