Harshest conditions
Seemingly no place to grow
Life will find a way
In response to Sylvain Landry’s SL-WEEK #41: Incongruous
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May 3, 2016 at 7:07 pm
Long ago, I bought some bulbs for an unusual variety of dwarf tulip, forced them, and was disappointed when they refused to flower. Tossed the contents of the pot beside a brush pile well away from the house. Starting 1 or 2 years later, I have been getting 3 flowers every year from the “dud” bulbs. They last pretty well as cut flowers, so I cut the stems above all but 1 of the leaves and bring them into the house. Otherwise, the little weirdos stay where they are happy.
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May 3, 2016 at 7:08 pm
The little weirdos, I love it!
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May 3, 2016 at 7:33 pm
Life always finds a way!
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May 3, 2016 at 7:38 pm
It does!
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May 4, 2016 at 9:42 am
Survival of the fittest! 😊
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May 4, 2016 at 9:45 am
Absolutely!
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May 5, 2016 at 2:20 pm
Perfect write for this photo
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May 5, 2016 at 2:24 pm
Thank you kindly!
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May 6, 2016 at 3:56 am
Powerful words these. Give hope. 🙂
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May 6, 2016 at 1:20 pm
life is incongruous…
u’re right
well done i like this point of view
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May 6, 2016 at 2:20 pm
Thank you Sylvain!
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May 23, 2016 at 10:37 am
I love this – both the image and the poem. Are those tangled things at the bottom of the plant roots, or shreds from that sheet of woven plastic nearby?
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May 23, 2016 at 12:15 pm
Thank you Jane. Those are tangled up plant roots and some grass that has blown over from the side. That is the green roof where I work.
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May 23, 2016 at 12:30 pm
It’s amazing – it doesn’t look like the kind of plant that would grow in such a place, though as I live in the UK, I wouldn’t really know.
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May 23, 2016 at 4:07 pm
That is a wild Blanketflower. It’s fairly hardy
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May 23, 2016 at 4:08 pm
Although not as hardy as a dandelion
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May 23, 2016 at 4:25 pm
I thought it looked like a Gaillardia, so I Googled it, and that’s what it is – we can grow it in this country, but we have to cultivate it – our climate doesn’t allow it to self-seed in the wild.
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May 23, 2016 at 4:26 pm
Well, what is? – I know, Japanese knotweed. Do you have a problem with that in Canada? 🙂
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May 23, 2016 at 6:16 pm
That’s exactly what it is! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaillardia_pulchella
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May 23, 2016 at 6:19 pm
Not sure about Japanese knotweed. I live in the northwest panhandle of Florida. We have Smilax, Dollar Weed, Dewberry and Kudzu. That are all scourges.
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May 23, 2016 at 6:31 pm
I don’t know why I thought you were in Canada!
People used to be threatened with fines if they didn’t destroy any Japanese Knotweed they found on thir land.
We don’t get Smilax or Kudzu. Dewberry is cultivated, but doesn’t grow wild.
We call Dollar Weed Pennywort.
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May 23, 2016 at 6:36 pm
I lived in Maine in the 80’s. Not Canada but close. I think Nova Scotia is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Be grateful you don’t have Smilax. It has wicked thorns.
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May 24, 2016 at 5:48 am
I checked it out online – not my kind of a plant.
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