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Re: New plants

Desmodium and Silene can be purchased, seeds and plants from 
Hamilton Seeds & Wildflowers
16786 Brown Road
Elk Creek, MO 65464

Laurin Wheeler
University of Arkansas
Dept. of Horticulture
Plant Science 318
Fayetteville, AR 72701
glwheel@comp.uark.edu

On Tue, 13 May 1997, Christopher Lindsey 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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