Rich continued. “Ramya described flowers that sometimes grow up in her yard in places where they’re not supposed to be. She said that gardeners call them ‘volunteers.’ Seeds stick to a bird’s wing or a dog’s paw, for example, and then, when it gets shaken off, it might take root in the new location where it was never intended to be. A short time later, what have you got? You’re surprised by a volunteer flower. “But then, Ramya said, there are the flowers that grow exactly
