Self-seeding plants - easy, free and enchanting to look at...

[@katrinaelle7774]

Alexandra, watching your videos, especially the ones where you show us your garden, fills me with such joy. I do so love how your garden is allowed to grow as it will, without descending into chaos!

[@muminakowalski8799]

Great info! Lovely garden and commentary. Thank you!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@ruralangwin]

Me too! Just wonderful!

[@topaz3468]

"They are really considerate regarding how they place themselves." All said with a straight face 😊. You are a treasure Alexandra! Thanks for another interesting video!!!

[@LouciferFlump]

Made me laugh! ☺️

[@thegreenwoodelf8014]

Also made me chuckle 😅 .... like Alex's throw away, "flowering its socks off", comment, she catches you off guard in amongst all the incredible information 🙏🏻 ...love this channel ... thank you Alex

[@LouciferFlump]

@@thegreenwoodelf8014 she’s got a classy sense of humour.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you so much!

[@johntan4718]

Without a doubt one of the best gardening channels around. ❤

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@nekovero93]

True.

[@maddyhurricks5122]

Yes!

[@jennifersauer3257]

Hollyhocks! Fantastic self seeding plant. ❤️ Thanks for your lovely long list, Alexandra!

[@sc3pt1c4L]

Your best video yet in my opinion. Beautiful framing, great close ups of the plants. Excellent advice and you revealed the name of the plant I have wanted in my garden since I saw it growing in a crack in a pavement on a long journey, but have not seen in garden centres and could not find by describing it online. No way I would consider the purple toadflax a weed. Brilliant to include shortcuts to each plant as well. Thank you, much appreciated!

[@jobeejay8201]

Agree with Eve said here! Perfect video today, thank you

[@penelopehammerton2907]

How beautiful your garden looks. Loose and colourful. I'm sure you know this already, but the flowers of Borage look wonderful in ice cubes and served with summer drinks look so attractive.

[@astridpedneault6654]

Revolutionary! Learning to release some control, look at what nature says and wants to do, and letting it happen rather than fighting it. How fantastic and beautiful!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@juliashearer7842]

Your border looks gorgeous.

[@ludmilabevan3283]

Thank you Alexandra for this lovely video! After redesigning the garden in our new house I have noticed new plants started appearing. They turned out to be self seeders. Since I have never seen them before I took a risk to keep them and did not regret that decision. They are Gilia leptantha and Limnanthes douglasii. They create lovely spring - early summer carpet following forget - me - not and night scented stock, create visual interest before other plants have appeared or fill the gaps between early perennials and shrubs. The weeds hardly grow under this protective cover and bees love them all. I also have lots of alyssum, poppies, ox-eye daisies, Foxgloves and Nigella. All of them spread freely in my garden. Verbenas officinalis and bonariensis also Eryngium come to bloom later in a season. I have noticed that Thalictrum delavayi started to self - seed. The beauty of self-seeders is that they create the mass of bloom, reduce the amount of weeds in a garden yet are very easy to remove where they are not welcome or when they have passed their best. Wish Cornflowers were more self - seeding.

[@ChristopherDraws]

I had a plant self-seed into my 4th storey balcony pots, and it is Phacelia tanacetifolia. The flower structure is so peculiar: it begins as a globe, but then the globe splits into multiple arms that unfurl like a fern frond, and blue-purple flowers (with super long stamens) open successively along the length of each arm. It's originally from the southern US states and Mexico, and apparently is grown over here in the UK as a green manure (there are several local-ish allotments, so I presume that's how it found its way up to my balcony). It is such an unusual and "alien" flower structure, I love it! The only downside is that the stems and leaves are covered in hairs that can cause irritation for some people, so probably not good for a location where people will brush up against it.

[@emkn1479]

Aren’t they incredible? I love them too, as do the bees!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

one of my absolute favourites.

[@donaldauguston9740]

Alexandra, you outdid yourself on this video. So full of useful information and such a marvelous delivery. I always enjoy your videos. Thank you!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you so much!

[@sarahmarti141]

I’m in Los Angeles zone 10 and almost nothing self seeds. Not my columbine, not my Rose Campion, and not my foxgloves. Bummer! I adore my rose camping and I’m so glad you have it in your garden. None of the other Garden channels so I watch seem to have it. I look forward to it every year.

