Well, I still have tilly's to trade. Albeit, one of those I had set aside for a trade was given a new home last night and not by me. I can always find another. I have three varieties. I also have, eat your heart out, fresh, home-grown tomatoes in April, kumquats, mangoes, star fruit, and some type of cherry. Is a drosera worth some of that, in April? Laura

Sorry for the mispelling. This autocorrect on my new Samsung s8 is much worse than my old android. I got this new phone primarily for the camera. I edited it and fixed it. Very strange. It changes tofi to tofu and Datura came out as saturated. I may have typed fatsmorgana once or twice. Thought it was spelled that way at first. Thought the name was strange, but was thinking there was a Fats Domino so why not fatsmorgana. My spelling isn't the best, and I pretty much have to double check every scientific name I type. All these new reclassified names aren't helping. A sense of shock and impending doom came over me recently when someone dropped the Pseudognaphalium bomb on me for the first time! Mac, thanks for stating the meaning of the word ! Could never quite understand the reason behind it. Now that I know, I think it's a really cool name.

They germinate like crazy in my damp spot by hose, around hydrangeas! Damp soil, and I think seeds need to sit on top for light, to germinate. They are easy to pull out, so I have just a few plants, flowered last month, but re-budded now. So if I get seeds, I'll bring to fall swap. If not, seedlings for you in spring for sure. My first plant was given to me by a fellow gardener, who pulled out a handfull from her garden, stuck them in grocery bag, and I repotted limp, lifeless things 5 hrs later - half revived. I think wet is the key. They sure are pretty for natives.

You can certainly find Impatiens--whether it's balsaminaceae or ecalcarata, I wouldn't know. I've found jewelweed throughout Grays Harbor county (I'm sure it has a wide dustribution, but GHC is the locale I'm most familiar with), though not in an abundance that would suggest it was nonnative. Friends Landing and Lake Sylvia in Montesano, WA host the plant. I've seen it growing streamside at a few places around Aberdeen, WA. I'd also take any scientific reports of balsaminaceae introduction (vs native) with a grain of salt unless they're based on DNA evidence using more than a couple genetic markers. Not saying to throw caution to the wind, but there's usually a heated debate and fine line btwn what constitutes native or nonnative.