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Aug 11, 2014 8:24 PM CST
Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)
Region: Pacific Northwest Region: Mid-Atlantic Region: Maryland Butterflies Bee Lover Native Plants and Wildflowers
Echinacea Azaleas Forum moderator Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Sounds like you have the makings of a lovely garden, Kyla! What a nice variety of seeds! Hope that body of yours holds up, by dinkum, because we want to see the photos once it's all growing! Smiling

I think Rudbeckia hirta is a good example of a plant that resists our attempts to categorize it. I've seen it classified as a perennial, a self-seeding biennial, and an annual. I had 'Denver Daisy' in my garden last year and was pleased to see it sprouting again. Aha, I thought--it's definitely a perennial! Well, then it bloomed and imagine my surprise when it was 'Prairie Sun' -- one of 'Denver Daisy's' parent plants! So it had obviously reseeded and reverted to its parent plant. But if it had *looked* the same I would never have known that it wasn't the same plant re-emerging, but its offspring.
"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

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