That was awfully nice of GW to delete my post asking if the plant she was asking about was the one that was used as a poison ivy cure. Many people do use more than one common name, ya know. Geez. I was only asking to clarify that this was the plant she wanted. I'd hate to offer the wrong plants... I have thousands and thousands and thousands of Jewelweed growing in my horse pasture and up at where I work. How many do you want? Just send me an email.

Do you mean the orange jewel weed? I think I have a packet of yellow jewel weed but I could always get more of the orange if that is what you are looking for. Send me an email if that's what you are looking for.

Pink Jewelweed is probably Impatiens balfourii - or Balfours impatiens. REALLY pretty. Like other impatiens they have exploding seed capsules. These and regular Jewelweed are my favorite seeds to collect for the sqirming-between-your-fingers effect! I have a few seeds I could send you if you want to email me. Debra

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