Re: Self-seeding perennials

Hmm....well, half my garden, I think; not such a short list - zone 7
MD

Pulmonaria 'Mrs. Moon'
Assorted narcissus
Assorted minor bulbs - Scilla campanulata (AKA hispanica, AKA
Endymion) covers vast tracts now
Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit)
Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple)
Mertensia virginica (VA bluebells)
Corydalis spp.
Lamiastrum (now, I understand, Lamium) Galeobdolon (yellow archangel)
as well as 'Herman's Pride' (slightly)
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's breeches)
Dicentra spectabilis (bleeding heart - white and pink)
Aquilegia spp (columbine) - all mongrels now, but a few of the wild
A. canadensis still look right
Digitalis purpurea (actually a biennial; short-lived perennial)
Lychnis coronaria 'Alba'
Euphorbia spp.
Brunnera macrophylla (Siberian bugloss)
Hesperis matronalis (dames rocket - sometimes classed as a biennial)
Geranium spp.
Aruncus dioicus (goatsbeard)
Miscanthus gracillimus
Aster ericoides and lateriflorus (now interbred something fierce)
plus native asters not ID'd.
Pennisetum (fountain grass) 'Moudrey' and species
Calamintha grandiflora
Eupatorium 'Gateway' (joe-pye-weed)
Verbascum (Lord knows what it was originally - yellow flowers)
Astilbe, primarily 'chinensis 'Pumila' and taquetii 'Superba'
Allium spp ( if I don't get them deadheaded right away)
Lobelia cardinalis and siphilitica
Symphytum grandiflorum 
Hellebore x hybridus (nee orientalis) and foetidus 'Wester Flisk'
strain
Campanula latifolia
Sedum spectabile and acre
Hosta spp.
Impatiens (summer "annual", actually tender perennial)
Stylophorum diphyllum (wood poppy, celandine poppy)
Ajuga reptans
Liriope, both muscari and spicata
Solidago spp (goldenrod)
Mazus reptans
Alchemilla mollis (lady's mantle)
Phlox with no name...pink, tall
Sisyrinchium angustifolium (blue-eyed grass)
Tellima grandiflora (false alum root or fringe cups)
Primula japonica spp.
Stachys byzantina (lamb's ears)
Thalictrum glaucum (T. flavum speciosum, T. speciosissimum)
Malva somebody or other
Nicotiana sylvestris 
Hemerocallis fulva
Tovara filiformis 'Painter's Palette'
Melissa officinalis (lemon-balm)

And, of course, a zillion weeds like wild violets, ground ivy (AKA
creeping Charlie), Duchesnea indica (barren strawberry), pokeberry,
garlic mustard and dandelions that I will *never* be rid of...

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Lowery@teamzeon.com
> Date: Friday, May 12, 2000 12:06 PM
> 
> 
> I wonder if it would be worthwhile for everyone to give a short
list of
> what reseeds for them and in what growing zone they are in.  This
reseeding
> question comes up periodically and it would be interesting to see
what will
> or won't around the world.  It would be a nice little resource to
have in
> the archives in case anyone is interested in what to expect for
their zone.
> 
> Any takers to start us off?
> 
> My short list of perennials/biennials:
> *Note:  some of these also spread by other means
> 
> malva alcea 'Fastigiata'
> achillea hybrids
> centranthus ruber (valerian)
> nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
> echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
> rudbeckia (different varieties)
> hollyhocks
> feverfew
> different varieties of garden phlox (although I'm sure if it is
seed or
> runners...)
> verbena (different varieties)
> 
> Val in KY
> zone 6a
> 
>
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