Yesterday, while driving back to the house, I noticed a new wildflower growing on the side of the road. It looked remarkably similar to a plant I purchased at Wal-Mart last week.
So today, on my way to do some watering, I stopped and dug a couple of them up (along with some orange milkweed that I believe will attract Monarch butterflies, if I remember correctly) and took them out to the garden. As I suspected, it was precisely the same plant (to my amateur eye) as I had already put in, except the wild version was much taller and healthier. I put the new wildflowers in right next to the store-bought variety. It will be interesting to see how they compare over time.
All told, my purchased plants have struggled much more than the free plants I have acquired in various ways. I don't think of it as twenty dollars wasted, as long as I've learned my lesson. I think I'm going to be a bit more discerning with purchased plants from here on out.
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