MAG Swap Results

Today was the annual Mid-Atlantic Gardeners' Spring Plant Swap.  A mix of pre-arranged trades and free-for-all take what you want, it is always a fun time in a beautiful setting (the private garden o f one of the members).  This is my fourth year attending.  Each year I have more plants to bring and make more trades in advance (I've found that to be really the only way to get some of the plants I want).

Here's what I contributed this year:

Tatarian aster

willow-leaf Helianthus

rosemary

huckleberry seedlings

spanish bluebells

Gaillardia

rue

Centaurea (bachelor's button)

Lychnis coronaria (rose campion)

white rose

 Mexican feather grass

Solidago 'Fireworks' goldenrod

Sedum ternatum

Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)

Echinacea pupurea (purple coneflower)

Penstemon digitalis

variegated tall sedum

Eupatorium coelestinum (mistflower)

Assorted tomatoes (Sweet 100, Black Cherry, Maremmano, Early Kus Ali, Black from Tula, Brandywine)

This was my first year bringing some of the plants.  It's always interesting to see what is in the highest demand.  This year it seemed to be Gaillardia, Mexican feather grass, and rue.  All reseed well for me, so I should be able to bring more next year.  Of course, eventually everyone will have them, and no one will want them anymore.  That has happened with the Helianthus and mistflower.  Good thing there are new people attending every year!

As a bonus, I got to spend the day with two of my cousins, Sue and Sandra.  I pretty much only ever see them at this event.

Here's what I brought home:

(I'm so happy it is a smaller pile than what I brought this morning - the car was really full on the way there!)

Asarum – wild ginger

Japanese anemone
Anemone sylvestris
Elephant ear bulb

Datura

Epimedium

Brunnera

Iris – purple/yellow and dark purple

Oriental lily- orange

Oriental or trumpet lily – tall unknown color

Unknown daylily

Creeping thyme

Sungold tomato

Gypsy sweet pepper

Dwarf fountain grass

Hardy geranium

Painter’s palette

Hardy begonia

Chelone 'Hot Lips'

Parsley

Basil

Bleeding heart

Hay-scented fern

Celandine poppy

Jade plant*

African violet*

     *Houseplants?  What was I thinking?

(OK, it is a longer list than above, but it is mostly only *one* of each plant, rather than many)

Now, where (and when) am I going to plant all this?