Arisaema ringens: the seed heads have fallen

I'm not certain if this is a confession or a recommendation. Just about Thanksgiving every year I gather a few of the fallen seed heads of Arisaema ringens, a vigorous Asian Jack-in-the -Pulpit, clip off most of their rotting stems, cruelly impale them on freshly cup bamboo skewers, and move them to a more highly visible location adjacent to the front walk. I admit that there's an element of chicanery in this practice, but the seeds are atractive, I like looking at them, and the plants grow in out of the way places. Plus, the stems have turned to mush leaving the seed heads on their sides rotting....so, I'm going to keep doing it..

Euphorbia characias wulfenii: sunrise through the Euphorbia

This plant has become a favorite of mine in the Adelphi Garden. It seed around but never to the point where it feels unmanageable. I've grown many of the other cultivars and hybrids from this group and they don't have the staying power this one does. Forming tight gray mounds of evergreen foliage, it adds an element of structure to the mixed border in the winter. Frost or dew ornament it particularly attractively and large green flower heads are striking accents in early spring. It hasn't moved far for me in, I think 12-15 years but I do wonder what it might do in a more favorable area? It could be a plant to watch.