[@pansepot1490]

I am in northern Italy (zone 9 circa) and in my experience plants like columbine and foxgloves need cool wet summer to self seed. However annuals that have a cool season cycle (germinate in autumn, take advantage of cool seasons rain and flower in spring) like poppies (red poppies, opium poppies, California poppies), calendula and nigella self seed abundantly. I also have verbena bonariensis (was given a plant as gift a few years ago and now it pops up everywhere) and a ricinus (castor oil plant) with big red palmated leaves, and in more shady spots viola odorata and iris foetida. Imo a big factor for having a lot of self seeders is to be a bit sloppy. If you are a very neat, tidy and diligent gardener always on top of dead heading, weeding and heavy mulching everywhere there’s no much occasion for self seeders to grow. I have volunteers popping up everywhere, even trees and shrubs from seeds brought by birds. 😅

[@kayweaver983]

Self-seeders for us don't tend to do as well because of our dry heat and we tend to "over love" our plants and gardens. Self seeders in our area tend to drop their seeds much earlier in the year than they should and the seeds either get eaten or die shortly after sprouting due to the heat. I combat this by keeping a close eye on my seeders and when I notice some empty pods (like my borage, for example), I will give a healthy watering around the area and the lightest mulching to help retain some of that water. I'll add mulch slowly as the plant grows. When I go to weed, I will not pull anything if I'm not 100% certain of what it is just in case it's from one of my seeders. I have racoons, cats and birds that like to trample my sprouts or eat my seeds so I stick some wooden cabob skewers pointy side up throughout the areas I don't want harmed. I'm proud to say that, after doing these 3 things, I have been able to successfully have my garden self seed successfully and in abundance for over 2 years. 😁

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

An interesting debate about self seeders in hotter climates and dry heat. We are, for Britain, relatively hot and dry (relatively being the operative word) but this cool, wet spring has really encouraged the self-seeders in this garden.

[@lelurve]

Same from LA! Commenting just in case someone comes up with self seeding flowers in our area.

[@ruralangwin]

Try Nigella. Plant just before first rain. Barely scratch into soil.

[@HBomb1983]

I absolutely love toadflax, I think it’s a great addition for free! My verbena bonariensis spreads like wildfire 🤪🤪 and my Mexican fleebane (Erigeron) 🙌🏻🌿

[@DownButNotOutYet]

Good morning Alexandra, what a pleasure to listen to your garden advice and what works for you with the self-seeding. I find it such a bonus when I discover a new plant in the garden, then the choice is mine, do I wish to keep it, grow it for fun and see what happens. I am sure we should also be careful re invasive plants. I think the list has become quite long by now. I also can't understand the fuss some people make, just keep quiet and remove them. The colour pallet is so lovely, a welcome sight. I am now deciding no more delicate gardening for me, just a little for colour and maybe fragrance. I am wanting a fuss free garden, and that is not difficult to achieve. Just take an extra minute or so, walk around the garden centres, sections see what is available and start deciding what you wish to do. Love the lawn daisies, so ordinary yet so beautiful. My Mexican daisies change from the vibrant pink to a pale pink flower, still lovely to enjoy. We are now right in the middle of our winter season, and the orange and yellow daisies I planted, not one sprouted, my son said the seeds were old! What a disappointment. Well it is my garden I might grow some out of season, just for that beautiful orange colour. These are self-seeding hence they grow like wild fires in the Karoo area. They have hardly any competition as well. Thank you for your lovely garden talk, so much to remember and put to the test. Have a wonderful weekend. Many blessings. Kind regards, Elize.

[@maryanna6302]

Thank goodness for self seeders, they provide most of the flowers and color in my garden. Thanks for the useful tips!

[@LizZorab]

Really enjoyed this video Alexandra, the gladioli look beautiful!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Ah, thank you! I feel that this is their garden, not mine, because they've clearly been here for so long. Hope you're well!

[@emilygrant9606]

Love this topic! I am one of those diligent weeders but I’ve learned to recognize what all the tiny seedlings look like. The big self-seeders in my garden are nigella, cosmos, bachelor buttons, echinacea and native agastache. This year the columbines and poppies have taken off, and I’ve also noticed several liatris seedlings this spring! Grateful for self-seeders that allow us to share plants!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

How wonderful to have cosmos and agastache self-seeding. My cosmos don't come back and the agastache don't last the winter.

