This year I’ve done a terrible job with my flower beds. Few flowers got deadheaded and the weeds and grass are running rampant. The only places that got a little attention this year were the veggie gardens.
Now, as the days grow shorter and the flowers spent, I’ve discovered the upside to my inattention: the beauty of the seeds.
The peonies were the first to charm me, and I began to notice the beauty of seeds in other places.
A peony flower gone to seed.
A peony after the seed harvest.
A peony that has all but fully opened to release its seeds.
A nameless wild flower (weed) gone to seed.
Yellow lily seed pods open like little cups full of seeds.
The last remaining lupine seed pod reminiscent of rabbit ears.
An unknown seed pod.
Goldenrod past its prime.
