Getting a perennial garden
To bloom all season
Can be challenging.
Many around here
Simply throw in the towel
In late summer.
Photo credit Dave Meara
Years ago
I accidentally discovered
How to have plenty of blooms
As summer turns to fall.
Like most things
It’s all about the timing.
And the right plants.
I think it truly was an accident
Or maybe I just didn’t get around to
Planting my Zinnia seeds.
Until late June.
The result was delightful.
Lots of smiling faces
Blooming at me
When most things have
Come and gone.
Then there’s the bonus fact
That butterflies love Zinnias
So by having them around
During the butterfly migration.
I get my share
Or maybe more of butterflies.
I know it’s a moth, but I like it!
Zinnias are a simple flower
One almost everyone knows
They are not exotic
They are not overly flashy.
They are like that old friend
You talk to after months
Of not seeing each other.
And you slip right back
Into your comfortable place.
Flowers and friend
Have a lot in common.
Gail
In My Garden 
Love your beautiful zinnias. After years of gardening, what works for me
Are crape myrtle, ornamental grasses and zinnias. Have a lot of other stuff too, but you can count on these. Have a good week.
I love zinnias. They are beautiful, need little care, and remind me of a very special friend who has passed. 🙂 I have had one problem in the past and that has been Japanese beetles attacking them. This year for whatever reason (climate related I’m sure) the Japanese beetles were only here about one week instead of one month. Strange for sure. 🙂