Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
That’s the thing about self-seeding plants – you can’t rely on them to self-seed themselves where you want them to. But they are pretty much guaranteed to settle themselves into precisely the wrong spot, such as the lovely clear edge where bed meets lawn. You can’t blame them – this is probably the most conscientiously weeded part of the entire garden, that 10cm deep stretch of nothing between this and that, no competition other than the occasional flamboyantly flopping perennial. If you can get in, get your seed coat open, your root out, and settle in over the few weeks while the gardener’s distracted – by autumn leaves, for example – why not make the most of it? Verbena bonariensis is a regular offender here – foxgloves too. They’ll even have a go at settling in among some low edging plants, erigeron perhaps, or a small persicaria. Most (well, probably all) get gently relocated to a more appropriate postion, to the accompaniment of gentle grumblings and half-hearted admonitions.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
