Garden vagabonds

摘要

With these self-sowers, what you lose in control you gain in adventure. Some plants in my garden just won't stay put. No matter where I set them, they turn up the next season yards away, growing happily in a location they've picked all by themselves.These stubborn garden nomads are too valuable and well mannered to be weeds, t think of them as vagabond plants. I'm not talking about aggressive runners like loosestrife or bishop's weed. Most of my vagabond plants are politely selfsowing perennials and annuals that pose no threat to their more sedentary neighbors. While I'm usually deliberate in my planting designs, I've found that gardening with vagabond plants adds a welcome element of surprise to my plantings.