Badass Volunteers

[ShadyStump]

I cleaned up some of the brush in my front yard this morning. I don't think the last tenants raked the leaves the entire time they lived here.
Anyway, it was the first time I used the water spigot on the side of the house since moving in last fall, and look what I spotted next to it.

A Rocky Mountain juniper seedling from the big trees on the other side of the house.
I cut the bottom off a broken bucket a set it around the tree to protect it from errant foot traffic, threw down a pinch of fert, and gave it a long drink of water.

What's stepping up at your house?

 

[Mike Corazzi]

 

[19Mateo83]

Elms…. Hundreds and thousands of little American elm seedlings popping up in EVERYTHING.

 

[DraytonSawyer]

Just spotted these three wee Maples coming up near a bird feeder.

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

Nice finds!
I found some that I need ID on, while collecting moss. No idea what the first plant is with the red leaves. I think the second one is a privet tree, not a great picture but there was dozens of them. Any idea?

 

[VAFisher]

Haven't pulled any up in a few years but around here I get red maple, sweet gum, tulip poplar and winged elm. Winged elm has been very easy to work with and fast developing.

2016 - 2021

 

[Carol 83]

A couple of maple seedlings found an empty flower pot and a couple of oak seedlings popped up in one of my gardenias.

 

[SWfloirda]

Jatropha Gossypiifolia

 

[Natty Bumppo]

Tiny eastern red cedars in my lawn (I potted 2 a year ago), Siberian elms, redbuds and white mulberry in my fence line, and the occasional silver maple in the veggie garden.

 

[19Mateo83]

Tiny eastern red cedars in my lawn (I potted 2 a year ago), Siberian elms, redbuds and white mulberry in my fence line, and the occasional silver maple in the veggie garden.

That white mulberry is a good score.

 

[ShadyStump]

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My sentimental side LOVES these ones that pop up in little cracks like these. They make me gush motivational poster type stuff.

 

[Natty Bumppo]

That white mulberry is a good score.

I was going to try some mulberry cuttings this spring. They grow like weeds. Much more common in these parts than our native, red mulberry