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Concrete Botany
@concretebotany.bsky.social
Urban and Disadvantaged Botany.

All photos by myself unless otherwise noted.
Based in South Philadelphia.
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Only here for the plants, nothing else.
Bloomscrolling > Doomscrolling
Sidewalk Petunia shot yesterday.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sidewalk-crack Scarlet Sage (Salvia coccinea) shot Yesterday.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #GardenEscapees
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Bitter Candytuft (Iberis amara) growing out of the street in the Marconi East neighborhood, shot yesterday.
#StreetFlowers #GardenEscapees
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Morning Glory shot in Pennsport on October 29th.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) shot in the middle of Columbus Boulevard on September 14th of this year.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Sunflowers
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Sulfur Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus) growing out of the sidewalk of 11th Street, shot on the 8th of this month.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Pavementplants
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) shot on the 8th of this month.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #SidewalkFlowers
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Zinnia (Z. elegans) shot in Pennsport on October 7th.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers
November 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Marigold (Tagetes patula) shot on August 8th.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) shot on October 26th in the Food Distribution District.
#Bloomscrolling #Blumen #Flores #Flowers #Wildflowers
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A tiny Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) shot in the middle of Columbus Boulevard on September 14th of this year.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Sunflowers
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Zinnia (Z. elegans) shot on July 25th in Pennsport.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Zinnias
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) growing out of a South Philly street, shot back on June 27th of this year.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #StreetFlowers
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) shot back on September 13th.
#Bloomscrolling #Pavementplants
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Sulfur Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus) spilling out onto 11th Street, shot last Saturday.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Pavementplants
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wax Begonia (Begonia cucullata) with what I believe is Wall Hawkweed (Hieracium murorum) growing in a brickwork alley up in the Gayborhood, shot last Saturday.
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This turned out to be Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum). The plant was knocked back, so when I stopped back to check on it, I wrote off identifying it, but Thursday, I noted that it had popped back up & flowered.
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A not-so Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima) shot on October 16th.
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Morning Glory shot back on August 20th.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Stringy Stonecrop (Sedum sarmentosum) growing by a South Philly stoop, shot on April 14, 2020.
#stonecrop #stringystonecrop #graveyardmoss
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Sulfur Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus) growing out of 11th Street, shot last Saturday.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Pavementplants
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Royal Pain-in-the-Ass Tree (Paulownia tomentosa) shot on October 14th.
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) shot a month ago.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Wax Begonia (Begonia cucullata) growing out of a brickwork porch shot on October 14th in East Oregon.
#Bloomscrolling #Pavementplants #Begonias
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Sidewalk Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana) shot yesterday in East Passyunk Crossing.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Pansies
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM