Potted Plants Can Add to Your Diversity
Bloodroot ( Sanguinaria canadensis ) Indian pink ( Spigelia marilandica ) Royal catchfly ( Silene regia ) Over the years, I have found that I can add greatly to the wildflower diversity in my landscape by growing otherwise-difficult native plants in large pots and placing them in areas of my yard that get the right kind of sunlight. Many of my favorite wildflowers are native to north Florida and I have tried them unsuccessfully before planting them directly into the soil. While I could have simply given up on them, I've not been willing to do so. These wildflowers, blooming in my yard and not several hundreds of miles away, bring me a lot of joy and it allows me to add even more diversity to my landscape than would be possible otherwise. Some of my native plant friends treat me as a sort of heretic for promoting native plants outside their natural range, but I've learned to tune them out. Right or wrong, diversity is the key to a living landscape and joy is far too