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Seeds I have to trade:

• Please take notice: Open to USA Residents Only!☼☺
• I do not mail any seeds outside of the USA for any reason. No Exceptions.
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• Sorry to have to ask this, but the crushed and dead (overheated) seeds I've received in recent trades have made it necessary:
• No Bubble Envelope= No Trade! Please mark the bubble envelope 'FRAGILE' and 'PERISHABLE' IN BIG, BOLD RED LETTERS. I will do the same for you. This ensures no seeds crushed, or killed from improper shipping temps! :)
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• If you don't have a red marker to mark the BE 'FRAGILE' and 'PERISHABLE', please take it to the PO and ask the clerk to stamp it fragile and perishable. They will assist you. :)
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• Again, No Bubble Envelope= No Trade! I use bubble mailers and expect the same in return. Your seeds must be mailed to me in a real bubble envelope (NOT a piece of bubble wrap or a piece of BE stuck inside a regular env).
• If you have no BE to send my seeds in because you are new or broke, let me know in advance. In such cases I will ask you to hold onto your seeds till mine arrive, so you can then send your seeds to me in the BE I mail to you! :)
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• Seed numbers per packet in parentheses. Unless otherwise noted, these descriptions are of the parent plant. All my seeds are hand harvested and OPEN POLLINATED which means sometimes you get variations from the parent, which mother nature creates.
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• If you have something I want, *please* let me know so I can see if I have something you'd like!
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• My (Partial) Trade List:
• Don't let this trade list fool you into thinking my seed selection is small...
• I don't ever have the time or energy to list *all* my seeds on my trade list, so I generally just list the stuff I have more than one trade's worth of.
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• Seeds marked ** are a SPECIAL trade, meaning I will only trade that for something I really want.
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• Flowers, annual (This list is incomplete- if you are looking for something in particular please let me know):
• Heirloom Hawaiian Ageratum, Floss Flower "Hawaii White"- Attracts beneficial insects to the garden. (50+ tiny seeds)
• Scarlet Runner bean - heirloom "Insuk's Wang Kong" (5) HUGE seeds. Hummingbird attractor.
• **Morning glory, Yellow tropical (Ipomoea ochracea)** SPECIAL TRADE.Bright yellow flowers, up to 3" across. Unique! (8) RARE seeds
• Morning glory, Fijian native (Ipomoea obscura) Heart shaped leaves, flower color varies. May be yellow, orange, or vanilla. Always has a contrasting maroon center. Feeds hummingbirds. Seeds are uniquely *fuzzy* unlike most typical MGs. (20)
• Asarina scandens, native Hawaiian snapdragon vine. resembles "Jewel Mixed" (12)lentil- sized seeds per trade
• Zinnias, mixed colors and forms. (15)
• Marigold, dwarf. Seed saved from Durango Red. Repels pest insects and helps kill nematodes. (20)
• Marigold, dwarf. Seed saved from Janie Flame. Repels pest insects and helps kill nematodes. (20)
• Marigold, French dwarf. Seed saved from Brocade Mix. Repels pest insects and helps kill nematodes. (20)
• **Leonotis leonurus, Staircase Flower, Wild Dagga** SPECIAL TRADE.(15) exotic, attractive to butterflies and birds. Lovely orange flower spikes that last well as cut flowers. 2' to 4' tall depending on growing conditions. May be perennial if given adequate frost protection. Has medicinal uses.
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• Perennial Edibles, 2008 harvest:
• Carissa macrocarpa, Natal Plum. Evergreen glossy foliage. Zones 8B-11, or greenhouse/sunroom. Also makes a good bonsai. Fragrant flowers, edible fruit, drought and heat tolerant (Note-This plant sometimes is thorny. Parents had no thorns but seedlings may revert to wild thorned type.) (20)
• Annatto, Achiote (Bixa orellana) Zones 9-11, or greenhouse/indoor. A delicious natural food coloring which adds a subtle aroma to food, used for Spanish rice instead of (or mixed with) saffron. Very attractive tropical plant with pink flowers and bright orangey-red seedpods.(20)
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• Perennial Flowers & Ornamentals, 2008 harvest:
• Ruby red Pentas lanceolata seeds. Butterfly attractor and also looks great in a vase. Seeds are tiny, but I'll send at least (50) seeds per trade.
