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| Perennial plants native to northeastern Pennsylvania May 12, 2005 What perennial plants are native to northeastern Pennsylvania? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Smarty Plants on vitex May 12, 2005 I recently purchased a vitex tree and I don't know anything about it other that it blooms. Can you tell me everything there is about this tree? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Wildflower seeds planted in May for summer in Fairfield, TX May 12, 2005 Are there any wildflower seeds which can be planted in May for the summer? I have planted a wildgrass seed mixture I purchased from Turner Seed Company and planted it today (5-2-05). It was supposed... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Smarty Plants on Rohel’s saxifrage May 11, 2005 Hi, can you help? Do you know what is a plant named: Rohel’s saxifrage? "Bulgaria - Cenral Balkan National Park - Kozya Stena (Chamois Wall) Reserve was established on December 22, 1987. With an a... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Yellow Indian paintbrush, Castilleja indivisa May 09, 2005 Does entireleaf Indian paintbrush, Castilleja indivisa, come in yellow in the wild? I have Indian paintbrush in the front pasture and noticed last weekend that there were 5 or 6 that were light yellow... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Propagation of Emory Oak acorns May 08, 2005 Dear Wildflower Experts, By any chance do you know how we could obtain some Emory Oak acorns to plant on our farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland? I know it’s not a given that the trees would grow... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Seeds of mayflower May 03, 2005 Although I now live in Virginia, I grew up in eastern South Dakota. Several years ago while visiting SD I was walking in the pasture and noticed that many of the wild mayflowers (pasqueflowers) had ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Smarty Plants on Herbertia lahue May 03, 2005 Herbertia lahue is now blooming in Russ Pitman Park in Bellaire, TX. Below is a story about it. I heard that the plant is a protected species, but I could not find anything to confirm that. Could y... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Huisache blooms when freeze is over May 02, 2005 I live in San Antonio, TX and have heard that when the Huisache blooms all danger of frost or freeze is over. Is that true? And, this year to date (April 22, 2005) we have not seen the Huisache bloo... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Texas native mulberry tree May 01, 2005 My family recently moved to Kyle, TX (north of San Marcos, south of Austin). I am delighted to discover a dewberry tree in our yard. I have never heard of such a thing. Is this a common species?... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
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