Re: Good plants gone amuck

Well, I have never been able to get Verbena bonariensis OR Knautia
macedonica to last more than a nano second in my garden, but for
covering the ground with seedlings, Aster lateriflorus and Cleome are
hard to beat...pull them by the cart loads each year:-)

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Lynda Young <lyoung@grindertaber.com>
> 
> I love Verbena bonariensis and have it planted in several beds.  It
has
> always self-seeded around a bit which is fine with me.  However, in
one
> bed this spring we had literally hundreds and hundreds of seedlings
> popping up - the bed was completely carpeted with them.  We filled
two
> pickle buckets with the seedlings that we pulled out.  I've had
lots of
> plants that seeded a little too freely, but have never seen
anything
> like this.  Conditions in that bed must have been absolutely
perfect for
> them.  
>  
> Anyone else ever experienced that with this verbena?  I may be
doing
> this every spring from now on, but the plant stays in my garden.
> Couldn't bear to be without it.
> 
>
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