Mediterranean Garden Society
Mediterranean Garden Society
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 - January 2021
You can see from the list below that Chantal has a good selection of seeds including some unusual ones. Many are provided by Chantal herself and others come from the MGS garden at Sparoza, but our members are also asked to contribute to make this a true exchange. Please read the instructions carefully before you order and remember that although you are not obliged to send seeds in exchange, only by receiving seeds from members can Chantal add to the list of seeds on offer.
The updated list now includes 62 new seeds, most of which have come from across Europe and the USA. New species are shown below, before the main list.
Chantal is delighted that Jan Willem Vos, owner of Château Pérouse botanical garden close to Nîmes, France has generously donated a selection of 500 species. Here is the list of these seeds that you may also order from Chantal.
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.
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 umbellata - Spain
Allium cristophii* - France
Allium tuberosum - France
Asphodeline lutea - Spain
Asphodelus ramosus - France
Beschorneria yuccoides* - France
Bulbine frutescens - Spain
Canna patens - Norway
Catananche caerulea - Great Britain
Catananche caerulea 'Tizi n'Test' - France
Cenolophium denudatum* - USA
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides* - France
Cerinthe sp. - France
Cheirolophus crassifolius -Malta
Cistus creticus - Greece
Clematis mandschurica - France
Cosmos sulphureus - France
Cyclanthera pedate - France
Dianthus anatolicus - Spain
Dodonaea viscosa 'Purpurea' - France
Dolichandra unguis-cati (syn. Macfadyena unguis-cati)* - France
Drimia pancration - Malta
Echinops spinosissimus - France
Eremurus robustus* - PBS
Euphorbia rigida* - France
Francoa sonchifolia - USA
Gaura lindheimeri* - France
Gladiolus communis* - France
Habranthus robustus* - Greece
Hesperaloe parviflora - Spain
Hibiscus coccineus - France
Kitaibelia vitifolia - USA
Lapeirousia arenicola - USA
Ledebouria socialis - France
Liriope muscari* - France
Lomelosia cretica - Spain
Lunaria annua - France
Mahonia japonica* - Spain
Manihot grahamii - France
Melianthus major* - Spain
Mirabilis jalapa - France
Narcissus bulbocodium* - Germany
Nicandra physalodes - Greece
Nigella damascena - France
Origanum dictamnus - France
Perilla frutescens var. crispa* - France
Periploca laevigata subsp. angustifolia - Malta
Physostegia virginiana - France
Retama monosperma - Spain
Rhodotypos scandens - France
Ricinus communis 'Carmencita'* - France
Salvia apiana - France
Salvia hierosolymitana - USA
Salvia interrupta - France
Salvia munzii - France
Salvia sclarea - France
Scilla peruviana - France
Sesbania punicea - France
Sisyrinchium angustifolium - France
Strelitzia nicolai - Spain
Tanacetum haradjanii - Spain
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T V W Z
( * = Award of Garden Merit, given by the Royal Horticultural Society)
Acacia boormanii - France
Acacia covenyi - France
Acacia cultriformis - France
Acacia dealbata* - Spain
Acacia farnesiana - France
Acacia fimbriata - France
Acacia imbricate - France
Acacia iteaphylla - France
Acacia podalyriifolia - France
Acacia saligna - Spain
Acacia semilunata - France
Acacia spectabilis - USA
Acacia uncinata - France
Acacia verticillata - France
Acacia vestita - France
Acacia vestita 'Sainte Hélène' - France
Acanthus mollis - Spain
Achillea coarctata - France
Achillea filipendulina - France
Achillea sp. - Greece
Achillea umbellata - Spain
Adiantum hispidulum - France
