Annual Flowers – Bloomingdale Garden

Red Marks The Spot

This fiery salvia is providing a nice burst of color on the steps to greet our neighbors as they come home each evening.

Broadway Beauties

I haven’t has as much time to put into gardening the treebeds along Broadway this year, but there are a few showy plants that have really been worth the effort

October Blossoms

As the nights cool, we’re getting some pretty new blooms from the asters and tall stalks of evening primrose.

(Also pictured: salvia and cosmos, which have been flowering all summer.)

Last month, I lashed some five-foot-tall fiberglass rods to the top of the fence… and within hours, the tips of the morning glory vines had found them and started circling their way closer to the sun. Now that a few weeks have passed, the rods are completely hidden behind a wall of vines speckled with small purple flowers.

Two Of A Kind

Cosmos atop the garden fence.

Polination In Progress

This morning glory flower is doing exactly what it intended — luring a bee to climb in and crawl all the way to the bottom to collect a treat while getting totally covered with pollen.