Zinnias

 It’s been a brutal summer. Ninety six today with a heat index of 107. My zinnias make me smile.

I removed petunias from this container. Too high maintenance and messy for me. Every day dried blooms dropped on the steps and they need to be deadheaded almost every day to keep them blooming. I'll stick with vinca next season.

Deadheading the asters have kept them in bloom since spring.

Sunflowers

Cosmos started blooming today.

Zinnias cut from a container. They were suffering from the heat with the leaves brown dried and spotted. I pulled them up.

Snap dragons have been in bloom since spring.