Bloom After Bloom After Bloom

 

I'm trying to squeeze out every minute with the flowers.  There will be a frost soon, and I don't want to lose any of them.

I'll plant more Cosmos next year.

This is not my favorite garden job.  I sneeze, choke up, and pay the price of having allergies for a bit.  But Kory and Jeremy can use it to dress their duck blind.

I have been pleasantly surprised at how well the dahlias have done.  Next year, more flowers in a wider variety of colors.

I love a good crop of zinnias!

Dinner plate size

Finally, a few blooms on my 'Emmy vine'.

My side of the fence with the cardinal vine.

Bill and Jan's side of the fence.

Stray flowers

Purple heart

Emmy saves me all of her fancy bottles.

I should have babied these more.  Already thinking of growing cardinal vine here next year.  But I still like the upside-down tomato cage for a trellis.

One of Cassie's favorite flowers, gomphrena.

Sam's sunflower

Mia's sunflower

They call this one stock.

cardinal vine

The clematis that wouldn't give up.

The tomato man gave me some canna bulbs. I never was a fan until I found out how much the hummers love them!

These shots aren't any good, but I was walking between the bushes and the fence and saw them attacking the flowers.  I didn't have time to run in and get my big girl camera, so I tried to take some pics with my phone.  These were the best of the lot.

straw flower

kalachoe

Sweet autumn clematis AKA Emmy's vine

pin cushion

The zinnias' last chance to shine.  I used them as centerpieces at the Whiz Kids Volunteer Training dinner.

When Every Walk Thruough The Garden Brings A New Flower To Admire

 

My very first cinnamon fern!

Finally blooms on the cardinal vine.  The hummers will be so happy!

A bunch of little sunflowers are popping up everywhere.

First-ever straw flower.

First big dahlia arrangement.

Will this ever bloom?

This one sure doesn't look like the others.

She's puckering up to blow a kiss.

This surprised me.

I made small arrangements to go on the tables for our picnics in the backyard.  We hosted two picnics... one for Mike and Connie from The Happy Church and one for Matt Lee for Psalm 82:3. So fun!

Thank you, birds, for dropping a few seeds between the fences.

I'm going to harvest all the white seeds that I can.  They are so pretty.

The yellow looks like a little crown to me.

I love how Freda is looking at the flowers.

Some really tall ironweed!

This might be the longest amaranth bloom I have ever seen.

The sweet potato straight from the kitchen is doing well.

Potato bloom. Oh no.  Gotta get all of those.

The most delicate flower...nasturtium.

The goldfinches have been eating all my purple coneflower seeds.

Is that a bloom?!?!

The biggest blossom of the bunch.

The goldfinches have started their feast.

okra

I can't get enough of these beauties!

The pollinators love them too.

A volunteer sunflower planted by the animals.

I love the new addition of the cannas, and so do the hummers!

Growing outside the fence.

The wildflower bed.

I love this color.

Something has been eating the petals of the Black-eyed Susans.

She's getting so heavy.