As I have reminded you before this is October.
It's the month of spooks and goblins and it seems the month when the spring and summer flowers die off.
At last that's what I've always thought.
Now I DID grow up in North Dakota which has a decidedly different climate than Arizona, which I now call home.
So perhaps now in my second childhood, I'm recalling memories from my "first" childhood.
At any rate, the flowers potted on our patio have been blooming like crazy recently.
Here's the proof:
That last one is a coleus plant with a rather bedraggled chive plant above and behind it.
I think the coleus growth is/are leaves, rather than flowers and it seems to thrive year-around, though I think SWMBO brings it inside when the weather turns frosty.
Speaking of whom, I suppose I could get answers to all of my horticultural questions by simply asking her.
But that's too easy.
So I'll leave it to you, Gentle Readers, to relieve me of the burden of my quest.
I should add that I'm not complaining.
I enjoy the colorful display on our patio and wish they'd bloom all the year around.
Um . . . they won't, will they?
When's that guy gonna stop stirring his drink? As for flower identification, I can tell you that the top one is yellow, the second one is white and the third one is deep blue - threatening purple.
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ReplyDeleteWell the little white flowers are Alyssum...and the next down could be Petunias...Coleus are known for their variegated leaves..I believe that the flowers are small and rather underwhelming!
ReplyDeletePetunias and coleuses love the sun and heat. I've had to pull most of my petunias out; they got very scraggly and weren't blooming much. My coleuses are still going strong! My marigold and begonia also.
ReplyDeleteOue petunias are still blooming as well, though they're looking a bit lanky and definitely on the downslope. Coleus definitely need to come inside in frosty weather.
ReplyDeleteThe Dude abides!
I'm no help. I don't know plant care.
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