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From: Boston, MA
Region: Northeast
Topic: Seed and Plant Sources
Title: Sources for native plants wholesale in Boston, MA
Answered by: Nan Hampton
Sources for cedar and Texas sedge seeds in Central Texas
December 27, 2008 - Where can I buy cedar and Texas sedge seeds in the central Texas area? What will be the cost? I have found a few nurseries who sell 4 inch pots, but that is very costly for the size of area I want to ...
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Source for Texas Star plant from Bastrop LA
June 10, 2010 - Please tell me where I can get a Texas Star plant?
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Plant identification sources for Southern California
February 21, 2010 - I hike the trails here in Ramona a lot. I want to be able to identify the wildflowers as they bloom. They are beginning to bloom and I am afraid another year will come and go and I won't know the nam...
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Source for Abutilon fruticosum (Indian mallow) seeds
September 24, 2011 - Do you know anyone who has Abutilon Fruticosum (Indian Mallow) seeds for sale? I would love to grow the Indian Mallow, but can't locate a source. Thanks!
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Trying to find a plant called sheepshire
May 17, 2010 - Hey there Mr. Smarty Plants, just one question. As a child in east Tennessee, we picked plants called sheepshire that looked like small clover leafs and had small yellow blooms.
One could chew these...
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