..........and if you would happen to have some slips of Lady's Mantle, small
ferns, Coral Bells, little iris and such, any perennials for an exchange
would really be nice to add to my balcony garden. I'm also looking for a
variety of succulents to put in a little stone trough I acquired. The other
thing I've been looking for is a clump of the old fashioned "Pinks", the
(often a rockery plant around here) carnation with the intense clove
fragrance. Plant exchange is not at all necessary however, and I don't want
to be paid.....the little trees just need a home.

Val
"Val" wrote in message
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Last year I bought a 10 lb.bag of Key Limes to make REAL Key Lime pie. So
what does a gardener do with seeds? I planted them and the darned things
sprouted like crazy. I had LOTS of little key lime trees. I transplanted
two for my own and gave many, many away.The two I kept for my own were
transplanted to larger containers in July and have already more than
doubled in size. I had a friend with a Key Lime tree that would bloom in
her house and the scent was absolutely wonderful. She'd planted hers from
seed and it bloomed and produced fruit the 3rd year. She got her seed from
a bartender in Mexico who was making her drink. Key limes are about the
size of a ping pong ball and have a very intense flavor. When I started
looking around to buy one I was stunned by the $50 prices that seemed to
be the norm for retail.

I still have over a dozen left, they are 8-10 inches tall and very full
and healthy. I've had them out on my apartment balcony this summer but it
will soon be time to bring them in and I just don't have the room or the
containers to transplant and winter over. If anyone in the Seattle area (I
live in the north end) would like a nice healthy little Key Lime tree and
want to come pick it up drop me a line at valkyriemi at yahoo dot yadda
yadda and we can make arrangements for speedy adoptions. I really hate to
toss them out.

Val