Here’s a pic.

I picked up a planter someone left in the alley last year. I chopped up whatever was growing in it with a garden trowel. I don’t remember what it looked like. So as far as I knew this spring, it was simply a big box of dirt.

I planted zinnia and pansy seeds and they’re growing nicely.

But this other plant has emerged.
—It has thick leaves like a succulent
—It’s an annual that survived a Chicago winter
—The stems are red and the leaves are dark green