Aethionema sp. - France
Agapanthus africanus* - France
Agrostemma githago - Spain
Aichryson laxum - USA
Akebia trifoliata - Belgium
Albuca namaquensis - France
Albuca nelsonii - France
Alcea rosea - Turkey
Alcea rugosa - France
Allium cristophii* - France
Allium neapolitanum - Spain
Allium roseum - Greece
Allium triquetrum - France
Allium tuberosum - France
Aloe striata - France
Althaea cannabina - France
Alyogyne huegelii - Greece
Ampelaster carolinianus - USA
Ampelopsis glandulosa f. elegans - France
Ampelodesmos mauritanicus - Spain
Amphilophium buccinatorium - Spain
Amsonia tabernaemontana - France
Anisodontea malvastroides - France
Antigonon leptopus - India
Antirrhinum majus - Portugal
Aquilegia vulgaris - Turkey
Argemone ochroleuca - Belgium
Aristea ecklonii - USA
Aristida purpurea - USA
Armeria pungens - Spain
Asclepias curassavica - USA
Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' - USA
Asclepias sp. - Greece
Asparagus aethiopicus (syn. Asparagus sprengeri) - Turkey
Asphodeline liburnica - France
Asphodeline lutea - Spain
Asphodeline lutea - USA
Asphodelus ramosus - France
Asplenium scolopendrium - France
Aster patens - Spain
Asteriscus sericeus - Spain
Athamanta turbith - USA
Aurinia saxatilis - France
Azara dentata - Belgium
Ballota hirsuta - Spain
Ballota pseudodictamnus* - Greece
Baptisia australis - USA
Bartlettina sordida - India
Bauhinia variegata - Spain
Bauhinia yunnanensis - France
Begonia grandis* - France
Begonia dregei - France
Beschorneria yuccoides* - France
Beschorneria yuccoides* - Greece
Billardiera longiflora* - USA
Bocconia frutescens - Spain
Bocconia latisepala - USA
Borago officinalis 'Alba' - Spain
Brachyglottis rotundifolia - New Zealand
Brahea armata* - USA
Brodiaea californica - France
Bulbine frutescens - Spain
Bulbine frutescens - USA
Bulbine frutescens 'Hallmark' - Portugal
Caesalpinia gilliesii* - Greece
Calamagrostis arundinacea - France
Calendula officinalis - France
Calicotome villosa - France
Callicarpa acuminata - France
Callicarpa bodinieri - Spain
Callistemon citrinus - Portugal
Callistemon macropunctatus
Callistemon viminalis - Portugal
Calotropis procera - Spain
Campanula pyramidalis - France
Campsis grandiflora - Italy
Camptosema rubicundum - France
Canna indica - Spain
Canna iridiflora - USA
Canna patens - Norway
Capsicum annuum 'Gorria' (piment d'Espelette) - Greece
Capsicum baccatum 'Bishop's Crown' - France
Cardiospermum halicacabum - France
Carex trifida - France
Carissa bispinosa - Spain
Cassine papillosa - Spain
Catananche caerulea - Great Britain
Catananche caerulea - France
Catananche caerulea 'Tizi n'Test' - France
Cedrus libani - Spain
Celosia spicata - Greece
Cenolophium denudatum* - USA
Centaurea cyanoides 'Blue Carpet' - Spain
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides* - France
Ceratostigma willmottianum* - France
Cerinthe sp. - France
Cerinthe major subsp. purpurascens - France
Chamaerops humilis* - Spain
Chasmanthium latifolium - France
Cheirolophus canariensis subsp. subexpinnata - Italy
Cheirolophus crassifolius -Malta
Chimonanthus praecox - France
Chlorogalum pomeridianum - USA
Cistus albidus - Portugal
Cistus creticus - Greece
Cistus crispus - Portugal
Cistus ladanifer - Portugal
Cistus salviifolius - Portugal
Cladrastis kentukea - Romania
Clematis armandii - France
Clematis integrifolia - France
Clematis mandschurica - France
Cneorum tricoccon - France
Coreopsis gigantea - Spain
Coriaria myrtifolia - France
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca* - Portugal
Corynabutilon x suntense (syn. Abutilon x suntense) - Belgium
