To call these guys "weeds" needs a little explanation. I suspect many of the species of plants and bushes I find growing around my screened-in porch were, in fact, a long time ago, planted purposely by previous owners as decorative plants in a tended garden.
For instance, in the top picture, I'm guessing that with these bright red-orange blooms this hearty bush, which now through wild, unattended means, towers above my head, was originally an ornamental bought as a small potted plant probably from somewhere like Lowes or Home Depot garden center and transplanted lovingly to this place which was then, no doubt, a weed-free, well-tended side garden. I'm sure it was cared for in its early years by an attentive green thumbed lady or dude who considered it one of their cherished retirement hobbies. Kinda like how NoFu tends to May-May's garden on the other side. No, not that way (well, maybe...) get your mind out tha gutta!
The admitted "mess" in the second pic is a mish-mash of whatever Darwinian forces are at work there. I, of course, not having either the talent or desire to give even one fuck to "tend to any garden," literally, or, in the sense of the bad joke above, metaphorically, let the once-loved decoratives fight it out with the common weeds all they want. I know the waxy-leaved bush, clumped in the center there, is the lime bush from which I've had a couple harvests now. But these stalky, tall things with spear-shaped leaves poking out at almost right angles...I have no idea what it is...but I like it.
My luck though, I'll find out they're highly poisonous and they'll affect the lime bush and its fruit so when I next go to eat some of my crop, it my be my last bite of key lime pie ever.
EDIT: I took the above photos around 10:15 am and the flowers do look almost cadmium red. Here is a look at almost 5:00 pm:
Shit. You know what, they still look quite red. It's this phone camera. It skews "redder" than real life 'cause I swear they're much more orange in person. Also, I don't know why you can't see them, since these pics are pretty clear, but in both cases, I was a little nervous taking these pictures, and I made sure to not get too close, since the blossoms were covered with lots of hovering honeybees. They freakin' LOVE this bush. Good for them. I have no qualms about them having at it all they want.
Here's a little shot I thought looked good in the setting sunlight BTW of a little pot of fake flowers I have within the screened-in by the front door. So inviting, isn't it? C'mon in, set a spell...welcome to Shamrock Inches.
EDIT 2: Okay, so I did a search using the pictures on a site called "Pl@antNet identify" and here's what I found:
The flowering bush is Tecomaria capensis commonly known as Cape Honeysuckle. Well that figures what with all the honeybees. And the tall sprigs are Kalanchoe delagoensis also known as Mother of Millions or Chandelier Plant...and YES, it is poisonous. It's a big problem in Australia as an invasive species where cattle munch on it and die. So, do you still wanna sit for a nice cuppa tea here at the ol' Shamrock, do ya? I got a nice blend for ya! Evil witch cackling laugh.