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• Herbs:
• Basil, Cinnamon 2009- Has a strong cinnamony fragrance. Use fresh or dried in mouthwash, sachets or potpourri, herbal baths or herbal tea, tomato dishes, pasta sauces, vegetables and soups. You can also use this basil in the garden as a companion plant to repel aphids, mites, and tomato hornworms. (40)
• Common Chives, Open Pollinated. 2008 (25)
• Fenugreek 2008- Culinary and medicinal, and improves soil by fixing nitrogen! radish sized commercial seeds (20)
• Fennel, green. Butterfly host plant, floral arrangement plant, culinary herb, beneficial insect attractor. Also has medicinal uses.(20)
• Garlic Chives, Heirloom Organic. 2008 (15)
• **Leonotis leonurus, Wild Dagga** SPECIAL TRADE. Exotic, relaxing medicinal herb with lovely orange flower spikes that last well as cut flowers. 2' to 4' tall depending on growing conditions. (15)
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• Peppers, Hot:
• Naga Jolokia/Naga Morich-OUT: Infamously hot. This pepper is the world's hottest, 9 to 10 times hotter than an Orange Habanero! --OUT for now, but I'm trying to grow this variety this year so I might have some more in late Summer/early Fall. :)
• Habanero, Orange heirloom: Capsicum chinese Orange Habanero pepper is intensely hot. Rated at 150,000 on the Scoville chart. Plants grow to about 24" tall and 24" wide. Has a unique flavor reminiscent of apricots. Great with Mexican dishes and salsas, also makes excellent hot sauce. Peppers mature from green to a bright orange, about 2" long. One of the best and most versatile habaneros. (15)
• "Wailua sweet hot red" (C. annuum) Jalapeno shaped, tastes similar to Caribbean Yellow (fruity and sweet), but ripens from green to red with no yellow stage in between. Compact 2' tall plant sets numerous fruit in high humidity and is pretty disease resistant. Unusual! (12)
• "Hawaiian" frutescens native super hot, resembles a Tabasco in appearance but is hotter (C.frutescens) May get to 4' tall, unless grown in a pot to keep it compact.(15)
• "Golden Spike Caribe" Early, abundant crops of pointed golden-yellow medium hot peppers, similar to a Hungarian wax or banana pepper but seems to perform better in hot climates. Mild to medium heat. (12)
• Thai Clustering, AKA Thai Dragon- 70 days. Fruits are 3-1/2" long by 1 cm wide at the top, with thin walls. Medium to hot (heat varies depending on cross pollination and growing conditions), produces fruits in upright clusters similar to the Medusa ornamental. Orangey colored when ripe. Flavorful, disease resistant, and Very productive even in partial shade. (15)
• Takanotsume AKA Hawk Claw. Popular in Japan. Plants grow to about 18" to 24" tall and wide with 2" to 3" long Fruits grow in upright clusters that mature from green to orangish-red. Heat varies, from medium to hot depending on cross pollinating peppers nearby and growing conditions. Used dry in Japanese cuisine. Makes a great container plant and yields well in partial shade. (15)
• "Japone" or "Santaka" Japanese chile. Plants grow to about 18" to 24" tall and wide with 2" to 3" long fruit. Fruits grow in upright clusters that mature from green to red and are ready to harvest in about 90 days after transplanting. Heat varies, from medium to hot depending on cross pollinating peppers nearby and growing conditions. Makes a great container plant, needs full sun to yield well. (15)
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• Peppers, medium to mild:
• Chile de Arbol (20)
• Mexicali chile (15)
• Cascabel, mild (15)
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• Tomato, heirloom: (List is incomplete. Seedsaving and seed inventory in progress!) If you're looking for a specific variety please let me know.
