The Cosmos in the garden are a motley crew. Most of it is self-seeded from last years plants.
The bees have no care for floral coordination of the garden but I suppose we have them to thank for the multitude of seed heads around the garden.
So now in October we have the Cosmos plants attracting the birds.
Kourosh has noticed that they often arrive in pairs and you can see that there are two in this photograph if you look closely.
The Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is one of the most colourful birds we see in the garden.
They give me a great reason for leaving the Cosmos free to seed and to delay any tidying of the garden.
I’d rather have the Goldfinch than a tidy garden.
a french garden 