[@cerridwencottagediary9194]

Your garden is looking stunning. In my cottage garden I let everything self seed as it gives a very natural look which suits my old stone cottage

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@mauracurran3270]

Alexandra, You nailed it again, brilliant video, no excuse for dull garden. So well explained. Thank you

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@cookiemonster6401]

Thank you for sharing the temperature these are good to. I live in cold Canada. Last winter we had-40 temperatures. I like the idea of plants that can continue to grow and thrive without much worry.

[@suetulloch2138]

Yes definitely love self seeders, and your garden looks stunning 💚

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@agbobier2657]

That's exactly how I garden. I love the loose tapestry of form and colour.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@frankscales7295]

And i will have some peace there for peace comes dropping slow dropping from the vail of the morning to where to where the cricket sings, Yeats, Alexandra TY for shareing your garden with us.

[@UpstateGrammy]

I am enjoying the alliums that I planted last fall and am thrilled to hear that they may self-seed. My nigella and my bachelor's buttons from last year surprised me by self-seeding. Thank you for this informative video! 🦋🦋🦋

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@jeansandhoodiegardengal2975]

Excellent plant choices!!!! Your purple/blue area looks stunning!!!

[@Penny-z9b]

Love this. I have self seeding foxgloves along my front bank. It’s a delight to do the washing up looking out now. My Grandmother always used to say that any plant is a weed if growing in the wrong place.

[@svetlanapil8089]

I caught myself at the urge to save all of your videos. We live in high altitude with pretty cold winters and your diligence about marking the hardiness of the plants gives me a lot of hope eventually to get the garden I dream of.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you! Since I've started doing that, I've been amazed at how many quite hardy plants there - several in this video are fine for Zones 2 and 3 in the US.

[@svetlanapil8089]

@TheMiddlesizedGarden, thank you for all of your hard work!

[@anneas8532]

Yet another delightful informative video. Your perspective and knowledge opens up an approach to what some of us regard as nuisance plants. I shall be much more tolerant towards what I had regarded as uninvited invaders. ❤

[@gryl7471]

Borage flowers taste good, as well.

[@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica]

Seed seeding plants are very reliable and beautiful.

[@joannc147]

I always enjoy your videos - and THIS - is by far the most charming! I am enthralled to view how your garden simply takes care of itself, ❤ Here in North Carolina, US, there are far too many aggressive weeds (Bermuda grass, crabgrass, goldenrod, dog fennel, etc.) and it is a constant battle against them. I am just learning about these self-seeders and I think these may offer many solutions. Rose Campion & hellebores spread happily and my zinnias return each year. Thank you for giving me more ideas. I’ve got borage and nasturtium planted with hopes of encore performances.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you - and I find that having lots of aggressive ones means that at least they slug it out between them. I envy you the zinnias, mine have never returned.

[@marie-claudereynaud4626]

Thanks a lot for your once again brilliant and beautiful video! 🙏✨️👏

[@Africanflowerguy]

Watching from kenya. You teach me a lot. Be blessed Alexandra.

[@sarahdotcom]

This is my third summer in my garden. I've tried not to do too much to it apart from fill some gaps where the snow killed some shrubs. There is an acquilegia that I hope spreads some more, though it is currently being outcompeted by some love-in-a-mist which I absolutely love as it lasts for so long. I did plant some alliums so hopefully with patience I'll have more. And some Erigeron is in its second summer and doing well. And forget-me-nots are spreading well!

[@philipbrooker8388]

Another wonderful video. I would love to hear more about the artist that lived in your house, examples of their work or photos..

[@bellamywoodside5342]

Alexandra - so have enjoyed your channel since finding it last fall. I really appreciate how you always seem to be learning and encouraging us to do our research, esp with invasives! it seems like there's a broad social consciousness rising about how we garden for ourselves, communities, and planet. love this list and will certainly be getting some seed packets! hello from USA zone 5b (: thank you for all your delightful videos.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you so much!

[@tara5742]

I would love considerate Foxgloves 😁 I think I’ll try them

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

;)

[@theresabisson1040]

Such a useful and enjoyable video as usual thank you Alexandra. Great timing too as a gardening customer of mine needs to refil a border cheaply and this has reminded me of some lovely, economical options.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@janetmorgan8413]

Really lovely and so informative, Alexandra. Thank you!

