I have rue seeds that I can trade for them.

Also looking for fragrant sumac seeds.

Hello Someone may yet answer , However , I might have some this fall ,

My tree in bloom


Might make some seeds this time ,

jimard8 said: Hello Someone may yet answer , However , I might have some this fall ,

My tree in bloom


Might make some seeds this time ,

That would be great Jim! I really appreciate it. I saw that it's a host plant for the Giant Swallowtail and I want to add more pollinator friendly plants in my garden.

I have Had one Giant Swallowtail I have seen this season , it appeared to be laying eggs on the tree . i see one once in a while ,

It grows here like a shrub tree mine is 8 ft tall or so ,only gets about 12 ft or so if I remember correctly , as to here ,

in the south they get as large as an orange tree eventually Hope you get the Swallowtails ,

Giant Swallowtail eggs .on my ash

Wow that's amazing that you were able to get a picture of the eggs. I've seen a few Tiger Swallowtails fluttering around my garden but I don't have a food source for the caterpillars yet. I have a couple of spots that would be perfect for one.

Hello Cameron , Some of these are looking like the end of June Some are being eaten , Many different rates of development ,




What other host plants are looking for ? if any ?
Last photo looks like a larvae rolled up in a seed bottom left center

jimard8 said:Hello Cameron , Some of these are looking like the end of June Some are being eaten , Many different rates of development ,




What other host plants are looking for ? if any ?
Last photo looks like a larvae rolled up in a seed bottom left center

Wow that's great. I can't believe they're developing so fast. I wish I could grow milkweed but I think the only type that does well in my area is the Antelope Horns milkweed. It's very drought tolerant and I see if growing in a couple of areas around town.

Cameron , it would seem Tuberosa would grow where you are ,
https://npsot.org/wp/story/201... Texas Native Milkweeds

I have things like Spicebush , Stinging Nettle , A few Milkweeds , Trees like Yellow Poplar , Black Cherry ,
Tithonia sunflower is food source bloom draw here , only Annual here , Perennial where you are
I was seeing what you liked , if you have room for Spicebush and such ..

and So was i Those wafer ash pods developed in like 4 days .. poof , plant magic ,

I wonder if the tuberosa will do well in clay soil? The spicebush sounds very interesting, I wonder if it would do well in Texas? I didn't know black cherry was a host plant? That's really neat.

The wafer ash seed pods are definitely like plant magic lol.

Tuberosa grows in clay here .

Mourning Cloak is Black Cherry,,
Azure ( Dogwood ,
Tiger or Eastern Yellow Swallowtail Yellow poplar

Says spicebush needs good soil , I don't know if that is true or not , and I don't know if the seeds are viable , But here they are developing Left side of photo


Mine is the Native not any cultivar , says it grows in Texas

I was also surprised to see their are 30 types of Milkweed that grow in Texas

Knowing that, gives me some confidence because I tried growing tuberosa a couple of times and I failed. Someone told me they needed sandy soil so I never tried growing them again after that. I think I've heard of the Mourning Cloak butterfly but I've never seen one in person. I wish I had room for a black cherry.

My soil is mainly limestone and clay. I have to add lots of amendments to make it somewhat decent. I didn't know Texas had that many milkweed plants. I used to grow a milkweed vine but it never returned for some reason?

A great many people fail at Tuberosa . My seeds are good but have low germination rates , A lot of gardeners can handle sprouting them and planting them I can't , One of mine is 3 or 4 years old , it only returned last week (well and a half ago )


Already setting blooms and by early September it will have set seeds and be gone
dormant , Makes patience and random germination very difficult

I tried sowing some seeds and I got pretty good germination but we had a couple of downpours in Summer and that rotted them. I was so upset because they were doing really well. It seems like a very temperamental plant.

Their looking good as to development I am hesitant to take them for a while

Butterfly weed orange ,


Butterfly weed yellow ,, Their both growing in wet clay


I am going to try a red and white one shortly

Hi ,,hope all is well

Hi Jim. I actually found some Wafer Ash seeds just the other day in another forum. Thanks for offering the ones on your tree. I may try butterfly weed again because I'd love to feed the monarchs. I didn't know there was a red and white butterfly weed?