If you’re short on time or patience, self-seeders are totally for you.

Perhaps best of all, self-seeded plants cost you nothing.

Here are eight self-seeding plants that garden designers loveand how theyve used them in their designs.

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Its a classic garden wildflower and denizen of spring-into-summer on the tallgrass prairie, says Norris.

Its also reliablydeer- and rabbit-resistant.

While it can seed around extensively, its aggression rarely outcompetes later-season perennials, he notes.

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They are now welcome as hardworking, resilient characters that cheer up the garden.

Pink Lanterns feature beautiful soft pink ombre flowers, adding a sophisticated whimsy.

Golden Ragwort, Senecio aureus. Yellow daisy-like flower heads. Wet meadows, swamps, moist woods. North Carolina. USA

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black eyed susans

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Lavender flowers of wild hairy petunia, Ruellia humilis. Illinois, USA.

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Catchment, or Eagles, or Aquilegia, a genus of herbaceous perennial plants of the Ranunculaceae family. Members of the genus are native to the Northern Hemisphere.

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Red columbine flower

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Stinking Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) flowers bloom in a spring garden countrysideStinking Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) flowers bloom in a spring garden countryside

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White corydalis Corydalis ochroleuca

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