[@Baltic200]

Love your informations. Thanks, Alexandra. Yes, some selfseeders are everywhere and love to spread themselves and others don't like my garden. Just so!

[@c.a.parker5036]

Very useful advice -- thank you!

[@B30pt87]

Ooh- I just discovered your channel. What a wealth of information! Also, your voice is delightful to listen to. Now I've subscribed, thank you very much!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you and welcome

[@Chanesmyname]

I left purple toadflax in a border and to me it looks wonderful. :)

[@jackiemadden4024]

Beautiful garden

[@kerriechallinor1489]

Your advice and knowledge has been at the forefront of my garden design in my new garden. I'm learning so much from your videos, thankyou x

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@hasi3342]

Uuhh thank so so much!! I love your garden and your videos! ❤

[@dorothylaplante7243]

Thank you so much for this information. Just the info I was seeking. Your a wealth of information as usual.

[@gaylegreen4304]

Just the best information! I look forward to your videos. Thank you.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@nicholasmarshall3191]

Wonderful to see you again!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you - I had a gap in doing videos due to various things but back now!

[@juliabinford6500]

You captured gorgeous images. I enjoy your garden so much!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you so much!

[@gardentours]

They are so gorgeous 🌸🌱🌼👍

[@heartofdixieprepping4797]

Beautiful self seeders! I’m planting flowers this year that will self seed in a meadow area that I’ve created. Right now I have some serious (native) invaders but are perfect for bees and butterflies especially the Gulf Fliteries . They are on the lower end of our property so I leave them. However a few have jumped the path so I’ve got to get them out. I cut the lot of them down in fall. They come back tripled the next spring I believe. lol all my perennials that I got last spring came back this year. After last year’s drought and heat wave I was concerned. All is good overall. Love your videos and invaluable insights that you share. 🌱🪴

[@soapstuff6212]

I really love these videos, i love seeing all of the plants ❤

[@clarecollins2547]

Your garden is really gorgeous!😍

[@cassella1970]

Hi Alexandra, Thank you for this wonderful, informative video! I have been following you for many years now. Your garden has always been lovely, but I think your garden has really taken off in the last 2 years. Partially this might be due to consciously letting nature making decisions on what she might prefer in certain aspects (as shown in this video), but also most certainly because you are so keen on learning from the best in the field. Again, thank you for taking the time to make these videos. You are certainly making a positive contribution to the gardening world.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you so much. I am beginning to feel more confident in my decisions (twenty years of reading books, interviewing experts and going to workshops and I still feel like a beginner gardener!). But it feels more like 'my garden' now - although I always think it's really the plants' garden and that they view me with amused tolerance.

[@jamaica5930]

Soo true about cerinthe… oh how I coveted thee… in 2018 was when I 1st saw one… one 4” pot for $4.95(US)… for an annual! My garden budget was non existent that year, but I got it, and it promptly died. Before setting seed😡! Well I researched & finally tracked down some seeds…. 3 different seed company pack later I finally got a couple to germinate, and the rest is history! They are now my most beautiful weed. & the lychnis… it was a polite self seeder in my more protected town garden, but when we moved out here, I almost lost her… but 6 years later, she’s found her niche. Same with the verbena b. 1st couple of years I only had one😳 new plant per season self seed, then 2, I grew a few from cuttings, and last year I finally got more than 5 self seeders. LOVE your videos!!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you, and how interesting that you've had a similar experience with Cerinthe. It is so beautiful

[@leilarhymeswithsheila1344]

Wonderful video, so much great information, thank you! I think I’m a busy gardener with moments of laziness, or perhaps the other way round 🤔

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

me too.

[@helennoakes3675]

I'm so glad to have found your channel.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Welcome!

[@user-zn6dp4kz2e]

Wonderful selection of self-seeders, thank you, Alexandra. I love how considerate foxgloves are in placing themselves just where they work with the colour palette! :) Beautiful glimpses into your garden too.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@catacombcatholic5571]

Fabulous! Thank you, Alexandra!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@katiewilliams6591]

As ever Alexandra, I love this particular blog, so helpful and reassuring. I agree how wonderful the free plants are and where they choose to be is often surprising. Thank you

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@yvesvandevyvere3463]

Such a beautiful garden. My garden is just a mess this year. Almost nothing grows or blooms like the past years. Is it the wet winter and spring, the snails? Probably that's part of the problem. Even the baptisia has been decimated by the snails. My dahlias are still very small. Well, let's hope things will change.

