We’ve been experiencing cooler weather, but my garden doesn’t seem deterred. Zinnias (Z. elegans) are being mobbed by Monarch and Painted Lady butterflies as they fuel up for their southern migration. Many of the seasonal birds, including hummingbirds, have already left.
Using my Moroccan vase, I gathered up a bunch of mixed zinnias, small sunflowers (Helianthus annuus), and Gloriosa daisies (Rudbeckia hirta), (which you can see as the gold blob to the right of the vase above).
Mealycup Sage (Salvia farinacea) and wild Goldenrod (Solidago sp.) were added for vertical accents. 
After some recent rain and wind, several sunflower stalks broke under the weight of their heavily seeded heads (courtesy of those busy bees), so the best of them were put in a vase. I’m savoring every bloom in my garden while I can. With the Equinox arriving soon, the inevitable frost won’t be far behind.
I’m linking to Cathy’s In A Vase on Monday meme at Rambling in the Garden. Hop on over to see what gardeners all over are arranging this week.
Eliza Waters 
Gorgeous Eliza!
Thank you, Cindy!
NICE! The hummingbirds are still going strong here and really like the Cannas and Salvia ‘Black and Blue’. They also remind me when their feeder is empty.
Thank you, Lonnie! I think our cold nights have sent them on their way to warmer climes… like your yard. 😉
Certain species are here all summer, but I think the Ruby Throated comes in the spring and fall. I haven’t seen them all summer.
So bright and cheerful! Wonderful that you have a lot of butterflies.
Thank you, Laurie. The number of flutterbutts has been heartening. 🙂
Wonderful!
You are so talented! 🙂
Aw, shucks, thanks, Karen. 🙂
What an abundance of beauty in a vase!
Thank you, Anne. I’m grabbing it as long as I can. 🙂
Beautiful flowers and beautiful arrangements.
Thank you very much!
Just lovely arrangements and flowers, Eliza!
Thank you, Leah!
Those sunflowers really make me smile!
Glad to know it, Anita, and thanks for reblogging!
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Beautiful vases Eliza and lovely to see so much colour at this time of year! 🤗💖🌻 xxx
Thank you, Xenia!
A bounty of beautiful blooms and busy bees. I still saw a female hummingbird several times, yesterday…will miss them. I’m happy you have lots of butterflies!
Thank you, Alice. It has been a good year for butterflies, yay!
Your vase is bursting with the beauty of vibrant colors of flowers!
Thank you, Deeksha!
Love this vase Eliza, especially that bright pop of orange. It really takes the bouquet to the next level!
Thank you, Cindy!
I applaud your fall garden because I could not find that many blooms so thank you for sharing yours. 🙂
Thank you, Judy! My pleasure. Let’s hope it is a late frost this year! 🙂
So beautiful! Makes my heart smile. ❤️
Glad to know that, Carrie. Thank you! 🙂
Just amazing. So so beautiful.
Thank you, Sylvia! ❤
Your flowers continue to dazzle, Eliza!
Thank you, Sandy!
Welcome!
Spectacular! Love that first image of your colorful blooms.
Thank you, Susie!
Glorious vases Eliza.
Thank you, Christina. I hope you are getting cooler weather?
Yes, a bit cooler, but still too hot to be outside all day, but there is lots to do.
Your first vase is the one to beat! It knocked my socks off! Love that blue mixed in with it complimentary orange and the glowing yellows. Love the vase too! Brilliant! Amanda
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Thank you!
Oh wow, a beautiful homage to summer.
Thank you, Karina. I’m hanging onto summer as long as I can!
So beautiful!
Thank you, Carol!
You’re welcome 🙂
Such a bright concoction, Eliza, and what a gorgeous jug they are in!
Thank you very much, Cathy!
What a cheery lot they are. 😀
Thank you!
Love the combination and the Goldenrod is the perfect filler. Like late summer in a jug. I hope to see your butterflies and birds in my garden. Not sure how long the commute is for them.
‘Late summer in a jug,’ I like that!
The hummers will probably arrive first (so speedy!), but those flutterbutts will be taking their time. 😉
The hummers usually go down the west coast, i get 3 or 4 a year. They are precious to me due to their rare appearances. The Eagles make up for it.