Cosmos bipinnatus - TurkeyCosmos sulphureus - FranceCotula lineariloba - France
Crataegus mexicana - USA
Crataegus nigra - Romania
Crithmum maritimum - France
Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora - Greece
Crocus goulimyi - Greece
Crupina crupinastrum - Greece
Cyclamen coum* - Great Britain
Cyclamen hederifolium* - Great Britain
Cyclamen persicum - Greece
Cyclanthera pedate - France
Cynara cardunculus* - South Africa
Cyperus 'Chira' - Turkey
Cyphomandra betacea - USA
Delphinium sp. - France
Delphinium staphisagria - France
Dianthus anatolicus - Spain
Dianthus barbatus - France
Dianthus broteroi - Spain
Dianthus carthusianorum - France
Dianthus giganteus - Italy
Dianthus rupicola - Spain
Dichelostemma congestum - USA
Dichelostemma multiflorum - USA
Dierama pulcherrimum - USA
Dietes bicolor - Portugal
Dietes grandiflora - France
Digitalis laevigata - Italy
Digitalis lanata - Greece
Digitalis lutea* - Greece
Digitalis lutea subsp. Australis - Italy
Digitalis minor - Spain
Digitalis obscura - France
Dodonaea viscosa - Turkey
Dodonaea viscosa 'Purpurea' - France
Dolichandra unguis-cati (syn. Macfadyena unguis-cati)* - France
Dolichandra unguis-cati (syn. Macfadyena unguis-cati)* - Italy
Dorycnium hirsutum - USA
Dracunculus vulgaris - Belgium
Dregea sinensis - Belgium
Drimia marítima - Jordan
Drimia pancration - Malta
Dryopteris filix-mas - France
Duranta erecta - France
Echinops spinosissimus - France
Echium fastuosum - Spain
Echium fastuosum - USA
Echium wildpretii* - Greece
Encelia farinosa - France Eremurus robustus* - PBS
Erigeron karvinskianus* - France
Eriocephalus africanus - ItalyEriogonum grande var. rubescens - USA
Eritrichium pectinatum - USA
Eryngium yuccifolium - USA
Erythrina crista-galli* - Spain
Eucalyptus leucoxylon - France
Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. Megalocarpa - France
Eucalyptus torquata - Morocco
Euphorbia bivonae - Spain
Euphorbia rigida* - France
Euryops pectinatus* - France
Festuca californica - USA
Francoa appendiculata - USA
Francoa sonchifolia - USA
Freesia alba - FranceFreesia laxa (white form)* - Greece
Freesia laxa (red form) - Italy
Freesia laxa (salmon with red spots) - USA
Freesia leichtlinii - Greece
Freylinia lanceolata - FranceFuchsia boliviana - USA
Gasteria baylissiana - France
Gasteria obliqua - USA
Gaura lindheimeri* - France
Gaura lindheimeri* - Spain
Gilia capitata
Gladiolus communis* - France
Gladiolus tristis - Greece
Glaucium corniculatum - France
Grevillea lanigera - France
Habranthus robustus* - Greece
Habranthus tubispathus - France
Hakonechloa macra - France
Halimium voldii - Greece
Haloragis erecta - France
Helichrysum orientale - France
Hesperaloe parviflora - France
Hesperaloe parviflora - Spain
Hesperis matronalis
Heteropterys glabra - Australia
Hibiscus coccineus - France
Hibiscus coccineus (white) - France
Hibiscus mutabilis* - France
Hymenosporum flavum - France
Hypericum perforatum - Turkey
Ipomoea alba - Greece
Ipomoea purpurea 'Grandpa Ott' - Greece
Ipomoea purpurea 'Knolia's Black' - Tanzania
Ipomoea 'Royal Ensign' - Italy
Ipomoea 'Star of Yalta' - Italy
Ipomoea 'Sunrise Serenade' - Tanzania
Iris domestica (syn. Belamcanda chinensis) - France
Iris foetidissima* - Italy
Iris graminea* - Belgium
Iris orientalis* - Greece
Kitaibelia vitifolia - USA
Kitaibelia vitifolia - France
Kniphofia rooperi* - France
Kniphofia sarmentosa - France
Kniphofia uvaria - France
Lachenalia mathewsii - Australia
Lachenalia pustulata* - South Africa
Lapeirousia arenicola - USA
Lathyrus latifolius - France
Lathyrus odoratus 'Matucana'* - FranceLathyrus odoratus 'Nimbus' - USA
Lathyrus odoratus x belinensis 'Erewhon' - USA
