What Lies Beneath
May 5, 2010
Look what I found beneath the fading chrysanthemums (paludosum). Acorn seedlings!
Both must come out: The acorns because I don’t want a forest and the chrysanthemums because they’re a winter annual that are dying off. The chrysanthemums are volunteers. I love that about them. Every winter the garden’s entrance is edged with free, daisy-like waves.
I have a hard time letting go of flowers, even spindly ones. (I can’t face the fact that I’m not a flower goddess with magical powers that enables flowers to last forever.)
I am hosting a small wedding here at the end of May. This is forcing me to let go, and fortunately, I found a bargain on zinnias with similar daisy-like appearance and growth habit.
I’ll plant them this weekend, just as soon as I yank out those gosh-darn acorn seedlings.
In and Around the Garden 
What do you think?