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The MGS seed exchange
The photograph at the top of this page shows part of the seed head of Tragopogon porrifolius (Photo Jorun Tharaldsen)
Chantal Guiraud runs the MGS seed exchange which is a service totally free to MGS members. She renews the list regularly and gives advice on what to sow in each season.
See Seed Workshop at the Home of Chantal Guiraud for advice on how to propagate from seeds.
Seed List - July 2024
Chantal Guiraud would like to thank once again the generous donors who have made it possible to add nearly 30 new species to our seed list. These seeds come from Belgium, France, Greece, Malta, Spain and USA.
How to order seeds
All MGS members may order 10 packets per year. If you contribute seeds to the exchange then you may order 15 packets per year. There is no cost. Please remember that all members are responsible for complying with their local laws. You may order seed from Chantal at the address below or by emailing her. Do not forget to include your name and address when you request seeds.
Chantal requests “Please remember when you order seeds to give me alternatives to the ten species you are requesting in case stocks of them are exhausted.”
How to send seeds
The seeds should be removed from their pods or protective covering, then placed in paper envelopes (not plastic) and well sealed. On the envelope please write: the donor’s name, the scientific name of the plant, the year and location in which the seed was harvested. Chantal accepts all seeds, though with a preference for those of plants from mediterranean-climate areas.
New European regulations require a phytosanitary certificate for importing seeds coming from non-European Union countries but the contrary is not always true. Requirements may vary depending on the country.
Seed donations should be sent to:
Chantal Guiraud
75 rue de la Vieille Poste
34 000 Montpellier
France
Note - The seeds in this list are exchanged between garden lovers, entirely on their own responsibility. In particular the MGS bears no responsibility for accuracy of naming or for germination. This seed exchange is in no way a commercial transaction to which any specific regulations apply. Seed from hybrid plants (cultivars) may produce plants which do not have all the characteristics of the parent plant.
Newly added species
Achillea filipendulina - France
Achillea umbellata - France
Allium unifolium* - USA
Babiana nervosa* (syn. Babiana stricta) - USA
Calliandra haematocephala - USA
Clitoria ternatea - Spain
Euonymus japonicus - Greece
Francoa appendiculata var. sonchifolia (syn. Francoa sonchifolia) - Belgium
Gazania sp.(mixed) - Spain
Halesia carolina* - USA
Lilium regale* - USA
Linaria capraria - France
Lupinus arboreus* - USA
Magnolia wilsonii* - USA
Nandina domestica* - Greece
Oreomecon nudicaulis (syn. Papaver nudicaule)(pink flowers) – USA
Oreomecon nudicaulis (syn. Papaver nudicaule)(red flowers) - USA
Paeonia delavayi - USA
Penstemon hartwegii* - USA
Plumeria rubra* - USA
Prostanthera lasianthos * - USA
Romneya coulteri* - USA
Schizachyrium scoparium - Spain
Senna artemisioides* - USA
Tanacetum vulgare - France
Tara spinosa (syn. Caesalpinia spinosa) - Malta
Veltheimia bracteata* - USA
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W X Z
( * = Award of Garden Merit, given by the Royal Horticultural Society)
Seed list July 2024
Abutilon theophrasti - France
Acacia adunca - France
Acacia boormanii - France
Acacia covenyi - France
Acacia cultriformis - France
Acacia dealbata* - Morocco
Acacia farnesiana - France
Acacia fimbriata - France
Acacia imbricate - France
Acacia iteaphylla - France
