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Helen, I sent seeds of G. viscosissimum to the exchange, so you may be able to get some then if you want. (Unfortunately, I didn't keep any aside or I would send them.) It's a very nice garden plant. My G. richardsonii have not yet been very impressive (would prefer more woodland-ish conditions, maybe), but there is certainly the potential... Yeo's book has a photo of it, so that speaks well of it.We also have G. erianthum and G. carolinianum, both native. If "bluets" are Houstonia(??), then they aren't native to the prairies or mountains here. Sisyrinchium montanum is one of those plants that really takes to "captivity"... the ones in my yard are vastly better (very bushy, full plants; hundreds of flowers) than any I've seen in nature. I agree with Cohan - a delightful plant! Our native white one, S. septentrionale, is a pretty spindly little thing in the garden, as well as in the wild.
Cohan, you certainly have captured picturesque moments around your home - the hoar frost shots are quite exceptional, I love them, like frosty candy floss