Sunflowers from our garden on Block 832 have produced seedheads ranging from white to red to black and striped. Bounty for the birds and a sign that the growing season is closing down for 2012.
My neighbor's tomato plants in a container were lush until a week of scorching heat and a sirocco-like wind browned some leaves. The plants have since recovered and on the long, branching new growth, small tomatoes are forming.
Balsam, a Victorian favorite, has delightful pastel flowers. Bees and ants like this plant very much.
The individual flowers invite the bees to crawl right in.
After blooming, the plant produces copious amounts of round, brown seeds in "touch-me-not" pods that explode when ripe.
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I will miss the garden when all the flowers are gone. Every day brings a pleasant surprise.
--Bernice
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