Flower of the Day for a year - a Challenge!

**farendwoman** · 22-09-2018, 06:59 AM

Today�s flower is this powder blue shrub.
I�ve forgotten the name of it, I think it starts with C.
No fragrance, but the sleepy bees are loving it.

**farendwoman** · 22-09-2018, 07:01 AM

Got it .... it’s caryopteris.
Good old google.

**farendwoman** · 22-09-2018, 07:06 AM

Also posting this pink cosmos which took a battering from the winds.
Think I�ll pick a little posy of the blue caryopters and the pink cosmos, rather than let them lie sprawling in the garden!

**cheops** · 22-09-2018, 08:49 AM

Last of the borage. More seed heads now than flowers. Will self seed and give next year’s bees a feast once more.

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**veggiechicken** · 22-09-2018, 09:26 AM

Mine's another surprise dahlia

**roitelet** · 22-09-2018, 12:36 PM

Insignificant little flowers, Eyuronimus, but what a perfume!

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**rary** · 22-09-2018, 04:41 PM

My flower is calendula or pot marigold if you want but whatever you want to call it its a fantastic flower for the garden as it brightens up a dull day

**roitelet** · 23-09-2018, 09:02 AM

For today I have chosen Phaeclie, a green manure I sowed in a spare bed. I’m rather reluctant to cut it down yet as you can see the bees are enjoying it.

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**cheops** · 23-09-2018, 09:50 AM

This is a lovely �rosebud� white rose which is in a large ceramic pot. It never grows more than a foot high and requires little pruning. After the recent storm and rain blemishes have appeared over the petals which is not surprising. More annoying are the holes in the foliage which I think is caused by earwigs. Earwigs are probably the biggest pest of all in my garden.

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**veggiechicken** · 23-09-2018, 11:25 AM

My Flower is another dahlia

**rary** · 23-09-2018, 05:57 PM

My flower of the day is also a dahlias, no idea what name it has, but it has been flowering well

**roitelet** · 24-09-2018, 08:44 AM

The flowers of this Heruchia, think that�s how you spell it, may not be very interesting but the bees love them. I love the leaf colour, gives interest most of the year.

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**veggiechicken** · 24-09-2018, 10:42 AM

^^^ Heuchera, I think.

My flower is...................another dahlia

**cheops** · 24-09-2018, 12:22 PM

I�m afraid I�ve went out into the now tired garden and cannot find a new flower to photo - so sadly I must call it a day. Thank you everyone who allowed me to see your flowers in bloom - many were truly inspiring and I will next year be growing some new flowers and plants thanks to this inspiration. I truly looked forward each day to having a peep into someone else�s garden.
To finish I thought I would look through this year�s photos I had taken and present some of them in the order of this year�s seasons to give an idea how from winter through to autumn my garden has grown and developed then went into decline and rest.
Can only do 5 photos at a time. Left to right -8th Dec, 13th April [2 photos], 6th May and 30th May.

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