"Mary, Mary quite contrary how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells..." and one huge weed! There is some nice landscaping along Nicollet Mall at 5th Street, near the Nicollet Station of the light rail. In the middle of the landscaping is one huge weed, a Velvet Leaf. The leaves resemble a Sunflower but unlike the abrasive leaves of the Sunflower the Velvet Leaf feels like velvet...as soft as Trygve's ear.
So why is there? A joke by the gardener? Left to show that weeds, too, are pretty? Or, did the gardener not recognize it as weed wondering what sort of plant it might be? Look for it as you stroll Nicollet Mall.
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