Garden Bloggers Bloom Day September 2017

I write this, in zone 5b upstate New York, as the last remnants of what was once the killer storm Hurricane Irma rain down on us, giving our garden a good soaking.

But no damage sustained, like others I know who live down in Florida.  I didn't lose my power for some 60 hours, like a high school/college friend did.  I am grateful I have a garden to show you, and my heart goes out to all those affected by Harvey and Irma.

Fall is replacing summer in my garden, as the focus shifts to late summer/fall flowers such as turtleheads and sedum. (Carol at May Dreams Gardens says the tall sedum below has been renamed.  To me, it is, and will always be, sedum.)

A collage of flowers in my yard.  The turtlehead is in the center right.

With fall, also comes native asters (I got this from a wildflower nursery in Ithaca, New York).

Japanese anemone.

I actually had several pansies "summer over" this year, and they are perking up.

A recently purchased mum (three plants in one pot) has betrayed my rule of not buying mums before fall.  Well, it will be fall in another week.

Meantime, my summer annual favorites  still bloom, such as this geranium.

Another geranium.

Tall phlox.

A heirloom 4 o clock, its seed purchased from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello last year.  They reseeded and were buried in my asters.

And finally, alyssum.

My flowers get more precious to me each day, as the first frost approaches.

Want to see what is blooming in yards and homes all over the world?  Join up with Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, hosted by Indiana gardener May Dreams Gardens, and see!