As you can see in the background, my garden is still filled with a good amount of flowers for making arrangements. How much longer before frost cuts them down is anyone’s guess, but I will enjoy them as long as possible.
While zinnias (Z. elegans) and dahlias (D. ‘Pinelands Princess’ and ‘Chilson’s Pride’) predominate this week’s arrangement, there are also flowering tobacco (Nicotiana alata) and cosmos (C. bipinnatus).
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to join the fun or see what others are sharing this week.
Eliza Waters 
What a gorgeous garden and flowers!
Thank you, Cindy!
Cosmos is still going! Impressive, although I have noticed them in other gardens in other regions. Maybe they just finish earlier here because of the drier weather. Now you got me wondering. I should be more observant to see if they are still blooming here also. That really is quite a bit of bloom in the background.
Thank you, Tony. We get a much later start in the garden here than you do, so that may be the reason.
Actually, I do not remember when they start here. I do not think that they start early. It seems that they wait until May or so. They can bloom through most of summer, but those that grow as a wildflower do not last long without irrigation. Even with irrigation, they eventually get toasted. I do enjoy them though.
I have always enjoyed the bright colours of zinnias – you are making the most of them.
Thank you, Anne. I find zinnias so very cheering, warms my heart no end!
A delightful display Eliza, I think they are still in full swing simply from all that love you feed them with 🤗 Um, a question if I may. My mom has an Azalea bush with 9/10th’s of it a lovely light pink with a deeper pink color in the center. But for some strange reason that other 1/10th is a very dark pink, almost a scarlet. If I remember correctly the two colors actually come off the same branch. Is that normal…or is it just embarrassed when it see’s me? 🤣
Thank you, Mark. As many hybrids are crosses or ‘sports’ that are vegetatively propagated, it could be that the pink was a sport of a red plant (or vis a versa) and that branch is reverting back. If she wants all pink, she can trim a bit below the red stem and that may eliminate the variance.
Why thank you kindly Eliza, I shall pass that onto my mom. She was always amazed at its colors so now she will know why. And me too, thank you 🤗❤️🙏
Very pretty, Eliza, especially for this late in the season.
Thank you, Judy. I’m still not used to such late frost dates. It really wasn’t that long ago that frost came in Sept.
Lovely! September is always peak Zinnia and Dahlia time eh?
Ah, it is. Summer’s last push, saving the best for last! Thanks, Chris.
Enjoy your lingering summer flowers, Eliza! It’s so nice when nature presses her pause button and you get a few more weeks of color. I love how artfully you arrange your vases.
Thank you very much, Barbara. We might get another month I hope, but the weather gods have the final say. 😉
So perfect! Such pretty colors for a quilt, or for anything! I’m imagining for some fine china or stoneware place settings, matching placemats…..
Ah, you’ve got a designer’s eye, Alice. Thanks so much!
How nice to still have so many flowers blooming in your garden! My garden is pretty much past its best.
Thank you, Laurie. The annuals really stretch the season for me. They make me pretty happy. 😉
Absolutely BREATHTAKING!!!! You’re so gifted Eliza. You make mama nature shine even prettier.
Aw, thanks so much, Dawn. xo
A pleasure!!!
Gorgeous! I envy your abundance. 🌸❤️
Thank you, Catherine. Flowers are definitely the focus of my garden. 🙂
Glorious summer vase 💐💐💐
Thank you, Val! xx
What a charming combination of colours and so happily arranged 💛🩷💟🧡
Thank you, Susan!
I’m especially fond of the peach and yellow nestled up against one another. Now I’m imagining a bouquet composed of only those colors; it might bore others, but it certainly would please me!
Pastels are so soothing to the eye. Most of my garden borders on loud colors, but it is always a mix. 🙂
A very opulent display – a great arrangement to say goodbye to summer.
Thank you, Andrea. I’ll enjoy the garden as long as nature permits the show to continue. 🙂
I hope frost remains at bay as long as the flower power continues, Eliza. Your arrangement looks splendid against the backdrop of green in your garden too.
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Thank you, Kris. May it be so!
Fabulous flowers Eliza and such a lovely arrangement! 🧡 xxx
Thank you very much, Xenia! x
I absolutely adore this Eliza. And your garden looks so gorgeous in the background. Let’s keep crossing our fingers that the cold stays away for quite a while longer.
Thank you, Donna! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Always a treat to see your beautiful displays, Eliza 😊. If it’s as warm there as we’ve been experiencing, those frosty nights might just hold off.
Thank you, Belinda! I hope so, too. 🙂
Beautiful flowers!
Thank you, Diana!
Your dahlias are breathtaking.
