End of Summer Flowers

It's the last day of August and there are still a few flowers blooming. The Black-eyed Susans are showing off their big yellow faces.

There are a lot of hollyhocks in bloom too. Hollyhocks are special to the rural west.   

They are fast growing flowers, they last a long time, they are aromatic, and they are tall. Archeologists are very interested in stands of old growth hollyhocks. Pioneers planted hollyhocks near their outhouses because of those reasons. When these "old" stands of hollyhocks are found, they are studied to find out more about life in the old west. 

This is not an old growth hollyhock, but one found nearby. It's a pretty flower...

...and based on the buds, it's going to bloom until we get our first freeze.