Sometimes the plant that seems best for a spot doesn't work out quite that way. After six tries I thought I had found the right grass for the driveway island bed. Pennisetum grasses just had to be an excellent choice for that spot because they defy sun and drought better than most plants in my garden. With the added bonus of being absolutely deer proof, the only downside seemed to be that they reseed prolifically. So prolifically that I did not purchase a single one of the dozen or so in my garden. Nope, a couple years ago the seeds floated two doors down from my neighbor up the hill and I've been transplanting seedlings ever since. It was all good. Except this morning I found the pennisetum grasses had been flattened by one of our deluge storms last night with as much as three inches during the 6 am hour.
