Heliopsis seedlings

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

I don't do a lot of mulching and many volunteer seedlings appear whatever they might be. Here's a few seedlings of 'Loraine Sunshine' that had caught my attention and proving to be really worthwhile sturdy little garden subjects ... yes, they do bloom though in a limited aspect. The bottom one has a pink hue on new growth and foliage a bit splashed up with dark green.

Keep your eyes peeled and scan those volunteer seedling before running the Dutch hoe over them!

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rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
5 years ago
LS have such unique foliage colour. (I was very excited when I purchased a couple way back but aphids overran them in consecutive years :( ).

(Do I spy AGERATUM in the picture? Love that annual)
diggerdee zone 6 CT
5 years ago
Oh my! I wouldn't even care it if ever bloomed! The foliage is wonderful! I too often agonize over weeding in early spring. No matter how much I think I know what something is, there are too many look-alikes. I do believe yet again I have spared, watered, and nurtured some weeds that I always think are cosmos, and now I'm thinking they're the same weed I always think are cosmos lol.

However I did leave one variety of weed when the consensus here was that no one was sure, and I just saw yesterday some lovely yellow blooms, so I think it's a rudbeckia of some sort (not sure how it got in my garden!). So I do have some good outcomes!

I guess with this lovely heliopsis, it may be easier - I assume the seedlings are more distinctive with that lovely foliage!

:)

Dee
FrozeBudd_z3/4 thanked diggerdee zone 6 CT
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FrozeBudd_z3/4
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5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Rouge, yes, that's Ageratum 'High Tide', really good annuals with a bit more height and remain looking good till late in the season.

Diggerdee, rudbeckia seedlings I mostly will transplant unless there's just too many, they can get a bit bullish if let be, but the place isn't the same without a patch let to run free! Any potential nice seedlings I give a chance to, especially heliopsis and echinacea! Recently, discovered a mutant stem upon a 'Golden Jubilee' agastache so different in both foliage and form as to be unrecognizable as the same plant! It's been potted up and will take cuttings to secure against loss, sorry can't attach a photo, as it's so unique it might be offered up for trial and propagation. Just goes to show how much wonderful stuff just spontaneously appears whether by seed for mutation and the vast number lost due to gardeners not recognizing their value, this happens all the time with variegated or otherwise mutated sported branches on shrubs ... "Oh, that's interesting, look at those colorful leaves!" ... "But, it must be diseased I'm sure!" ... snip and toss! ... sigh!