The plants of Manfreda virginica growing in my garden come from NARGS seed exchange (ex: wild collected, W. Madison Co., AR). Yesterday I got an early Christmas present of seeds from plants growing at a local nursery which are themselves from one of the only wild populations here in Ohio in Adams County. (I posted several photos of these plants to the wiki a few months ago.) Anyway, I am really happy to have the local material now. I noticed that my Arkansas plant foliage has already turned to mush from the winter weather. The Ohio plants were still in relatively good shape, showing little winter damage. Also, one of the plants at the nursery apparently tried to bloom in fall rather than at the normal time in spring. Is this normal behavior? The bloom stalk was 4 feet tall and filled with frozen (and wilted) flowers. Quite pretty, actually! :-) Dennis in Cincy