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Re: Hi

As you can see from my signature, I'm in northeastern Indiana, so not convenient for you folk on this list.
I have a small lot in an older suburban addition. Nothing fancy, but I squeeze quite a bit into it. I work full time in an office so it is just a hobby. I sell my plants when my addition has the neighborhood garage sales because there's a lot of traffic for those. I started doing it because I didn't have enough people to give plants to and I wasn't about to just compost them. Then, about 6 yrs ago I was out of work and the sales helped me get by. Once I was employed again, the sales have helped me pay for getting some things done on this 45yr old house.
Last year was my largest sale, over 900 pots in April, over 150 varieties. Spring 2011 will be a bit smaller -I'm getting too old for this! - perhaps 125 varieties, 800 pots. Of course, as you can see from the list below, there's lots of ordinary, everyday stuff, but you'll also see a few interesting items. I generally sell out during the 2 day sale, but last spring I was wiped out in 6 hours. Even sold the seedlings I was growing on for August. The list below is tentative; it includes varieties to be dug next spring and there is the chance something won't winter well in a pot, but generally here's the plan: (hopefully the format holds) 


     Acanthus mollis Bears Breeches
     Achillea Paprika Yarrow
     Achillea Pink Yarrow
     Acorus gramineus Slender Sweet Flag
     Agastache rugosa Korean Hyssop
     Ajuga Bronze Bugle
     Ajuga Burgundy Glow Bugle
     Ajuga Chocolate Chip Bugle
     Allium christophii Star of Persia
     Allium tuberosa Garlic Chives
     Amsonia tabernaemontana Willow Bluestar
     Anemone sylvestris Snowdrop Windflower
     Antirrhinum Hardy Snap
     Aquilegia Columbine
     Aquilegia Biedermeyer Columbine
     Artemisia Janlim Oriental Limelight
     Asarum europeaum European Ginger
     Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed
     Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed
     Athyrium nip Pictum Japanese  Painted Fern
     Brunnera Silver Wing sdlgs Siberian Bugloss
     Calycanthus Hartlage Wine Sweet Shrub
     Campanula punctata Cherry Bells Spotted Bellflower
     Carex Ice Dance Sedge
     Cercis canadensis Redbud
     Chelone Black Ace Tall White Turtlehead
     Chelone Hot Lips Pink Turtlehead
     Chrysogonum virginicum Green & Gold
     Clematis Henryi Clematis
     Clematis terniflora Sweet Autumn Clematis
     Cordyline Purple Spike
     Corydalis lutea Fumewort
     Deinanthe Deinanthe
     Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower
     Eremurus Foxtail Lily
     Eupatorium Chocolate Chocolate
     Euphorbia dulcis Chameleon Purple Spurge
     Euphorbia polychroma Cushion Spurge
     Forsythia Forsythia
     Gallium odoratum Sweet Woodruff
     Gaura lind  'Walgaupf' Pink FountainBee Blossom
     Geranium dalmaticum Dalmatian Cranesbill
     Geranium Margie Cranesbill
     Heliopsis helianthoides Ox Eye
     Heliopsis Loraine Sunshine Variegated Ox Eye
     Hemerocallis (tall north) Daylily
     Hemerocallis Always Afternoon Daylily
     Hemerocallis Bright Sunset Daylily
     Hemerocallis Chorus Line Daylily
     Hemerocallis Cinnamon Pleasure Daylily
     Hemerocallis Crown Royal Daylily
     Hemerocallis Fairy Tale Pink Daylily
     Hemerocallis fulva Tawny Daylily
