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Re: New plants

how do you expect these plants to make a come-back unless people plant 
them in their yards?  yards are our conservation areas now.
and people cannot plant them in their yards if they cannot buy them 
anywhere.

daniel pohl



On Wed, 14 May 1997, Ruth A. Green wrote:

> 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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