An unexpected visitor showed up this summer, right next to the Meyer Lemon I planted in the spring:
People walking by would compliment us on it, and we'd reply that we hadn't planted it, it had just shown up. It got to be about 5 feet tall, and the bloom was at least a foot wide.
I had to cut it down today, because the bloom had faded and the bumble bees and hummingbirds have moved on to the Oleander and other things. I took it down almost to the root, but left a bit of stem where another shoot has started. Will it grow into another huge sunflower? Will another turn up unexpectedly next year?
All your renown is like the summer flower that
blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which
brings it forth, soon slays with parching power.
- Dante Alighieri
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