On the metal stairs at the Berlin-Karlshorst train station, between the S-Bahn and regional train platforms, our faithful correspondent Martin Hill “tripped over” this specimen on his way to work. (more…)
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Karlshorst: tripping, or not tripping, over a plant
Posted in Berlin plants, From our readers, tagged Berlin, cracks, karlshorst, lichtenberg, stairs, train station, vine, weed on 24 August 2016| 1 Comment »
Pappenheim, Germany: Martin meets wallflowers
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Our friend Martin Hill is a Lichtenberg native, so we were glad he came out to our urban plants discussion at the Lichtenberg Studios last month with his wife Steffi. Over the weekend, they sent in their first contribution to the project: a small plant growing out of a crack in an ancient stone wall in the small Bavarian town of Pappenheim. It looks like an ivy-leaved toadflax, aka Kenilworth ivy, to me — Zimbelkraut or Zimbel-Mauerkraut in German — which often makes its home in stony gaps and cracks.
Photograph courtesy of Martin Hill.