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.

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.

Check out my blog on

 HARVESTING SUNFLOWRS

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.

💛🌻💛 

Easter 2022

 

I spent Easter this year with my daughter,

 Suzanne and her family.

I hadn't been to her home in over 2 yrs.

I had a great weekend. 

A highlight of the weekend was

 visiting the Botanical Gardens in

Montreal. 

Here are a few of my photos.

This huge plant (or tree) is an Elephant Foot.

(beaucarnea recurvata)

The photo below I took during

 my last visit to the botanical gardens,  in 2017.

Some branches on the left side have been cut off. 

Actually, it appears nicer in this photo below.

There must have been a reason to cut those

branches off. 

A slow growing plant from the palm family. 

This must be a very old plant.

Suzanne has this plant.

 I took a photo of her Elephant Foot.

She's had it for about 25 yrs.

More photos from the Botanical Gardens:

Some orchids

Lots of lilies

A spider Lily below.

And tropical plants

Tropical fruits

Cactus

Annie and the cactus

Behind is a beautiful Jade plant/tree.

Truly a beautiful place to visit.

My sister, Annie

In a Rainforest Greenhouse

Suzanne and Sabrina

Lots of hanging moss.

Chinese Elm Bonsai

70 yrs. old.

Japanese Cherry Tree in bloom

30 yrs. old.

Flaky Juniper

45 yrs. old.

Elephant Ears

Lots of ferns

We walked outside.

It was very cold with the 

occasional snowflake falling.

The outside gardens were 

being uncovered from Winter.

Suzanne in

The Chinese Garden.

It's much more beautiful in the Summer with

 flowers etc., also beautiful lily pods and water life.

I like this rock display below showing types

 of ground succulents and thymes.

It must be beautiful in Summer,

when in flower.

If you are a plant and nature lover,

I suggest you visit these beautiful

gardens, when in Montreal. 

Suzanne cooked a delicious Easter supper

We had turkey and vegetables.

Pouding Chômeur, 

(Maple Pudding) for dessert.

A white cake pudding with

 maple syrup sauce.

Suzanne made it in her Crock-Pot,

with extra dark maple syrup.

It was delicious.

I

I had a great weekend.

In 2017, we visited an exhibit on butterflies.

Click on this link to view.

Butterflies Go Free

These butterflies are at the Botanical Gardens

 for a limited time, then gathered up and

 taken to another city for exhibition.

I don't think they had them this year.

If you like trees, 

check out this large selection 

of Bonsai Trees. In 2017,

 I did a blogpost on some

at the Botanical Gardens.

 You can visit it here;

 Bonsai Trees

This year there weren't as many. 

Thanks for your visit. 

💜💜💜