It started with Andrew’s snap of a Viola, surviving and flowering in the mortar on a school wall. Such optimism!
Chris has a brave “whitebell” growing through the concreteWe aren’t sure if this brave plant is trying to get in or out or under the wireHere’s a brave, or maybe just foolhardy, buttercupJuli has sent in this photo of her Jasmine which is growing up an old lilac – I don’t know about brave, its certainly spectacular! But how do you use the doorway?!Viv has this well known opportunist Red Valerian clinging to a pile of bricks. But once Lockdown is over, these bricks are destined to make a courtyard patio, so make the most of it!Peter’s yellow Corydalis, one of those “is it a weed or isn’t it?” plants, but clearly a great survivorJean spotted this lovely little brave flower, growing in nothing, on a wall. It makes you wonder why we gardeners ever bother to buy compost and fertiliser..!Here is Sharon’s brave Welsh poppy, pushing up through the forget-me-knots, looking very outnumbered.This is ivy-leaved toadflax, exploiting a crack in the wall and looking very happy.This is Peter’s floral gatepost. You couldn’t plant it up like this if you tried, but leave it alone and…!Melanie spotted this brave plant, the Rapunzel of the plant world!Here are Pat’s brave foxgloves, growing on a wall, in no soil at all, how do they do it?The one that started it all – Andrew’s very brave Viola:Brave plants, growing against the odds!
Charlton and Blackheath Amateur Horticultural Society 