One of the main benefits I've found to being a lazy gardener is that you get free plants. Anything that goes to seed will give you free plants that you can use elsewhere in your yard or give to friends. There are some obvious drawbacks, such as getting too many plants, or ones you don't want at all, but you can get some pretty cool new plants. One of my all time favorites is nasturtiums. If you start out with a yellow nasturtium, and you have an orange one nearby, and let them go to seed, you'll have some amazing new color combinations next year. These plants are so good at propagating, that you don't even have to collect the seeds if you don't want to. They'll root right where they land. The ultimate in lazy! I guess I love them so much because they remind me of San Francisco. Away from the hustle & bustle of downtown, most people viciously pull nasturtiums out of the ground as soon as they show their faces, but enough remain to lend a special, peppery aire to the air. If you spend time walking the neighborhoods, especially in spring, you'll see plenty of these bright beauties peaking out through cracks and garden gates. Not only are these gems easy on the eye, but the flowers are lend a nice pepper taste to salads, or whatever.
Obviously, most plants go to seed. But if you're truly a lazy gardener like I am, you will get seeds from some unlikely places. Everyone knows you can get new bulbs by division, but how often have you let the blossoms go to seed, then planted those fruits? My freesias quite happily seed for me, because I'm one of the lazies gardeners out there, and I can now boast that I've brought new freesias into this world from a mystical, magical seed, and they even bloomed. After planting, I left the new plants alone for a couple of years, and was rewarded for my ultimate laziness with blooms from my new bulbs this spring.
One of the few things I actually like about living in southern California, is that my plants don't freeze in the winter. It's a perfect climate for the cherry tomato-loving me. I bought this little yellow pear tomato last spring as a seedling, and enjoyed a full season of yummy tomatoes from its branches. And guess what! I didn't get around to hacking it back, and the darling plant has a ton of new growth, including lots of blossoms, and even a baby tomato or two. From time to time, laziness can pay.
A single rose can be my garden...
a single friend, my world.
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