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It’s been all veggie all the time around here lately, let’s see how the flowers are doing.

The echinacea, who do not dig the wet/hot/Florida summer scene, have recovered nicely.  Here’s purpurea:
 

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And Evan Saul:
 

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The birds-of-paradise are still blooming:
 

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Starry-eyes nierembergia:
 

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Verbena with ipomoea:
 

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Heliotrope entangled with the dianthus:
 

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My beloved, seed-raised Zebrina hollyhocks:
 

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My second-favorite flower ever, this so-tough-it’s-growing-under-a-palm gallardia (Goblin):
 

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And my very favorite flower, ever, of all time, no matter what else you might show me, the strawflower.   First, artsy:
 

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Then white with orange center:
 

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Then pink-tipped white:
 

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Then fuschia with spots:
 

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And my favorite of the favorites, this sunset yellow/orange:
 

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One of the perils of growing so many annuals and perennials is they’re, of course, more vulnerable to frost…and since these things make up the majority of our landscaping, we’re going to have to do some hustling during the few days when we have temps in the 30s.  Like, oh, say, LATER THIS WEEK.  Dangit.