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>>Thanks for all the community links!!! <<

I'm happy I could help.

>>I saved a jar of marigold seeds with a cloth lid to re-plant this year. It's such an underrated plant. <<

By this point, mine are knee-high, tough enough to sprout in grass, and can take a few hits of light frost before they die. Consequently they're among the last flowers blooming in fall, a favorite of honeybees and migrating butterflies.

>>Growing native plants is so good! <<

Agreed.

>>I'm trying to get more milkweed into my garden in empty spots this year. <<

This is my go-to for that:
https://www.americanmeadows.com/products/monarch-butterfly-wildflower-seed-mix

>>We grow a lot of dahlias, cosmos and flowering bushes in my garden.<<

I don't grow dahlias, but there's cosmos in the seed mix, and I have some flowering bushes like lilacs.

Some dark flowers from this summer:
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/14967827.html

And part of the yard:
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/14953434.html