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Garden Mums (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) shot Monday in the Dickinson Narrows.
#Bloomscrolling #Pavementplants #ConcreteBotany
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Purpletop Vervain (Verbena bonariensis) shot Sunday in East Passyunk Crossing.
#Bloomscrolling #GardenEscapees #Concretebotany
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Purpletop Vervain (Verbena bonariensis) shot yesterday in East Passyunk Crossing.
#Bloomscrolling #GardenEscapees #Concretebotany
November 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Saltmarsh Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) shot last Sunday in the Food Distribution District.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #ConcreteBotany
November 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Frost Aster, Spotted Spurge and Green Foxtail shot on the sidewalk of Columbus Boulevard yesterday.
#Wildflowers #UrbanWildflowers #ConcreteBotany
October 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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A sidewalk Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana), shot Thursday.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #ConcreteBotany
October 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa) shot today in Whitman.
#Bloomscrolling #Pavementplants #ConcreteBotany
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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#Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) shot a week ago in Lower Moyamensing.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #ConcreteBotany
September 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Jasmine Tobacco (Nicotiana alata) growing out of a South Philly sidewalk, shot in 2018. These popped up along this sidewalk spot for a few years. I've only ever seen them there & around the corner in the alleyway.
#Bloomscrolling #Pavementplants #ConcreteBotany
September 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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#Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) shot yesterday in East Passyunk Crossing.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #ConcreteBotany
September 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Petunias shot yesterday in East Passyunk Crossing.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #ConcreteBotany
September 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Pavementplant #Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) shot yesterday in East Passyunk Crossing.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #ConcreteBotany
September 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Yesterday, I found someone with a Purpletop Vervain (Verbena bonariensis) weed problem in East Passyunk Crossing.
#Bloomscrolling #GardenEscapees #Concretebotany
September 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) shot today in East Passyunk Crossing.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #ConcreteBotany
September 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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A Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) shot about an hour and a half ago in the middle of Columbus Boulevard.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Sunflowers #ConcreteBotany
September 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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High Mallow (Malva sylvestris) shot in the Mt. Moriah neighborhood of Southwest Philly, some time around 2017.
#Bloomscrolling #Pavementplants #ConcreteBotany
September 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Basil (Ocimum basilicum) as a South Philly crackweed, shot back on November 11, 2021.
#Crackplants #Pavementplants #ConcreteBotany
September 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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A book by one of my favourite YouTube botanists, available for pre-order
Concrete Botany: The Ecology of Plants in the Age of Human Disturbance, by Joey Santore
Available April 2026 - pre-order now
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August 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I dm'd them on Twitter. I haven't used Instagram since around 2020, though I do believe the long-established "concretebotany" account is still up on there.

Some people have original ideas, some steal. It's sad, but it is the way of the world.
August 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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On the wah home, Gaillardia sp on the bridge ☺️

#lifeinthecracks #concretebotany
July 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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I didn't even notice the tiny #WaxBegonia (Begonia cucullata) growing by the leg of the planter, until my last visit the day before yesterday.
#ConcreteBotany #Pavementplants
October 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Sidewalk #Pansies (Viola x wittrockiana) shot in 2018.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #ConcreteBotany
November 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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It's funny how the camera on my phone makes that truck looked parked rather than barreling down the highway. It would have been a blur with previous cameras.
#Wildflowers #ConcreteBotany
August 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) shot on Swanson Thursday.
#Wildflowers #UrbanWildflowers #ConcreteBotany
August 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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for all the fans of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, Joey's got a book coming out that you can preorder! geni.us/ConcreteBotany
Concrete Botany: The Ecology of Plants in the Age of Human Disturbance, by Joey Santore
Available April 2026 - pre-order now
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August 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM