Some Plants Just Don't Need People...

Yesterday, I was doing a little cleanup in the front yard when I noticed a few sprouts of 'Sunfire' hosta were peeking out below the purple ninebark.  My thoughts immediately went to the 3 pots of 'So Sweet' hosta that I had purchased at the same time but never got into the ground.  As a little pang of guilt went through me, I looked to the front porch stairs where (seriously!) they had spent the winter, unplanted and exposed.  "I should really get rid of those pots..." I muttered to myself.


Just before the sun set, I headed to the stairs to retrieve them.  Imagine my surprise when I saw this:

They sprouted! Right there in the container! All three of them! Absolutely amazing...


So I headed off to the back yard with my bundle of compostables, sans hostas.  As I passed by the back door, I thought, "Well, surely the baptisia won't provide a similar miracle.  I mean, those poor babies were sitting outside the door in a grocery bag all winter long!  At least I didn't pay for them..."

I'm not even sure what to say about this.  Obviously, some plants just don't need a comfy bed during the winter, or a gardener, even--they seem to do much better without my intervention!  Hmpf!