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Eliza Waters 
Very beautiful, Eliza! ❤️😊
Thank you, John. The asters are putting on a great show around here now.
You’re welcome. 😊
Pretty!
Thank you, Sandy!
You bet!
These are very pretty wild flowers 🙂
Thank you, Anne. The bees love them, too. 🐝
Lovely composition, Eliza. Same stuff happening here. The turtleheads are not as numerous as those from earlier in the year but just as a lovely an addition.
Thank you, Steve. Last year, the deer nipped them all. This year, Repels-All saved the day!
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And a beautiful Sunday to you too. 🙂
Thank you, Judy!
I love those asters Eliza. Have a wonderful Sunday!
Thank you, Cathy! I do love all the many Sept. asters we have here, just coming into bloom.
Such pretty, pink, interesting flowers against the dark leaves and dainty asters…another pollinator perfect place.
Thanks, Alice. Yes, I took a slow-mo of a bumblebee visiting the flowers, so fun to watch. She was so rotund, it is amazing she could fly. 🙂
So beautiful. Enjoy the rains this week I am praying if we ring out the moisture in Sept and October the snows won’t be bad lol I can dream right 🙂
Thanks, Eunice. Keep on dreamin’, ha! I hear the forecast for Jan. is COLD and SNOWY, brr. But let’s not let that spoil our beautiful present. 😉
True enough and maybe it is the airlines that promote the cold in the Farmer’s Almanac, so we all fly the coop in January.
Another dream of mine!
The two different types of blossoms seem to be competing for attention. Love it! 😊
The aster is clearly the photobomber here. 😉
Lovely rosy September flowers!
Thank you, Barbara. And thanks to Repels-All, I have flowers this year! 🙂
The scientific name clearly drew on the Greek word for turtle: chelóna. So does our Green Sea Turtle; it’s known as Chelonia mydas. The name is quite apt!
Yes, and bumblebees are their only pollinator– they are strong enough to pry open the petals to crawl inside… fun to watch. 🙂
Always love it when I get notified of a “silent” posting!
🙂
What a pretty combo!
Thank you, Tina. The aster thought this was a good spot to set down roots. 🙂
Such pretty gentle colours!
Thank you, Belinda!
Gorgeous! I’m amazed by the many varieties of flowers and plants in your garden!
🙂 Thanks, Maria! I am a bit spoiled having 7.5 acres of land, with probably an acre in gardens. 🌿
I’ve heard the word “turtlehead” for years, but I didn’t know it was a real thing. And a flower, too! Thanks for educating me today, Eliza. Aster is my birth month flower, and I love these!
Thank you, Debbie. Turtlehead also comes in white as well, a great late summer native flower.
Yes 👏💝
🙂 Thanks, Val!
They’re mingling very nicely, Eliza!
Yes, they are… thanks, Kris!
I love the turtleheads and did not realize they would grow that far north. So pretty with their pink friends.
I have the white species by our stream, but I bought this pink one at an end of season sale and it has been growing splendidly. I’m quite happy with it, as well as the photobombing white aster. 😉
It is splendid. I tried to grow them in Atlanta no dice.. maybe too far south?
It is supposedly zones 3-9, but they do like continually moist soil and part shade.
It’s that continually thing!
Yup! This one is planted in a soggy run-off, moist even during last year’s drought.
Ah, turtleheads, another sign of fall. I have them in my garden, but miss the toad lilies that used to bloom beside them. ( I’m thinking rabbits got to them, maybe?) Anyway I liked the way the turtles and toads were side by side. 😉
Such a beautiful pic–your acres must be outrageously wonderful!
Thank you, Julie, I certainly think of it as my own paradise. 🙂 Almost daily, I proclaim with gratitude, “I love where I live!”
Indeed! What a lucky thing for both of us to sit peacefully in our environments! I can’t imagine not having nature around me!
Ditto!
I love how the Wood Asters seem to be peaking out from the Tutle Heads!
A little aster seed clearly found its way into the clump, but I don’t mind at all!
I love when nature gives us a surprise
Me, too. At least GOOD surprises! 🤣
Yes, true!
Such a special plant.
Truly… thanks, Donna.
Beautiful combination, Eliza! Turtlehead is on my list to add to the garden – so happy to see the robust foliage, now I know just where to place it.
Thanks, Lynn! It’s a great plant, it’s been blooming for weeks.