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Eliza Waters 
The end of summer..very beautiful Eliza.
Thank you, Maria! ❤
A beautiful summer eulogy.
Yes, we are saying goodbye to summer, harvesting the last useable flowers. Thanks, Anne.
Beautiful.
Thank you, the color variations are fascinating to me.
Shades of autumn… so lovely…
Yes, indeed. Fall is upon us and while these bloomed all summer, their color is now reflective of the greater landscape. Thanks, Anita. x
At least some things are behaving normally…
🙂
Lovely pictures – they really look like autumn!
Thank you, Meg!
Lovely, Eliza. Almost like shells…
Thank you, Steve. The do look a bit like scalloped shells. Nice observation!
What luscious colors! Do they keep them when dried?
Yes, the colors keep well and are lovely seen rehydrated floating in tea. 🙂
I love the muted colors of autumn, Eliza, full of mostly browns and oranges.
Yes, the variation in autumnal hues is wonderful.
There is a vegetable/fruit stand near where I live that has a wonderful display of gourds and pumpkins at this time of the year that I need to check out. Their color range is similar to that of your flowers, Eliza.
Ooh, I hope you do. Nothing says fall like gourds and pumpkins (aside from stunning fall foliage).
The simplicity of this touches me
Nice, 🙂 thanks, Karen.
Interesting arrangement. Are you going to dry them or make a flower drawing?
These were picked my son’s partner… she dries them to make tincture, salve and tea. Calendula have many health benefits.
The fact that each “petal” in flowers like these is actually a little flower in its own right comes as a great surprise to most people. When I went through elementary school and then secondary school, no teacher ever taught us that (perhaps because none of our teachers knew it).
Yes, ray and disc flowers of the composite family are many flowers in what appears to be one.
Love the beautiful flowers .Thanks a lot for Sharing.Take care.🌹👍🙏
Thank you, Francis!
Most welcome.🌹👍🙏
So pretty! Love those fall colors.
Thank you, Laurie!
Artistry & then some! 🥰
🙂 Thanks much!
Stunning colours Eliza. I love those flowers😊
Thank you, Alison. There is lots of variation in the crosses of calendula, always fascinating to see what the bees have created. 🙂
Gorgeous, Eliza. 😊❤️
Thank you, Irene!
What a variety of calendula. I particularly like the first one.
Thank you, Karina. The crosses are getting more interesting with each passing year.
Lovely colours. Autumn is on the way!
Thank you, Cathy. Here, Autumn is early this year!
More lovely rescues. Will you be drying these?
Thank you, Steve. Yes, they are good medicine!
I love Calendulas and you have a wonderful assortment. They’re more common as cool season blooms here so your post is a good reminder to get some sown!
Thanks, Kris. It was one of your hybrids that inspired me to buy ‘Zeolights’ and their resowing themselves has been so interesting with its subsequent crossings.
What a wonderful assortment of colours! Are you sowing different seed strains each year or are they self-sown. Genuine interest here – I can never get the less usual colours to persist!
Thank you, Cathy! Because most zinnias are F1 hybrids, I don’t save seed and they won’t self-sow here as the winter is too cold. So fresh seed every year. I tend to pick the shorter varieties, because staking is a pain. 😉
Yes – I buy more seed annually too. But it’s fun in a way. Trying different ones!
Thank you, Cathy! New reply…
I had the usual yellow and orange Calendula mix for years, which self-sow easily. Two years ago I sowed ‘Zeolights’ and the subsequent crosses are what you see here. I freshen the gene pool every couple years with new seed.
I don’t think we have Zeolights here. Looks a bit like one I’ve grown as ‘A touch of pink’ … (I think … terrible memory). I’m sorry for the delay in replying. Had a huge computer melt-down on the day of my post.
Lovely autumn tones, Eliza. 🙂
Thank you, Joanne. Those colors are echoed all around the landscape right now. Autumn is so pretty!
Really beautiful, Eliza. ❤
Thank you, Robin!
Hello Autumn! Pretty colors and creativity, Eliza!
Thank you, Donna!
Love them x
Thank you, Phao!
The anatomy of flowers is always so geometric.
Amazing always…
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