Acacia saligna (syn. Acacia cupularis) - Portugal
Acacia semilunata - France
Acacia uncinata (syn. Acacia calamifolia) - France
Acacia verticillata - France
Acacia vestita - France
Acacia vestita 'Sainte Hélène' - France
Acer davidii - USA
Acer granatense - Spain
Achillea ageratum 'Moon Walker' - Greece
Achillea coarctata - France
Achillea filipendulina - France
Achillea sp. - Greece
Achillea umbellata - France
Agastache foeniculum - France
Agave ovatifolia - France
Agave sisalana - Oman
Albizia julibrissin – Greece
Alcea rosea (pink) - France
Alcea rosea (white with violet centre) - France
Allium cristophii* - France
Allium farreri - Belgium
Allium neapolitanum - Greece
Allium tuberosum – France
Allium unifolium* - USA
Aloe striata - France
Aloiampelos striatula* (syn. Aloe striatula) - Greece
Alstroemeria ligtu (syn. Alstroemeria caryophyllaea) – Chile
Alstroemeria pulchra - Chile
Amelanchier laevis - USA
Amsonia tabernaemontana – France
Anemone coronaria - France
Anthyllis barba-jovis - Greece
Antirrhinum majus - Portugal
Aquilegia caerulea – USA
Araucaria columnaris (syn. Araucaria excelsa) – Spain
Aristolochia fimbriata - USA
Aristolochia gigantea* (syn. Aristolochia grandiflora) - Portugal
Artemisia stelleriana - USA
Asclepias incarnata - Belgium
Asclepias speciosa - USA
Asphodelus fistulosus - Spain
Babiana nervosa* (syn.Babiana stricta) - USA
Babiana patula - France
Babiana rubrocyanea - France
Ballota pseudodictamnus - France
Bartlettina sordida - India
Bauhinia variegata - Spain
Begonia grandis* - France
Begonia grandis ‘Alba’* - France
Bellevalia paradoxa – Belgium
Berberis darwinii* - USA
Beschorneria septentrionalis - France
Beschorneria yuccoides* - France
Billbergia nutans - Greece
Brachychiton acerifolius - France
Brachychiton discolor - France
Brachychiton populneus - France
Brachychiton x roseus (B. populneus x B. acerifolius) - France
Brassica oleracea - Morocco
Brodiaea elegans - USA
Buddleja globosa* - France
Caesalpinia gilliesii* - Greece
Caesalpinia pulcherrima* - USA
Calceolaria integrifolia* - USA
Calendula officinalis - Spain
Calliandra haematocephala - USA
Callicarpa bodinieri - France
Campanula primulifolia - Belgium
Canna patens syn Canna indica - Norway
Cantua buxifolia* - France
Capparis orientalis (syn. Capparis spinosa var. inermis) - Spain
Capparis spinosa - France
Caragana arborescens - France
Carissa macrocarpa - Italy
Caryopteris incana - Italy
Catananche caerulea - France
Ceanothus arboreus – France
Ceanothus leucodermis - USA
Cedrela odorata (spanish cedar) - Ecuador
Cedrela salvadorensis - USA
Cephalaria transsylvanica - France
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides* - France
Ceratostigma willmottianum* - France
Cercis siliquastrum - Spain
Cerinthe retorta - France
Chasmanthium latifolium - France
Cheirolophus canariensis - Spain
Cheirolophus intybaceus - Germany
Chelone lyonii - Belgium
Chimonanthus praecox - France
Cicerbita alpina - Belgium
Cistus albidus - France
Cistus creticus - France
Cistus monspeliensis - Greece
Cistus populifolius - Morocco
Cistus salviifolius - Portugal
Clarkia biloba - USA
Clematis flammula - Greece
Clematis ladakhiana - Australia
Clematis pitcher - Belgium
Clianthus puniceus* - USA
Clitoria ternatea - Spain
Cneorum tricoccon - France
Cochliasanthus caracalla syn. Vigna Caracalla - Spain
Colutea arborescens - France
Colutea paulsenii - France
Conocarpus erectus - Oman
Coreopsis gigantea - Spain
Cosmos sulphureus - France
Crithmum maritimum - France
Crocosmia 'Lucifer'* - USA
Crocus tommasinianus* - Belgium
Crupina crupinastrum – Greece
Cryptocarya alba - Chile
Cucurbita maxima - France
