I planted snake plants here. Cant kill them – right? Wrong. They’re just little nubs now. But the volunteer vinca that just showed up one day – it’s THRIVING!
InvitinglyImperfect
Nature finds a way.
OneSignature7178
It’s not mockery. She’s showing you to try less hard.
sea-of-love
love this! i had a purple petunia plant show up in my abandoned flower pot turned compost-in-place. surprise! after a few rounds of deadheading, she’s been successfully blooming all summer long without being watered and in partial shade, and no signs of stopping yet. we make plans, and mother nature laughs
This is called a “Volunteer Plant”. I have a giant Lantana next to a garden patch that was likely carried by an animal or insect. I’ve heard stories of people getting some really rare/interesting plants that way.
Also worth mentioning that soil contains hundreds of years worth of seeds waiting for Mother Nature to pick out. There’s a whole rabbit hole about not fighting weeds, but instead learning about them and what Mother Nature is trying to tell you. You can learn a lot about your soil and what plants could thrive there. For example, dandelions bring minerals toward the surface of the soil, and breaks it up. Try planting radishes in the same area because they do the same “job”.
UnicornSheets
Same here. Everything planted died or was eaten by local fauna this season. Even 30+yr old plantings struggled this season
Own-Holiday-6212
Makes me think of the book , “ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn “.
Whatisthisrigamarule
My crack plant was healthier than the plant it came from!
Plants in your garden can survive like this too, just don’t water them unless absolutely necessary. This forces them to send roots down really deep, they can find water and acclimate themselves if you let them.
ProperPropGod
Plant native
Plants-An-Cats
Are you planting in a personal garden or on the hellstrips in brooklyn?
cablesandlace
She came to make you feel better!
Fluffy_Ad_5199
Such a lovely shade of 🩷 pink
Puzzleheaded_Age8937
My neighbor had an ornamental pear tree planted next to me. It was sickly looking for years and never grew much. He finally chopped it down when a volunteer of his tree popped up in my flower bed. It grew to a gorgeous tree shading my yard and mocking him at every turn. It is near his driveway. A couple years back he built a second garage he accesses behind the house. I think he couldn’t handle driving past the tree.
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I planted snake plants here. Cant kill them – right? Wrong. They’re just little nubs now. But the volunteer vinca that just showed up one day – it’s THRIVING!
Nature finds a way.
It’s not mockery. She’s showing you to try less hard.
love this! i had a purple petunia plant show up in my abandoned flower pot turned compost-in-place. surprise! after a few rounds of deadheading, she’s been successfully blooming all summer long without being watered and in partial shade, and no signs of stopping yet. we make plans, and mother nature laughs
I have one of these fighters too!
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This is called a “Volunteer Plant”. I have a giant Lantana next to a garden patch that was likely carried by an animal or insect. I’ve heard stories of people getting some really rare/interesting plants that way.
Also worth mentioning that soil contains hundreds of years worth of seeds waiting for Mother Nature to pick out. There’s a whole rabbit hole about not fighting weeds, but instead learning about them and what Mother Nature is trying to tell you. You can learn a lot about your soil and what plants could thrive there. For example, dandelions bring minerals toward the surface of the soil, and breaks it up. Try planting radishes in the same area because they do the same “job”.
Same here. Everything planted died or was eaten by local fauna this season. Even 30+yr old plantings struggled this season
Makes me think of the book , “ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn “.
My crack plant was healthier than the plant it came from!
https://preview.redd.it/4utn8p0258pf1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0420ff024d554f3254f49041e2dcc0bd763f27ca
Plants in your garden can survive like this too, just don’t water them unless absolutely necessary. This forces them to send roots down really deep, they can find water and acclimate themselves if you let them.
Plant native
Are you planting in a personal garden or on the hellstrips in brooklyn?
She came to make you feel better!
Such a lovely shade of 🩷 pink
My neighbor had an ornamental pear tree planted next to me. It was sickly looking for years and never grew much. He finally chopped it down when a volunteer of his tree popped up in my flower bed. It grew to a gorgeous tree shading my yard and mocking him at every turn. It is near his driveway. A couple years back he built a second garage he accesses behind the house. I think he couldn’t handle driving past the tree.
It’s Jeff frMen in Black.