seedling or weedling

In the Ongoing Care section of my book, I talk about differentiating tiny seedlings of the plants you want from the unwanted plants that sprout in your rain garden soil mix. Here is a tiny Baptisia australis (Blue Wild Indigo) growing among Sedums and Houttuynia. Although tiny, the leaves match exactly that of the parent plant. When in doubt, let it grow a season and then check it against the parent plant again. Baptisia australis will grow well in regular garden soil as well as your rain garden soil mix and this little one could be transplanted to another area of the yard in fall.