Fall Blooms

Its moving on towards the end of October and I wanted to remember what these flowers looked like and try to figure out what they are called. I seem to recall these guys are some sort of Japanese plant. For the last two years the one closest to the driveway had died in September. The others seem to hang in there.


In the front of the house the mums are doing well althought I think they are so tall they can't support their weight