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

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Self-seeded plants are flowers for free. And they're the lazy - or busy - gardener's best friend. And because they've chosen where to grow, they won't need much attention. They're the ultimate in fuss-free gardening.
Here I pick 20+ of my favourite self-seeders, with tips on how to make the most of them (though they'll be doing all the work!) Plus what you need to know about 'invasive plants'.
00:00 These flowers are almost all self-seeded
00:41 Alliums
01:05 Alchemilla mollis
01:34 Common daisy - Bellis perennis
01:40 Erigeron karvinskianus - Mexican daisy
02:16 Do less weeding for more self seeders
02:36 Aquilegia
03:10 Borage
03:40 Cerinthe major purpurescens (Honeywort)
04:20 Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
04:43 Invasive plants and self-seeders - always check for your area
05:42 Euphorbia oblongata (Mediterranean spurge)
06:00 Cyclamen hederifolium
06:38 Gladiolus communis 'Byzantinus' - wild gladioli
07:10 Lychnis coronaria - rose campion
07:38 Foxgloves
08:08 Marigolds and primroses
08:56 Smyrnium perfoliatum (perfoliate alexanders)
09:34 Nigella (Love-in-a-mist)
09:48 Poppies (Papaver rhoeas)
10:37 Sisyrinchium
10:57 Purple toadflax (Linaria vulgaris purpurea)
11:23 Verbena bonariensis
12:10 Video on self seeding and spreading ground cover plants for difficult places: • 23 stunning ground cov...
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@topaz3468 19 күн бұрын

"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 19 күн бұрын

Made me laugh! ☺️

@thegreenwoodelf8014 17 күн бұрын

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 17 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@katrinaelle7774 20 күн бұрын

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 19 күн бұрын

Great info! Lovely garden and commentary. Thank you!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@johntan4718 19 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@nekovero93 15 күн бұрын

True.

@sc3pt1c4L 20 күн бұрын

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 19 күн бұрын

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

@penelopehammerton2907 20 күн бұрын

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.

@jennifersauer3257 20 күн бұрын

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

@juliashearer7842 20 күн бұрын

Your border looks gorgeous.

@ludmilabevan3283 20 күн бұрын

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.

@mauracurran3270 20 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@maryanna6302 20 күн бұрын

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

@donaldauguston9740 19 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@astridpedneault6654 18 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@UpstateGrammy 19 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@suetulloch2138 20 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@user-uf1yn2hn1q 15 күн бұрын

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.

@jeansandhoodiegardengal2975 20 күн бұрын

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

@frankscales7295 20 күн бұрын

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.

@c.a.parker5036 19 күн бұрын

Very useful advice -- thank you!

@sonjalingchungtsang1097 20 күн бұрын

Hi Alexandra, love your videos. Love your garden and your ideas - how lovely to let alchemilla and daisies grow in the cracks. Greetings from Switzerland.

@cookiemonster6401 19 күн бұрын

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.

@janetmorgan8413 20 күн бұрын

Really lovely and so informative, Alexandra. Thank you!

@manumakory8252 13 күн бұрын

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

@LizZorab 19 күн бұрын

Really enjoyed this video Alexandra, the gladioli look beautiful!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

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!

@DownButNotOutYet 20 күн бұрын

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.

@HBomb1983 20 күн бұрын

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

@marie-claudereynaud4626 20 күн бұрын

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

@jackiemadden4024 8 күн бұрын

Beautiful garden

@cerridwencottagediary9194 19 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@soapstuff6212 19 күн бұрын

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

@dorothylaplante7243 19 күн бұрын

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

@emilygrant9606 19 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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

@sarahmarti141 19 күн бұрын

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 19 күн бұрын

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 19 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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

@barbkenas5663 20 күн бұрын

Very informative!

@gardentours 18 күн бұрын

They are so gorgeous 🌸🌱🌼👍

@Chanesmyname 20 күн бұрын

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

@bellamywoodside5342 17 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica 20 күн бұрын

Seed seeding plants are very reliable and beautiful.

@gaylegreen4304 19 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@Schlei602 18 күн бұрын

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

@ChristopherDraws 20 күн бұрын

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 20 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

one of my absolute favourites.

@hasi3342 20 күн бұрын

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

@juliabinford6500 17 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@gooeybutnottogooey 18 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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

@svetlanapil8089 17 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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

@joannc147 19 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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.

@gryl7471 19 күн бұрын

Borage flowers taste good, as well.

@trumpetingangel 18 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

Yes, that's a good distinction.

@theresabisson1040 14 күн бұрын

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 13 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@nicholasmarshall3191 20 күн бұрын

Wonderful to see you again!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

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

@millymay0025 18 күн бұрын

Wonderful video, thank you!

@agbobier2657 19 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@lauriesimms7560 14 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 13 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@philipbrooker8388 20 күн бұрын

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

@heartofdixieprepping4797 18 күн бұрын

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. 🌱🪴

@anneas8532 20 күн бұрын

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. ❤

@sitaragoonathsingh1106 7 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 6 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@bearsbreeches 12 күн бұрын

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 😊

@tara5742 19 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

;)

@lianagilbert61 9 күн бұрын

love your videos!

