Re: was airhead now Mystery plant

I had a mystery plant.  It started growing in the front of my border and I
liked the color of the foliage so I let it go.  I assumed it was a weed,
but I figured I would wait and find out.  Well it turned out to be papaver
somniferum.  I love it.  I don't love it in the front of my flower border,
but we can't always pick these things.  Is it common to have these things
show up from out of nowhere?  I haven't seen any others in the area.

Christa Ramey
Zone 7
Maggie Valley, NC
-----Original Message-----
From: jaime <jknoble@warwick.net>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 1:11 AM
Subject: Re: airhead


Amy Newkirk wrote:

> I have seedlings in my garden that I still don't know what they are.

That probably won't end, either.  I had 4 plants appear
magically in my perennial garden this spring.  I have absolutely
no idea where they came from (no one else in the neighborhood is
growing them). I know what one is.  I have tentatively
identified 2 others.  I am guessing on the fourth.  I thought it
was a really interesting looking thistle, so I let it go as I do
with many weeds.  It was 5' tall before it dawned on me that it
is an Acanthus and is about to run right over a fairly large
corner of the garden.

> Oh well, I figure there are no failures in gardening, only experiments.
> Really, I think that's what makes it fun.

Absolutely!

Jaime, who is waiting patiently to see the true leaves appear so
she can identify what is in that one flat.  :)
jknoble@warwick.net
NW NJ, zone 6/5
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