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We have a River Birch (Betula nigra) on the property and every year in the spring it showers down lots of seeds. Some end up sprouting in all my flower boxes so when I begin cleaning up in the autumn, I transplant as many as I can. Most go to my daughter, who is a Botany professor at a Pennsylvania university. There they are brought along in a greenhouse and planted out for a variety of projects. Have 32 potted up so far. More to come.
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@richrollgardener @gardening. The river birch are a lovely tree. Thank you and your daughter for planting more.
@Pollinators I have a paper bark maple (acer griseum) that does the same thing. I pot them for the local garden club sale
@deepmud. The garden club sale is good.
@Pollinators it *is* good, but lots of invasives turn up and I have the unpleasant job of pointing them out. 
. Invasives grow well enough that they turn up a lot
But it is a good public service in that regular folks can buy plants at reasonable prices. And it funds our speakers.
@deepmud. It is good to identify the plants. The garden club shouldn’t sell poison ivy, for example.
@Pollinators lol. We don't have poison ivy here, lol. But we do have knotweed, and a bunch of garden creepers that do entirely too well.
If I were going to play devils advocate, I'd say that poison ivy is at least a native. 
. Although I'm super allergic to the stuff.
@deepmud. Is the garden club talking about continuously warmer growing zones because of climate change? The plants are going to see warmer seasons.
@Pollinators yes, they are, although most of the members are in their 80s. (Gardeners seem to live a long time, especially if they avoid chemicals).
But last winter was a very cold one. We got to ten degrees F. So, were having warmer weather in summer which is bad because it doesn't rain in the summer, much.
So, the weather is just wacko and unstable. 
@deepmud. Yes. Yes it is.