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If you want some plants

then you should email me or IM me or something. If you’re in Seattle, I might trade for some plant you have too much of, or maybe something like fruit, wine, cheese or beer. If you’re further, maybe I can mail ‘em to you or something.

seeds

Red Russian Kale (’08) - I’m growing some of these seeds now, and they seem okay, aside from a somewhat low germination rate.

Arugula (Eruca sativa) (’07, ‘08) - I have ‘07 seeds, some of which are growing in my garden now, and ‘08 seeds, which I haven’t tried yet, but this plant seems pretty imperturbable.

Cherry Peppers (’07, ‘06?) - I’ve grown this line for at least two years. I am not sure if I have any ‘06 seeds. These do well enough in Seattle that you get fruit. The peppers are red when ripe with a rich flavor and somewhat spicy, but lose heat when cooked, so I prefer them in salads and sandwiches.

After this harvest season I will hopefully have some Yellow Hungarian Hot Wax peppers too.

Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica. This is available as seeds or live plants. Whichever you want. It reseeds easily and has a perennial rootstock.

Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea. Also available as seeds or plants. I recommend the seeds.

Annual Honesty - Lunaria annua. Actually a biennial and edible.

Echium pininana - This is a huge biennial flower.  In the second year it grows a flower stalk up to 15 feet high covered in small purple flowers.  Bees love it.  It is a spectacle.

live plants

Cyclamen - The corms are about the size of a garbanzo bean. I don’t know the exact species. I grew these from seed produced by cyclamen I planted in my yard. These haven’t flowered yet. Cyclamen supposedly grow best from fresh seeds, so I haven’t dried any seeds.

Russian Comfrey - Symphytum x uplandicum. This is hard to get rid of, so put it somewhere you want it to stay. It makes good compost and looks okay as long as you cut down the flowing stalks. Grows best from roots, which is what you’d get, though flower stalks can also take root.