mr sig, look for jewelweed near edge of woodland streams or ditches. it's often found near poison ivy. cup your hand very carefully around a ripe seedpod where you can see black showing through to catch the seeds as it bursts (they are explosive). once you have one plant, you'll have a zillion the next year- it reseeds prolifically. you can also try to transplant a very small plant now, before they get much bigger. they need a lot of water to thrive. if you can't find a source i can mail you some seed in a month or so- just email me. i don't care that they are common and promiscuous; i love them. there's the orange form and a yellow form. to me popping the seedpods takes me back to when i was a kid. :) my woohoo for the day was finding a seedling spigelia not too far from momma plant. yeah, baby! deirdre your story reminds me of what fun it was to discover all of the interesting things the first few years we lived here. surprisingly, i'm still finding cool goodies after 13 years- a mock orange showed its true nature this year by blooming in the woods.

Good grief! This is one of my biggest weeds though must say it is easy to pull. Problem is that there are a zillion waiting to come up after you weed out a few. And it's up already so here starts my annual battle. I do leave it down in the swampy area for the hummingbirds. Collecting seed can't be all that easy. It's called impatiens because the seed pods explode, sending seed in all directions.

bd1susan, I haven't forgotten about you. I am trying to figure out how to send a private email so I don't have to post my address on the board but can't figure out how. I had seeds collected and drying in my greenhouse and some rodent got by the cat and found it's way into them so I collected some more and they are drying in the house. Can you send an email to me at carhebert@rogers.com so we can exchange mailing addresses? Thanks.

That sounds wonderful! I would appreciate it so much! I have tried to go online and find it also. Purchased some seeds, but they did not grow. :( Please let me know and I can send you something in return! Thank you in advance!