     Hemerocallis Lemon Zip Daylily
     Hemerocallis My Melinda Daylily
     Hemerocallis Nanuq Daylily
     Hemerocallis Red Daylily
     Hemerocallis Stella  Daylily
     Heuchera Pino Gris Coral Bell
     Hosta   green Hosta
     Hosta   green frm undr Magnolia Hosta
     Hosta Alex Summers Hosta
     Hosta Band of Gold Hosta
     Hosta Bright Lights Hosta
     Hosta Janet Hosta
     Hosta short dk shiny north side Hosta
     Hosta tokudama flavocircinalis Hosta
     Hyacinthoides hispanica Spanish Bluebells
     Hypoestes Polka Dot
     Ilex x mes Blue Prince Blue Holly
     Ilex x mes Castle Spire (f) 'Hackfee' Blue Holly
     Iris Margie Small Purple Iris
     Iris Oriental Beauty  (3) Dutch Iris
     Juncus effusus f. spiralis Corkscrew Rush
     Kolkwitzia Beauty Bush
     Lamium maculatum  Spotted Deadnettle - 3 var
     Leucanthemum x superbum Shasta Daisy
     Ligularia Britt Marie Crawford Leopard Plant
     Ligularia dentata Leopard Plant
     Lilium  (color?) Asiatic Lily
     Lilium  pastel Oriental Lily
     Lilium Ct King Asiatic Lily
     Lilium lancifolium Tiger Lily
     Lillium 'Tango 4 You' Dwarf Asiatic Lily
     Liriope Silvery Sunproof
     Liriope Alba White Lilyturf
     Lonicera septemfida Honeysuckle
     Lunaria annua Silver dollar
     Lysimachia Alexander Dotted Loosestrife
     Matteuccia struthiopteris Ostrich Fern
     Mirabilis jalapa Marvel of Peru
     Monarda Blue Stocking Bee Balm
     Monarda Raspberry Wine Bee Balm
     Muscari Grape Hyacinth
     Myosotis sylvatica Forget Me Not
     Narcissi Daffodils
     Oenothera fruticosa Sundrops
     Oenothera fruticosa Fyrverkeri Fireworks Sundrops
     Oenothera macrocarpa Missouri Primrose
     Ornithogalum magnum Snake Flower
     Oxalis adenophylla  (3) Silver Sorrel
     Penstemon Ruby Beardtongue
     Peony Coral & Gold Peony
     Persicaria Brushstrokes Tovara
     Phlox pan  Shortwood Tall Garden Phlox
     Phlox pan David Tall Garden Phlox
     Phlox pan Franz Schubert Summer Phlox
     Phlox pan Katherine Tall Garden Phlox
     Phlox pan Laura Tall Garden Phlox
     Phlox pan Volcano Garden Phlox
     Phlox paniculata (brt pink) Tall Garden Phlox
     Pinus strobus White Pine
     Prunus glandulosa Flowering Almond
     Pulmonaria Lungwort
     Pulmonaria Raspberry Splash Lungwort
     Pulsatilla vulgaris Pasque Flower
     Rhamnus frangula 'Asplenifolia' Alder Buckthorn
     Rhodotypos scandens Jet Bead
     Rudbeckia fulgida Black Eyed Susan
     Rudbeckia triloba Brown Eyed Susan
     Sedum Carmen Sedum
     Sedum kamtschaticum Russian Stonecrop
     Sedum sieboldii October Daphne
     Sempervivum Emerald Empress Hens & Chicks
     Sidalcea Party Girl Hollyhock Mallow
     Stachys minima Little Betony
     Stylophorum diphyllum Celandine Poppy
     Syringa Lilac
     Thymus Several low varieties
     Tricyrtis hirta Toadlily
     Tricyrtis Taipei Silk Toadlily
     Trillium Wake Robin
     Tricyrtis mac ssp. macranthopsis Toadlily
     Vernonia fasciculata Ironweed
     Veronica allionii Alpine Speedwell
     Viburnum sargentii Onondaga Sargent's Viburnum
     Viola labradorica Labrador Violet
     Viola sororia Freckles Woolly Blue Violet

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: <blee811@aol.com> 
To: <kmrsy@comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: Hi


I'd love to attend your sale too. Tell us when and where next year!
Bill Lee in SW Ohio

I'd sure love to attend YOUR sale!