[@emkn1479]

I’ve grown several types of four-o-clocks (mirabilis) and they are prolific self seeders in my garden. I also get volunteer hardy geraniums in our gravel area. Cleome self seeds for others but I can’t seem to get it growing here. I’m trying again this year. Oh, and Jewels of Opar is a very reliable self seeder as well.

[@barbkenas5663]

Very informative!

[@marianneminato4981]

Really enjoy your informative videos here in British Columbia., Canada, My flower beds are filled with self seeders, love them all.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Sounds great!

[@kevinjamesparr552]

Alchemilla Mollis gets to 4 feet tall in my borders. I have loads of Miss Wilmotts ghost that come back from seed each summer.

[@SammyTDIYgardenAdventure]

Those daisies are looking lovely, I would like to see them one day in my garden

[@Earthstein]

Your taste seems to come naturally to me. I wonder if it is my abundance of English (Walton) DNA? I appreciate your presentations. Thank you so much.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@reddoggy5403]

Brilliant Channel Alexandra.. I love watching your videos.. you've transformed my Border.. Thank you ❤

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@sitaragoonathsingh1106]

Thank you for this beautiful explanation.You navigated so well. It was a joy watching snd listening to you.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sunitashastry5270]

Enjoyed the self seeding video. I don’t get all of these, but I get some that are unique here in USA. Monarda is one of them. Also obedient plant - summer plants native to this are.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Monarda is beautiful!

[@lauriesimms7560]

As always, you've hit on a topic of great interest and produced another excellent video! Thank you!!!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gooeybutnottogooey]

I feel like I'm making a confession. I found a couple violets that had forced their way up through concrete parking pads. I tried, unsuccessfully, to pry a couple up but they were too tight. I finally got one; it has self seeded in all my pots. I love it. Many people don't. I don't see it on invasive lists where I'm at. It is easy to pull up. And I should mention I'm in an urban area with little open ground that isn't as hard as concrete. So it hasn't spread that I know of. So I keep loving my violets. PS. I've always wanted rose campions and money plants to seed but don't have anywhere near enough sun. Oh, well. PPS. Your purple shades are really beautiful💜💜.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

How lovely. My brother in law once got a very good crop of rocket which had self seeded itself in a parking lot.

[@peterstevens6555]

Kia Ora & Good Evening from NZ ...

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Good morning!

[@suemar63]

I tried for many years to grow Verbena from seed and never had any luck. They don't like "care". A kind lady told me to throw the packet of seeds in a gravel area and that was the method that finally got me my most beloved plant. Now it is migrating to all more borders and I can't believe just how much I adore them.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I so agree! They definitely decide where they want to be and at the moment, mine are happy.

[@nelidascott6917]

Another brilliant video! I’m glued to the end!! ❤

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@ademeyer]

Brilliant. I appreciate this lady very much.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@tammyhoushour8070]

Love your gardens so pretty. I love rose campion too also love in a mist - nigelia ...my neighbors also have love in a mist 😂

[@lorieastside1]

so much great information!!! You are amazing and so magical to listen to...like a fairy godmother!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@rosemarythyme6351]

Self-seeding is great for a cottage garden vibe. My prolific self-seeders are Cosmos, Daisies, Pink Poppies, Hollyhocks, and Dames Rocket. I'm a seasoned gardener with decades of experience and how delightf_l to learn of Wild Glads! They are too cold to winter-over in Minnesota, b_t I'm more than happy to dig and store them in the fall to replant the following Spring. They are simply gorgeo_s! (Yo_ may have g_essed that my keyboard won't type the letter "yo_") 😉😄

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

wish cosmos and hollyhocks would self seed for me.

[@rafael2661]

Wonderful video with lots of great information packed! I loved your perspective and I’m gonna order a lot of those seeds and I’m sure I will find them and I want those in my garden ❤❤❤ I just subscribed and thank you for sharing the knowledge and taking the time to post this video ❤❤❤❤

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you and welcome to the channel.

