Another summer blossom that showed up in autumn. Cosmos. As I was driving away from home this morning, I noticed that a cosmos was blooming in our front garden, so this afternoon I went out and took a photo of it before it wilted.
Now I am wondering if a rhododendron or a sunflower will suddenly bloom tomorrow.
4 comments:
I love the color! We had cosmos at one time.
I love all the flowers that are hanging on from summer into autumn. They just don't want to give up yet! I don't really have any summer flowers, but my mums that I bought last year are blooming again this year, and that makes me so happy! That has rarely ever happened! I usually end up throwing them away after one season. Enjoy your lovely blossoms while they last!!
Hi Willow, what a beautiful little flower. Where I live in Georgia, it is very hard to grow flowers. I had a lovely garden of roses and almost every flower you could think of back in California, as well as hanging bowers of bougainvillea. When we moved here I had such plans. Then I started looking and none of our neighbors had flowers. Then I planted my first batch of impatients and the next day they were eaten to the nubs by the deer. :). Our soil to is just not very conducive to flowers. We have gotten use to the beauty of the natural landscape. We live on 5 acres and there is another 100 acres of woods behind our house that is owned by the county. It is really beautiful and hopefully it won't be cut down anytime soon as it serves a flood control area. But we don't have near the animals and deer we used to as the area is being built up with subdivisions.
The acidity in the soil due to all the pine trees is perfect though for azaleas. You should see them in the spring, just breath-taking. There are also lots of wild climbing vines like wisteria, and honeysuckle. Old flowers like Cosmos are so hardy and can be seen growing wild as well, in unusual places. I hope you have a lovely day ahead! :)
That's pretty. don't hold your breath for a sunflower though lol.
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