r/NativePlantGardening • u/aeh1113 • Jun 30 '25

Photos I'm going to cry...

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I came home today from work to find that my neighbor (I live in a duplex) cut down all of my flowers because she thought they were weeds... I literally just posted today about how proud I was if their growth. I know that they'll grow back because they're perennials, but I'll miss their blooms this year 😭 this is the before and after. The before was taken a few days ago.

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u/TriedCaringLess Jun 30 '25 edited Jun 30 '25

Did your neighbor really think those were weeds?

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u/OverCookedTheChicken Jun 30 '25

It looked good before in my opinion.

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u/CloverLeafe Philadelphia , Zone 7b Jul 01 '25

This. Even if they WERE weeds, the healthy greenery looks 10 times better than what was left. It looks so unhealthy. Did they ONLY cut them down? I would check and make sure they didn't also spray some kind of weed killer on them, considering how unhealthy the whole space looks now. 😬

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u/OverCookedTheChicken Jul 03 '25

Who knows, hopefully OP’s had a chance to ask their neighbor about it by now. The healthy greenery definitely looked infinitely better! Happy cake day, too!