First killing frost means geraniums take up a second life indoors for the winter.
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Fall Color
The best color in years!
Our Neighborhood
It May Not Be New England, but it is Long Island, New York, in early Fall
Turning
As the seasons turn, colors to remember
Survivors
A handful of Fall blooms that have survived cold nights and fading light
begonia, cone flower, day lily, Montauk daisy
The end is in sight
Labor Day, and thoughts of fall… except that it’s near 90deg again today! The long hot summer, dry except for occasional torrents of rain, has not been welcomed by many flowering plants and shrubs. Roses have hated it, and Montauk Daises (our favorite fall flowering shrub) are already brown and dessicated.
But a couple of bloomers have loved the heat! Geraniums are at the peak of their second flowering, and one hibiscus has produced glorious golden blooms all summer! So long may they last!
Wading River Beach
August afternoon 
