If you step out my back door you will see the last of the flowers blooming along my sidewalk steps. There is a daisy-like white flower. Unfortunately, the label for this flower was lost and trying to look up exactly what is is, just confused me. They say chrysanthemums can have one of 13 classes of petals. The white daisy in the first two photos are "Class9: Spoon". There are 13 Classes: Here are some links to some other amazing Class 9 Spoon daisy-like flowers: But can it really be called a daisy? As you can see, this Chrysanthemum Dance plant has the spoon petals. I ruled out the African Daisy or any (Osteospermum but they say what makes them unique is the florets look like they are painted with a metalic paint like these but they also can have the spoon petals as here. My daisy-like flower has a plain ole yellow floret. So I just need to admit, I'm confused and just don't know enough about plants to figure out whether my flower can actually be considered a daisy or something else so I'll just call it a mum-daisy since it is blooming in the fall. It doesn't really matter as I just love that they are blooming on this day, November 10th, 2010.

Since photos don't always give you proper perspective, these white daisy-like flowers have 20 pedals and the flower span is about 4 inches.
Here, take your magnifying glass I told you to bring along and take a closer look.*wink*

There are many buds on this fusia colored flower, so if it doesn't freeze, there will be many more blossoms, but it is getting cold so not sure if they'll make it. I believe these have 20 or maybe 22 pedals and are a bit smaller than the white ones at about 3 inches.

I do think the fusia flower looks a little like the white ones, that daisy look, but the pedals are normal the color is different and they are a smaller size. Hopefully, I'll find those tags so I can tell you what they are because the color is really very pretty. Searching the internet for these flowers proved fruitless.

Another look at this evergreen, I can tell you what little I do know about them. Male and female flowers of the Eastern Red Cedar grow on separate trees. The fruit of the Eastern Red Cedar are a waxy, bluish berry about 1/4 of an inch in diameter, and are covered with a white powder. This particular tree bears the bluish berry. I also know they become a great place of shelter in the cold winter months for birds and other creatures. Let's keep walking.

I get so much joy from my Sweet Autumn Clematis. Even when the flowers are all gone I'm left with such pretty seeds. You can view more pictures of Here, take a closer look with your magnafying glass.

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