The garden is still full of flowers at the end of September.   The first fall frost is still some weeks away and we spent some of our gardening time harvesting vegetables and herbs.    Deadheading and weeding has been a daily routine.   We have started to transplant perennials.    Some need better locations, many were self seeded and will fit in other spaces for the next season.    A few were raised from seed and are now ready for a new home.     Some perennials and some shrubs spread by rhizomes and need to be cut back or removed.    We try to spend about 2 hours in the garden on most days to keep up to the fall chores, but we also stop to enjoy flowers in bloom, a few of which are shared here.

Click an image for a lightbox view and a caption/ID.   Scientific names are listed below.

clematis

forget me nots

perennial sweet pea

showy sedum

cosmos

gazania

begonia

snapdragons

snapdragons

…and a few more:

clematis

showy sedum

cornflower

scabious

aubrieta

coreopsis

zinnia

• Cosmos – Cosmos sp.
• Snapdragon – Antirrhinum majus
• Clematis – Clematis sp. 
• Showy sedum – Sedum spectabile
• Coreopsis – Coreopsis spp.
• Zinnia – Zinnia elgans
• Perennial sweet pea – Lathyrus latifolius
• Forget-me-nots – Myosotis sylvatica
• Begonias – Begonia spp.  
• Scabious – Scabiosa sp.
• Cornflower – Centaurea cyanus
• Articles on perennials and annuals