This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Re: New plants

> Well the sale certainly was a success!!!   ...busy...busy...busy!  The "Red
> Milkweed" you bought was probably A. incarnata (swamp milkweed)????

The leaves did have the right shape for incarnata, but I was hopeful... 
Ah well, it's still a nice pink and it smells so good...

> I have a a very few "unusual" plants....a number of Royal Catchfly (Silene
> regia?), a nice Kankakee Mallow, wild Hibiscus, and a small clump of Green
> Dragon...All in all, there's about 80 species of wildflowers in the yard.

Every time that I've tried Silene regia it's succumbed to some problem or
another.  Any special tricks?  What about sources?

Interesting plants that I've got growing:

   Opuntia humifosa (Prickly Pear Cactus)
   Silphium laciniata (Compass plant)
   Desmanthus illinoensis (Illinos mimosa (of which I want more))
   Heuchera richardsonii (Prairie alumroot)
   Pycnanthemum virginianum (Mountain mint)
   Ruellia humilis (Wild petunia)
   Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio spiderwort)
   Amorpha fruticosa (False indigo)

They're not particularly rare as far as prairies go, but are still relatively
uncommon in landscaped gardens.

Does anyone know of a source for Desmanthus, Opuntia, Desmodium, Silene 
regia, and Geum?

Thanks,

Chris

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PRAIRIE
Follow-Ups: References:
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index