Lathyrus vernus 'Alboroseus'* - Great BritainLavandula dentata - France
Lavandula stoechas - TurkeyLedebouria socialis - France
Leucaena leucocephala - Jordan
Libertia chilensis* - France
Lilium brownie - Spain
Lilium candidum - Greece
Lilium henryi* - France
Lilium martagon* - Belgium
Lilium pardalinum subsp. shastense - USA
Limonium insigne - Spain
Limonium perezii - USA
Liriope muscari* - France
Lomelosia cretica - France
Lomelosia cretica - Spain
Lomelosia hymettia - France
Lomelosia minoana - France
Lophospermum erubescens* - France
Lophospermum scandens 'Snowwhite' - France
Lunaria annua - France
Lunaria annua 'Alba Variegata'* - Greece
Lunaria annua 'Chedglow' - Belgium
Lunaria annua 'Rosemary Verey' - USA
Lupinus luteus - Portugal
Lupinus microcarpus - USALupinus pilosus - France
Mahonia japonica* - Spain
Malva assurgentiflora - USA
Malvastrum lateritium - France
Mandevilla laxa* - Greece
Manihot grahamii - France
Marcetella maderensis - France
Marrubium supinum - France
Massonia pustulata (Green Form)* - Greece
Matthiola fruticulosa - Greece
Matthiola incana - Italy
Matthiola sinuata - France
Maurandya barclayana (syn. Asarina barclaiana) - France
Melaleuca diosmifolia - Italy
Melaleuca elliptica - France
Melaleuca ericifolia - Spain
Melaleuca lanceolata - Australia
Melianthus major* - Spain
Melica ciliata - Belgium
Mirabilis jalapa - France
Mirabilis jalapa - Greece
Moraea huttonii - USA
Muscari armeniacum - France
Muscari botryoides - Belgium
Muscari latifolium - France
Myrica californica - USA
Narcissus bulbocodium* - Germany
Nicandra physalodes – France
Nicandra physalodes - Greece
Nicotiana sylvestris* - France
Nigella ciliaris - Cyprus
Nigella damascena - France
Nigella damascena (white) - Spain
Nolina beldingii - France
Ocimum basilicum 'Horapha' (Thai basil) - France
Ocimum basilicum 'Sweet Genovese' - Greece
Oenothera odorata - France
Oenothera tetragona - Portugal
Onosma graeca - Greece
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'* - France
Opuntia phaeacantha - USA
Origanum dictamnus - France
Orlaya grandiflora* - France
Ornithogalum candicans - USA
Ornithogalum saundersiae - Italy
Oxypetalum coeruleum* - France
Paeonia officinalis - France
Paeonia ostii - Australia
Paeonia x lagodechiana - Belgium
Paliurus spina-christi - Australia
Pancratium maritimum - Portugal
Pandorea jasminoides* - Spain
Pandorea jasminoides (white)* - France
Papaver atlanticum - France
Papaver orientale - France
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
Paradisea liliastrum* - USA
Passiflora capsularis 'Vanilla Cream' - France
Paulownia tomentosa* - Portugal
Pavonia hastata - France
Pavonia missionum - France
Pavonia praemorsa - USA
Pelargonium acetosum - France
Pennisetum alopecuroides var. viridescens - Turkey
Pennisetum massaicum 'Red Buttons' - Spain
Pennisetum villosum* - France
Penstemon 'Red Rocks' - USAPenstemon digitalis 'Mystica' - France
Penstemon eatonii - GreecePenstemon hirsutus - France
Pericallis hybrida - Spain
Perilla frutescens var. crispa* - France
Periploca laevigata subsp. angustifolia - Malta
Petrea volubilis - Spain
Phacelia campanularia - USA
Phacelia tanacetifolia - USA
Phlomis bovei 'Maroccana' - France
Phlomis fruticosa - France
Phlomis leucophracta - Spain
Phlomis lychnitis - Spain
Phlomis purpurea - France
Phlomis russeliana* - France
Phlomis samia - France
Physalis ixocarpa - Turkey
Physostegia virginiana - France
Pittosporum tobira* - France
Platycodon grandifloras* - France
Podocarpus macrophyllus - Spain
Podocarpus neriifolius - Spain
Podranea ricasoliana - Spain
Polemonium pauciflorum - Belgium
Potentilla crantzii - USA
