There's not much blooming outdoors now, we had one small non-killing frost so far. Some of the roses struggle on, I had a couple of magnificent blooms on Apricot Nectar but didn't take photos. I'm taking a few cuttings and attempting to root some new plants.
A surprise was that Tithonia finally started blooming, one plant is as tall as me, but the flowers I expected to be red are only gold.
We had a slight frost last week that damaged some of the blossoms but did not kill the plant, so perhaps it can continue a while. Since I started the seeds very early this year I don't know that I would bother to try to grow this again.
The magnificent Geranium Rozanne continues to bloom-
The fantastic bloomer Anemone tomentosa robustissima continues with a few blooms after starting in August. I'm going to try dividing the fall Anemones next spring and making root cuttings, they are wonderful fall bloomers and over time spread into marvelous clumps.
Finally, a colored stalk of oregano, which is a very reliable plant even on a ramp as here, and with very little summer water-
I'm going to be sowing a lot of Oregano, Marjoram, and Lavender soon for next year to try to populate some weedy areas with tough plants that can hopefully suppress weeds. I have had limited success with native plants and have decided the herbs will do better in those circumstances, having little summer water and fighting grass weeds.
I hope some flowers still grace your garden , to see what else is blooming around the world, join us at hostess Carol's
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