Thanks. Woodlanders is a wonder. I've visited their gardens and their
web site. You can spend hours walking their gardens. However they
have no Smooth Purple Cornflowers. Someone on the web is offering to
sell the "rootstock" of a hybrid - whatever that means.

After further research on the web. I'm pessimistic about being able to
get the "real thing."

It seems that the powers that be are worried about genetic integrity if
they lose control. And yet the Echinacea sp. hybridize amongst
themselves and the three populations of E. laevigata at SRS already
show considerable genetic variation ( see "Ecology and Management of a
Forested Landscape" edited by Kilgo and Blade) So it seems as
regulations are in force to preserve something that doesn't exist.
What am I missing?


Philip Wright wrote:
Sorry, I forgot to include the URL. It is
http://www.woodlanders.net.

-Philip

Philip Wright wrote:
There is a great source for native and endangered plants
in Aiken, S.C. It is called Woodlanders and I believe
they finally got their website up and running.

-Philip

Raphanus wrote:
How hard is it for an individual to legally obtain seeds and/or
cuttings of an endangered species? Specifically I'm thinking of
Echinacea laevigata (Smooth Purple Coneflower). My purpose would be to
try to grow it. It is native to South Carolina (where I live) and
there are native populations on DOE's Savannah River Site a few miles
away. I would think that "enthusiatic amateurs" would be encouraged to
help grow new populations but maybe I missing something. I would
document my efforts. Thanks.