End-of-Summer Flowers

In the early summer, my yard flowers are

pink, purple and white.

Now and then there is a yellow

and an occasional red.

As the summer progresses, the white daisies fade

 the Baby’s Breath goes dry and the hardy, fall-colored flowers

come into their own.

It is wonderful to walk into the yard

and cut fresh flowers.

I have few small bottles of different kinds of oil,

into which I have inserted stoppers.

One drop of oil in a vase such as the one above

will make a room smell wonderful

for as long as the flowers are on display.

These are State Fair Zinnias.

They are my favorite kind of zinnias.

Since they are annual,

they have to be planted every year.

You can harvest the seeds as each blossom dies

or leave them in place when the winter comes

and let them drop their seeds for the next spring.

This year we planted them in the vegetable garden

instead of in the flower beds.

They are growing very tall and blossom-big

and did much better this year planted in this way.

They love full sun and they get it in the garden.

This row, about thirty feet,

came originally from one flat of small flowers.

-Grandma-

p.s.

Each year we buy most of our vegetable and flowers from

Cook’s Greenhouse in Lindon, Utah