[@LSCoosCounty]

I loved this video. It’s interesting that your less seeding plants are my most reseeding plants. I’m on the Southern Oregon coast. We have a ton of Aquillegea and Nigella took over my yard before. I didn’t like it and finally got rid of it. I’ll be happy if my purple Allium reseed. Thanks for your work.

[@andymerrett]

I'm glad you mentioned about the aquilegia as I have a tiny little clump which comes up every year but has never spread. I haven't actively taken seeds from it so maybe I need to do that and see if I can get it to grow and flower elsewhere.

[@francesmclaren7881]

I adore foxgloves and it annoys me greatly that they won’t self seed in my borders here in NZ.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Oh, dear, perhaps one day! It's been a good 'foxglove year' here in the UK

[@gabriellechamberlain7228]

Just stumbled upon this video and enjoyed it. I wish my foxgloves were as considerate as yours! Love in the mist is a very prolific self seeder in my garden in New Zealand.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@franconianable]

Also love self seeders. Welsh poppies appeared in my garden several years ago and has persisted nicely. An unusual plant in a western Oregon garden.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I love Welsh poppies.

[@lindachenoweth9002]

Great information, thank you!

[@janetcorey5102]

What a fabulous share, although I wish you used some of the more common names! Thank you so very much🌺

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I vary on whether I use common or botanic names, and there's no real pattern to it, but because viewers come from all over the world, the common names vary so much, so in theory the botanic names are better. But thank you!

[@nspector]

Great video, Alexandra. Haven't been able to watch very many in quite a while. Your garden looks wonderful. You've really learned so much. It's amazing. I now have a good number of self-seeders too, though not as many as you do. It's really true that they don't like to be "put" somewhere, or, god forbid, moved (most of them). I thought I saw fennel in your garden? I'm growing fennel now ornamentally, but it self-seeds so voraciously, that last year I tried to cut back the flowers before they went to seed. Same with Sanguisorba. EDIT: Oh, and wow, you have twice the number of subscribers I last remember. Not surprising!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you (and welcome back)! The fennel is Ferrula communis, a giant fennel that Christopher Lloyd discovered in Istanbul. So far it hasn't self seeded, somewhat to my disappointment, as in many gardens, fennel runs riot.

[@nspector]

@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Thank you. : ) Oh, wow, it can grow up to 15 feet tall after a few years. That *is* giant. And, yes, odd that it hasn't self-seeded. Nomi

[@GDSavingThePast]

Great video, thanks for sharing this group of self seeders. What would be helpful for someone like me that lives in very arid Colorado would be those flowers that would do well in drought and extreme temperatures

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

These may be helpful - it's in a slightly more extreme weather zone than we are: kzbin.info/www/bejne/borImpuna5aSirc

[@GDSavingThePast]

@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Thank you, I will check it out

[@trumpetingangel]

Natives that are prolific can be described as "aggressive," but non-native aggressive plants are properly called invasive, as they are invading territory that they are not native to. ♥♥♥ Gorgeous garden!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Yes, that's a good distinction.

[@nikkinoo47]

Absolutely brilliant video..... subscribed ❤

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you and welcome!

[@bigtomatoplantslover6205]

What a lovely Flowers Like it My friend thank you for good sharing. Have a good relationship 😊

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you too

[@Candlewick14]

Glad I found your videos! Awesome

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Glad you like them!

[@bearsbreeches]

I love self seeders. I had something that seeded itself in my pond, i put it in a basket and back in the pond. Its grown and now I realise its a bullrush 😊

[@Cookontherun7391]

Thank you so much. Had to subscribe. Just wonderful.❤️🇨🇦

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Welcome to the Middlesized Garden!

[@geraldinefields1730]

Thank you.

[@urchinsushi2041]

Hi Alexandria 😊 I love all the great garden content, can you please 🙏. share the name of the purplish tree behind you in this video? It’s lovely!!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I meant to put it up on screen and forgot. It's Cotinus 'Grace'.

[@urchinsushi2041]

@@TheMiddlesizedGarden thank-you!! I have one as well, mine was more purple this spring but has now turned a bluish green, and has been “smoking” for weeks! I also have golden spirit and royal purple - some of my absolute favorite plants in my garden - I’m in northern Virginia US

[@lianagilbert61]

love your videos!

[@Sharon_Mc]

🇬🇧 I love Valerian and so do the 🦋

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Me too. Wish I had some, it has so far not landed in the border!