• Hawaiian Red cherry. Productive in humid coastal areas, very tasty with intense flavor similar to Peacevine cherry tomato. Descended from Peacevine and also from a wild Hawaiian tomato. Very disease resistant. Late season yielder, roughly 85 days. Indeterminate vines. (12)
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• UNUSUAL EDIBLE SEEDS FOR TRADE
• Under construction, not all I have is listed here.
• (These have been kept in refrigerated seed bank):
• Squash, Seminole. Heirloom, open pollinated. 2008
• Tolerates heat, drought, and insects well. (10)
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• Winter Squash, Carnival. Open pollinated. 2008 Ornamental acorn type. More productive than a typical acorn squash, and more ornamental/colorful as well. (10)
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• Heirloom eggplants:
• Rosa Bianca 2008- Beautiful! Yielded well in a 7 gallon pot, despite drought and insect problems. This one is quite tasty too! Image here: http://www.seedsbydesign.com/prodpict/72.jpg
• Udmalbet/Udumalapet 2008- Very cute mini-eggplant, roughly ping pong ball to jumbo egg sized, striped in purple and light green. Productive, even in a 4 to 5 gallon pot. Never turns bitter, not even when fruits get a bit overripe. Drought and disease resistant. Tolerates poor or rocky soil fairly well too. (20)
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• Heirloom Greens:
• Open Pollinated Cress, Fine Curled- 2008 (25)
• Heirloom Lettuce 'Buttercrunch' Heat tolerant and slow bolting Boston type. 2008 (20)
• Heirloom Amaranth "Tiger Eye" Grown from Baker Creek seeds. These are second generation, saved seed from my garden. 2009 (25)
• Komatsuna, Japanese Heirloom mustard "スプーン野菜" Translates to "Spoon Vegetable." Disease resistant, Very easy and fast to grow. Ready for harvest 35 days after sowing in warm climates! It's called Japanese Mustard Spinach in US supermarkets. Baby leaves used in salad. When plant is bigger, the stalks, mature leaves and flower shoots are used in stir-fry. Or make into 'kimchi', a pickled product kind of like sauerkraut. Plants can be grown year round in temperate and subtropical areas. 2008 (25)
• Bok Choy (Pac Choi), "TaiSai" Leafy, very productive. More tolerant to heat, cold, drought and diseases, and slightly bigger, than the more common baby bok choy heirlooms like 'ching chiang,' 'Shanghai,' and 'extra dwarf'. Can be grown from early spring to late fall, year round in places with mild winters. Its highly nutritious stems and leaves have excellent flavor- milder, sweeter, and crisper, than most hybrids such as 'joi choi', making this useful for not only stir-fry and soup but the young leaflets for salads too. 2008 (20)
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Seeds I am looking for:

• *Limited interests due to very small garden space.* Since my garden is tiny I hope to receive items suited to growing in 5 gallon or smaller containers. I am *especially* interested in any dwarf edibles, that will yield a good crop in a 5 gallon or smaller pot. :)
• Nothing big -or heaven forbid, Giant- for me, thanks!!
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• FYI to swappers: I cannot grow toxic plants in my garden, due to condo rules. So- please avoid sending datura, digitalis, larkspur, foxglove, monkshood, brugmansia, angel trumpet, castor bean, lantana, etc.
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• MOST Wanted- These unusual veggies:
• Red Stemmed Choy Sum (already have the green kind)
• Red Mizuna (already have green type)
• Red Komatsuna (already have green)
• Heirloom Purple Artichoke
• Purple Pac Choi (already have green/white kind)
• Purple heirloom carrots, no older than 2008 please
• Oxheart Tomatoes- "Orange Strawberry," "Anna Russian," "Heart of Compassion"
• Heirloom Tomato "Brown Derby"- Elser's, not Wagner's.
