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Vibrant plants – gorgeous colors

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I have so many great photos of flowers and plants that I took last week that it was really hard to come up with just one for this weeks GTS.

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These leafs are Canna Tropicana leaves. My cannas never did flower this year. It’s been a strange year for a few of my plants. It did however produce the colorful leaves that it’s known for and I think I can forgive the dear plant for not flowering since it has such vibrant leaves.

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This photo is of a black Hollyhock.

My hollyhocks did well this summer. No rust on the leaves and as you can see they produced lovely flowers. This hollyhocks blooms are such a deep purplish red that they appear to be black. It’s blooms look as glossy and vibrant in the garden beside my ever producing raspberry bushes as they do in this photograph.

If you’d like to see one of the most gorgeous rose photos I’ve ever taken please stop by Breath of Life Photography. It’s a delight!

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Last flush of clematis flowers

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Clematis Jackmani

When I was in the garden the other day I noticed that my Clematis Jackmani was in it’s third bloom of the season. I suspect this will be the last as the nights have gotten fairly cold lately.

As I sit here typing this post at close to 2 a.m. it’s dropped down to 5 Celsius (41 F) – so yes it’s quite cold for this time of year. We should still have fairly nice weather for the next two months or so, but the nights will be cool, although I hope not this cool for a while yet! If the temperatures keep dropping like this I’ll have to turn the furnace on!

Are any of your flowers in their last flush?

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Hosta’s in bloom

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Hosta Flower buds

These are hosta flowers.

I’m not always that into them when I look at them from afar amid the rest of the plants in the garden, but when I get up close to Hosta flowers I do appreciate how pretty they really are after all.

Do you enjoy your hosta flowers?

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