Late October Flowers

I have a few flowers left in my backyard.

Only  tropical milkweed is left (the orange and swamp milkweeds are long gone).

 There are still a few flowers on the crepe myrtles,  a couple of cannas, geraniums with one or two blossoms on them, a patch of very short yellow zinnas, floppy sedum past its prime, and a host of marigolds.

These flowers are prolific in my yard.  Several years ago they started taking over my beds, and I tried to control them with Preen.  This year I let them run wild.

Lantana is an annual here, and it is still going strong by the mailbox.  This is one lantana plant.  Full sun makes all the difference.  I have some out back, but it is too shady to grow very well there.

One of my camellias is blooming now; one one of them never blooms, and the third one died in the August heat.

I chose red mums for the porch this year.  I am hoping they will last until Thanksgiving since we are hosting it again this year.

I may leave my Halloween display up until Thanksgiving too.  Two of my birds are missing.   I suspect my dog got them and buried them somewhere under the porch or in the woods, but  I haven't been able to find them anywhere.  I would like to give the dog the benefit of the doubt, but I know him too well.