Hi, Northern neighbor! You can drop by here anytime! I want to add that you can also give some seeds needing cold stratification a try, since you'll probably have a few more weeks of cold nights. It just depends on how long a cold period the seeds need-many just need a few weeks. You can look up each seed's temperature needs in the Tom Clothier germination database. This info is more about what greenhouse growers do to get seeds to sprout, but it often shows a low temperature range and a number of weeks, which I think is a good guideline for what the seed needs from wintersowing. Oh, and we still call it Wintersowing until the start of May, since the weather can still be wintry for many of us! Best of luck to you

Crazy Gardener: I was not able to locate a forum with the exact name you quoted. The Seed Exchange site is by default, American, and we cannot post there because we are not allowed to trade with them because of postal regulations. Similarly, we cannnot post on the Native Seed site because that also is, by default, American. If you click on the section called 'Canadian Forums' you will find a 'Canadian Garden Exchange'in which there are all Canadian postings. That's where I got some seeds last winter. Hope this helps. Northerner.

In case you are interested, living in that western area of Ontario, the very new newsletter of the American Hosta Society states : Rick Goodenough, Vice President - Member Services : The American Hosta Society welcomes two new hosta clubs : one is well underway - the South Western Ontario Hosta Society has an already well-developed website - SWOHS - and its membership is launching numerous events. Welcome SWOHS! The second is brand new and still in the planning stages in the Grand Ledge/Lansing, MI area. Bernd

I am not one of the two people mentioned in the above post but I too would like to have access to a Canadian Native Plant forum , most especially to have access to individuals that are knowledgeable and can identify native plants for me . I have quite a number of gardens but would like to add some that are only of native plants. To facilitate this , I would like to be able to have access to information that is pertinent to my Canadian native plant gardens. The opportunity to discuss pros and cons of certain plants , diseases pertinent to these plants and of course enviromental requirements would be of great value to a large number of Canadians and would only serve to make this site even more valuable to us . Thanks Heather Brown aka Signet on GW S.W.Ontario Canada