Jacqueline picked what we expect to be the last flowers of 2005 this afternoon, just as dusk was falling. The flowers include dahlias, cosmos, salvia, cerinthe, calendula and rosemary, and have been flowering since the middle of June.
We expect a frost tonight, so we don’t expect many of these annuals and half-hardy perennials to survive the night. Still, it is remarkable that they have continued so long into the autumn.