non-native but doomed not to reproduce

On Sunday I bought a bracket so I can hang a flower basket from the front porch. This time of year, I think of chrysanthemums. Most of the baskets one gets are intended for one season only, then you compost the contents. One year I bought a really nice one from the Durham farmers' market, hung so that my parents could see it through the window. At the end of the fall, I planted the mum outside in the ground. The next year it was noticeably smaller but it made a valiant attempt and bloomed a little. My mother's "master gardener" friend was amazed.
When I buy things to plant here (very rare - I mostly let things plant themselves by their own mysterious means), I try to buy native plants. Should I shift my thinking and try to buy a native-plant basket? Does that even exist? Any native I've bought in the past was meant to put into the ground. A chrysanthemum would not propagate and become invasive.

Spring will come again

I like the fall. This isn't about that. When I got back from my June vacation I said that I was in dread about most upcoming events
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One of the most dreadful in some ways was today. No, I don't want to talk about it.
But also today I got my scythe back from the professional sharpener. I've oiled the newly sharp blade and stored it in the basement. In my mostly one-day-at-a-time life, it's a sign that I'm thinking about next June, because the reason I want it sharp is to deal with the yard growth during no-mow May, which is a pretty long time from now.