![Zinnias](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/10-5-16-zinnias-and-cosmos.jpg?resize=800%2C591&ssl=1)
There are more autumnal blooms in my garden than I expected. I am trying to capture many of them for my climate record.
![Firelight hydrangea](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/10-5-16-Firelight-white-and-Alma-Potschke-asters.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
![Angel's Blush hydrangea](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/10-5-16-hydrangea-Angels-Blush.jpg?resize=800%2C610&ssl=1)
![dahlia](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/10-5-16-dahlias.jpg?resize=800%2C524&ssl=1)
![Perennial ageratum](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/10-5-16-perennial-ageratum-in-dogwood.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
![Lion's Fairy Tale rose](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/5-10-16-Lions-Fairy-Tale.jpg?resize=800%2C582&ssl=1)
!['The Fairy' rose](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/10516-The-Fairy-rose.jpg?resize=800%2C514&ssl=1)
![Snakeroot and winterberry](https://i0.wp.com/www.commonweeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/105016-snakeroot-and-winterberry.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
We expect autumnal blooms like asters, but surprises are like the roses and zinnias.
- Asters and bees
By the time the sun came out and warmed the garden the bees came out to forage. There are still plenty of pollinators in the garden when the sun is out. Other blooming plants include coneflowers, geraniums, cardinal flower, and joe pye weed. It gets very cool, in the 40s at night, but no frost yet.
Very lovely.