bountiful...

I cannot believe how plentiful the garden is right now. Here we are, the last day of September, and there are flowers galore! We have roses, chrysanthemums, hostas, day lilies, begonias, marigolds, azalea flowers, lavendar, vinca, butterfly bushes -- all still blooming! This picture gives the feeling of how crowded the garden is right now. Alas, it is bittersweet -- most of this will be gone by the end of October...and then we will have to wait again, for spring...