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Re: New plants

Legally, endangered species like Silene regina cannot be sold by anyone in
Illinois.  I do not know about the surrounding states.  Ruth Green

>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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Ruth A. Green, Greenhouse Manager, Illinois Natural History Survey,
Center for Biodiversity, 607 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL  61820
Office:  217-333-7091   FAX:  217-333-6294
Email:  rgreen@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu


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