Blanket flowers and aromatic Aster here in St Louis. In our church garden, some of our swamp milkweeds are still in full bloom. It seems to be the only swamp milkweeds still blooming in the city. All my milkweeds in my home garden are dormant.
We saw it because we were at church on Wednesday and today because we have been prepping an old bed (we are installing a butterfly/moth host plant garden with the youth groups tomorrow). We were shocked to see not only the blooms but also a visiting monarch 😊
Amorpha_fruticosa
Not my garden, but a local store still has swamp sunflowers going. It still has a ton of buds on it too
I have some coneflowers, but that’s about it. I’m in year 1, so I don’t know if I did something wrong, or if the plants just weren’t strong enough to last very long this year. Will be anxiously awaiting spring next year to see what comes back!
zygote_harlot
Lance-leaf coreopsis! I planted a little fella in May and it is been blooming since at least July. Also a few New England asters and Canada goldenrods still have some flowers.
MotownCatMom
Blanketflowers and Black-eyed Susans.
aldaha
I’m in more like…central New England? And coreopsis and some rudbeckia hanging on by a thread. Asters just ended where I am. Really it’s the foliage’s turn right now, then witch hazel, then the long dark of winter.
I’m not sure on the why but my blueberry thought late October is an excellent time to start working on some flowers. Maybe it’s confused because I just put it in the ground like a month or so ago.
beerandgardening
Mistflower and NE Asters.
Hunter_Wild
Just nonnative cosmos lol. On warm days the bumblebees still visit them and sleep in them.
This is a new one for me this year. It is a beautiful lil flower!
Suspicious_Note1392
I have quite a few coneflowers still blooming, which is crazy because they were my first blooms way back in may. A few scraggly black eyed Susan’s and zinnias are still going strong. Yarrow is just barely hanging on. My azaleas are spitting out a few more blooms (when should they even be blooming, I have no idea). Asters and sneezeweed still going. Honestly my garden looks like crap but it’s still trucking. I even have some wax leaf begonias still going strong (don’t come for my begonias, I can’t give them up).
We had a draught this year in Michigan up into late summer/early autumn so my mist flowers I transported in late summer died back fairly early. All of my asters got used up already and are going to seed. It’s pretty cold here already (40-50’s) so everything’s spent, gone to see, and getting used by the migrating birds
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Not native, but my zinnias are rockin.
Blanket flowers and aromatic Aster here in St Louis. In our church garden, some of our swamp milkweeds are still in full bloom. It seems to be the only swamp milkweeds still blooming in the city. All my milkweeds in my home garden are dormant.
We saw it because we were at church on Wednesday and today because we have been prepping an old bed (we are installing a butterfly/moth host plant garden with the youth groups tomorrow). We were shocked to see not only the blooms but also a visiting monarch 😊
Not my garden, but a local store still has swamp sunflowers going. It still has a ton of buds on it too
https://preview.redd.it/78v25v1vvbxf1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6db254a9716c569190a05818714162adec672e5
My aster is also blooming in N TX.
I still see California poppy blooms early today.
I have some coneflowers, but that’s about it. I’m in year 1, so I don’t know if I did something wrong, or if the plants just weren’t strong enough to last very long this year. Will be anxiously awaiting spring next year to see what comes back!
Lance-leaf coreopsis! I planted a little fella in May and it is been blooming since at least July. Also a few New England asters and Canada goldenrods still have some flowers.
Blanketflowers and Black-eyed Susans.
I’m in more like…central New England? And coreopsis and some rudbeckia hanging on by a thread. Asters just ended where I am. Really it’s the foliage’s turn right now, then witch hazel, then the long dark of winter.
https://preview.redd.it/qo91hhky6cxf1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e0ae7aea395aa2716d98ecd06b3a8aa007b9478
I’m not sure on the why but my blueberry thought late October is an excellent time to start working on some flowers. Maybe it’s confused because I just put it in the ground like a month or so ago.
Mistflower and NE Asters.
Just nonnative cosmos lol. On warm days the bumblebees still visit them and sleep in them.
https://preview.redd.it/lcdoyohoacxf1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f38f5199f2e0d37f3c64116d47c4af9739a00edc
https://preview.redd.it/r88v4ttqbcxf1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=075ce24cde21889b82a819655cee1567508e1ad9
This is a new one for me this year. It is a beautiful lil flower!
I have quite a few coneflowers still blooming, which is crazy because they were my first blooms way back in may. A few scraggly black eyed Susan’s and zinnias are still going strong. Yarrow is just barely hanging on. My azaleas are spitting out a few more blooms (when should they even be blooming, I have no idea). Asters and sneezeweed still going. Honestly my garden looks like crap but it’s still trucking. I even have some wax leaf begonias still going strong (don’t come for my begonias, I can’t give them up).
https://preview.redd.it/jrse3twcccxf1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b001619a6640f675e6d81e5039853d7dc9cd93b7
Aromatic aster. I have two and they look so glowy – a new favorite!
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So many frost/hairy asters still going. One towers over me! And I’m almost 6’
I have a bunch of Firewheels (Gaillardia pulchella) and Black-Eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) coming up still. It’s been awesome
https://i.imgur.com/9MfUIfj.jpeg
My [smooth aster](https://i.imgur.com/TtKIuGB.jpeg) and [bluestem goldenrod](https://i.imgur.com/KIEMIPn.jpeg) are still going strong! First year and 3/4 of my asters bloomed, despite being eaten by squirrels days after planting.
We had a draught this year in Michigan up into late summer/early autumn so my mist flowers I transported in late summer died back fairly early. All of my asters got used up already and are going to seed. It’s pretty cold here already (40-50’s) so everything’s spent, gone to see, and getting used by the migrating birds