@nelidascott6917 15 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 13 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@lindachenoweth9002 19 күн бұрын

Great information, thank you!

@ademeyer 14 күн бұрын

Brilliant. I appreciate this lady very much.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 13 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@SMElder-iy6fl 19 күн бұрын

When i moved here i had a sandpile beside my driveway and nothing but weeds would❤ grow there. I eventually found that rose campion would grow there and it self-seeds very well

@reddoggy5403 15 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 13 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@lorieastside1 10 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 6 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@Sharon_Mc 18 күн бұрын

🇬🇧 I love Valerian and so do the 🦋

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

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

@jamaica5930 20 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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

@tammyhoushour8070 15 күн бұрын

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

@Jesse-ey5xd 19 күн бұрын

The avid weeder loves self-seeders.

@leilarhymeswithsheila1344 20 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

me too.

@nikkinoo47 19 күн бұрын

Absolutely brilliant video..... subscribed ❤

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Thank you and welcome!

@cassella1970 19 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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.

@rosemarythyme6351 13 күн бұрын

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 13 күн бұрын

wish cosmos and hollyhocks would self seed for me.

@katiewilliams6591 18 күн бұрын

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 13 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@sarahdotcom 20 күн бұрын

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!

@beverlyfleming6352 10 күн бұрын

Beautiful

@SpanishEclectic 19 күн бұрын

I raise my hand for less weeding, lol. How wonderful that you know a bit about the history of your house and garden. In my experience, self-seeded plants are always the best, as they really want to live! My main self-seeders here in Southern California are red nasturtiums and white alyssum, though I have one huge rosemary and a few Spanish lavenders that have out-paced their parent plant by miles. Before I moved I had a good shady bed for foxgloves. I preferred the pink and purple, so I would harvest seeds from those, label them, and replant the next year. I'd dig up the extras and give to friends. I love how gardening has created a world-wide community. Thank you for helping to foster that. :)

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Thank you. I meant to include nasturtium as I had some really pretty nasturtiums for years and they disappeared, as self-seeders sometimes do.

@SpanishEclectic 16 күн бұрын

@@TheMiddlesizedGarden I also wanted to thank you for your beautiful explanation of the red poppies we see worn for remembrance by members of the Royal Family and others. As an American, we have Memorial Day in May, and Veteran's Day (Nov 11th), but the red poppy on the lapel, being associated with WWI veterans, does not seem as prevalent here. I'm glad to know the story.

@B30pt87 14 күн бұрын

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 13 күн бұрын

Thank you and welcome

@andymerrett 9 күн бұрын

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.

@geraldinefields1730 19 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@cristobalv 10 күн бұрын

lots of info. Thanks.

@Opernkabarett 6 күн бұрын

Very well done!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 6 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

@audreysweeney5338 16 күн бұрын

Lovely garden you have.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 13 күн бұрын

Thank you

@kevinjamesparr552 20 күн бұрын

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

@bigtomatoplantslover6205 17 күн бұрын

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

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Thank you too

@emkn1479 20 күн бұрын

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.

@user-zn6dp4kz2e 12 күн бұрын

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 6 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@bewoodford2807 17 күн бұрын

I love the Linaria that pops up everywhere in my garden, but my husband considers it a weed, so there is a constant battle on who gets to it first, ha ha. I have Crocosmia Lucifer in my garden, (inherited). I have a love/hate relationship with it. I adore the flowers but hate how it has over taken the borders. I love the self seeded opium poppies in my garden. So much so that my neat rows of veg are disrupted everywhere by punctuations of blousy lilac blooms, making the plot look unruly, but I can't bear to pull them out! I have lots of self seeded Euphorbia and Alchemilla, which I don't like, but I allow a little to grow in certain areas of the garden where nothing else will grow. The euphorbia actually looks great with the bluebells- Its' saving grace! Happy gardening 🙂

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

You have so many of the same ones I do, and I'm very jealous of your lilac poppies as they are prettier than the scarlet ones.

@yvesvandevyvere3463 20 күн бұрын

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.

@nspector 18 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

@@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

@lornaschilling7688 19 күн бұрын

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.

@gabriellechamberlain7228 13 күн бұрын

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 13 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@rafael2661 10 күн бұрын

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 6 күн бұрын

Thank you and welcome to the channel.

@caroldurand6803 20 күн бұрын

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@sunitashastry5270 20 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

Monarda is beautiful!

@nottycm5010 19 күн бұрын

Considerate foxgloves. You are lucky, I should tell my foxgloves off. They’re growing through my lilac. Most inconsiderate of them. 😊

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 16 күн бұрын

Oh, dear and not even obliging by producing a nice lilac shade!

@Earthstein 8 күн бұрын

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 6 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@franconianable 19 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

I love Welsh poppies.

@margo5668 7 күн бұрын

I decided some time ago that I wanted a Piet Oudolf style garden with just ornamental grasses en perennial flowers. But I just can't seem to say goodbye to the selfseeders in my garden. I especialIy love Californian poppies and long-spurred valerian. They do really well on our dry and sandy soil.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 6 күн бұрын

Sounds lovely, and I'm sure they'd fit in.