These used to be in my garden. Now the garden belongs to our daughter. She says she wants to plant black bleeding hearts!

Two years ago, after we had moved, I was given some iris rhizomes and I followed the directions for planting them. The following spring, iris leaves grew from the rhizomes, but not very tall and no flowers bloomed. Last year, I did get a couple of blooms, but I was disappointed that I didn’t get more. However, this year, it’s a completely different story! Due to weeks of rain followed by sunny days, every one of the plants has had buds all over its stems and now most of them are in full bloom! I have been enjoying them so much the last few days, as the weather has been warm and very conducive to sitting on our little porch.
Drooping, but still lovely! Posted for Cee’s FOTD 11/26/21.
Returning home from the fitness center, I was struck by this bright colored hydrangea, still thriving in October!
Cee’s FOTD 11/17/21
This is our “seasonal” decoration this month – we bought the mini pumpkin at the farmer’s market and picked the Osage oranges up from the ground while on a walk. We placed them very carefully on the small platform between our and our neighbors’ mailboxes – high up where the squirrels can’t get them!
These luscious purple asters are plentiful around our campus right now! The weather has been quite warm for October – I haven’t had to wear a jacket!
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