Last spring, I posted some pictures about my flower gardens. The year was new. The ground bare. Tulips sang in the spring time sun while the roses were late getting their bloom. A lone daffodil crowed in defiance of its age, and jaunty pansies laughed at passersby as they added a splash of color to the bare soil. It was spring in my gardens.
It's been a wonderful summer. My little garden grew.
But now it is autumn - a late autumn without a freeze yet.
No one's complaining - especially the flowers who have been granted a stay of execution for one, maybe two or even seven more days. And the blossoms have been prolific for sure!
Come, take a walk through my gardens. Stay a while. Enjoy the last hurrah! before Jack Frost arrives to take it all away. | 
4 comments:
OH!!!! I want those dahlias in my garden, too! Slowly I'm getting my front garden where I want it. I have lots of color for spring, but now I need to get my summer and late summer flowers going. Sheesh! I LOVE planting beautiful flowers to enjoy. Any tips? Do you know what those big purple balls are called? Those are incredible!!!
I don't know what the big purple balls are called but they remind me of onion blooms. I wonder if they're related. Dahlias have to be planted after the hard winter is over and dug up before it begins. So don't try planting those now. They are a plant-in-late-April or start indoors plant in Utah. There are, however, a lot of other perennials that could be planted now, I think, if the nurseries still carry them. I'm thinking I want to get in a bunch of shrubs this fall. Fall is supposed to be the best time to plant trees and shrubs, I've heard.
Ahh, if only spring were around the corner. I'm afraid the wicked weather is up next. Not sure I can handle Utah weather this winter, I may want to move back to Boise for mild winter weather. Naaahh, we love it here to much. Esp after Sunday nights like today! Thanks for making them happen every weekend!
I've gone by your house and have seen those dahlia blooms and have wondered what they were...they are so pretty.
It looks like your remodeling project is coming along! It looks great!
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