concretebotany

While cloudy skies are great for nature photography, clear blue skies are better for not supporting fascist propaganda, so I'm moving to BlueSky. Come find me there.

I guess crime pays, huh, @JoeySantore ?

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Sidewalk Snapdragons in South Philly.

The flowers have that "Touch Me Not" look, more like Jewelweed than common Impatiens.

Native to India and Myanmar, it isn't too surprising to see in a heavily Southeast Asian neighborhood (mostly Vietnamese & Cambodian). I've only spotted it twice elsewhere. Note the Marigold (Tagetes patula) and Garlic Mustard (Allium tuberosum) also in the crack.

Garden Balsam (Impatiens balsamina) thriving in a sidewalk in Whitman, South Philly.

Yet more South Philly sidewalk #Pansies from back in May. #PavementPlants #SidewalkFlowers

I suppose that I will have to keep checking on this spot in the years to come.

Sidewalk Spiderflower colonies do tend to be persistent, as I have been able to revisit where I had found specimens in previous years, to find thriving colonies. They seem well adapted to crack life.

A sidewalk Spiderflower (Tarenaya hassleriana) colony in Nothern Whitman, South Philly. #PavementPlants #GardenEscapees #SidewalkFlowers

Actually looks where I would expect to see Purple Loosestrife.

Red Maple?

The Jasmine Tobacco (Nicotiana alata) is still growing out of this South Philly sidewalk, as it has for at least five years now. #PavementPlants #ClassyCrackweeds

Chickory (Cichorium intybus) growing in the medians of Washington Avenue. #Chickory #UrbanWildflowers #Wildflowers

This Brown-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) in Queen Village is still thriving, even though it was chopped down when I looked last year.

Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) creeping in Lower Whitman, South Philadelphia, with Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) and other weeds. #weeds #UrbanWeeds #UrbanDecay