A Race

It's been a race between the blue morning glories and the first frost this fall. Everything has been so late all year. The flowers are no exception. 

Then a certain rooster, which seems to have finally disappeared somewhere, came up every single day and dug the seeds out where I plant them under the bird arbor. He cleared out most of the scarlet runner beans too, but I plant some in a barrel near the arbor so we got at least a few of those.

In desperation I planted a couple of seeds in a hanging basket on the front porch and guess what! One flower the day we went up north...missed that one, as it was melted by the time we got home.....and SIX yesterday.

Yay.

Planting in the basket worked great. I put some other sorts in there last year and they thrived too, but this year, just the pale blue traditional variety...I like them best. With dark blue lobelia in the basket too, it was nice all summer even before the morning glories.

Next year....four baskets!