humble flowers

It's not fall yet. But that's ok.

  

I was out in the garden today after ignoring it for a few weeks. Despite not watering, fertilizing, or weeding, the old standbys are in full bloom. I love the humble, sturdy varieties as much as the fragile short-lived ones because even with the sun beating down mercilessly, they don't let me down.

We have to have sunflowers outside the kitchen window every year. Makes me feel like I am in the south of France.

Echinacea. Getting a little bleached out, but still doing fine.

Coreopsis Moonbeam. I like the buttery shade of the Moonbeam hybrid.

Black-eyed susans are so carefree and bloom forever. Happy end of summer!