djune we have traded before. your plants are thriving i will e-mail you Ric debbiep i need time to look up many things on your list but i will save some for you. look at my list again for other things . i am still collecting and updating i have about 70 seeds . they are ripe but still on the bush. I thought a packet of a dozen seeds would be enough but i will save more for you if you let me know. first come first serve. Here is a link that might be useful: ricjo22's exchange list

I have a variety of unlisted species which I'd love to trade for Zanthoxylum piperitum or simulans seeds, plants, and trees.

Gengis, The leaves are used medicinally. Refer to the following sources for more information: A Barefoot Doctors Manual Running Press ISBN 0-914294-92-X A very readable herbal from China, combining some modern methods with traditional chinese methods. Medicinal Plants of China Duke. J. A. and Ayensu. E. S. Reference Publications, Inc. 1985 ISBN 0-917256-20-4 Details of over 1,200 medicinal plants of China and brief details of their uses. Often includes an analysis, or at least a list of constituents. Heavy going if you are not into the subject.

Hi It is untimely posting But I do anyway. Sansho seed have to be harvested when soon after seed are mature , let's say around October. If seed left on the tree/shurb too long , seeds are not germinate well. If you want to saw seed in spring, clean seed and keep seed in mosted sand. you can use plastic pot and your wife's/ girl friend's old pantyhose to separate sand and seeds. moist but not wet sand. keep plastick post out side under eave of garage or unheated strage place untill late Feburary or early marchand . Saw seed directry in ground. or soon after seed are mature,you can saw seeds directry in ground. seed should not be covered too deep. 1/4 deep is good enought. Mulching soil with pine straw or wheat straw. avoid large chunk of pine bark mulch. if you can use jify pot. it work better since roots are not disturbed. General speaking, Sansho can't transpalant once tree is mature. male tree and female tree is needed to produce seeds. Identifying tree male or female , you have to flip trees up side down. ^^ when sansho flower apear late march or early april, then you can tell tree is male or female. you can air layer on second year branch to propagate in small scale production. also you can graft sansho. Please let's me to know if you want to know more. mike y