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11/12/2020 1:34 pm

Last flower pics for the season

This season has been a strange one. After a rather fitful summer the Autumn has been mild and 'claggy' as we say in Yorkshire. With no real frost yet this year the hardier elements of summer bedding are still bravely putting out flowers.

1.The last of the petunias which have been flowering since April

2. Another reliable performer , the Nasturtiums have also been flowering for over 6 months.

3. This Penstemon has now put out five sets of flowers , cutting back after each floweing has prolonged the season until now.

4. Antirrhinums were slow come into flower but have provided colour for the end of the season.

5. Another season long performer this Hydrangea varies between white, pink and pale blue flowers.

6. This ornamental grass is a new addition this year but is coming into its own now.

7. Ageratums and Nasturtiums getting towards the end of their flowering now

8. More mixed Antirrhinums , some dwarf and some full size.

bondjam33 73M

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11/12/2020 1:49 pm

An unusual number of plants still flowering for mid November .

Hawkslayer 90M

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11/12/2020 4:04 pm

Enjoyed the pictures, you have some really beautiful flowers there. Thanks for posting and giving us a break from the incessant political blogs posted on this site.

It only takes a drop of ink to make a million people think. There are many stories.

TxJW4 83M

11/12/2020 5:16 pm

Very nice. Will be looking forward to more next season.

Do you grow okra in your garden? It is great cooked with tomatoes.

Abelle2 85F

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11/12/2020 5:25 pm

Wow! Beautiful flowers.

I chuckled at the "Spring" flowers here and you producing them in November.

Rocketship 82F

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11/12/2020 6:01 pm

Thanks Bond, for sharing all your beautiful flowers with us this season!!

bondjam33 73M

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11/13/2020 2:32 pm

Thank you for your kind words seek. The little blue flowers are trailing Lobelia. They do not seem to realise that Summer is ended and they are flowering better each day after a short pause when it got cold a few weeks ago.

bondjam33 73M

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11/13/2020 2:33 pm

Hawkslayer

I am glad you enjoy the show. I must admit I started posting to break up the flow of political invective and provide a colourful oasis in the torrent of abuse lol.

bondjam33 73M

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11/13/2020 2:35 pm

Abelle2

Thank you Abelle. It has been an unusual year - all of the Spring flowers have been bursting back into flower -- the Clematis were better in October than they were in May. The trailing Lobelia also.

bondjam33 73M

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11/13/2020 2:36 pm

Rocketship

Thanks Bond, for sharing all your beautiful flowers with us this season!!

It is a pleasure Rocket. My little patch of heaven in the backyard.

bondjam33 73M

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11/13/2020 2:37 pm

I am glad you enjoyed it Maudie. It has been an unusual year. Our Geraniums and Fuchsias are coming back into flower again and we keep waiting to take cuttings for the greenhouse but they look too good to cut down yet.

bondjam33 73M

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11/13/2020 2:40 pm

Thank you sewg. We have tried to produce an old fashioned country garden in the last two years but there are still a few corners which need to mature. When all the perennials are properly established it should take less time to keep it looking colourful and we can concentrate on the vegetable garden.

GLUMO 92F

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11/14/2020 9:51 am

They're all pretty flowers that cheer up the spirit. Thanks for sharing.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)

Ratboy 70M

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11/29/2020 1:34 am

Lovely flowers. All your flower garden needs now is a Rabbit or two !