STUFF TO TRADE
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Seeds To Trade:
(Please note . . . I'm missing some seeds! Will post them as soon as I
find them! LOL)
Site updated: 09/30/2001
Annuals:
African Marigold - orange and yellow, mixed
Castor Bean - green
Castor Bean - Carmencita - limited qty
Chile Pepper - Ornamental - "Medusa" - limited qty - more available later
Cosmos - lavender and white, mixed
Delphinium, White - limited qty
Gourd, Coyote - grows wild here
Impatiens - "Red Cooler" - a pretty hot-pink/reddish color
Marigold - large yellow blooms
Marigold - small orange blooms
Milkweed - old seed, but am sure some would come up
Portulaca (Moss Rose) - seed from 2000 PLUS new seed this year - mixed colors - white, orange, yellow, pink, magenta
Sunflower - variety unknown - black seeds
Sweet Pea (wild) - self-seeding annual - pink and white, mixed

Zinnias - Cactus variety - hot pink
Zinnias - Double Bloom - various colors - qty unknown yet
Salmon Double-Bloom Zinnia
Hot Pink Cactus & SB Yellow Zinnias
Zinnias - Single Bloom - various colors - qty unknown yet
Zinnias - White Profusion
Zinnias - Dwarf - mixed colors
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Biennials -
Hollyhock - mixed colors - seed from 1997
Hollyhock - colors unknown - seed from 1999 (still viable!)
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Cacti -
Cholla - 4 seed pods - variety unknown
Cholla - local cold-hardy variety - seed pods will be picked upon request
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Herbs:
Basil - Sweet - seeds available later
Basil - Cinnamon - seeds available later
Basil - Thai - "Siam Queen" - seeds available later
Catnip - limited qty - more coming!
Chives - regular
Dill - available soon!
Fennel, Bronze - available later
Leeks
Parsley - seeds available later
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Houseplants/Tropicals:
Cannas - look like the "Tropicana" - orange flowers with yellow-striped leaves
Mexican Bird-of-Paradise - limited qty
Sensitive Plant
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Perennials:
Lamb's Ears - limited quantity
Red Fountain Grass (possibly - am not sure how to get the seeds!)