Psephellus bellus (syn. Centaurea bella) - France
Ptilostemon chamaepeuce - France
Purshia stansburiana - USA
Puya mirabilis - Spain
Rehmannia elata* - France
Retama monosperma - Portugal
Retama monosperma - Spain
Retama sphaerocarpa - Spain
Rhaphiolepis indica - France
Rhaphiolepis umbellata - Spain
Rhodotypos scandens - France
Rhus integrifolia - USA
Ricinus communis - Turkey
Ricinus communis 'Carmencita'* - France
Robinia pseudoacacia - France
Roldana petasitis - Cyprus
Ruellia makoyana - USA
Ruellia nudiflora - France
Ruellia squarrosa - France
Rumex vesicarius - Greece
Ruta odorata - USA
Sabal palmetto - Turkey
Salvia aethiopis - Greece
Salvia africana-caerulea - Greece
Salvia apiana - France
Salvia bulleyana - USA
Salvia canariensis - Australia
Salvia candelabrum* - France
Salvia coccinea - Cyprus
Salvia desoleana - Greece
Salvia disermas - Australia
Salvia eigii - Greece
Salvia farinacea 'Blue Bedder' - Greece
Salvia forsskaolei - Belgium
Salvia glutinosa - Greece
Salvia hierosolymitana - Cyprus
Salvia hierosolymitana - Great Britain
Salvia hierosolymitana - USA
Salvia indica - Cyprus
Salvia interrupta - France
Salvia judaica - Belgium
Salvia lyrata - Italy
Salvia lyrata 'Purple Knockout' - Italy
Salvia microphylla 'La Foux' - USA
Salvia munzii - France
Salvia namaensis - Italy
Salvia nemorosa - Portugal
Salvia nubicola - USA
Salvia officinalis subsp. Lavandulifolia - Spain
Salvia palaestina - Greece
Salvia patens - France
Salvia pinnata - Italy
Salvia pratensis subsp. Haematodes* - Greece
Salvia roemeriana 'Hot Trumpets' - Portugal
Salvia scabra - Greece
Salvia sclarea - France
Salvia sclarea - Greece
Salvia sclarea 'Alba' - France
Salvia sclarea 'Vatican White' - Portugal
Salvia splendens 'Jimi's Good Red' - Greece
Salvia splendens 'Yvonne's Giant' - France
Salvia tingitana - Australia
Salvia verbenaca - Portugal
Salvia viridis 'Pink Sundae' - Cyprus
Santolina impressa - Spain
Santolina x lindavica - France
Scabiosa cretica - Spain
Scabiosa japonica - Belgium
Scaligeria napiformis - Greece
Schisandra propinqua subsp. Sinensis - Belgium
Scilla peruviana - France
Senecio linifolius - France
Senecio sempervivus - France
Senna occidentalis - Turkey
Sesbania punicea - France
Sesbania punicea - Turkey
Sideritis cypria - Spain
Silene coronaria 'Alba' - France
Silene pusilla - Belgium
Silene samojedorum - USA
Sisyrinchium angustifolium - France
Sisyrinchium striatum - France
Sonchus acaulis - Italy
Sophora davidii - France
Spartium junceum* - Portugal
Stachys germanica - Portugal
Staehelina dubia - PortugalStipa gigantea* - France
Stipa ichu - France
Strelitzia nicolai - Spain
Styrax hemsleyanus - USA
Talinum paniculatum - France
Tamarindus indica - Thailand
Tanacetum cinerariifolium - France
Tanacetum haradjanii - Spain
Taxodium distichum - France
Tecoma fulva subsp. garrocha - France
Tecoma stans - Spain
Tellima grandiflora - Italy
Teucrium asiaticum - Spain
Teucrium flavum - Spain
Teucrium hircanicum - France
Teucrium kotschyanum - Cyprus
Thymus mastichina - Spain
Tithonia rotundifolia 'Red Torch' - France
Trachelium caeruleum* - Portugal
Trachelospermum asiaticum* - France
Trachelospermum jasminoides - France
Trifolium repens - Turkey
Triteleia laxa - USA
Tritonia crocata* - Greece
Tulbaghia violacea* - France
Verbascum blattaria f. albiflora - Belgium
Verbascum phoeniceum - Norway
Verbena bonariensis* - Portugal
Verbena rigida - France
Viburnum lantana - Romania
Vitex agnus-castus - Greece
Wachendorfia thyrsiflora - Great Britain
Wisteria sinensis - Greece
Zanthoxylum armatum (Timut pepper) - France
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