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["Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl AT simonstl.com>]

On 8/11/10 8:38 PM, Stephanie Colombo wrote:
> It might be worth checking out other varieties of impatiens. Jewelweed
> is a common native plant of the upstate ny region and its essential oil
> is amazing as a remedy for poison ivy.

I have Touch-Me-Nots, which I'm pretty sure are Jewelweed.  The road 
area is one of the few places they haven't tried to colonize, but I can 
certainly encourage them to try.  They're also nicely easy to pull if 
they get out of control.  (I fell backwards when I blindly grabbed to 
pull what I thought was a goldenrod but turned out to be a Touch-Me-Not.)

> The Himalayan Balsam
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_Balsam> , though not native, is
> beautiful and is one of the remedies of Bach's flower remedies
> <http://www.bachflower.com/> for those of a high strung nature.

Exploding seed pods are always fun, and might give some extra pedestrian 
interest.

Thanks!

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Simon St.Laurent
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