Garden Bloggers Bloom Day Sept 2018 - First and Last A to Z

It's a day of first and lasts today in my zone 5b upstate New York garden.  I think the garden did this just for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.

My last day lily (except for a plant I suspect may be a Stella D'Oro, but its origins are buried in the past).  I never knew this day lily was a rebloomer but this giant yellow lily, with a lovely fragrance, saved the last bloom for today in my front garden.

And, in the back, my first Japanese anemone started to open.

I had everything from A (for asters, in my back yard), given to me as a free gift by a plant nursery several years ago.

...to Z, for zinnias (at our community garden plot).

And everything in between - so much that I had to make not one, but two, collages.  The first one has everything from cleome, to my petunias, to tall phlox and geraniums.

Collage 2 includes impatiens, garlic chives, a sedum and more geraniums.

I could bore you with zinnias (more from my community garden). I love them as they open.

I love them when they are more open.

I love them when they are fully open.

One of my white marigolds, with various other plants.

Turtleheads

But, there is sadness in this garden, too, because in another month (or possibly less) most of these will probably be gone, with the frost.

And, I also think of those being impacted today by the storm that is now Tropical Storm Florence.  We may get it Tuesday, but most of its fury will be gone.

And a blogging acquaintance of mine, who lives in Alberta, Canada, received her first snow on Thursday.  Say it ain't so, Joe.

Seize the day.

Join the host of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, Carol over at May Dreams Gardens, and other bloggers who post the flowers in their lives every 15th day of the month.

Thank you, Carol!