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From: Dallas, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Seed and Plant Sources
Title: Source of wildflower seeds indigenous to Dallas area
Answered by: Stephen Brueggerhoff
Sources for information on federally protected plants
May 20, 2010 - There are plans to build an apartment complex on a beautiful parcel of land on Union Rd. in West Seneca, New York. Formerly this land was the home of Houghton College. I am wondering if ther...
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Looking for a source of bracken fern seed.
July 27, 2009 - I`m looking to buy "bracken fern"seed. Or can it be transplanted from the wild?
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Source for Bamboo muhly from Houston
June 06, 2011 - Hello. Do you know a source in Texas for Bamboo Muhly? Thanks in advance for your help.
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Source of Datil Yucca for Anchorage, AK
September 24, 2005 - Mr Smarty Plants,
I want to buy a Datil Yucca Plant. I live in Anchorage Alaska. Can you tell me where I might be able to purchase one?
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Source for dotted blue-eyed grass from Saluda SC
February 23, 2013 - I lived in Texas for several years and now live on acreage in South Carolina. I have heard that bluebonnets don't grow well in South Carolina. However, there is a place by the road near our house t...
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