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Re: Prairie seed For Sale

At 09:54 PM 10/18/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I am surprised that no one has mentioned that some Stock Seed Farms "wildflower mix /
>prairie seedings" contain (or at least used to contain as of a 1999 seeding the owner of
>which claimed was Stock's) Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket) a Eurasian exotic biennial
>that can be invasive in at least some settings.  The planting further contained large
>amounts of the southwestern annual Monarda citriodora (lemon balm)

Yes, I agree.  Although I've always liked dame's rocket, I think I would've
left it out of the mix given a second chance.  I would've rather spread
a few patches of the "native" varieties I find along the roadsides.  :-)
The two were different in appearance.  The Stock version was thicker-stemmed
and a bit more showy than the ones around here.

Similarly, the lemon balm doesn't feel quite right here in Wisconsin,
either.  But I'd never seen coreopsis along a roadside, so I'm skeptical
about many of the species that others don't seem to question.  
I reconcile by remembering that I'm creating an artifical recreation 
no matter how I slice it.  My farm was probably a moraine covered in
oak, not a prairie.

Both the rocket and the Monarda weren't as strong this year as they 
were last year, so perhaps they're fading.  But the rocket is 
a two-year plant...

- John

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