Olwen's Garden Swap List

Email me olwen@ihug.co.nz
I'm in Marlborough and especially interested in plants that like dry summers
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Wanted (wish list)

Available

Fruiting

  • Gooseberry I have one that seems to ripen to red, and would like some others
  • Blueberry
  • Loquats
  • Pomegranates
  • Quince
  • ???

Bulbs

  • Muscari (Grape hyacyinth) unusual varieties especially
    • Muscari ambrosiacum - produces cluster of tiny blooms that are lilac in colour and mature to white - highly scented
    • Muscari armeniacum - double forms
    • Muscari botryoides album - a white version of the traditional Blue Muscari.
  • Ixias - Green
  • Tulips outside of what I have
  • Daffodils
  • Erlicheer
  • Nice Narcissus
  • Pink/purple colours of Callas
  • Irises - I have the common blue type. I'd especially like some very dark ones.

Rose cuttings

  • Lady Banks
  • Apothecary's rose
  • Shot Silk Climber
  • Long flowering scented climbers

Other

could be seeds or plants depending on species and what you have
  • Datura (Brugmansia)
  • Cosmos sulphureus
  • Cosmos atrosanguineus - Chocolate Cosmos
  • Tweedia
  • Mina Lobata
  • Sophora Secundifolia
      Texas Mountain Laurel - a relation of the kowhai with violet-blue flowers and red seeds that sounds interesting. I've seen a reference to it being available in New Zealand
  • Marigold - (tagetes)
      there's a lot around and I'm keen to get a variety
  • Salvias
  • Heuchera - coloured leaf varieties
  • Perennials / Annuals / Herbs / Veges / Shrubs - what have you got?

Cuttings

  • Blackcurrant
  • Black Table Grape
  • Rosa Multiflora (for rootstock)
  • Arctotis
    • Maroon
    • Maroon & White
    • Pink
  • Ivy Leaf Geranium
    • Double white
    • Purple
  • Regal pelargonium - Dark purple/purple
  • Agastache
    • pink flowered - labelled brittoniastrum, may be cana
  • Lavendar
    • Claire de Lune
    • viridis
  • Rosemary (upright)

Plants

  • Lavender low-growing angustifolia self-seeded
  • Lavender stoechas self-seeded
  • Agastache rugosa - giant hyssop - grown from seed
  • Kowhai seedlings
  • Chrysanthemum seedlings
      self seeded - mixture of colours single flowers about 4 cm diameter
  • Rosemary - Upright
  • Pennyroyal
  • Arctotis - yellow flowered
  • Fuschia - Light Sepals - Purple petals
  • Ornamental Globe Artichoke - seedlings
  • Violets
  • Snow in Summer
  • Geum Rivale

Seeds

  • Kowhai
  • Lavender low-growing angustifolia
  • Apple of Peru
  • Xmas Lilies
  • Cornflowers - mixture
  • Calendula
  • Cosmos Bipinnatus
  • Iceland Poppies
  • Dianthus
  • Tobacco (Nicotinia tabacum) - the smoking kind
  • Agastache foeniculum - anise hyssop
  • Orange cherry tomatoes

Bulbs

  • Grape Hyacinths
  • Very early semi-double narcissus (Bridal Crown??)
  • Old-fashioned freesias
  • Tulips - Yellow and red mix
  • White Arums (Zantedeschia Aethiopica)