Annuals: Touch-me-nots? Jewelweed? Native Impatiens?, 0 by andycdn

andycdn wrote:
Jewelweed grows wild at our cottage in Eastern Ontario, along the edges of the lake and in behind in our wetland areas. It's a very fleshy and fast growing plant and produces oodles of seed, which I never thought of collecting because it comes back so easily every year. It's a little later than most plants, starting to bloom in mid- to late July.

It even grows in crevices among the rocks at the edge of the shore, shown in this old photo of my vegetable garden. Here, whatever soil there is is sandy and their roots are lapped by the waves, exposed. Tough little guys! I can't see in the photo if there are any visible, but I expect not, because the peas in the garden are still there and the pole beans at the back aren't up yet, so this is probably June.