Anyone interested in a "seed exchange" for seeds from your crop of perennials or annuals that produce viable seeds? I'd be willing to supply some Hosta seed to those interested, but you have to understand that other than species hosta, they may not be true to the parent.

Post in this thread if you have perennial or annual plant seed available, and what you're looking for in exchange...

I'm not ignoring this, I'm just not sure what I'm going to have.

What I can estimate:

Sunflower, Teddy Bear, viability unknown as of yet.
Zinnia, Magellan and Profusion parents--probably wildly crossbred so color and shape and size are unknown. Viability as yet unknown, and I may or may not collect more than a few for testing.
Melampodium, Showstar. About fifty percent viability.
Salvia farinacea "Rhea," about 30% viability.
Salvia splendens, red, mixed Bonfire and Red Hot Sally parents, third generation--blooming habit of Bonfire, size greater than either. About 30% viability.
Celosia mix, mostly gold, about 80% viability.
Cleome, Sparkler Rose parents, daughters probably not Sparkler Rose. Viability unknown, but typically very low.

What I want...nothing, really. Entice me.

I'd definitely trade with you guys. The only things I've ever successfully grown from my own seed is Black-Eyed Susans, and Morning Glories (which really don't need much help to sprout at all).

Um, OK, I gathered some cleome tonight, which turned out to be a ton of cleome seeds. Those where just the pods that split when I touched them! 250, maybe? At least.

Viability on cleome tends to be low, 5-10%, and they require winter stratification.

I'm not even looking for anything in return. I'm just trying to get a Seed Exchange going for y'all. I'll have Echinacea, Monarda, loads of Hosta seed (but no fancy hosta, all of them are sterile or the deer got the scapes) and Ruds ("Black-eyed Susans").

Make that a thousand cleome seeds gathered in ten minutes while the dogs were out. I'll continue over several weeks as I don't want to get caught short when planting time comes in February.