Concrete Botany

Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) shot in Pennsport on July 15th of this year.
#Bloomscrolling #Sidewalkflowers #Flowers

Common Blue Violets (Viola sororia) and other crackweeds shot in Marconi East on June 13th of this year.

A Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) rosette shot in Marconi East on June 13th of this year.

Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima) shot on June 13th,
before the fall.

Tree of Hell (Ailanthus altissima) shot on 8/8/25.

Spotted Spurge (Euphorbia maculata) shot on May 15th of this year.
#Weeds #UrbanWeeds #SidewalkWeeds

Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) shot on July 3rd, 2021.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #AsiaticDayflower

Morning Glory shot back on November 3rd.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers

Petunia with Carpetweed shot in 2018.
#Bloomscrolling #Petunias #Pavementplants

Shaggy Soldier on steps made of grey bricks, leading from the path by the river to the bridge over the river.

Shaggy Soldier growing between bricks making steps up from the towpath by the River Soar.
#WildflowerHour

White Clover (Trifolium repens) shot in 2018.
#SidewalkFlowers

Kleine margriet (Mauranthemum paludosum) als #stoepplant
#pavementplant #crackweed

Yew, Taxus baccata

Yew, Taxus baccata

#Yew saplings growing out of the walls of Minster Lovell Hall.
A handy reminder that we are never in charge for long. #Nature will always find a way.
#wildflowerhour

Sidewalk Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana)shot in 2018.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Pansies

Zinnia (Z. elegans) shot on the 1st of this month.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Zinnias

Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) shot yesterday.
#Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #Flowers #Wildflowers

Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) shot on August 18.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers

Brown-Eyed Susans (Rudbeckia triloba) shot around 2018.
#Bloomscrolling #Blumen #Flowers

Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) shot on September 28th of this year.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Flowers #Sunflowers

Impatiens (I. walleriana) sidewalk spillover, shot in 2018.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #GardenEscapees

Sidewalk #Petunias shot in 2018.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers

Moss Rose Purslane (Portulaca grandiflora) shot in 2018.

Variegated Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana 'painter's palette') shot in 2018.

Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) shot on May 19th of this year on the sidewalk of Columbus Boulevard.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Flowers

Morning Glories shot at the Furnace on the 3rd of last month.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #MorningGlories

#Chicory (Chicorium intybus) shot in Southwest Philly back in 2018.
#Wildflowers #UrbanWildflowers #UrbanFlora

Sidewalk Petunia shot in 2018.

Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) shot on October 23rd.

A pavementplant Marigold (Tagetes patula) shot on August 8th of this year.

I was going to wander out today before I saw that it was 26°F outside & decided to stay in my warm house. Beyond the death of much of the vegetation, I will be much less likely to feel like going out & finding it.