Thursday Thirteen #2

Thirteen plants I have coming back this year Between my overgrown perennial garden and my herb gardens there are quite a few things coming back... 1. Pansy's...I never thought they were perennials but apparently they are (edited to say: Thanks to those of you who educated me that pansy's are in fact self seeding annuals! I could have picked up a book and read it, but I'm too lazy :-P So Thank you again!)...at least in my garden they come back year after year. 2. Globe flower, they are generally one of the first things to bloom in my garden..big yellow flowers. They make me smile :-) 3. Quince. OK technically not a "plant"..its a shrubbery (Knights of NI would be happy) but I haven't killed them like most of the other shrubbery I've had. 4. Day Lily's. Is it possible to kill these things?? I think not. 5. Hosta. This particular one I've had for over 10 years..I keep digging it up and chopping it up...and planting the pieces everywhere...there is A LOT of hosta on this property. 6. Comfrey..I make comfrey balm with this to help with my sons exczema. I love comfrey :-) 7. Tansy..another plant I wonder if you can kill. Again, I think not. I have Tansy in places I've never had tansy...it has a will of its own. 8. Forget-me-nots. My husband dug some of these up and put them in a Dixie cup and brought them home for me one day many years ago. He was working doing GPS and saw some growing beside the road and thought of me, so forget-me-nots always make me smile :-) 9. Violets..and they're spreading..fast. 10. Lupines. People always tell me how easy these are to grow, but I kill them. I only have one small patch and its about the same size this year as last year :-( 11. Bearded Iris's. I love iris's. I lay under them and photograph them from every angle when they're in bloom. People driving by think I'm strange :-P 12. Mullein. Ok really its wild, but I've purposely been letting it flower and go to seed to try and get it established on my property. The flowers are good for the lungs if you put the petals in hot steamy water and inhale the steam. 13. Lemon Balm. Its spread to my lawn. Which I actually enjoy because when I mow one side of my lawn smells like lemon, and the other smells like mint.

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