Flowers are starting to succumb to cool and rainy weather. So, it is beginning to look like autumn here. Summer is truly over.
1. Pelargonium X hortorum, zonal geranium is finally starting to look somewhat shabby after the recent rains, although several others continue to bloom as if nothing happened.
2. Rosa spp. ‘Iceberg’ rose is probably the last rose to bloom for the season. A few young floral buds are molding before they bloom. The roses get pruned before New Year’s Day.
3. Tagetes patula, French marigold is more seasonable. It is expected to bloom through autumn, and could continue until replacement with warm season annuals during spring.
4. Abutilon X hybridum, flowering maple does not seem to know when to stop blooming for autumn. Its bloom should probably decelerate now that the weather is getting cooler.
5. Rhododendron spp., azalea is even more confused than the ‘Duc de Rohan’ azalea that bloomed not so long ago. It is blooming more abundantly and even later, or not so early.
6. Rhody curls up somewhat tighter while the weather is cool. His fur should get fuzzier, but does not seem to be doing so. He insists on coming to work with me, out in the cold.
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Tony Tomeo 
Gorgeous pictures, I particularly like the abutilon but it’s great to see Rhody, he must be good company at work.
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Yes, he is awesome.
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So many lovely blooms still! I also really like the Abutilon – did not know this yet.
And Rhody is really cute all curled up!
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Rhody is cute no matter what he does.
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Rhoda may need a coat for winter
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That is why he gets fuzzier for winter. His fur gets more wiry for summer. He has a few sweaters and a jacket also, for when it gets cold.
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I was goong to write that Rhody needs a jacket, but see someone else suggested it! I have never heard the common name ‘flowering maple’ for Abutilon before. Appropriate. And it’s a lovely flower. My Pelargoniums are indoors now and looking raggedy too. Hopefully they will recover in spring.
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Rhody only tolerates his jackets and sweaters because people tell him how cute he is in them; but he would rather do without them. I should get a picture of him wearing his jacket later in winter. Pelargoniums live outside here all year, but their flowers get tattered by cold rain. We should cut them back at the end of winter, but do not always do so. They can get weedy.
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