Plant: Blanket Flower

I saw these brightly colored daisy-like blanket flowers in mixed shades of red, orange, and yellow. There are about 25-30 species of blanket flowers. (press/click post title/picture to read it)

Plant: Rice Flower

Rice flower (Ozothamnus diosmifolius) is in the daisy family and is endemic to eastern Australia. Other common names include white dogwood, pill flower and sago bush. (press/click post title/picture to read it)

Plant: Dahlia 大麗花

I visited the Planting Fields Arboretum in New York in Mid October briefly. The Dahlia Garden offers several hundred varieties of show-quality Dahlias.  The various colors and shapes of breathtaking dahlias are astonishing.    (press/click post title/picture to read it)

Plant: Black-eyed Susan 黑心金光菊

Walking through the gardens of the Huntington Library and seeing these large Black-eyed Susans, I feel like seeing the enthusiastic hosts welcoming guests with big smiles and it makes me feel very happy. (press/click post title/picture to read it)

Plant: Yarrow 蓍

Other common names for this species include nosebleed plant, old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, thousand-leaf, and thousand-seal. 又名鼻血草、老人的胡椒、魔鬼蕁麻、血腥草、銀杏葉、士兵的傷口草、千葉蓍、千印蓍(press/click post title/picture to read it)

Plant: Thistle 薊

Thistle is not a plant that you will notice it right away. Under the economic significance section of the Wikipedia said "many are troublesome weeds". (press/click post title or picture to read it)