• Heirloom Tomato "Black Ruffles"
• Black Oxheart Tomato "Brad's Black Heart"
• Rare Heirloom Tomato "Purple Haze"
• Tomato "Ceylon" or "Purple Calabash" (both ruffly!)
• Heirloom Tomato "Charlie's Green"
• Heirloom Tomato "Chocolate Stripes"
• Heirloom red/yellow striped Tomatoes: " Dagma's Perfection," "Gold Medal," "Hillbilly," "Striped German/Old German," "Marvel Striped," & "Big Rainbow"
• Heirloom Tomato "Blue Fruit"
• Heirloom Tomato "Paul Robeson" Received! Thanks Patti1957!
• Heirloom Tomato "Black From Tula"
• Orange Stemmed Swiss Chard
• Pink Stemmed Swiss Chard
• Golden Stemmed Swiss Chard
• Scorzonera or Salsify
• Chinese leek, "hiro haba" or flowering type
• Radishes, unusual heirloom types such as "purple plum," "Hild's Blue winter," "black Spanish," "Juane d'or Ovale", "Watermelon", "Matanghong", "Beauty Heart."
• Korean radish "Tae Baek"
• Mild heirloom Daikon radish, such as:
• "Miyashige" "Sakurajima" "Shogoin", or "Luo Buo"
• Asian turnip "Hinona Kabu" or "Shogoin"
• Kale: Toscano, Black Tuscan- Received small amt., still want some more as backup just in case of failed planting.
• Purple Cauliflower- Have small amt., but would like some more to share with friends.
• Broccoli raab- Received! TY Trudi Davidoff of Wintersown!
• Red Stemmed Swiss Chard- Received, TY again Trudi Davidoff!
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• WANTED- These unusual fruits:
• Pepino (Melon Pear)
• Litchi Tomato Or Morelle De Balbis Solanum sisymbriifolium- An annual fruit, does well in warm climates.
• Garden (annual) huckleberry, solanum melanocerasum
• Tamarillo/Tree Tomato (Cyphomandra betacea)
• Wonderberry, Received! Thanks again to Trudi Davidoff!! :)
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• Also, these strawberries:
• Strawberry, Alpine 'Mignonette'
• Strawberry, Alpine 'Yellow Wonder'
• Strawberry, 'Temptation'
• Strawberry, 'Fragissimo'
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• Want Mild, sweet (non-hot and non-bell) red peppers such as:
• Corno di Toro rosso
• "Chervena Chujski" bulgarian sweet pepper
• Patio Marconi (already have standard Marconi)
• Topepo Rosso AKA Sweet Red Cherry Pepper
• Nardello AKA Jimmy Nardello
• Friariello
• Piquillo (Spanish)
• Peter Pepper (the naughty shaped one)
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• WANTED-these heirloom salad greens:
• * Japanese spinach such as Akarenso, Samba, Orai
• * "Erba Stella" salad herb
• * Sculpit Stridolo Italian Greens
• * Escarole, Romanesco
• * Endive: Frisee or Wallone
• * Hatakena
• * Toy choi
• * kosaitai (really want!)
• * Tat soi (really want!)
• * Misome (really want!)
• * Miike
• * Saisai
• * Tokyo bekana
• * Wasabina
• * Yanagawa takana
• * Garnet Giant baby leaf mustard
• * Ruby streak baby leaf "
• * Golden streak baby leaf "
• * Golden frill " " "
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• WANTED Heirloom Leaf Lettuces-- these only:
• * Revolution****- Really Want!
• * Bughatti****- Really Want!
• * Beleah Rose-Really Want!
• * Midnight Ruffles****-Really Want!
• * Petite Rouge****- Really Want!
• * Dark Lollo Rossa****- Really Want!
• * Mascara****- Really Want!
• * Devil's Ears
• * Flame
• * Speckled
• * Forellenschuss/FlashyTrout'sBack
• * Freckles- rec'd small amt., and want more!
• * Red Deer's Tongue- Rec'd a few, want more!
