last tithonias

Did more yard cleanup yesterday; the Tithonias although still blooming are starting to look horrid with their dying grey and brown foliage. So I cut them all down but saved the best blooms to put in my favorite blue vase.

 Some of the flowers were still quite nice

 Others had their petals curling under so rather moon-ish faces

 And quite a few turning pale in white streaks, which is its own kind of pretty.

The Cosmos are still going strong, they don't seem to mind the cold. I notice more now their variant shades of yellow to orange.

 The only Tithonia left standing is one of the small ones, barely knee high but still flowering.

 I collected a few more prickly seed heads to see if I can save more seed for next year.