I was wondering if anybody would have these seeds for sase? ( Or trade, dont have much though but thought I'd try) PawPaw seeds or plants. Hellborus, doubles or black or red seeds. Very fragrant rose cuttings. Hardy kiwi seeds or plants. gunnera plant. If anything below actually sounds good to someone am open to other colorful or fragrant flowers. I can have a seed mix of Clematis soon, pink, purple, and white. A seed mix of foxglove and Purple Columbine. And I may have some mixed dahlia seeds. Red Leaved Canna tubers. And Palace Purple Heuchera plants. Variegated weigela cuttings, pink or red flowered. Hydrangea cuttings (I think Lady in Red?). Sedum Autumn Joy and purple/black leaved ones.

The conventional wisdom is that young paw paws can be stressed by full sun, but I don't actually know what problems that would cause....how much direct sun does it get? Alex

Were they bare root or in pots when you got them? Did they have leaves when you got them? If they leafed out in the sun, I would guess it's not too much sunlight. If they had leaves when you got them, they may be sensitive to the sun, depending on the conditions at One Green World. I bought a potted paw paw from One Green World several years ago. I planted it in the ground after a few days, in a sunny spot, and it was OK. I recall the potting mix was mostly pine bark, but the mix you made should be OK. Alex

They (Asimina triloba!) like moist soil but not wet soil. What is the difference? In moist soil, there is enough water that you can detect its presence by rubbing the soil together between your fingers: it doesn't break up like a dry powder. But there is little enough water, that air can regularly penetrate easily all the way down into the soil -- there is no zone of standing water (the water table is well below). In wet soil, there is enough water that the air exchange is limited. This may be due to capillary action from a lower water pool, or to continuous supply from above. You may even be able to press water out, given sufficient direct pressure. These two types of soil will likely smell different (the wet soil is anaerobic, generates methane and gaseous sulfides), as they host different populations of bacteria and fungi, even if they had the same original composition. Some plants tolerate low-oxygen soil (sweetgum, sycamore), and some do not (paw paw). Paw paw favors riverbanks not only because of the (at least intermittently) moist conditions, but because riverbanks tend to be deep fertile alluvial topsoil. To explore just a little deeper: many if not most plants require specific fungal partners (mycorrhizae) to assist their roots' nutrient gathering. If you don't provide proper conditions for those fungal hyphae to thrive, neither does the plant. The fungus is also symbiotically assisted by the roots, which leak a little sugar to feed them. In addition to the fungi, wet soil drives out earthworms, which otherwise increase soil fertility by recycling nutients. What can you do to alleviate wet soil? Reconfigure the soil into ridges with drainage swales between and redirect drainage from slopes and buildings. It's a delicate balance, since you don't want to run all your rain off into storm sewers!