A bunch of flowers every week: The last day of October

On the last day of October, the warmest Halloween since records began, and more importantly the end of the growing season, I am picking up where I left it exactly three weeks ago. Since then I had loads and loads of flowers: Cobae Scandens, sedum, cosmos, chrysanthemums, dahlia's, ageratum, roses and many more. As I may have mentioned before, we're doing a house extension which meant that in the last two weeks I spent most of my time painting and wallpapering, and it is by no means finished ...

I did do some bunches of flowers though. It's just that I didn't get around to write about them. In between the painting I have also tried to sow some flowers for next year and I am pleased to say that a few of them, the sweet peas and the cornflowers in particular, have germinated and are doing well.

So below a few pictures from the last few weeks as well as today's vase with cosmos, ageratum, Euphorbia oblongata and sunflowers. This year I spent a lot of time deadheading and it has paid off. The sunflowers have really responded well to this, to my surprise, and six plants have given me continuous flowers for three months! They have gotten smaller over time but are as charming as they have ever been.