How to understand plant vigour
Assess and balance competition in a permaculture plant community design

If there’s one thing I think the gardening world has missed in educating gardeners over the centuries, it’s plant vigour. Without understanding vigour, it’s no wonder gardeners struggle with balancing long term permaculture planting and maintenance.
Importance of vigour to plant community design
The concept of plant community design is to mimic natural processes, planting to replicate the way plants grow in the wild. This is very dependent on your garden’s conditions and what you hope to achieve.
You may be happy with a garden that changes as one plant outcompetes the others. I usually aim for a stable mix of plants that may change over the years, but ultimately all plants added are able to com…