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Re: New plants

Actually, I have no idea why Royal Catchfly is rare....it grows just fine in
a well-drained garden bed and in a rather moist prairie soil.  My
germination wasn't great (10% ???).  If you want seeds, just stop by my
place this fall, and we'll collect a few for you...(I might even have a few
in storage, but I'll have to check).

The other seeds/plants I do not have  :(

A. incarnata (by the way) is one of my FAVORITE plants...few smell better!!!
Large numbers will be in my yard this year...also spreading blue lobelia
around a lot, too.  I had a beautiful stand of Cardinal Flower...for 1
year...then  *pooof* ...dead....I'm trying again...any suggestions for
Cardinal Flower????

Bob Vaiden

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At 10:46 AM 5/13/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> 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
>
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