I got permission from the writer of the e-mail, below, to repost this. Her concern about the ethics of replanting a cultivated native plant back into a natural area contrasts starkly with the complete lack of comparable ethical concern on the part of corporations like Monsanto and DuPont/Pioneer Hi-Bred as they genetically engineer plants to contain genes from completely unrelated species and then release those plants into the environment. Tom ------------------------------------------------------------- Subj: [iowa-native-plants] Green Dragon Date: 02-10-22 21:53:43 EDT From: [log in to unmask] (nancy) Sender: [log in to unmask] Reply-to: [log in to unmask] (nancy) To: [log in to unmask] About the Green Dragon. I have found it growing in a wooded area (Hickory Hill Park) near Iowa City, in a hickory oak grove. very loose soil, high canopy. I rescued a plant from the bulldozer a few years ago, and saved the fruits in the frig in a plastic bag. I soaked the seeds and squeezed them out of the pulp, planted the plump ones in seed starting soil and almost all germinated. I repotted them to peat pots, and set them in the garden, protected with a chicken wire cover. I did the same for Jack in the pulpit and practically every seed germinated, and all plants survived repotting, and grew very well in a protected bed. These plants are all three years old now, and if any one wants any, let me know in the spring. I don't have any place to replant them to, so I would be glad to give them away. Are they still considered "wild" if they have been in my garden for a few years, half a mile from their origins? Would it be ethical if I replanted a few back in the park? Nancy A. Fink - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]