Rita, No I have 2 fans with a bloom on each fan,which is one of the blooms in this post today.The 3rd fan has a bud on it,and it had already bloomed a few days ago,and wasnt a pretty bloom so didnt take a picture of it.Both blooms todAY looks exactly alike.well, maybe these fans need some fertilizer. I didnt get my usual picture of Wonder Of It All.It just had one bloom today and it never did open all the way.Its been so beautiful,I guess it has earned a bad day.It still has buds yet to open. I was just fixing to try and go out and start watering them, when my daughter called me to see if the man got my ac fixed and working now,and I told her yes, and its really putting out cold air now, but,I need to go get started on watering,and she came unglued and told me to not even think about going out right now,Its much to hot out there, 104,she told me to wait till the sun gos down,and even then will be a bake oven out there.I forgot if Oktoberfest reblooms or not.Have to check and see,and if it reblooms, maybe if I put fertilizer around it, the next blooms will be the orange color. hope so. Jean

Ruth, I am so pleased to have enabled you to get September Morn. Isn't it beautiful? And the fragrance is the die for. Plus it keeps pumping out those big many petaled flowers through the heat of summer. The mounding pink rose is Rainbow Knockout. The red rose with the Larkspurs is Prospero and the pink is Pretty Jessica. They are David Austins, both very fragrant and highly recommended, but being older ones are hard to find. I planted them together since they both stay small. They are among the dozen or so roses that stayed.

Thanks everybody. Pam, the 'EE' is Mojito. Omar, everyone in Texas should have a kidney wood tree! Carrie, everything pictured may look wonderful, but I didn't take pictures of the dried around the edges plants of which there are many. For instance it seems that no amount of water would keep the hidden ginger's leaves from drying up terribly. Does anybody else grow it? Hopefully the worst is over for this year and we can look forward to a fair fall. If anyone wants Scarlet Pentepete seeds let me know as I'll be collecting them as they form. BTW, I am so grateful that someone sent me seeds to a pink Pentepete variety that hasn't bloomed yet. I lost track of the email of the one who sent them so if they see this I hope they reply. I think the name might have been "Rick". Here is a link that might be useful: Pentapete post from last year w/ pictures of plant ...

What a beautiful study in light and shadow! I love the way the close clump of grass is clear and sharp and it gradually fades into the mist in the distance. Great capture.