A few things from the garden, from the autumn that was warmer than the summer: calendula (the best fall annual ever), salvia, lavender, agastache, ivy geranium (in both the expected bright pink and a claret-colored sport that just appeared this month), a budded stem of Red Fairy rose, lime nicotiana (the self-sown plant that was the MVP of the back border this year), a few sprigs of purpleosier willow, variegated obedient plant (pretty while in bloom, and even prettier after blooming), gray Centaurea gymnocarpa (I've no clue what the common name is), a stem of smokebush, a ruddy branch of viburnum (berries all gone, thanks to the crows), and a little branch of red-berried barberry (ow ow ow).
I have a pink cosmos blooming. The first bloom all year. In the last week of October!
I have a few other flowers still blooming - marigolds, dianthus, Mexican zinnias, lantana, moonflower, even a few roses. It's been very warm here.
Posted by: Lynn S | October 30, 2004 at 11:44 AM
I believe that the centaura is one of plants called "dusty miller."
Posted by: Don | October 30, 2004 at 11:48 AM
Ohmigosh, that is the loveliest thing. What a beautiful bouquet. I am so happy that you posted this photo.
Sunday, the camera (a Sony Mavica 350 -- LEARN from my mistakes, people!) ate my end of garden year photos. Sunday night, our temps plummeted to 14 F. So no end of year photos from me, but that composition is completely splendid. Thank you. I don't feel so bad for losing my photos now that I can nip over and look at yours.
Posted by: Patricia Tryon | November 03, 2004 at 12:44 PM