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Okay…adding text. 🙂 These are my volunteer red bee balm, and given what I paid for that pitiful little bunch of stems, I’m glad I’m getting a few for free (assuming, of course, that the seedlings somehow make it through the winter.
I was looking around in the flowerbeds on Saturday, and found this lovely little lady. I’d say she wasn’t even an hour old; she was still punch-drunk and her wings were very soft. I have no idea where her chrysalis was; I couldn’t find it even after she’d eclosed and I know brand new butterflies don’t go far at first!
The garden may be winding down, but the marigolds didn’t get the memo. These things are nuts!
I’ve decided that I’m not going to plant cosmos ‘Sensation’ anymore because the rain fucks with them so badly. These dwarf ‘Sensation’, however, I like very much. They did okay, especially considering that I planted them at the very end of July!
It’s a little past its prime, and still absolutely nothing I’d call “raspberry”, but the hummingbirds didn’t seem to care. It’s as ‘Raspberry Summer’ as they needed it to be.
Again, a bit past its prime, but I just love Agastache “Tango”!
I think Scarlet Sage is what will go along the fence line next year, maybe with some zinnia. I’m sure the MLBs won’t be heartbroken, and this stuff stands up to wind and rain very well.
The picture doesn’t do the red zinnias justice. These are dwarf, and although they don’t hold up to rain and wind really well, everything likes them, they grow anywhere and bloom for ages, and they’re so pretty!
I will never tire of nasturtium blooms, either. I wish it was reliably cool enough to grow these. I just love them–especially the mixed orange/gold/yellow–but they don’t like the heat.
The old lady’s lilac didn’t look like much this year, but I was just glad it has survived being moved. A while back, though, I noticed that it has some new growth from the ground, so I think it’s happy where I put it.
I got to use my leaf blower yesterday; I cleaned off the patio because OK acts like wet leaves are molten lava. Besides, P tracks so many inside. Anyway, I took a photo because I’m sure it won’t look like this for long!
Not a great shot, but I also used the leaf vacuum/mulch feature of my leaf blower. Worked out pretty well, too; I put all of the shredded leaves in my compost pile (which, if it actually all composts, should save me a bunch in fertilizer next spring!)
