i moved my tropicals into my office/sunroom today, despite the uncommonly warm weather. the blue passion flower is still blooming.

passiflora 'lady margaret' is still putting on a show

ok, the brugmansia is making me weak, i just have to post more pictures of it. 'pink beauty' prefers the night time, when its fragr...

overloaded with blooms, brugmansia 'pink beauty' droops in the unusual, record-breaking, late september heat.

joe joe with lantana flowers sprinkled on his poof

brugmansia 'pink beauty' has over 20 flowers right now

view of the dogwood changing color through an attic window

evergreen magnolia leaf wreath i made yesterday

lespedeza still putting on a show

monarch butterfly sampling 'ellen's blue' buddeleia

teeny skipper butterfly smaller than my thumbnail in the late summer sun

northern crescent butterfly visits verbena bonariensis town.

decorative pea plant

the lespedeza my brother gave me last year is falling over itself with flowers

sweet autumn clematis blooming atop the harry lauder walking stick, in front of dogwood with changing leaf color

bees visiting sedum 'autumn joy' in the afternoon

here is the back side of the night blooming cereus flower. i think this view is prettier than the front.

last night, on 9/11, the night blooming cereus opened for business! this photo was taken about 10pm. i got up at 3am to see it still bloo...

passiflora 'pura vida' blooming among basket grass in front of a cobalt planter

the night blooming cereus has a bud! it has only bloomed once before, and i missed it, so this time we will be watching closely and staying ...