| I looked this one up since it wasn't familiar.According to the link below it is a threatened species so I doubt you would be able to aquire the collected plant although the seed might be available through a licensed nursery. This paper says that in a season only 7 to 15 percent of the plants have any bloom so if the bloom is what attracts you, you would have to grow a lot of it. Even if you do grow it, it seems that to maintain it you would need a buffer zone of 500 feet to protect it from runoff, fertilizer, contaminants, etc. Sandy |
Here is a link that might be useful: Swamp Pink
| If you're ever up in the New England neck of the woods than you may want to stop by the New England Wild Flower Society, where they propagate and sell many native and bog genus/species of plants, including Helonias bullata. The original plant that I had purchased (a our local NARGS 'rare' plant auction - many plants grown from seed by other members, etc) flowered the first spring after its summer planting...it has since just formed new plantlettes at its base... maybe I should divide it to see if that will promote more blossoms...now there's an idea. ;o) |
Here is a link that might be useful: NEWFS plant list for 2005
| Bob I ran across Siskiyou rare plants on a post about helonias a while back. They do offer it for sale and do ship. Here's a link...you gotta buy them in groups of 3. |
Here is a link that might be useful: siskiyou rare plants
