Hi
I would really love to have a small start of the sweetfern.
In return I could offer you any of the following:
amsonia tabernaemontana (or hubrichtii? they are growing together so can't tell which is which)
hepatica acutiloba
native bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia)
Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine Poppy)
virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
native bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia)
Polemonium reptans (Jacob's Ladder)
hydrangea arborescens (Annabelle)
virginia sweetspire (Henry's garnet)- newly divided small plant.
I have more natives that I can also dig up incl. mayapple etc.
PLMK
Gopal

I can check to see if the possumhaw and roughleaf dogwood seeds are ready. I have asclepsia variegata seeds available now. I'll have to check on my aplectrum hyemale and tipularia discolor(bulbs..sorry no seeds) to see if they're still alive.

I's be interested dbl bloodroot and petasites"Golden Palms"(plants)Jeffersonia diphylla(not sure the plant I got from you earlier this year made it thru our summer) and stachys Hoskins Variegated(seeds).

PP

Peggy,
I emailed you, but not sure if you got it.
Email me directly. ThoseDarnSqurls@AOL.com

My GW mail is just NOT getting through.
Doesn't even go to my spam folder. Just disappears into thin air.
Sure is aggrivatin'.

I am confused about sweetfern. Where it grows for you, is it a dry spot or a damp spot? I bought it thinking it would work for a damp area we have in the back, but now that I look it seems it might be better suited to the west side of the house which gets afternoon sun.

Thoughts?

Hi erikmsp.

((I'm answering here, as you are listed as a "gardenweb user" in your return address here.))

The Sweet Fern, although written up as a shade/partial shade plant in much of what I've read,.........
Is ecstatic here, in a sandy raised bed and full sun. And I DO mean ecstatic! It suckers out freely and has made quite a nuisance of itself!

Good Luck!

Dawn

Thanks! I've moved it to a drier spot in partial shade. We shall see!

erikmsp:
In PA, I have only seen sweet fern grow in the wild in full sun to part shade in dry shaley areas.

thosedarnsqurls:
I'm interested in trading for some sweet fern. Have you had any success transplanting it? (I haven't)And can you give me a better idea what you are looking for? I have some shrubs and trees that are easy to find, but many of the woodland perenials died back early because of the dry summer here.

Thanks,

Ziggy