Sunflowers And More ~ 2022

Summer is coming to an end,

as flowers are fading away.

Fall is in the air and

around the corner.

Autumn with cooler temperatures

and beautiful colours.

I have never planted annual

sunflowers before this year.

Last Spring, with the sad news 

of Russia invading Ukraine 

and Sunflowers being the

 national flower of Ukraine;

to show solidarity, 

I decided to plant some.

A little Sunflower Garden

that I planted late in June.

I started them from seed and

 have a few flowers so far blooming.

They are an easy flower to grow.

Germinating fast and they tolerate

poor soil. 

I have approx, 7 types of 

Sunflowers planted.

I'm anxious to see more blossom.

 

The next 2 photos is an update ,

15 days later after I made this blog post.

Sunflowers

symbolize signs of peace and contentment.

I'm happy to see 

birds are feeding here.

and bees, wasps and other insects.

Gaillardia (blanketflower)

A perennial.

A smaller bright one at the right 

bottom of the garden photo.

Teddy Bear Sunflowers

( A photo taken later)

In the back of the Sunflower garden

grows a Rudbeckia which I didn't plant. 

A perennial flower 

that will return, next year. 

From the same family (Asteraceae)

as the Sunflower.

I do have some perennial sunflowers

that have been here for many years.

Below are False Sunflowers with

Gooseneck Loosestrife.

Some other flowers

blooming at this time.

Gooseneck Loosestrife,

with its graceful arching flower.

Black-Eyed Susan

with Pearly Everlasting.

Black-Eyed Susans

can be biennial

A wild flower - Pearly Everlasting

made great dried flowers,

and look nice in a bouquet.

False Sunflowers

An invasive 

perennial plant

Scented phlox

with Sunflowers

Helenium

a perennial flower,

from the same family 

as the Sunflower.

Different shades, shapes 

and bright colours.

One of my favourite.

They make beautiful cut flowers

and are long lasting in a vase.

Ligularia a huge plant

from the Sunflower family also.

While walking on the beach last week,

I found this rusty horseshoe, lucky!!

Last year I collected rusty

thing that I found around the property

and made a A Rusty Corner

I added more since then.

Sunflowers 

The National flower of Ukraine.

Sadly still at war after 6 month.

Check out my blog on

 Harvesting Sunflowers

by clicking here

Here in Canada, 2022 is 

"Year Of The Garden".

I received a certificate after 

submitting my Sunflower Garden.

Thanks for your visit

Enjoy the rest of Summer.

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