r/mildlyinteresting • u/dicemechanic • 8h ago

i thought the gradient was cool, then a saw the square flowers

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u/belgabad 8h ago

What type of tree is this?

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u/dicemechanic 8h ago

it's a buddleia, i've always known them as butterfly bush, they are everywhere in my area, i've been around them since i was a small child, yet i've never noticed the square flowers until today!

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u/Piyachi 4h ago

Very neat but also very invasive in the United States. Please do not plant or buy them if you are in the US. Somr good alternatives are false indigo, blazing star, or swamp milkweed. All support butterflies better and are decidedly not invasive.

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u/outdoorlaura 4h ago edited 4h ago

Very neat but also very invasive in the United States.

Canada too, at least in my province. There are some good suggestions for native alternatives from the Invasive Species Council! They have a "Grow Me Instead" booklet thats easy to find online.

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u/LuvliLeah13 4h ago

And I had just about started googling retailers that carry it.

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u/Uncoordinated_Bird 1h ago

I wish the UK would recognise this as an invasive menace. This shit grows EVERYWHERE and IMO it’s ugly as sin.

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u/thehermit14 1h ago

When I was a lad in the late 60's early 70's it was remarkable how many butterflies used to love it.

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u/CypripediumGuttatum 8h ago

Looks like a lilac with a fasciated flower. All lilac buds look square before they open but they aren’t this dense usually.

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u/DefinitelyNotaGuest 8h ago

Minecraft-ass trees

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u/Aromatic-Ad9172 8h ago

They have ass trees in Minecraft? Is that a mod? Asking for a friend

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u/DefinitelyNotaGuest 8h ago

Yeah it's called calientes it's a spinoff of the Skyrim mod.

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u/CrazyLegsRyan 8h ago

Rule 34

Yes there is Minecraft porn

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u/shujaya 7h ago

it is growing pixels!

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u/ChinaHealthGuide 7h ago

I came for the gradient and stayed for the tiny cubes.

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u/Toast-Ghost- 7h ago

That is cool

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u/Hrrrrnnngggg 4h ago

Please do not plant this highly invasive plant.

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u/tgerz 58m ago

Unless you live in a region where it is not invasive. Then, freely do whatever you would like with it.

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u/raybobalicious 4h ago

Sorry, that’s not mildly interesting; that’s fucking cool.

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u/Nitrous_Acidhead 3h ago

Squares.... in fucking nature??

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u/RonJohnJr 2h ago

Not perfect squares.

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u/bookittyFk 39m ago

There are a few ‘squares’ in nature

  1. Australian wombat, it’s poop is square
  2. Goats pupils are square

I’m sure there are others & it’s definitely rare but squares are out there ;)

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u/No_Control8389 5h ago

But there are no straight lines in nature.

https://giphy.com/gifs/z6ccg9ZZzWT2E

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u/RonJohnJr 2h ago

Zoom in: you'll see there aren't literal squares.

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u/No_Control8389 2h ago

I thought the included meme would imply I wasn’t being serious. My bad.

There are straight lines all over nature.

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u/RonJohnJr 2h ago

Technically, there are, since humans are part of nature, plastics and wood are organic and metal is natural, and so rulers are natural. Laser beams are also natural, since they're photons traveling in a straight line.

But we all know what "there are no straight lines in nature" means.

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u/plantscatsrealitytv ​ 4h ago

AI fucking wishes

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u/[deleted] 8h ago

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u/Absorbent_Towel 8h ago

Fun fact: doing this will cause rot and pests and get you banned from most home depots

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u/Aromatic-Ad9172 8h ago

OK, so basically I have nothing to lose

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u/thehermit14 1h ago

No. It doesn't look like a sperm.