From Alien Invader to Home Defense

I’ve learned a lot in the past two months. Although what I’ve learned relates to terraforming alien worlds by turning them into Earth facsimiles, some is more relevant to this world and my garden.

I’ve always enjoyed gardening, but never been any sort of master gardener. I watched with pleasure as the ligularia popped up in different places in the yard after I first put it in, and was quite excited because the butterflies loved it.  This seemed a great candidate for taking on a terraforming miss...