I have very little impulse control when it comes to plants. I've never thought of myself as a plant collector — but I definitely have a habit of collecting plants. 😆 Growing them on in containers is part of what makes that manageable.

Here's what I do with an impulse buy: I bring it home, figure out if there's a place for it in the garden, and if not, I grow it on and think about it for as long as I need to. No spot committed until I'm ready. Some of what's in my containers right now will be planted out eventually. Some won't. But having plants-in-waiting gives me options, and options are the whole point.

This video walks through what's currently growing on in my containers: the unknowns I'm genuinely testing, the plants I know I want but am waiting to place, and the ones that have already graduated to the garden, either here or in the neighbor's garden. It's a system, even when it doesn't look like one. And when the next plant is already waiting in the wings, letting go of something that isn't working anymore gets a lot easier.