Author: Amanda Carrigan
October is well advanced, but there are still flowers in the garden, and a few late bees fueling up for winter hibernation. Among the late bloomers: pink turtlehead, rudbeckia, multiple aster species, sneezeweed (Helenium), wild clematis, and zigzag goldenrod.
Rudbeckia hirta blooming in the Alcove Garden mid-October.
Photo: Amanda Carrigan