Cucurbita maxima 'Bleu de Hongrie' - France
Cyclamen cilicium* - USA
Cyclamen coum* - Great Britain
Cyclamen libanoticum - France
Cynara cardunculus* - France
Deinandra corymbosa - USA
Delphinium ajacis - Greece
Delphinium consolida - France
Delphinium staphisagria - France
Dianthus anatolicus - Spain
Dianthus carthusianorum - France
Dianthus giganteus - Italy
Dianthus rupicola - Spain
Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls' - Spain
Dietes grandiflora - France
Digitalis grandiflora* - Belgium
Digitalis parviflora* - USA
Digitalis purpurea – Portugal
Dimorphotheca ecklonis – Spain
Dimorphotheca fruticose – Spain
Diospyros kaki - Greece
Diplotaxis tenuifolia 'Wasabi Rocket' - Spain
Duranta erecta - France
Duranta erecta (white form) - Morocco
Duranta erecta 'Sapphire Showers' - Greece
Echinops latifolius (syn. Echinops ritro) - France
Echinops ritro subsp. ruthenicus* - USA
Echium candicans* - France
Elaeagnus angustifolia - Spain
Erica multiflora - Spain
Eriosyce subgibbosa - Chile
Eryngium amethystinum - France
Eryngium giganteum 'Miss Willmott's Ghost' - USA
Eryngium pandanifolium* - Germany
Erysimum x cheiri - France
Erythrina crista-galli * - Portugal
Eschscholzia californica* - France
Eschscholzia lobbii - Greece
Eucalyptus albopurpurea - France
Eucalyptus caleyi - France
Eucalyptus erythrocorys - Italy
Eucalyptus petiolaris - France
Eucomis bicolor* - USA
Euonymus europaeus - Greece
Euonymus japonicus - Greece
Euphorbia cyathophora - Portugal
Euryops pectinatus* - France
Felicia amelloides - USA
Ferocactus peninsulae - Morocco
Ferraria crispa - USA
Fessia greilhuberi - Belgium
Fibigia clypeata - Greece
Ficus elastica - Morocco
Francoa appendiculata - USA
Francoa appendiculata var. sonchifolia (syn. Francoa sonchifolia) - Belgium
Freesia laxa* – USA (salmon with red spots)
Freesia laxa (white form)* - France
Freesia laxa (red form)* - Italy
Freesia laxa subsp. azurea* - USA
Freesia leichtlinii - Greece
Freesia sp. - Spain
Freesia viridis - Greece
Fuchsia paniculata* - USA
Gambelia juncea* - USA
Gambelia speciosa - Italy
Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana* syn Gasteria obliqua - USA
Gaura lindheimeri* - France
Gazania rigens
Gazania sp.(mixed) - Spain
Geranium maderense* - France
Geranium tuberosum - Belgium
Ginkgo biloba - France
Gladiolus byzantinus* - France
Gladiolus tristis - Greece
Glaucium corniculatum - France
Glaucium flavum – Spain
Globularia alypum - Spain
Gloriosa superba* - Spain
Goniolimon speciosum - France
Grindelia hirsutula (syn. Grindelia robusta) - France
Habranthus robustus - Greece
Halesia carolina* - USA
Haloragis erecta - France
Helianthus annuus - Spain
Helichrysum orientale - France
Hesperaloe parviflora - Spain
Heuchera cylindrica - Belgium
Hibiscus coccineus - Greece
Hibiscus moscheutos - Morocco
Hunnemannia fumariifolia - USA
Hymenosporum flavum – Portugal
Hypericum balearicum – Spain
Hypericum grandifolium - Spain
Hypericum sp. - France
Hyssopus officinalis - Germany
Iberodes linifolia (syn. Omphalodes linifolia)* - USA
Impatiens balsamina (mixed) - France
Impatiens balsamina (red flowers) - France
Indigofera heterantha* - France
Inula helenium - France
Ipomoea alba - Portugal
Iris domestica (syn. Belamcanda chinensis) - France
Iris douglasiana - USA
Iris graminea* - France
Iris spuria - France
Iris tuberosa - Belgium
Isatis tinctoria - France
Ixia scillaris subsp. scillaris (syn. Melasphaerula ramosa) - Italy
Ixiolirion tataricum - Belgium
Jacaranda sp.* - Greece
Jacobaea maritima - Greece
Kitaibelia vitifolia - USA
Knautia arvensis - France
Koelreuteria bipinnata - France
Koelreuteria paniculata - France
Kroenleinia grusonii* - Morocco
