I was just saying on my gardening blog that it’s about time we started doing some Autumn gardening tasks, like cutting down the sunflowers in the front boulevard.
Yup … it’s time to put the garden to bed for the winter … actually it’s well past time, we should have started doing some of these Fall tasks at least two weeks ago.
Some of my flowers are still blooming, but most of the plants are beginning to lose their leaves and either die down or are becoming dormant as it gets cooler.
Some of the flowers I’ll miss is my Butterfly Weed:
Such delicate bright colored flowers. This one really attracts Monarch butterflies to my garden.
Another flower that I’ll miss is the Balloon Flower. I’m sure the bumble bees will miss them too:
I have several clumps of Balloon flowers growing in the back and front garden beds in white, pink and blue. I love their balloon like buds and bright cheery flowers.
What flowers will you miss as the winter season approaches?
Hey, a bee! I love that picture, it makes me feel like your garden is so alive and buzzing with activity. Your flowers are not only a pretty ornament but also food for the animals.
Gorgeous photos. I’ve never seen that butterfly weed before, but I love it! Must be a bright spot in your garden.
Tips: the rest of my body painting photos are up in my latest blog posts now if you want to see some amazing art works 🙂
I love the second photo. It is really a nice and beatiful pic and perspective of the bee. The wing colour blended cleverly with the flower colour. Nice job 🙂
Nice shot of the balloon flower with the bumblebee! Here in San Francisco, the winter continues to bring lemons and flowers on the meyer lemon tree (we get lemons throughout the entire year) and the camellias begin in January so we are not without flowers for very long during our wintry rainy season. — Good Acres
The orange butterfly weed is distinctive.
Wonderful flowers and how great you’ve captured then. It lightened up for me as fall in Norway can be kind of wet and dark 🙂
Nice pictures , the flowers are beautiful. Thanks for sharing! Hope to see your new posts soon !
amazing photos
The quality
(wow)
My favourite summer flower? It has to be cyclamens and and lilies
I’m jealous!
Living in Spain we are finding it very difficult to get a good garden going. Nothing will grow much in the summer even with copious watering, although now many plants are starting to flower but it’s not like it was in the UK.
wow! Your garden flowers are so beautiful! Do you do anything special with them? Like, do you have a secret fertilizer? GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY TOO!!!
Really beautiful and make me feel fresh.