I read somewhere that Monarchs raised in Maine often end up in FL. I guess they follow the coast?
We have Monarchs year round,my Passionflowers have been very popular this summer with Monarchs and Gulf Fritillaries. I sent the migration chart to a client recently and need to look again – they are shooting for Northern Mexico and may go down the Gulf side.
That first vase made me happy just looking at it, Eliza. It’s hard to believe that your garden is preparing to pack it in for the year – I can still feel its exuberance. It’s nice of the bees to help you pick sunflowers too!
Thanks, Kris. Most nights are now below the requisite 55 degrees to keep annuals going. They are showing lots of seeds as they bend towards earth. Won’t be long now. (sniff)
Such beautiful arrangements. Love them all. 😊
Thank you, Irene!
Absolutely gorgeous flowers. You seem to have the perfect vase for each flower arrangement 🙂
Thank you so much, Vicki. I do own a lot of vases, lol! 😉
Oh, I love all those colors and the splash of blue–and that vase is something too! Leaving the garden yesterday, I was tempted to cut sunflowers, but decided against it since they were all looking intact!
Thank you, Lisa! Because the birds eat the seeds, I tend not to pick sunflowers either. I like watching their activity from the deck (mostly goldfinches and occasional woodpecker). But once they get knocked down by rain or wind, they become mine. 🙂
That’s my philosophy too…
What colors! It’s so exhilarating!
Gracias, Maria! 🙂
You’d never know summer was nearing its end, Eliza. Beautiful arrangement!
Thank you, Belinda! We’re holding out as long as we can. 🙂
So beautiful Eliza! Isn’t September a wonderful month?! I especially love the pale yellow zinnia. Enjoy the rest of the season! 🙂
Thank you, Cathy! September is almost as good as May. 😉
Each on beautiful as always, Eliza! Your garden is loving those cooler temps to boast their colors til the season’s end! 😊
Oh darn, correction.
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Thank you, Donna!
Very bright and beautiful colors indeed! I’m amazed you still have sunflowers!
Thank you, Maria. I had three staggered plantings, but even the last ones are showing their age. Our nights are getting colder, but the days have been perfect!
I really like that time of the year, when the nights get colder.
So gorgeous!
Thank you, Fi!
So. Much. Beautifulness! ❤
Thank you, Julie! 🙂
How very beautiful Eliza, so cheering!
Thank you very much, Agnes!
Wow. Really lovely.
Thank you, Flower!
Colorful, pretty and refreshing
Thank you!
Beautiful and vibrant Eliza 🙂
Thank you, Andrea!
Beautiful Flowers Eliza! Very colorful!
Thank you, Reed!
Beautiful almost unbelievably vibrant colours in these flowers. It is also almost unbelievable that equinox is nearly upon us!
Thank you, Carol. My fall to your spring, may your warm season be a good one!
I usually love summer, but this year I am afraid of high temperatures ahead after such an unusually warm-to-hot winter. It is forecast to be 40 degrees Celsius tomorrow – frightening, especially this early in the season. I know that your winters are long – can only hope your winter won’t bring anything too extreme.
Thank you, Carol. I think it is the unpredictable ‘extremes’ that worry us most about what Nature has in store for us. Texas just had THIRTY-SIX inches of rain, while so many other thirsty regions, like yours, get zero. 😦
Wow that is a lot of rain for Texas (of course I am immediately reminded of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s ‘Texas Flood’). That such extremes are becoming the new normal is worrying to say the least.
Such beautiful colors!
Thank you, Kim. Happy weekend to you!
Two glorious celebrations of the life in your garden, and each arrangement is gorgeous, Eliza. That Moroccan vase is so elegant.
Thank you very much, Jet! ❤
Oh my goodness are the flowers so beautiful here! Glad I came here from Maria’s coffee share! Enjoyed the blooms
Thank you for your kind comment and visit, welcome!
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I am sorry I missed it. There will be new vasefulls of flowers in the morning!
Thanks, Tony!
I want to get married again so you can style my flowers. 😀
😀 What a sweet thing to say, Wendy! You made my day. Thanks! 🙂
It’s true! 🙂
xo 🙂
What a great way of presenting this. You are very creative. Hope you always have flowers to fill your vases.
Thank you!
Beautiful pictures, Eliza!
Thanks much, Betty! ❤