Lachenalia bulbifera (syn. Lachenalia bifolia)* - France
Lachenalia quadricolor syn Lachenalia aloides var. quadricolor* - Portugal
Lagenaria siceraria - France
Lantana camara (soft yellow and pink flowers) - Spain
Lathyrus grandiflorus* - France
Lathyrus latifolius - France
Lathyrus tingitanus (pure red flowers) - Portugal
Lathyrus tingitanus (red and white flowers - Portugal
Lavandula dentata - France
Lavatera punctata - Malta
Leopoldia comosa - France
Leptospermum scoparium - Spain
Leucadendron laureolum - South Africa
Leucaena retusa - France
Leycesteria formosa - USA
Lilium regale* - USA
Limonium platyphyllum - Belgium
Linaria capraria - France
Linum grandiflorum* - Spain
Linum perenne - Germany
Liriodendron tulipifera* - USA
Lomelosia cretica - Spain
Lomelosia cretica 'Jeanne et Jean' - France
Lomelosia minoana - France
Lophospermum erubescens* - France
Lophospermum scandens 'Snowwhite' - France
Lunaria annua - France
Lupinus arboreus* - USA
Lupinus longifolius – USA
Lupinus pubescens - Ecuador
Magnolia grandiflora - Greece
Magnolia wilsonii* - USA
Malva arborea - France
Malva sylvestris - Belgium
Mandevilla laxa* - Greece
Mandragora officinarum - France
Matthiola fruticulosa - Greece
Matthiola incana - Italy
Matthiola sinuata - France
Maurandya barclayana (syn. Asarina barclaiana) - France
Medicago arborea - Greece
Melaleuca elliptica - France
Melaleuca linearis (syn. Callistemon linearis)* - USA
Melia azedarach - Spain
Mentha pulegium - Morocco
Micromeria filiformis - Spain
Mirabilis jalapa - Belgium
Monarda didyma - Morocco
Moringa oleifera - Spain
Muehlenbeckia complexa - France
Myrsine africana - France
Myrtus communis subsp. tarentina* - Italy
Nandina domestica* - Greece
Narcissus bulbocodium* - Portugal
Nerium oleander* (pale peach flowers) - Greece
Nicandra physalodes - France
Nicotiana glauca - Morocco
Nicotiana sylvestris* - France
Nigella ciliaris - Cyprus
Nigella damascena (blue) - France
Nigella damascena (white) - Spain
Ocimum basilicum - France
Ocimum kilimandscharicum - Morocco
Oenothera biennis - Italy
Oenothera elata – USA
Oenothera missouriensis - Spain
Oenothera odorata - France
Oenothera tetragona - Portugal
Olearia 'Roscoff' - France
Oreomecon nudicaulis (syn. Papaver nudicaule)(pink flowers) – USA
Oreomecon nudicaulis (syn. Papaver nudicaule)(red flowers) - USA
Origanum majorana - France
Orlaya grandiflora* - France
Ornithogalum dubium* - South Africa
Otatea acuminata - Portugal
Oxypetalum coeruleum (syn. Tweedia coeruleum) - USA
Pachystegia insignis - France
Paeonia delavayi - USA
Paeonia mascula - Norway
Paeonia obovata - Belgium
Paeonia officinalis - France
Paeonia rockii - Norway
Pandorea jasminoides* - Greece
Papaver atlanticum - France
Papaver atlanticum 'Flore Pleno' - France
Papaver dubium - Spain
Papaver glaucum - Greece
Papaver rhoeas - South Africa
Papaver rhoeas 'American Legion' - USA
Papaver rhoeas Mother of Pearl Group - France
Papaver somniferum (dark purple) - South Africa
Papaver somniferum (mixed colours) - Norway
Papaver somniferum Paeoniiflorum Group (pink) - France
Papaver somniferum Paeoniiflorum Group (red) – France
Papaver somniferum (pink) - Greece
Parkinsonia aculeata - France
Passiflora capsularis 'Vanilla Cream' - France
Pavonia hastata - France
Pavonia missionum - France
Pavonia spinifex – Italy
Pelargonium alchemilloides – Portugal
Pelargonium fulgidum – Portugal
Pelargonium glutinosum - Portugal
Pennisetum massaicum 'Red Buttons' - Spain
Penstemon hartwegii* - USA
Penstemon 'Red Rocks' - USA
Perilla frutescens - Greece
Perilla frutescens var. crispa* - France
Petroselinum crispum - France
Peucedanum verticillare - Belgium
Phacelia bolanderi - Belgium
