Purple,Pink,and Purple

[MAK]

Got a couple things to trade, so for all you swappers listen up! My cinnamon basil has gone to seed - so easy to grow; akes beautiful purple spikey flowers, has a wonderful aroma, is highly prolific and very hardy anuual. I have a bunch of baby mimosa trees that make beautiful pink silky poofy flowers, like out of a Dr. Seuss book. Fast grower too! Seriously. Also have purple sage bush seeds. Very hardy perennial with purple bushy spikes. Can get pretty big, but thats a good thing. So, you garden party animals, fly me a kite if you're interested and hopefully we can make a deal.

[diana]

I'd love to have purple sage seeds and maybe some cinnamon basil. Here are the seeds I have currently available to trade:

lychnis
morning glory (deep purple)
hyacinthoides (scilla, white)
grape hyacinth
mixed white hyacinthoides and grape hyacinth seeds
china pinks (pink blossom with dark pink center)
shasta daisy (silver princess??; 1 ft. high, bushy and compact, blooms June through August)
black-eyed susan
pampas grass

Let me know if you want any.

Diana

[lcosden]

MAK, baby mimosa trees, how big are the trees?? Can they be grow as indoor plants??

[MAK]

The baby mimosas range from 2-4 feet I guess. You could keep one alive in a pot but I definately do not think it would prosper. I kept one alive in a pot all summer long because I couldn't decide where to plant it ; it lived, but was rootbound and didn't make any flowers. Others that were first season trees planted outside grew 8-10feet and looked super beautiful with lots of pink poofy flowers.

[lcosden]

MAK, poo. Can that idea I guess since I live in 5b. Most of the stuff I like can't survive outdoors here. Oh well. I've always love those mimosas trees though.. They are just so pretty...

[ari2lj]

Mak, I would love to have both a mimosa and some purple sage. I don't know if you would be willing to send me some for postage. I just bought a house last year and have not had time to plant much yet. I have some Castor Bean. Which is in my opinion a beautiful and unique plant. I also have some moonplant and I have some assorted marigold. I grew them from seed and they have bloomed continuously all summer. The butterflies really love these. Please let me know.

Thanks a bunch

[kymky]

Hi if still availalbe. I would love to have some of your cinnamon basil and sage seeds. What would you like for them in trade? I have other herb seeds or plenty of flower seeds. Thanks. Kym

[vnelson2]

I would love to trade for cinnamon basil and purple sage. I have purple hyacinth bean vine seeds, white hyacinth bean vine seeds.
Thank you -Vivian

[deb_b]

I would love to have some of your Mimosa trees. I have purple Ajuga I could trade. It's a ground cover that is purplish green leaves that turn purple in the winter. It spreads like strawberries. It also gets purple blooms in the summer. I could send you some as soon as the weather gets a little nicer. It's getting down in the single digits right now and I don't want to be out in it getting plants just yet. Let me know. Deb

[maryataylor]

Icosden, My sister lives in zone 5 and has mimosa trees. They will survive if they get big enough. So if you keep them inside until spring they will grow in zone 5

[joclyn]

i'd love to have the cinnamon basil!! maybe a mimosa as well - would that do okay in a container? it's not something i'd want to have outside as it's invasive. i do so love the puffs it puts out though! they're so pretty!

i don't have my complete list handy - never did get it together with everything that happened here in the fall.

some things i have and pm me with questions about what else:

purple coneflower
purple hyacinth bean vine
shasta daisy
red sweet william
purple bearded iris
pink strawflower
portulaca aka moss rose - various colors

i have various beans, squash and some gourds, sunflowers and a bunch of others that i just can't remember at the moment! either pm with wants or post what you're looking for here on the thread.

[MAK]

All the seeds have been swapped for now. Will have purple mexican sage cuttings this summer, and maybe might have a couple mimosas now if I can figure out which ones they are being as they have lost their characteristic leaves. But in spring for sure.

[lcosden]

maryataylor, no more room indoors (without my DH throwing a tantrum).. LOL.. DH is already complaining about the indoor plants I have. Don't think he'd let me do another one indoors that large..