Can anyone help? I sent forsythia cuttings to a Gardenweb member and was supposed to receive Pussy Willow cuttings in exchange, but they never came. :( I am very disappointed. Does anyone have cuttings I could have/trade for? Thanks.

Dax, This is the best example that I've yet seen - and I've obsessively search the internet for a long time. Thanks a lot. Is there a chance that you can take a photo (at this time of year?) which would reveal the effect of the tree with all of its green foliage? Thanks for this photo - it's ideal and just what I was looking for (height, width, and distance of shot) for figuring out where I should plant mine. Thanks, Steve

Steve, Here's a link for some pics: http://images.google.com/images What are you looking for? Leaves, fruit, flowers? What your aim? Trying to ID and tree that you've found?

The Northern Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana) tree is native to my region of New Jersey. However, I have never seen this tree in natural occurance at all - it must be rare for my region, and only listed for the sake of a few rare discoveries. It is a known host of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. Do you think that Eastern Tiger Swallowtails will be drawn to the two Sweetbay Magnolia trees that I planted, once mature and large. Will the scent likely trigger an attractive response? I think that scent/chemical signal may be more important to butterflies and moths, more then sight and memory. Yet, the local Tiger Swallowtails may not be genetically related to populations that have speciated in association with Sweetbays. I hope so - the scent of the flowers is extremely strong. Steve