Thank you, Monika. Hope the frost holds off as long as possible!
What a stunning arrangement! I’m especially fond of the pinks and purples today. I’m also salivating over your garden, Eliza — my goodness, it looks like you’re living in a Botanical Garden!!
🙂 Thanks, Debbie!
Lovely to see the Nicotiana which must add a lovely fragrance. It reminds me to grow it again. A beautiful arrangement of gorgeous big blooms and I like the outdoor backdrop.
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Thank you, Jenny. Nicotiana self-sows madly in my garden. I hoe countless seedlings in spring and leave a few that, like the verbena, take over the garden this time of year. Not a bad thing. 😉
Lovely!
Thank you, Robin!
Would you call that a pastel/sherbert color arrangement? Or I guess it’s slightly strong to call it pastel, regardless I think it’s great and I hope it’s still a while until frost comes around!
Thank you, Frank. Kind of a mix, but the yellow zinnia and light pink cleome and dahlias are certainly pastel. 🙂
I love the irony of the pastel colours at the end of summer, approaching fall. It’s like a “take that” to the universe!
Beauty.
Thanks, Dale. I really savor these last days in the garden. Hoping frost holds off for a few more weeks! 🤞🏼
We all of us who live in colder climes like to hold on!
It’s because we have to wait SOOO long til the days are warm again!
So true 😊
Beautiful flowers, arrangements, and background garden.
Thank you, Tom!
Lovely! I wish that I had grown zinnias this year. Your garden does look great in the background and I love that clean, sweeping path through the dense middle. Bet it’s wonderful to walk along!
Thank you, Allison. Zinnias are a must-have for me. Great in a vase (or three!) and the riot of color is so welcome at the end of season, not to mention how the pollinators love them. 🙂
It seems everyone’s garden is full of beautiful zinnias. I hope the frost stays away.
Thank you, I hope we have a few more weeks to enjoy the exuberant colors of zinnias, etc.
I was interested to see some of your garden in the background – sadly, I don’t have tome to view every contributor’s post other than ther IAVOM ones, so you have given me a little hint of what your garden is like…thank you! 😊 I liked your pastelly colours this week, and that pale yellow zinnia is still speaking to me! By the way, I sowed some cleome seeds last week and one germonated i just a few days, which was a real surprise!!
Thank you, Cathy, much appreciated. I have other garden beds, but this one is where I spend most of my time and the one we view most. Interesting about the cleome, such an eager-beaver… I fear they won’t live through any frost, however. 😦
In hindisght, I suspect the seedling is not a cleome after all – I reused some spent seed compost (I have read you can use it again at least once) and it is probably something else…early days but it might be clary! And if it is cleome, I would overwinter it in the greenhouse anyway
germinated, that is! 😁
Eliza, The first thing I thought about was your fabulous garden in the background and how many flowers were cultivated there. I always enjoy the fruits of your labors and this bouquet is stunning. 👏🏻😍
Thank you very much, Jane. That garden is definitely my happy place, hanging out with the pollinators for company. 🙂
What a great idea to take the photo with your beautiful garden as the backdrop! This is a pretty one
Thank you, Tracy. It’s my favorite view. 🙂
What a lovely combination of colours. I hope the frost holds off so you can enjoy the flowers for a long as possible.
Thank you, Carol. We might make it to mid-October, but time will tell. Fingers crossed!
Here’s hoping!
Perfection 🪸💐🪸
Thank you kindly! x
I love the little pops of yellow in there and yes, coveting the Dahlias. The garden looks great in the background. I’m betting on a late frost.
Thank you, A. The weather has been interesting to say the least. We’ve been about two weeks ahead of average all year. We’ve had summery days and autumnal nights… things are coloring up fast. Frost seems to be running later that historical average, but I’m not complaining about that!
Strange is right. But I will take it.
The flowers are beautiful. I’m impressed when someone can successfully raise dahlias. I’ve tried many times with little luck. There’s something about my yard that dahlias just don’t seem to like.
Thank you, Sheryl. They can be finicky, I’ve heard. Plant divas!
Love the pineland princess and I’m glad you’re enjoying an extended garden season!! Summer continues here and we may set a record for our area of the most days over 80 in September.🙂
Thank you, S. The weather surely is changing…
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Flowers are a joy.
That they are, thanks, Lakshmi. 🙂
Such a lovely happy mix of colours Eliza. Hope that frost stays at bay. Our nights are pretty cold already…..
Thank you, Cathy. We have three nights coming this week around 5-10C, so we’re heading for cooler weather, but no frost yet!
Looks like springtime!
Bright, happy colors. 🙂 Thanks, B!