Garden Pic Wednesday: Marigold & Zinnia

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It's the heat of Florida summer. The squirrels are cobbing cones and tossing the cores down on the ground, creating a litter of shrimp-looking cores to pick up before mowing.
 I've been getting things done by working where it's shady for not more then an hour. 
The big Gardenia out front shade-covered yesterday and I worked on just hedging a portion on the side away from the mid-morning sun. Two portions are done; two more to go. It's a big shrub.
Today, I mowed heavily shaded grass along the front side-wall--after picking all the pine cobs.

Todays pics are of a standard Marigold and a Zinnia from the front bed out by the mailbox:






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