September is here
With Autumn so near
I wanted a
Last Look at Summer
Very trendy this year … Orange and Pink
Coleus are pretty too, don’t you think?
Is it red or orange … who can be sure
This lily is striking … in no way demure!
So much texture and interest in thistles like this
But a simple petunia’s beauty is hard to miss
Though a common flower, geraniums have such power
Obedient Plant … elegant simplicity
Attractive, plump seedum blooms
Are special favorites of the bee
Ornamental grasses of shiny green and white
Even a weed among blooms seems just right
Don’t know what, but it just looked fun
A final shot of a prairie plant … and I’m on the run.
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Later – Cheryl
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I’ve never heard of nor seen an Obedient Plant before! What family? Where might I find one?
Here the leaves have started turning on the aspens in the mountains I travel through to get to my clients in Taos. Autumn is indeed very near. My favorite season 🙂
It’s also called a gas plant. I’ll research & get back to you. I like autumn too. Cooler but comfortable, beautiful with no bugs!
Got this on Wikepedia.
Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant, obedience, or false dragonhead)[1] is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to North America, where it is distributed from eastern Canada to northern Mexico.[1] Physostegia are known commonly as obedient plants because a flower pushed to one side will often stay in that position.[2] The name false dragonhead refers to the dragonheads of the related Dracocephalum,[2] a genus to which the plant once belonged.[3]
Very nice; you know I love flowers. I have a miserable cold!
Stay in out of all the rain that’s coming. Take care.