Early fall gardens

I wanted to have something to do outside today, but the gardens don't need much work... yet.  In a few weeks, I'll be really busy.  Instead, I took photos:

I started the tithonia seeds in pots rather late last spring.  By the time they were ready to plant, the places I usually put them in were taken up by other plants.  I put this one in the front flower bed where I can see it when I'm on the computer.  It has repaid me well.

These perennial sunflowers are taking over the flower bed they're in, which is fine because most other plants aren't happy in that bed anymore since it's too close to the trees.  They just started blooming last week.

These impatiens plants have been wonderful this year.  I can also see this when I sit at the computer.

This hibiscus bloomed back in July so I'm very happy that it's blooming again!

Japanese anemones are blooming in shady parts of the gardens.

 We planted the deck pots well last spring.  The flowers are still blooming wonderfully even at the beginning of the fall.

I love the pink impatiens and the red love lies bleeding together.

Nasturtiums, impatiens, and love lies bleeding

The black-eyed-Susan vine grew and climbed over everything for a few months before deciding to bloom.

I've never put tithonia plants in the deck pots before.  I had two left over in the spring so I decided to try them there.  Again, I've been well repaid.  This one also grew very tall before deciding to bloom.  The hummingbirds love it.

The shorter tithonia on the other end of the deck

This garden spider made a beautiful web in the front flower bed.

Waiting... these perennial chrysanthemums will bloom in early October and keep going for weeks.

 

Comments

[Summer]

Beautiful! I didn't even know there was such a thing as a black-eyed Susan vine.

Have you grown nasturtiums in beds, or do they like containers better?

[M Light]

I didn't know about black-eyed Susan vines until last spring either. I've tried growing nasturtiums everywhere. Usually, they do well in the beds, but this year they did better in the pots.