Periodically an ominous looking chap in a CSI white boilersuit and poison filled knapsack wanders the streets in his fight against vegetation. This bold and beautiful antirrhinum stands defiant, in prime attack zone. I hope he will be merciful and give it a stay of execution. Perhaps I should cover it with a glass dome like the rose in the The Little Prince, or leave a note pleading its case. This little snapdragon should be a lesson to us all. It shows that plants want to grow inspite and despite of the intervention of man. A seed, one of perhaps thousands, landed in a miniscule amount of dust or leaf litter. It then did what it was programmed to do, germinate and grow, flower and set seed and start the process all over again. I am going to get nothing done as I lay in wait for the exterminator, catapult in hand.
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Off The Edge Gardening 
Exactly the kind of post I enjoy. I’ve put a link to it as an example of a Street Plant Post on the Loose and Leafy Street Plant page – http://tinyurl.com/pe3yluc. Hope that’s ok. If you are likely to write other posts about street plants – would you like me to add you to the list of occasional street plant bloggers?
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Thank you Lucy, I wasn’t but I am now! What a great idea 🙂
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Great! There will be a link box for Street Plant posts on Loose and Leafy on 21st September.
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Another one that got away! 🙂 (we say this for any-plant, animal,person that manage to survive despite odds 😉
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I hope other people are noticing it as they hurry by, it makes me smile each time I see it 🙂
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At an intersection where I would stop at the lights every morning, there was a very cute grass clump growing in a crack – it would brighten my horror driving I had to do!
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You go, little snapdragon! 🙂
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Shows how it is the odd seedling flowering in an odd place that stops us in our tracks
And trust you to blog it and delight us
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It made me happy!
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I wonder if someone were to remove the weeds from near by if it might stand a better chance of not being weed killed by the boilersuit!
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What a cunning plan, I shall be down there first thing in the morning!
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Years ago, we were busted by the weed police for the morning glory on our back fence. They don’t seem to be doing this anymore–perhaps they’ve run out of funding.
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: ) this makes me smile. love snap dragons!
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That is good news, the world can always do with an extra smile. Walked past it today – still going strong!
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