This page is where you, our customers and friends can share your experiences with native plants. If you have a question perhaps someone has just the answer you are looking for. You can send in your experiences or ask a question and we will post it here. Any one can send in an answer to a question or perhaps bring up a problem they are having. This page will be a place to interact with folks that share the same passion for the wonderful world of native plants. Howard and the staff will drop in from time to time to share a solution or answer a question. However this is a place that's all about you - where you can help and share with each other.
Hi
folks, we are very excited about creating a new book filled with
childhood memories of learning about a plant or plants! We have
compiled
comments from the Iowa Native Plant Society members and those will be
included in our book but before we complete it, we thought we would open
the
door to include comments from you if you care to be included in the
book.
By creating this book and offering it through our web site, we hope to
generate more interest in the plant world and at the same time
contribute
25% of any net proceeds to the Iowa Native Plant Society.
Now let me give you an example of what I am talking about. As a very
young
boy growing up in the foothills of the Appalachian Mtns. in Tenn., I was
very much intrigued by all the plants around me. I wanted a slingshot
in
the worst way so I asked my Dad if he would make me one. As I watched
him
cut a limb from a huge tree with big leaves and many white blooms my
excitement soared. He debarked the forked branch and trimmed it to fit
my
hand and then scored the upper part of the forks to attach the two
strands
of rubber inner tube which was left over from a Goodyear Double Eagle
tire.
He stained and varnished this master piece and handed it to me the next
day
as he said, "son be careful with that thing". From then on, I never
forgot
the name of that tree that brought so much fun into my life, the
Catalpa.
Won't you please consider sharing your story with us and join us in
contributing to this fun and worthy venture? By participating, we
assume we
will have your permission to publish your comments and give you full
credit..
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Howard Bright, President
Ion Exchange, Inc.
http://www.ionxchange.com
800-291-2143
“Helping you create your own natural beauty”
The Dangers Of Wild Parsnip
This plant can be four to five feet tall. The Flowers are light yellow.
We are looking for a green dragon (Arisaema dracontium) to photograph.
Ours did not come up this year. Does anyone have a location in eastern Iowa they would be willing to share? Many thanks. Linda & Robert Cedar Rapids
I too noticed that my Green Dragons were slow coming up this year. I went out today and took these photos. This is May 26th, Memorial Day. Should be a time easily remembered by everyone to visit the Green Dragons.
Thanks,
Howard Bright, President
Ion Exchange, Inc.
800-291-2143
³Helping you create your own natural beauty
Hi everyone. Just wanted to share a bit of my day with you. Click HERE
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Howard Bright, President
Ion Exchange, Inc.
800-291-2143
³Helping you create your own natural beauty²
