Cosmos

These cosmos grew very tall so I had to shoot the photo looking up at the sky. This is an experiment with my photo software. I have these little brown double winged moths everywhere. All the insects seem to like the cosmos. This bumblebee is one of the many that like them. Another "sky shot" of a very tall cosmos. I wish the sky had been blue when this photo was taken.

Moonflower Seed Pods

I've been trying to keep the moonflower deadheaded but there have been so many blooms and when I miss a couple of days, you can see how many seed pods there. I need to start letting some of the pods develop so I will have seeds for next year.

Burning Bush, Dwarf Winged Euonymus

The burning bush is beginning to turn red, with a mixture of orange and gold. Soon it will be a beautiful solid red. I remember seeing one of these bushes at a distance years ago before I started gardening and thought it had red blooms.

American Painted Lady

What a beautiful butterfly! The orange zinnia really

brings oout the orange in the American Painted Lady.

They truly are "flying flowers".

Fall is in the air

I love the feel of fall in the air, especially the cool weather and less humidity. It will soon be time to starting cutting back all the flowers that have given me so much pleasure. I saved seeds from the Mexican Zinnias in 2008 and planted them in pots in early spring. They have been blooming all summer and will continue until frost.

The roses love the cooler weather and show it with a new flush of blooms, as you can see from this peach color rose. I just noticed today that the hydrangea is producing new buds. I don't know why that is happening this time of the year. I hope they develop into blooms but I'm not expecting to see them do as well as in the spring. I don't have any luck with mums returning when I plant them in the fall. The asters are doing well so I think I will plant more of them instead of mums.