At long last a cold front arrived in Florida. It’s not very cold 70F/21C, but a welcome relief from much higher temperatures and humidity. I spent Sunday morning on demolition – abundant rainfall in a hot summer in South Florida produces some impressive weeds. I noted some nice autumnal colors in bloom and proceeded to plonk a celebratory vase.

The vase is a mason jar topped with a striped leaf from ‘Martin’ Neoregelia Bromeliad. Here’s a closer view of the rest of the vase.

The orange flowers are Firebush (Hamelia patens). Yellow bell shaped flowers are from the sometimes called Yellow Bells or Esperanza (Tecoma stans). The smaller yellow flowers are from Thyrallis (Galphimia glauca). Creamy white spikes are Juba Bush (Iresine diffusa) Flowing pink flowers are Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris). These are some of my favorite flowers, all indestructible and evocative of fall in my garden.

That’s all from here! I’m looking forward to more weed demolition this week. Please visit Cathy at RamblingintheGarden to see more vases.