Major beading.
Show us your bloomers!!
i never get pictures uploaded on the day i take them, but here are some from last friday - 10/05:
more summer dreams cosmos - i just love these!
grandpa otts still going strong:
and a visitor on the one echinacea plant that still looks good:
one of the silvery butterflies checking out a strawflower - i swear they look like they have a face!
wonderful shots Victor & Amethystsm
Great pic Amy. Is that one BF? it has that whole fake head thing going on.
I had this one recently.
one of my "boring" nana coreopsis decided last week it was time to start blooming again - though on very short stems this time...
yes, just one butterfly... sigh. that leaf would get in the way of the best shot.
i think i have seen those too, al. Are they kinda furry, like a moth, but in the daytime?
Ground dahlias aren't as fun Victor. Looked good though. The rose and viburnum shots are nice.
had this moth a few days ago.
Kassia - what is the name of the lovely lilac and soft yellow dahlia? It's gorgeous!
now that is a freaky looking bug!
but what a great shot of your asters, al!
i'm so jealous.
amy
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my poor little caged gazania:
Yes the Dahlia is now an involuntary ground cover.
Loved all the shots from everyone!!!
Bebop - thanks for that link on the African Daisy. I'm excited to see it is a perennial in zone 10, so I can grow it in Florida. I also followed the link to a company that sells them. Once I get to Fla. I intend to order a couple. They are so unusual, AND you can save the seeds from them, so I can plant some up here as well next spring. Win/Win!!
Here are a pair of bumblebees working over the stargazer dahlias.
Cool shot, Bebop!!
Always a welcome sight in the fall - Rostrinucula dependens - common name is Weeping Buddleia but it's not a Buddleia - actually a member of the Salvia family.
Not a "bloomer", but incredible berries this fall - Callicarpa j. 'Leucocarpa'
One last bloom on NOID Clematis - huge disappointment, supposed to be double blooming pink 'Patricia Ann Fretwell' - NOT!
Indigofera amblyantha - been blooming since June!
'Cambodian Queen' just started blooming this week
Lovely photos everyone! Such loveliness still, this late in the season. I am so happy!!
Rose 'Tuscan Sun'.
The dahlias seem to love the cooler weather.
Okay, way too many to comment on all of them individually, but all are terrific shots. I must say I really liked Al's moth pic and Pirl's garden bed of dahlias. All the roses and berries etc. really nice.
Not much worth shooting today but got a few snaps of rain soaked blooms.
New mums this spring, 'Bronze Daisy' and 'Fall Charm'.
The only dahlia I have.
ngam - it's beautiful!
Nice pics everyone. I'm enjoying them all cause soon we won't have any blooms - what do we do then? Re-runs!! Eleanor
Dahlias look nice Pirl. You missed some grassy weeds growing in front of them though ;)
Nice photo bebob2 - what's the 2 for?
ngam - thanks. your dahlia pic is very pretty..
Ha! The neighbors think it's the daylilies going on and on to frost.
Al - my DH is the chief bebopper around here.
Two of our onions got confused and sent up flowers. They are really beautiful.
If you put those onion blossoms in a vase they'll stay perfect for a very long time.
Onions flower - sharp pic.
I tried a backlit one on this one - like it or so-so?
Al, it is lovely. I love the way the color is softly repeated to the left and right, plus the hint of magenta.
Works for me too Al. I like the soft colors but it is still sharp and crisp. It doesn't hurt to have such a pretty subject either. :)
like it Al
I have no idea what is this one... someone gave me seeds last year and I planted... should have planted all 5 seeds I got ... so cute... love this one... is not a very tall plant... I will plant the other seeds over the winter...
is this what Yankee gave seeds for at the RU??? I am not sure...
Painter's Pallete
this dahlia has totally changed colors... the yellow is not lime green??? really pretty still!
