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little sister to the wonderful Queen Anne’s lace that I will never need to pull again now that I’ve accepted its airy addition to the flower border. Milkweed (Asclepias sp.) is in the fields and along the roads in all directions, so it was long ago targeted for eradication. However, this last summer, it added its strong, bold features to my flower border, providing architectural interest while filling a hole I never got around to planting. No other plant in my landscape attracted as much attention from the butterflies or provided as much pleasure to my husband and me.
Surely, it will have a place from now on, although it will require containment.
That coarse, common biennial mullein (Verbascum sp.), established itself in my fall garden, so I left it through the winter as a space filler. What a wise choice that proved to be. In early spring, long before my other flowers required the space, the mullein stretched out its wonderful silver leaves and produced beautiful' plants, easily removed as other plants needed the space.
Additional guests that have moved into my now totally unmanicured landscape and
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