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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:50 pm   Post subject: Plants that volunteer in odd places



Impatiens growing inside air condtioner unit ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )

I was cleaning up some flower beds on the neglected side of the house near the air conditioner and spotted a flash of color. When I look in the casing of the A/C unit, I saw about 50 volunteer impatiens beginning to bloom. I guess they found a place to winter over, not a place I want a cold frame.

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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:35 pm   Post subject:


Wow! That is one funny spot for volunteers! I guess you didn't use your air conditioning much this year? LOL

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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:19 pm   Post subject:


It always amazes me where plants find to root themselves. Your impatiens seem to like the spot they've chosen and, I have to admit, they look rather pretty there. Very Happy


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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:11 pm   Post subject:


I had to chuckle. Volunteer plants show themselves in the funniest locations sometimes, don't they? We've had wheat growing out of a hole in a stone. We left it there, since it was green and pretty and seemed to get enough moisture with all the rain we had since July. We've harvested the wheat now.


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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:13 pm   Post subject:


What a treat!
We had a mallow growing in a crack in the sidewalk by the street this summer. There were half a dozen flowers on a plant that was barely 5 inches tall. When I went out to take a picture of it, someone had run over it with a bike or stepped on it. It is still growing but not enough blooms to make it picture worthy.


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They really are nice and green and their blooms are so pretty.Unusual place to grow for sure Smile


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