Autumn grasses n stuff

splitbeard bluestem 

closeup

bluestem can have amazing colours (not just blue) I'm marking these magenta ones for future division.

More bluestem seed heads

Delea seedheads

Farkle berry bush

popcorn tree colour

rutabaga patch

Autumn wildflowers reprise

Another post of wildflowers from the middle Georgia sandhills... I sometimes read about how flowers are a rare commodity in the Autumn, and I've always had a lot of flowers in my Autumn gardens.

 

ageratina altissima

eupatorium coelestinum (algeratum)

Aureolaria-pedicularia

salvia azurea

cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)

camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris)

Monarda punctata

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) visits turk's cap hibiscus (malvaviscus arboreus) above and salvia microphylla below.

Monarch and gulf fritillary share Miss Huff (lantana) blooms

American Ladies on narrow-leaved sunflowers (helianthus angustifolius)

Narrow leaved sunflowers in the meadow with little bluestem and goldenrods.

Wildflowers and Butterflies

American Painted Lady and Dalea Pinnata 

Honey bee and Bumble bee with Dalea Pinnata

Wasp pollinator

Coupla skippers

 The agalinis pupurea are putting on a very nice show.

 My drive-way

Sulphur butterfly visits the agalinis.

 Monarch imatator....

Viceroy butterfly enjoying an over-ripe pear

 Patch of switch grass

 Helianthus Angustifolius

 Hibiscus sabdariffa

Very dark gulf fritillary...

Equinox Blooms

Agalinis purpurea in full flush.

Cottony goldenaster and gulf fritillary

Dalea pinnata in full bloom

 Heavenly blue morning glory

 cosmos

Sunflowerz

I planted the sunflowers, morning glory, and cosmos seed in the last week of July, along with some squash, beans, and cow peas.  The beans and peas are about played out already, and the squash bugs and squash vine borers destroyed the squash, pretty much as soon as it started to produce.

physostegia

 pepperz

 nettle leaf sage

Long tailed skipper visits verbesina

forked blue curls  (Trichostema dichotomum)
 

Surprises in the weeds... Interesting year for watermelon this summer. My other patch produced early, and then developed a problem of blossom end rot, or something.
This patch was hit by a late spring frost, and looked like a loss, but pulled out all stops after the temp broke....

 Remember when it hit 108° way back at the end of June?

Since the temp broke in early July, the weather has been pleasant, with unusually regular rainfall. Shame about the rest of the country...