-----Original Message-----
From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: perennials@hort.net
Sent: Wed, Oct 27, 2010 8:30 pm
Subject: Re: Hi

I'd sure love to attend YOUR sale!

I've got about 600 pots ready for next April.  I heard them together
and
cover with leaves in late November, early December and then pull them
out in
early March.  I'll digg about 200 more next spring.

And you mentioned fernleaf peonies.  I planted 2 tiny little starts I
got
from a wonderful nursery in Missouri and let them sit for about 5
years.  I
dug them up in fall and potted up 13 pots, mostly 2 gallon but a couple
1gal
and 3 four-gallon.  All did fine.  I even potted up the broken pieces
in 2
pots and one yielded a nice start.

BTW - I am never moving.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "lil tovey" <liltovey@hotmail.com>
To: "Perennials @ hortnet" <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:41 PM
Subject: RE: Hi



Gotta tell you our sale is amazing - we have several true collectors,

as

well
as the former head of horticulture at the Royal Botanical Gardens who

has

herself an extensive collection of rare and unusuals,  etc. etc.

These

folks
donate unbelievably generously.  Since I'm moving in a month I've

potted

up
some treasures, and have had to talk to myself to leave other stuff
behind.
But I do know that I can get splits from others. Of course new garden

is

about
10 percent the size of my current one. I'm going to  have to learn to

be

selective. I have taken some of my favourite daylilies though heaven

only

knows where I'll put them. Was stong with the Brunneras and only took

Jack

Frost but I really weakened on the epimediums...
Lil T





Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:55:16 -0400
To: perennials@hort.net
From: cherylisaak@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Hi

I've want to come to your plant sale!
>I have Dawson's White, Silver Wings, Looking Glass, Jack Frost, and
>Hadspens Cream. I think I have Langtrees, too. I have had my eye
>on King's Ransom for awhile.
>
>I have divided them spring and fall, but since they bloom in spring,
>I usually do it later. The AHS book does say to divide in spring,
>though. Also mentions taking root cuttings in winter. I've not done
>that myself; have often wanted to try it on Oriental Poppies.
>
>I have 2 plants sales, late April & late August, and Brunneras are
>usually snatched up pretty quickly. Even the seedlings which, as
>you mentioned don't come true, are still lovely things in bloom and
>sell easily.
>
>Kitty
>neIN, Zone 5
>----- Original Message ----- From: "lil tovey"

<liltovey@hotmail.com>

>To: "Perennials @ hortnet" <perennials@hort.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:53 PM
>Subject: RE: Hi
>
>>Hi Alyce
>>Because I love it so much too, I was a bit more careful than usual
>>(also

it

>>cost me a lot when I first bought it!) - dug up the whole plant and

divided

>>the roots kinda carefully. That being said, I have a friend who
>>routinely
>>splits hers every spring and puts the pieces in out plant sale -

she is

much

>>more aggresive than I was. She literally divides it in half or
>>sometimes
>>leaves herself only a third. Brave lady!
>>Lil
>>Georgetown Ontario.
>>Zone 5
>>
>>>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:05:52 -0400
>>>To: perennials@hort.net
>>>From: aete@northnet.org
>>>Subject: RE: Hi
>>>
>>>Hi Lil,
>>>
>>>Well, I've been dragging my feet about dividing my Jack Frost
>>>Brunnera; I love it and I only have one. Any tips? I won't bother
>>>it till spring but I planted it in June of 2005 so I'd like to

make

>>>at least two plants from it. Besides I've never seen the roots and
>>>I'm curious. Do they need any special handling?
>>>
>>>Alyce Elliott
>>>Northern New York zone 4
>>>
>>>At 06:38 PM 10/25/2010, you wrote:
>>>>Yep, I got your message. Feel safer with my dug up anemones

now...

>>>>Also
>>hoping
>>> >the Jack Frost Brunnera I split makes it till spring.
>>>


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growing, stitching and reading in NH

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