October Garden Flowers

Spring and fall have always been my favorite seasons! Especially since I moved to Georgia where the summers are hot with too much humidity and the winters are dreary skies and cold rain. As consolation, my autumn garden is filled with flowers! I'd like to share this year's with you. All photos were taken this past week.

I'm always amazed that summer annuals last well into fall here. These are in the pots on the deck and upper patio, seen earlier in the summer garden.

 

 

 

  

This has continued to grow and has developed a pinkish burgundy edge to some of its leaves as the weather has cooled.

The zinnias I planted as an afterthought in July are growing tall and flowering like crazy. I hadn't had much hope for the seeds since they were packaged in 2019 and should have been planted a year ago. But you never know! They're pretty against the fence.

 

 

The coleus was leggy this summer, probably from being moved repeatedly around the construction zone, but it's still putting out new leaves and appears happier for now. 😊

I'm frankly stupefied that the succulents on the deck are thriving despite 5.5 inches of rain courtesy of Hurricane Delta.

 

 

Not to be outdone are the flowers on the side of the house! Lantana, 

 

Dahlia,

 

 

Oxalis (a pass-along plant from Greg's great-grandmother's garden in her 100-year-old concrete planters),

 

and Pentas lanceolata.

 

Meanwhile out back, several nandinas were the only existing shrubs to survive the renovation. Their white berries have turned a coppery color. They should be red by the end of November, in time for holiday decorations.

 

In the front garden the first of the camellias has bloomed! It's earlier than usual, generally waiting until late fall. I love how the deep pink buds open to white blossoms edged with a lighter shade of pink. 

 

When Miss J was small, she loved to pick the flowers (no stems!) and float them in her cereal bowls.

Happy October!