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• WANTED- The following Dwarf tomatoes with short vines and nice fruit size- (NOT currant or cherry tomatoes, which have little fruits). Want these varieties only:
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• Scoresby Dwarf
• Dwarf Bush no.506
• Japanese Dwarf
• ****Basket Vee (very disease resistant)
• Balconi (by Thompson & Morgan)- Yellow or Red
• Golden Delight, Polar Baby, Prairie Fire, Epoch, Victor, or tricot Czech (all from sandhillpreservation)
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• WANTED-Compact, determinate heirloom tomatoes:
• ****Amelia (disease resistant- REALLY WANT!)
• ****Sophie's Choice (disease resistant-really want!)
• Black Sea Man
• Black Prince
• Beiju
• Ildi
• Flora-Dade (disease resistant!)
• Hard Rock (disease resistant!)
• Purple Russian (oblong, paste type)
• Banana Legs (aka Orange Roma)
• Orange Patio (the non-hybrid one)
• Peche Jaune
• Grushovka
• Legend Heirloom Tomato
• Lime Green Salad
• Sweet Israeli (very compact)
• Elfin Heirloom Grape
• Early Annie Heirloom
• Early Wonder Heirloom
• Beaverlodge Slicer
• WANTED- Fast maturing, big fruited heirloom tomatoes:
• Azoycha AKA Azoychka
• Black Krim
• BrandywineOTV (The 'OTV' type only!)
• Bulls Heart AKA: 'Heart of the Bull', 'Oxheart', 'Giant Ox Heart', 'Cuor di Bue', and 'Cuor di Toro'
• Neves Azorean Red
• Northern lights (yellow)
• Boondocks
• Carbon
• Costoluto Genovese
• Cherokee Chocolate
• Chocolate Amazon
• Earl's Faux
• Gary Ibsen's Gold
• German Giant
• Green Giant
• KBX
• Persimmon
• Rose
• Sara Black AKA Schwarze Sarah
• Sunset's Red Horizon
• Valencia
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• WANTED: Disease and/or heat tolerant heirloom tomatoes:
• *Traveler AKA Arkansas Traveler
• *Carmello
• *Camp Joy
• *Creole
• *Cherokee Purple
• *Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red*** Really Want!!
• *Eva Purple Ball
• *Florida Pink (heat tolerant)
• *Fireworks (heat tolerant)
• *Golden Jubilee (disease resistant)
• *Goose Creek (heat & disease tolerant)
• *Rouge d'Iraq aka Rouge d'Irak (heat tolerant)
• *Rutgers (heat tolerant) Received! Thanx Patti1957!!
• *Mule Team (heat tolerant)
• *Improved Porter AKA Porter's Pride (heat tolerant)
• *Porter (heat tolerant)
• *Prudens purple (nematode resistant)
• *Sisters (heat & disease tolerant)
• *Tangella (disease tolerant yellow)
• *Super Sioux (heat tolerant)
• *Zogola (disease and drought tolerant)
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• WANTED- The following heirloom eggplants:
• * Japanese White Egg,
• * Listada De Gandia,
• * Edirne Purple Striped,
• * Arumagans
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• WANTED- The following herbs and edible flowers:
• ****Echinacea 'Fragrant Angel' Really Want!
• Coreopsis Tinctoria 'Mahogany Midget'- this variety only!
• Chamomile, Any.
• Calendula 'Sherbet Fizz' Really Want!
• Nepeta racemosa- Persian. Catmint only; got catnip already!
• Nepeta transcaucasica 'Blue Infinity.' Catmint only!
• Potentilla (named varieties only)- 'Fireball Mixed', 'Helen Jane', 'Miss Willmott', 'Melton Fire', 'Monarchs Velvet'
• Rosemary (any)
• Thyme, any. Especially French
• Capers, preferably no older than one year
• Wild Garlic (Allium canadense), would especially love the pink or lavender flowered one!
