Monthly Archive for September, 2006

More willing than you’d imagine

For most of the summer we watched these "pretty green leaves" wending their way toward the ground from the place where the old cherry tree splits. Obviously, we never looked at them too closely or we’d have noticed what they were. Well, a couple of weeks ago they started to bloom, and as you can see, they’re impatiens.

So how did they get there? There’s a pouch of impatiens hanging above them on the left tree trunk this year, as in most years, so I suppose seeds or natural "cuttings" from that fell there and took root. But one thing makes us wonder: Some of these flowers have been pink, while the plant hanging above them sports only deep red blooms. There are pink impatiens around the sassafras tree some yards away. Is is possible they traveled in the wind? And how is there enough growing medium here for these to take root? Will they come back next year, or is this a one-time stint for these volunteers? Hmmm. Don’t know; can’t say. We’ll just enjoy their surprising presence while they’re there.