Over the years, I have done a lot of poaching on the side of the road. It is a rural area, of course, and condusive to having interesting plants jump ship and grow in the ditches or the shoulders of the dirt roads. Now I have so much of this stuff that I give shovelfuls to friends and neighbors for their gardens.
Myrtle…enough to carpet huge amounts of rough spots…all you need are a few roots and they will grow forever.
Blood root…blooming this week
Wild red and yellow Canada columbines
Spear and pepper mint.
Wild phlox
Orange June day lilies.
March marigolds
Wild buttercups
Purple asters
Magenta violets
Red trillium
Annual forgetmenots that reseed.
Wild low-growing thyme.
Before my knees gave out, i kept a lady spade, Wellingtons and gardening gloves in the car.