@concretebotany.bsky.social
Urban and Disadvantaged Botany. All photos by myself unless otherwise noted. Based in South Philadelphia. Tell me how to post = block. Only here for the plants, nothing else. Bloomscrolling > Doomscrolling
Sidewalk Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) shot in 2018.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers
Tree of Hell (Ailanthus altissima) shot yesterday in Whitman.
06.03.2026 00:02 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Low Mallow (Malva neglecta) shot yesterday in Whitman.
05.03.2026 23:00 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some sort of Speedwell (Veronica sp.) shot yesterday in Whitman.
05.03.2026 21:34 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An orange poppy flower with softly rounded petals and a black center blooming between the cracks of a sidewalk.
Quiet Moment of the Day:
An orange poppy blooming beautifully in the middle of the sidewalk. Because you can bloom even in the worst of circumstances.
#QuietMomentOfTheDay
A sidewalk Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) shot in Whitman on August 5th of last year.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Wildflowers
Thank you.
05.03.2026 18:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) shot on August 5th of last year.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Wildflowers
Zinnia (Z. elegans) shot in Whitman last August 5th.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Zinnias
Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
05.03.2026 14:16 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Spotted #Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) shot on August 5th of last year.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #SpottedKnapweed
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) shot on August 5th of last year.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Flowers #Flowersky
Bright pink poppies growing in an untended patch beside the pavement. Behind them, yellow bird's foot trefoil is growing in a driveway.
Pink pavement poppies.
24.06.2024 18:12 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Close up of small purple and yellow flower growing in gap between concrete and stones
Escaped pansy growing in my garden path.
18.08.2023 14:15 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Queen Anne's Lace, Green Foxtail, Kochia and other pavementplant weeds shot off Columbus Boulevard on August 5th of last year. #Wildflowers
04.03.2026 21:06 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Camphorweed & Spotted Knapweed shot off Oregon Avenue on August 5th of last year.
#Wildflowers
Spotted Knapweed, Slender Snakecotton, Mugwort and other pavementplant weeds shot off Columbus Boulevard on August 5th of last year.
04.03.2026 18:20 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Common Eveningprimrose, Slender Snakecotton, Rush Skeletonweed and other pavementplant weeds shot off Columbus Boulevard on August 5th of last year.
04.03.2026 17:20 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Fuck it, pansies in the concrete
17.03.2025 16:08 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
A Spiderflower grown out of S. Randolph St. in East Oregon, shot last August 5th.
#Bloomscrolling #Pavementplants #StreetFlowers
Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) off the south side of Oregon Avenue in East Oregon, shot on August 5th of last year.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Bindweed
Spotted #Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) shot on August 5th of last year.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #SpottedKnapweed
A pavement poppy.
14.06.2025 16:39 — 👍 129 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 0Garden Cosmos
03.03.2026 22:27 — 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) with White Clover & an unidentified grass, growing out of a crack in the sidewalk about where Columbus Boulevard turns into Pattison Avenue, shot last August 5th.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers
Common Eveningprimrose (Oenothera biennis) shot off Columbus Boulevard last August 5th.
#Wildflowers
#Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) shot in the Food Distribution District last August 5th.
#Wildflowers #UrbanWildflowers
A much stressed Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia) shot last August 5th in East Oregon.
03.03.2026 18:31 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) shot on August 5th of last year.
#Weeds #WeedTrees #UrbanTrees #DestructiveTrees