Good point. I had one perilla plant last year and this year it came up in the
hundreds about 6 feet away from the original plant. I thinned them, but what a
beautiful contrast their frilled foliage and deep purple/black foliage they have
in the full, hot, Texas sun. For me down here, sunflowers also reseed as well
as Dolichos lablab (hyacinth bean vine). I wish the Mina lobata (Spanish flag
vine) would reseed. I've yet to harvest any. Has anyone had luck with theirs
producing seed?

I would love to try the yellow version of Mina lobata. None of the catalogs had
any this past winter. Some kind of crop failure, I understand.

Victoria


On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:54:13 -0700, "gregpresley" wrote:

The quintessential reseeding annual of northern climes is the poppy. Both
papaver rhoeas (shirley poppy, corn poppy), and papaver somniferum (opium
poppy) will reseed themselves for years in cool climates. If your climate is
cold enough, iceland poppy may reseed itself too. (Native to arctic
regions). Bachelor buttons, alyssum, california poppies, godetia, cosmos,
lavatera, and chinese forget me nots will all reseed themselves, although
not always in the spot you would have chosen for them. The trick is learning
to recognize the seedlings when young, and also not to be afraid to hoe
often, since these plants will reseed themselves too generously and it's
nice to give them a little breathing space. (The ones the hoe misses will be
plenty!).