Phaenosperma globosa - France
Phanera yunnanensis (syn. Bauhinia yunnanensis) - France
Phlomis fruticosa* - Spain
Phlomis leucophracta - France
Phlomis lychnitis - Spain
Phlomis purpurea 'Alba' - France
Phlomoides tuberosa - Belgium
Phormium tenax - France
Physostegia virginiana - France
Pistacia lentiscus - Morocco
Pistacia terebinthus - Spain
Pittosporum undulatum - Morocco
Platycodon grandifloras* - France
Plumeria rubra* - USA
Prostanthera lasianthos * - USA
Psephellus bellus (syn. Centaurea bella) - France
Pseudomuscari chalusicum - Belgium
Ptilostemon chamaepeuce - France
Punica granatum 'Nana'* - France
Puya mirabilis - France
Rehmannia piasezkii (syn. Rehmannia elata)* - Norway
Retama monosperma - Spain
Retama raetam - Greece
Rheum altaicum (syn. Rheum rhaponticum) - France
Rhodotypos scandens – France
Rhus integrifolia - USA
Ricinus communis 'Carmencita'* - France
Robinia pseudoacacia - France
Romneya coulteri* - USA
Romneya trichocalyx - France
Rosa rugosa - USA
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'* - USA
Ruellia nudiflora - France
Ruta graveolens - Germany
Salvia africana-caerulea - Greece
Salvia apiana - France
Salvia candelabrum* - France
Salvia desoleana - Cyprus
Salvia disermas - Australia
Salvia eigii - Cyprus
Salvia forsskaolei - France
Salvia hierosolymitana - USA
Salvia interrupta – France
Salvia leucophylla - Australia
Salvia lyrata 'Purple Knockout' – Italy
Salvia microphylla - USA
Salvia multicaulis* - Italy
Salvia pomifera - Spain
Salvia scabra - Australia
Salvia sclarea - France
Salvia spathacea* - France
Salvia taraxacifolia - Italy
Salvia thymoides - Portugal
Salvia viscosa - France
Scabiosa atropurpurea - Spain
Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Black' - USA
Schizachyrium scoparium - Spain
Scutellaria pontica - Belgium
Senecio linifolius - France
Senecio sempervivus - France
Senecio tamoides - Spain
Senna artemisioides* - USA
Senna candolleana - Chile
Senna corymbosa - Spain
Sesbania punicea - France
Seseli gummiferum - France
Silene coronaria - France
Silene coronaria 'Alba' - France
Sisyrinchium angustifolium - France
Sisyrinchium angustifolium (white form) - Belgium
Sisyrinchium californicum - Belgium
Sisyrinchium striatum - France
Solanum laxum 'Album'* - France
Sonchus congestus - France
Sophora davidii – France
Sophora macrocarpa - Chile
Spartium junceum* - Portugal
Stephanotis floribunda* - USA
Strelitzia nicolai - Spain
Styrax officinalis - France
Tabebuia rosea - France
Tagetes lemmonii - France
Talinum paniculatum - France
Tamarindus indica
Tanacetum bipinnatum subsp. Bipinnatum (syn. Tanacetum camphoratum) - USA
Tanacetum cinerariifolium - France
Tanacetum parthenium - France
Tanacetum vulgare - France
Tanacetum vulgare subsp. vulgare - France
Tara spinosa (syn. Caesalpinia spinosa) - Malta
Tecoma fulva subsp. garrocha - France
Tecoma stans* - Ecuador
Tecoma stans var. angustatum - France
Templetonia retusa - Spain
Teucrium flavum - France
Teucrium flavum subsp. grandiflorum - France
Thalia dealbata - Portugal
Thymus mastichina - Spain
Tilia henryana - France
Tipuana tipu - Spain
Tithonia sp. - Morocco
Trachelium caeruleum* - Portugal
Trachelospermum asiaticum* - France
Tragopogon porrifolius - Spain
Trifolium incarnatum - Italy
Tulbaghia violacea - France
Tulipa sylvestris - Belgium
Veltheimia bracteata* - USA
Verbena rigida - France
Vernonia sp. - France
Vitex agnus-castus - Greece
Vitis labrusca - Belgium
Wisteria sinensis - Spain
Xanthoceras sorbifolium* - France
Zanthoxylum bungeanum - Morocco
Zanthoxylum piperitum - France
Zinnia haageana 'Old Mexico’* - USA
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