Yarrow - tall/yellow - tons of seeds!
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Trees:
Apricot - cold hardy variety
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Veggies:
Chile Pepper - Habaneror - VERY hot!
Chile Pepper - "Rooster's Beak" - VERY hot!
Gourd - Nest Egg - limited qty
Leeks
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Wild/Native Plants/Seeds:
Aster - wild
Four-Wing Saltbush - seeds
Kinnikinnick - aka Bearberry - I can POSSIBLY get seeds for this ... if not, I can get plants from the higher altitudes ... upon request only. This does not transplant well - needs a cool, shady spot (which I don't have in my yard yet!)
Mullein, Common - I will get these as requested . . . this years' spikes are not quite ready yet.
Rayless Gumweed
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Plants To Trade:
Annuals:
(R = rooted cutting in
dirt/C = cutting rooted in water or not rooted - plants are not shipped in
pots!)
Dahlia - Dinnerplate - color unknown - (2 tubers)
Purslane - Yellow - (R-4 small [4" pots], 3 large [8" hanging pots])
Sweet Potato Vine - "Ace of Spades" - (R-1/C-more available soon) - the pic is of "Blackie," but Ace of Spades is very, very similar.
Sweet Potato Vine - "Terrace Lime"- (R-3/C-more available soon)
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Cactus/Succulents:
(R) is a rooted cutting; (C)
is a callused cutting
African Milk Bush - Euphorbia trigona (2)
Aloe - dwarf variety (2) - mine hasn't bloomed, but it looks similar to this pic. Here's a pic of mine:
Aloe - (TONS)
Aloe variety?
Birdsnest
Cactus - Mammalaria camptotricha - I will have babies shortly - it's
blooming tiny yellow flowers so I don't want to 'sturb it! :)~ My cactus
looks "similar" to the pic. This beautiful cactus has long
tubercles with 3/4" long curved yellow hair like spines and 3/4" wide
white flowers. Under ideal
conditions, this cactus blooms in spring, summer and fall.
It forms clumps that average 4 inches high.
This is another very easy to grow cactus.
Cactus - no ID - nice clump-forming cactus - (R-4)
Cholla - (R-lots!)
Copper King - Mammalaria elongata - (R-5)
Dragon's Blood Sedum - Sedum spurium ~ I also have Sedum spurium "tricolor" but no pic - it's pink, white and green. The Dragon's Blood is on the bottom left, the tri-color is on the top level in the middle.
Easter Lily Cactus - Echinopsis multiplex (?) (R-5/C - 5 med & 6 small) - HUGE lavender flowers in spring ~ not cold-hardy, I don't think.
Echeveria variety - 1 small baby - I don't know that it's the right variety, but mine is the same color/shape as the pic.
Jade Plant - (R-7)
Kamschatka Stonecrop - Variegated - Sedum kamtschaticum - mine has orange, yellow, green, cream on it ~ I have 3 cuttings rooted now, more available if needed.
Mother of Thousands - (R -2) (Plantlets available soon)
Pearl Plant - Haworthia marginata (?) (R-5/C-more available soon)
Prickly Pear - Opuntia - Cow's Tongue - (R-2/C-?)
Prickly Pear - Opuntia violacea - Purple Prickly Pear - (R-3/C-many)
Prickly Pear - Opuntia - dwarf PP - white glochids - (R-9)
Prickly Pear - Opuntia - dwarf PP - yellow glochids - Bunny Ears - (R-_____)
Prickly Pear, Spineless - Opuntia - spineless - has glochids but no spines! (R-3/C-many)
Starfish Flower - Stapelia gigantea - (R-6)
Unknown succulent - will try to find a pic
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Herbs:
Catnip
Comfrey - I have (10) 4" pot sized plants and (2) 1-gallon pot sized plants
Basil, Sweet - (R-6 [more available if needed])
Basil, Cinnamon
Basil, Thai "Siam Queen"
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Houseplants/Tropicals:
(R = rooted cutting planted, size of pot may be given to indicate size of plant;
C = rooted cutting in water or cuttings available in the future)
Arrowhead Vine - (R-lots)
Coleus
red/pink center w/green edging
dark centers w/thin, bright green edging
cream to yellow center w/bright green edging
Beefsteak Plant (aka Bloodleaf) - Irisene - (R-2 small [4" pot]/1 medium [5" pot] / C-10 put in water on 9/13/01) NOTE: Mine looks similar to the pic, but the leaves are rounded.
Geranium - will root cuttings as requested -
"salmon rose"
Magenta geranium
red
pink (pale)
coral (reddish-coral)
Ivy geranium - lavender w/hot pink markings on insides of petals (sorry - not a great pic, but you can get the idea!)
Hot Pink with magenta markings
"Picasso" (magenta edged petals w/white in centers)
Hearts & Flowers - (R-5 [more soon!])
Inch Plant - (C-lots)
Ivy - Spearpoint Plus - dwarf ivy (R-3)
Philodendron -
Split-Leaf - P. selloum
Heart-Leaved -
(R-11/C-lots) ~ another
pic 
Philodendron - No ID - elongated heart-shaped leaves - (R-2 small, 1 med [6" pot], 1 large [10" hanging pot])
Pregnant Onion - have "pups" for trade of this!
Purple Heart - not a great pic!
Silver Squill - (R-TONS)
Spider Plant -
Solid Green - (R-9 small, 3 large)
Green w/white edges - (R-7)
Swedish Ivy - aka Creeping Charlie
Variegated - (R-3 - more soon)
Unidentified succulent vine - bears orange flowers - very pretty! I think it's a Kalanchoe of some sort, but haven't IDed it yet.
Wax Vine (aka Christ's Tears) - Hoya carnosa - solid green leaves - (R-1/C-10 put in water on 9/13/01)
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Perennials:
(Most of the perennials will come straight from my yard so counting them is a
bit difficult right now. I figure a first-come, first-served policy would work!)
Evening Primrose - I need to dig this up before winter so if you want any, let me know NOW and I'll put it in the greenhouse!
Lamb's Ears - 4-6 trades

Mint - Chocolate - lots
Mint - Spearmint - lots
Mint - Peppermint - lots
Pennyroyal - ant deterrent! - lots
Red Hot Poker - Tritoma - 4-6 trades
Wild/Aspen Strawberry - (5 rooted cuttings now/more "air" plants available to root) - this is cold-hardy, likes shade and damp areas.
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Trees -
Apricot - variety unknown - cold-hardy - started from seed
Mimosa - started from seed!! (2)
Salt Cedar/Tamarisk - LOTS
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Water/Bog Plants
Bamboo - variety unknown - can dig now or in spring
Swamp Lily - (2)
Reeds - variety unknown - triangular rather than round
Reeds - variety unknown - round w/nice form - cold-hardy
Taro, Green (1) ~ 3 more sprouts ready soon!
Variegated Giant Reed - Arundo donax "Variegata"
Unknown oxygenator - grows submerged
Water Celery - variegated
Water Hyacinth
Water Lettuce
Wild Water Grass
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Check out my friend Shirley's page, too ... her list isn't done yet but here's a few things she has and her "wish" list!