Is that the native jewelweed, impatiens capensis? I have some. Some Satin Blue Rose of Sharon would be a good trade for me.

Your welcome, I was thinking about trying them myself, so I had the links in my favorites. I see them growing wild around here, but always thought of them as a weed. Until I found out hummers like them!

Hey Cindi !! I just now saw what I believe to be nearly 20 tiny jewelweed seedlings, each with 2 leaves or maybe they are cotyledon leaves, and each seedling no more than an inch tall. Whenever it stops raining I'll try to get a closer look at those leaves. I don't remember what the first leaves looked like last year. I'm confident they are jewelweed seedlings based on where they are located and the leaves don't look like anything else emerging right now. You might recall that I popped a few seeds into a tray specifically to make it easy to remove to send to you. Also, there are way too many that germinated too close together in the ground. I wonder if it's too early to try to move some of those for more appropriate spacing. I need your thoughts about what to do next. Seedlings are always a challenge for me. I tried to figure out how to send you a private message without success in figuring out how to do it. Maybe you could send me a private message. Perhaps we could devise a plan together about when and how I should proceed. Maybe more than one batch of seedlings should be mailed on several different dates to allow for unexpected but inevitable disasters. Do you think the root should be encased in a fist full of mud? The husband brought covid home 3 weeks ago, because he cannot resist going to a party during a pandemic. However, I don't mind sleeping for a couple of weeks and losing weight. I've been trying to catch-up with chores over the last 3 days, so seeing those seedlings is very exciting and I feel on top of the world despite the gloom of being faced with some dead-looking plants after that spell of arctic cold weather we experienced this winter. Hope you are well, Betty

Richter's has St. John's Wort Richter's Herbs but not Jewelweed. Are you anywhere near a nice shady, moist woodland where one can usually find jewelweed growing? The tricky part is catching ripe seed - as you may guess from its alternate name of touch-me-not -- the ripe pods explode upon being touched, hurling the seeds in every direction! However, if you find a good stand of jewelweed seedlings growing in a woodland where it is not illegal to disturb the plants, it transplants very easily. And it often grows so thickly, you are kind of doing the stand a favor by thinning them out!