There are wild plants growing out front that shoot seeds 24" in any direction when you touch them.

[Throd]

It's fun to watch them explode but it just makes the problem worse.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Touch-me-not! Also known as jewelweed.

They grow in swampy areas - when I was a kid we'd find them and set them off. Great fun.

[Adsos Letter]

2. Japanese Wisteria in my front yard.

You don't want to be in the line of fire when one of those seedpods pop.

[NV Whino]

3. I have some flowers that belong to the impatiens family

Pretty flowers that flutter like butterflies. They produce a seedpod that looks like a teeny, tiny penis. And yep, they ejaculate at a touch.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Jewelweed, aka Impatiens capensis.

[NV Whino]

6. That's them

Although I have never seen them in yellow. Mine are magenta and white.

[NV Whino]

11. Here's a photo of mine.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. That's a relative, Impatiens glandulifera.

It's a non-native species. http://www.eddmaps.org/ipane/ipanespecies/herbs/Impatiens_glandulifera.htm It's considered invasive, so you might want to pull it up.

[NV Whino]

13. No way. It's one of the few things that grows in my shady yard.

And if you want to get rid of it, I'll send you the painters who trampled it to death a few years ago. It's still trying to make a comeback.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. It *will* make a comeback!

It is difficult to grow things in the shade. You could also try Jacob's Ladder or Solomon's Seal.

[NV Whino]

15. I go with ferns, begonias and fuchsias

And my little invasive impatiens. The hummers like them.

[clarice]

8. I was wondering why they came early this year. nt

[NV Whino]

10. Oy

[Nac Mac Feegle]

4. Count your blessings

Around here we have jumping cholla. Not just seeds, golf ball size sections covered with needle sharp spines. With barbs.

[Dont call me Shirley]

9. Pretty fuschia colored flowers though. Don't want to get entangled with one of those, yikes!

[hunter]

18. I've had some awful bloody awful encounters with those.

For those who haven't, a non-bloody video:

There are plenty of bloody youtube videos for the non-squeamish.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. If it's jewelweed, you might find it handy to know ...

that the sap from the stems is used for treating poison ivy & oak, and reputedly athlete's foot as well, though it's not clear if the effect is anything but palliative:

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=IMCA

http://naturaldatabase.therapeuticresearch.com/nd/PrintVersion.aspx?id=533&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

[Joe Shlabotnik]

16. Just whatever you do,

Don't tuch the but.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. A DU classic!

[Peace_maker]

19. Himalayan Orchids

Himalayan Orchids