All images © Mona Caron, shared with permission
A single Joe Pye weed with barbed leaves and a blossoming head looms over Jersey City in a staggering new mural by . Set against a black backdrop, the hardy botanical—which is actually a wildflower from the eutrochium genus that’s native to the region—is the latest from the San Francisco-based artist, who’s known for that soar above city skylines. Commissioned as part of the , the exquisitely rendered flower is a celebration of resilience as it “rises with the sun, facing off the skyline across the Hudson,” Caron writes on . “A vision of nature winning, of plants being the ones towering over us for a change, putting us back in our place. May we learn. May they come back.”
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