Beginner Gardening: "Wild" garden vs. tidy gardens which do you prefer, 1 by meezersfive

meezersfive wrote:
Not much seems to want to survive back here, what with the trees and crab grass fighting for nutrients. Wild Phlox comes up all over, and I let it bloom and then pull it out so it doesn't take over. Some Rudbeckia, which is pretty aggresive even has trouble spreading, but I say, let it go, at least it blooms. Pretty mixed with the artemesia, and the sedum seems to be holding it's own. I can't even list the number of things I've put in here that didn't make it. Slowly, we progress to a cottage garden effect. VERY slowly.