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self-sowing flowers

Flowers That Plant Themselves

Many annuals and perennials drop their seeds after they bloom, then those seeds grow and flower the following season, creating unexpected, intriguing new partnerships with other plants in the garden. These self-seeding flowers are also useful because they sprout up and fill open areas of the landscape that would otherwise be prone to colonization by weeds. And, because self-seeders emerge where conditions suit them best, they perform as well, or better, than painstakingly nurtured plants.

I'm thinking about gardening as a radical political act.

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I should take a picture of my lavender patch. I planted 3 lowly little seedlings there 3 years ago, and they've taken over the ground under my bedroom window like they KNOW I need them there.

It's awesome.

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