This time of year there is plenty of color in the garden. The Pentas lanceolata provide dots of color in red, pink, purple and white.
The view from the backporch is always filled with butterflies sipping from the clusters of blossoms.
Pinecone ginger, Zingiber zerumbet, blooms are turning red now and soon will be incorporated in arrangements for Thanksgiving and Christmas get togethers.
Lots of color greets anyone coming through the entryway garden. The Caladiums are still growing well and the Impatiens have just exploded with growth.
The cranberry colored Pentas that are part of the new front flower bed are butterfly magnets. The grandkids and I watch dancing butterflies from the front windows. I enjoy the Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' which has been producing purple plumes since Spring but the butterflies don't pay any attention to them.
When the light is just right, green can be bright and beautiful. The normally shady back corner glows in the sunlight of early morning.
Without a doubt, the showiest flower of the season is the Red Firespike, Odontonema strictum. This cold sensitive shrub is killed to the ground every winter but grows back by summer to a height of six feet. The many large spikes of tiny trumpet shaped flowers are very attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds.
There is a lot of color in early September here at My Garden Path. New buds are forming on many plants promising color will continue for months to come.
