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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 01:15 PM Mar 2021

Self seeding Volunteers

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.southernliving.com/home-garden/gardens/flowers-plant-themselves%3famp=true

Flowers That Plant Themselves
Sure, they're called annuals, but buy their seeds once, and you'll have blooms year after year.

Blooms That Come Back

bachelor's button (Centaurea cyanus)
clasping coneflower (Dracopis amplexicaulis)
coleus *
coreopsis
cosmos
crested cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
forget-me-not *
impatiens *
Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)
Indian paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa)
larkspur
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena)
money plant (Lunaria annua) *
opium and Shirley poppies
Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota carota)
spider flower (Cleome hasslerana)
sweet William
zinnia
* Will grow in shade
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Self seeding Volunteers (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2021 OP
Queen Anne's Lace Postal Grunt Mar 2021 #1
add ornamental hot peppers and cherry tomatoes to that list! NewHendoLib Mar 2021 #2

Postal Grunt

(214 posts)
1. Queen Anne's Lace
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 01:29 PM
Mar 2021

The Queen Anne's Lace that grows around the KC area is said to be sign that chiggers are back to bite us in all sorts of uncomfortable places.

NewHendoLib

(60,006 posts)
2. add ornamental hot peppers and cherry tomatoes to that list!
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 10:26 PM
Mar 2021

They tend to bear abundantly, so one can't harvest them all - whatever drops on the ground tends to return. Though, if they are a hybrid cherry tomato, it is as likely to be quite different from the variety you planted (half of the fun!)

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