Rambunctious Reseeders

I previously posted about invasive perennials and my attempt to eliminate them from my garden. In a bow to lower maintenance, and okay, age (there, I said it), I also have bid farewell to rambunctious re-seeders. It's not that I don't think they are lovely. I'm captivated when mass re-seedings of dainty forget-me-nots cast an ethereal blue haze over a garden - but someone else's garden. The pink, lavender, purple and white of the tall slender and graceful larkspur are my favorite garden colors. If they were a dance they would be a Viennese waltz. But then I force myself to think back to when I pulled hundreds of full-grown larkspur plants out of my garden so that other plants might have a share of the water and nutrients. Johnny-jump-ups have such a sweet little face and breed in awesome color combinations. I miss them. Feverfew gave me splashes of cascading white bouquets when plants around it were succumbing to seasonal doldrums. Nepeta had the combination of lavender and soft grey foliage that when combined with pale pink had a calming effect. As much as I love Black-eyed Susans in the fields, it has always seemed garish in my garden, so I'm fine with letting that go. And malva eventually fell into disfavor with no saving graces at all! Elimination of re-seeders in my current garden has been largely successful. But apparently there were a couple of seeds hiding away in clumps I brought from Pittsburgh, just waiting to germinate and surprise me, which they did in the last week. I have to admit, they made me smile and say, "Well, where did YOU come from??" The forget-me-not is attempting to brighten a not very attractive concrete foundation corner. And the johnny-jump-up is simply attempting to brighten my day. I will enjoy them while they blossom, but then it's OUT BY THE ROOTS before they go to seed. Oh, I'm sure their progeny will appear in a year or two to remind me of just how sweet they are.