• Three Cornered Leek (Allium triquetrum)
• Kitchen sage (edible salvia officinalis), purple leaved or tricolor.
• Persian anise basil (has silvery foliage and a licorice scent)
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• Viola sororaria: ANY- especially "Freckles", a speckled variety from Thompson&Morgan
• Pansies (Viola hybrida), in any black, deep purple, deep blue, or near black color. Especially want these Violas:
• ****"Sorbet Yesterday Today And Tomorrow"- REALLY WANT!!
• "Rose Shades," "Burgundy Lace," "Halloween2" and named black-flowered ones. NO yellow/orange/peach pansies please.
• Snapdragons, fragrant, or Pink- (fresh seed only!)
• Nasturtiums, only ones that have variegated leaves such as 'Alaska' and 'Jewel of Africa'.
• Dianthus, Velvet n Lace, Sooty, or any deep maroon one.
• Dianthus superbus Crimsonia, rainbow loveliness, or spooky.
• Dianthus, heirloom- NOT "Dianthus barbatus, sweet william" which I already have. :) Must have a strong, noticeable fragrance and a unique heirloom name such as Sooty, Fenbow Nutmeg Clove, Summer Sundae, Ipswich Pinks, etc.
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• ORNAMENTALS WANTED (a few):
• My favorite flower colors are blue, lavender, and purple. If you have seeds for any little windowbox or dwarf flower that isn't yellow or orange and has a long lasting bloom period, I'll consider it. I also like fragrance. :)
• Looking for--
• ****Begonia xtuberhybrida 'Scentsation Mixed' (fragrant!)
• ****Cephalophora aromatica- Really Want (due to fragrance)!
• Dahlia variabilis 'Black Beauty'
• Eschscholzia jelly beans
• Hardy iceplant delosperma cooperi- this species only
• Impatiens 'blue pearl' only
• marigold scarlet starlet- this variety only
• sweet pea sweetheart- this variety only.
• Centaurea moschata 'The Bride' This variety only.
• Nemesia 'Shooting Stars' This variety only.
• Coleus 'Black Dragon' This variety only.
• Bergenia cordifolia 'Redstart' This variety only.
• Campanula cochlearifolia (Fairies' Thimbles)
• Dwarf lupine "dwarf fairy pink," "pixie delight" or "minarette"
• Stock (Matthiola incana) such as 'Tudor tapestry' and 'Hot Cakes Mixed', only the ones with with large, fragrant flowers. NOT Matthiola bicornis (night scented or starlight scentsation, those have little flowers).
• Pelargonium 'Black Velvet Series' hybrid with black foliage
• Phlox paniculata, any very fragrant heirloom or named type such as clouds of perfume, Nicky, and David.
• Cosmos- these only: Happy Ring, Picotee, seashells, daydream, double click mixed, or "Double click Rose Bonbon"
• Scabiosa atropurpurea "Dwarf Double Mixed" This variety only.
• Strawflowers, heirloom, any solid color except yellow or orange. Really want pink, red, mauve, or magenta!!
• Statice: white, blue or purple only, no yellow please.
• Tacca chantrieri (Black Bat Plant)
• Kennedia coccinea Scarlet Coral Pea- for a friend's garden.
• ****Verbena Hybrida- Blue Lagoon. This variety only.
• Viola odorata- Sweet violets (different from pansies or
• johnny jump ups) - I am only looking for ones that are noticeably fragrant
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• Shopping Notes.
• Will buy these from UH before leaving Hawaii:
• Kewalo hawaiian heirloom dwarf tomato
• UH disease resistant sweet basil

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Plants I have to trade:

• Absolutely not doing any plant trading (or trading of plant materials such as cuttings) until further notice. Seed trades only, please. Thanks!

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Plants I am looking for:

• Gotu kola AKA Centella asiatica (rooted small plant) also medicinal
• scented geranium (pelargonium)- Especially want rose scent, but any scent except citron/citrus/citronella is nice. Plant or rooted cutting.