We’ve been getting a little color in the elevated baskets along the top of the fence that frames our sidewalk garden.
Blooming in the Heat
Tag: Sunflowers
Fall Color
Summer may be over, but the sidewalk garden is still ticking along.
The asters which have looked plain all year are suddenly showing their delicate little flowers.
A couple of the rose bushes are still putting out new buds that are so intensely colorful that my phone’s camera doesn’t really know what to do with them.
The tomato plants are dying back, but throwing the last of their energy into ripening just a few more fruits.
And the giant sunflower has decided to go out with a bang.
Sunflowers In Bloom
These wild-strain sunflowers top out at three feet tall, so they aren’t as impressive as the giant forms, but they’re lovely nonetheless, and later in the season the seeds should provide some good eating for the birbs.
Developing Sunflowers
This looks like it could be some kind of scary monster, but it’s just the growth tip of a flower emerging in one of my planters.
