Late August Flower Surprises

I was planning to blog about flowers today, and Nature helped me with the topic.

 First, from Thursday, a zinnia at our community garden plot with a bee.  It's a thrill nowadays to see a bee and I'm happy it was enjoying the pollen of this flower.

One of my yellow Candysticks with its speckles.

Finally, an orange zinnia.

But Nature wasn't done.  My front yard flower garden had a Friday surprise for me yesterday.

Many perennials (plants that come back year after year) bloom once a year. When they are done, they are done.  There are some varieties of some perennials that will take a break after their normal bloom and "maybe" (if conditions are right) rebloom.

This year, apparently, I have four rebloomers. One is short and hard to photograph when my back is bothering me, so I won't.   The last two were purchased this year.

 I don't remember this one having the green tint earlier in the year, but it does now.

This new (to me) day lily is called Fashion Police.  When transplanting, we accidentally knocked off its flower scape.  I don't know if it's a normal rebloomer but it has a flower stalk now and this was the first one to open.

Finally, one I've had on my blog before.  New to me, we were told at the time of purchase that it might rebloom. 

Re-introducing Citrus Kick.

Nature is full of surprises.  I'm so happy to have these three bonus flowers to enjoy for the next several days as all the buds open.