Allow me to introduce you to Snappy the Snapdragon.
When we moved in he was already there, a little plant growing between the edge of the sidewalk and some rocks that line the front yard.
The soil he's growing in is covered in crushed granite.
It gets little rain.
Let me remind you that this is Arizona.
For a while I would give him some water whenever I would think of it.
But not often and then I quit watering him altogether.
But that doesn't seem to discourage him and now, more than two years since we moved here, he continues to resist the vagaries of extremely hot summers and cold winters.
He continues to bloom cheerfully in spite of all our inattention.
He is a lesson in resistance.
He is Snappy the Snapdragon.
May he thrive forever!
