I had a bare root maypop planted last year in a large planter above this corner. It didn’t produce any fruit and when I had checked on the maypop root this spring, it looked rotted with the bark sloughing off so I assumed it had died. however, this sprouted out of the ground where the planter was.

im thinking

A. The rhizome grew out the bottom of the pot last season?

B. I possibly tossed the rotting bare root on the ground after assuming it was dead but it was alive

C. I missed a fruit and this is sprouting from where it fell + the suckers are scattered seeds

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A herd of common aquatic springtails (Sminthurides aquaticus) in Hertfordshire, UK

PHAM HAU  (Vietnam, 1903-1995)

Young Cowherds in Tonkinese Landscape c. 1938 lacquer on panel,  80 x 151 cm. (31 ½ x 59 ½ in.)

Robert Hainard (1906 - 1999). Jeune héron pourpré surpris au nid. June 17th, 1931.