Last Monday, November 16th I was cutting back perennials in Trumbull, Connecticut in USDA Hardiness Zone 6b.  I noticed a couple of beautiful late season blooming flowers.

We’ve already had several hard frosts.  Most of the leaves have fallen off the trees and been cleaned up.

Late Season Blooming Flowers

I first noticed a grouping of Honorine Jobert Windflower (Anemone × hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’) flowers glistening in a sunbeam.

A little farther away a Fairy Rose (Rosa ‘The Fairy) was strutting its stuff.

Here’s a picture from a distance.

I admit late season blooming flowers don’t compare to mid-summer.  In the cold and gloomy days of late fall I’ll take whatever I can get.