Stragglers

In Ontario, we're closing in on October and most plants are having their last hurrah, with a couple of exceptions.

This clematis hasn't heard the word so its blooming all by itself



This is the only Hollyhock to sprout this year and it took its sweet time.The Coneflowers are saying bye bye but the Hollyhock will chill out for a while. Literally.



I am knocked out by the machinations of the autumn Crocus (okay I looked it up--Colchium). Lovely green leaves pop up for the month of June, then seem to sink away into the earth until fall, when these blooms show up for a while.

Mother Nature does it again.