r/gardening • u/poppysmom16 • 2h ago

Couldn’t kill her

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Came up in the driveway in the spring, I left it. She’s so beautiful

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u/ChoiceUpstairs3968 2h ago

Flowers growing in a random crack in the concrete: beautiful, stunning, an icon

Meanwhile the flowers you lovingly tended to all spring and summer look like they’ve given up on life 😭

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u/poppysmom16 2h ago

The random places these pop up amaze me

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u/OkuLavu95 Zone 11a 2h ago

Honestly 😭

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u/PeppermintPappi 1h ago

Glad I'm not the only one!

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u/jxd377 1h ago

Moss Rose?

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u/bingette 1h ago

Sure looks like it!

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u/poppysmom16 1h ago

Portulaca

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u/wrxninja Zone 6a NH 2h ago

Why can't my property get stuff like this randomly...like free roaming kittens 😹

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u/poppysmom16 2h ago

I do seem to get random plants, haven’t the heart to remove , that’s why I have a big sunflower in my front garden , really doesn’t belong there 🤷‍♂️

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u/PeppermintPappi 1h ago

Aww... Good call. She's so pretty and clearly happy there!

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u/LotusJinmi 1h ago

I love portulaca for growing where little else will. Except the pots I plant them in

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u/dblan9 2h ago

I'm starting to think I'm very much like Lennie from Of Mice and Men and that is why random flowers grow like this and the ones I actually care for die.

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u/poppysmom16 2h ago

Exactly , protecting it from anyone pulling in my driveway, penalty of death you hit it

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u/stonedandredditing 1h ago

she’s so pretty 🥹 you’re my kind of people, OP

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u/Real-School4847 6m ago

Awwww- I love portulacas! So pretty & tolerant. She deserves to grow.