California Poppy is so funny. They’re growing in cracks in the sidewalk. Tiny little crack in the stairs. Atop a mound of hard clay.
  • 23 points Arctobispo

    The most beautiful demon. Worked at a public park for 8 years. A neighbor spread a poppy mix in my park right before I started. It began as lovely little bunches of poppy that would die come the first effort of heat. I loved them.

    I loved them. Even after I pulled the 4th 350 truck bed full of just their spent remains for the year.

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  • 12 points Moist-Matter-2037

    These things will grow anywhere. I even had a few sprout and get about 5" tall in my entryway door mat. 

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    4 points NotKenzy

    That's really good, we love that.

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  • 24 points Cerinthe_retorta

    I have one in my car’s taillight lens seal right now

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    10 points NotKenzy

    Would love to see that if you've got a pic

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    17 points Cerinthe_retorta

    https://preview.redd.it/foykzbmj017g1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a81976f126ca427bd4a366f7cf04b9ffd20a182

    It appears it has nearly exhausted the available resources at this point, but there it is, poor little thing. Of course there are eleventy billion others in better locations as I’m sure you can imagine.

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    4 points UndecidedOpacity

    Amazing photo, thank you.

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    2 points Cerinthe_retorta

    update: it rained

    https://preview.redd.it/nvpjap4a9m7g1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e9ff260c50898350d67d2b0135fba0beb142eab

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  • 8 points PetrusScissario

    I’ve given up on making poppies grow where I want them to.

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  • 12 points hellraiserl33t

    Now you understand why they're a weed in other places of the world lol

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  • 6 points ClaytonRook

    Wow, just pop-py-ing up everywhere!

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  • 5 points VapoursAndSpleen

    YOu've got a lupine in there, too.

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    2 points NotKenzy

    You're right! Poppies were the only annuals I added last year, and the Lupine are from two years ago. I noticed the little Lupine seedling in the photo when I uploaded, but I thought it was in front of the clay before you had me take a second look.

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  • 1 points em3am

    Just not in the place where I spread the seeds.

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