Bloom Day September '09

Anemone hupehensis 'September Charm'

Mary Oliver wrote:
"Every day I walk out into the world
to be dazzled,
then to be reflective."

Silphium perfoliatum dressed for the season

I hope always to be dazzled by the world,

Rudbeckia hirta

To appreciate the beauty in the spent flower

Gaura lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies'

To rejoice in the one bloom, when I hoped for many.

Salvia azurea

To remember to celebrate that flowers can survive even the hungriest moths
and bloom the bluest blue.

Southern Crimson Moth posing on Salvia nemorosa 'May Night'

To have a generous heart that welcomes all visitors,
including a new moth that wants to eat all the salvias.

One of the many asters I have trouble id-ing

To appreciate the life I have right here, right now.

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Alma Potschke'

To look, really look, at each and everything.

Rudbeckia Herbstonne **

To embrace the imperfect that is life.

Heterotheca Villosa 'Ruth Baumgardner' a gift from Frances, of Fairegarden

To celebrate family and friends.

Gaura lindheimeri 'Passionate Rainbow'

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day celebration September 2009 at Clay and Limestone. It's not quite through being summer here, but it's clear that fall is in the air. There will be more later, as the asters and other fall blooming natives come into their own.

Physostegia virginiana with a bumble.

Don't forget to buzz over to May Dreams Gardens to see Carol, hostess extraordinaire, for a links to Bloom Day posts around the globe!

Thank you for stopping by on this busiest of days for bloggers. Be dazzled out there!

Gail

**'Herbstonne' is varyingly sold as a cultivar of either Rudbeckia nitida or Rudbeckia laciniata, however some experts maintain that it is actually a hybrid between the two species. 'Herbstonne' is synonymous with 'Autumn Sun'