Just before midnight I'll get this posted for October 15 Garden Bloggers' Bloom Days. Here in middle Tennessee, we are expecting our first frost this weekend. So I got out and enjoyed the last of my summer annuals.
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Zinnias - great pollinator attractor |
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Cosmos |
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Cosmos |
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Did you know that celosia attracts pollinators? This is Dragon's Breath celosia . |
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Dragon's Breath celosia, zinnia, trailing coleus. |
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Cuphea Flamenco Samba |
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Cuphea |
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Digitalis |
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My pitiful little fig harvest. Figs just starting to ripen and a we are expecting a frost this morning...
Thankyou, Carol Michael, for reminding us to get out each month and record what is blooming each month in our garden.
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Digitalis (foxglove) |
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Red Stem Colocasia |
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The last of the red okra |
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Seven son tree (Heptacodium miconioides) |
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