Oh the joy of a volunteer flower. This week as I was inspecting flowerbeds and dreaming of the coming blossoms, this perky little Johnny-Jump-Up surprised me growing in the grass near the mailbox. I love volunteers. I couldn’t leave him there; the lawnmower or the mailman’s boots would eventually do away with him. I scooped the flower out of the moist ground easily and he is now safely growing in a small terracotta pot.
There is nothing bashful about a Johnny-Jump-Up. Even better, they are among the best Spring blooms for flower pressing.
This post is part of The Day After blog – Spring Festival 2026 Week 2. Thanks to Dawn for hosting.
I love volunteers. I grow lots of flowers in pots on my deck every summer, and sometimes their seeds fall through cracks in the deck onto the ground below, and the following spring random flowers pop up down there. Sometimes a flower shows up that I know very well is not descended from anything I planted; I assume they made their way into my yard via a bird or squirrel, or perhaps a seed was carried on a breeze.
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I didn’t know any of this. Thank you.
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Thanks Dawn, and thank you for hosting the Festival.
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