gfreiherr
Knoxville, Tennessee
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:50 pm Post subject: Plants that volunteer in odd places |
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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.
If you have a photo of a plant growing in an odd place, feel free to post it here. 
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Netty
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Southern Ontario zone 5a
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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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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eileen
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Scotland
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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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. 
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Droopy
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Western Norway
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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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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Karen B
Minneapolis
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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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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glendann
Texas
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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They really are nice and green and their blooms are so pretty.Unusual place to grow for sure 
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