Fading Flowers

Blue Ginger

Hydrangea

This little guy found something to love in this faded Dahlia

Beautyberry

Waterlily

This is a last glimpse of a few plants that are soon to disappear until next summer. The great thing about Florida though, is that lots of other foliage and flowering plants are ready to step in to fill the late fall and winter with color.

Dahlia's Last Dance

I planted these Cactus Dahlia's from seed last January, set the plants in the ground in March, and have enjoyed their blooms all summer. Last weeks frost has blackened their foliage, but I couldn't resist getting a few shots of the last remaining blooms going out in a blaze of glory.