Relating to what Flora said : In my previous location, in GA, I created a garden area of about 600 sf, where it had been all covered with wild berries, thorns, small pine trees, all kinds of perennial weeds. The native soil was red clay that would harden like a rock. It took me gradually two seasons. It was a good physical activity for me, better than joining a gym. . In the process, I did not buy even a single bag of soil, manure or anything. I hauled topsoil , leaf mold, pine straw, from the wooded areas. I found a farm and got free horse manure. I buried fall leaves, brought a lot of earthworms from other places, throw them in the garden, added lime.... I created a beautiful blend with that red clay soil and all the organic matter. I grew just about any garden plants I wanted there successfully. Again, without buying a bag of any supplement. I have heard a lot of negative thing about clay soil. But once you amend it, it is the best thing. But the I understand that not everybody has time and instead they have finances to do it quickly with less efforts. That is fine too.

An Aristolochia, I believe.

BigMama - Don't forget to look at the link Fran made and make some requests from the lists also. I will do my best to get you some of your requests. Becky - I will also be posting some more toward the end so keep checking back I am trying to get to the nursery but just haven't made it yet. Fran - I will be happy when Im back to being me again also. I have one more test at the hospital on Monday. I am praying everything is alright because 2 weeks ago there was a problem and if its not corrected at this ultrasound they are going to have to do another dnc. So not looking forward to that. I just realized I missed your offers completely. LOL. Marian - I noticed noone requested your coontail moss I would love a sm piece of that also. I am looking for a couple oxygenators. NEW REQUESTS marian - coontail moss fran - Litrope, Thalia, orange canna, wild daffs.

The H spicata is native to my land. I not sure about its ID. It is not the "normal more common H spicata. It is either H spicata var arizonic or the H . nitida , which I doubt because of it extreme rareness. There are only 30 known populations . The H. spicata var arizonica is also rare. It has come up 3 times on my land in three different places. then it disappears. None of the ones that came up have made a re appearance. IT takes 20 years from seed to bloom. I don't know how it grows or what it does during their long periods of dormancy. The Monarda punctata is native to Texas somewhere. I think it likes any soil. I found the seed pods on a plant in the sandy wash of Tent Rocks canyon in New Mexico. It is a relative of our Monarda citriodora, horse mint, bee plant. It is an easy annual to grow . I only found the first one three years ago. So I am on the look out for it now. I have found it on the northeast facing bank of my arroyo, on the lower shady oak/cedar moist leaf littered areas